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Night of the Living Wage |
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Night of the Living Wage is the fourteenth episode of Season 35.
Synopsis[]
Marge gets a job in a high-pressure ghost kitchen, but when she tries to start a union, she gets more than she collectively bargained for.
Plot[]
Lisa is taking a walk with Snowball V in a stroller to Little Vest Park. As Lisa entered the park, Truth-Anne told Lisa to get out because the cat was not wearing a vest. Snowball V taking a collar off and then started attacking her chicken, Gwyneth Poultry while Lisa confronted her, and her chicken resulted in being wounded. At Tweeters Sinai Bird Hospital, Homer reacts her medical bill is $16,000 for Gwyneth Poultry, but Marge cannot afford this. Marge must get her job to save money to pay a large medical bill for. At home, Marge looks up online to find a job and Bart suggested to do her food delivery app GimmeChow.
On the first day of her work, Marge and other employees are watching an introductory video, which is hosted by the CEO of GimmeChow, Finn Bon Idée. As the introductory ends, Marge asks how much wage is. Everyone leaves after Gil said minimum wage, but it has overtime. The work just started, and the number of orders keeps coming in and all the employees must scramble to prepare the food. While they’re scrambling, Mrs. Muntz accidentally cuts Marge’s arm with a knife. Kirk handling a bucket of mayo to Marge, but she accidentally spewed it and slipped on the floor, which she swears loudly.
Two months into her job, Marge wakes up in the afternoon and Homer forgot to wake her up, but he told her that she hit his face with a spatula. The rest of the family lies about making dinner without her. As Marge leaves, they’re going to order food on GimmeChow. Back at work, Gil gives the ankle watches to Marge and other employees to keep on working. When Marge asks Gil about paying overtime, he told her won’t get paid overtime.
Back at home at night, Marge is watching Demented Dollars with Fiscal Cliff where Fiscal Cliff announces that Finn Bon Idée has become a billionaire. Marge spitting beer out and throw a can. Lisa tells Marge everything is okay. She said that who’s been cheating her out of her overtime pay. When Marge joins up with other employees, they must sign these union cards, but they must keep it quiet, so no management hears it. All employees are watching the anti-union video. When a man stabs a monster on a cartoon video, everyone is signing union card. Back home where Homer is eating his food, but he hides it as Marge returns home, she tells Homer that she started a union.
The next morning, Gil tells Marge that she has 60 minutes to deliver 40 orders to them quickly as possible or she will be fired if she fails to deliver all their orders. After she rushes around town, but unfortunately, Marge tripped over and has failed to deliver the last order. Homer hadn’t cooked at all and lied to Marge. She angrily threw and destroyed an ankle monitor. The rest of the family are hungry, but Marge is not letting them eat after she fails it. When Julio tells Marge about every food delivery app shuts down, other employees ring the doorbell and decide to go on strike, which is led by Marge as Dewey Largo talked about not getting paid overtime. At work, Homer complains that he is addicted to ordering food from GimmeChow. He then almost creates an electromagnetic pulse across the town by pushing the lever up. The next day, Demented Dollars with Fiscal Cliff interviewed Marge through video call. Homer tries convincing the viewers that reveals the strike is wrong. However, Marge ends the interview by throwing stuff at Homer.
At the town square, the strike continues. All counter-protests broke out because they want food to be delivered again. Both the strike and counter-protests to fight off, but all stopped by Bon Idée’s chopper. Bon Idée revealed that they’re firing everyone because GimmeChow has automated the kitchens and the drones delivering it. He then congratulates Homer for stabbing his wife. Homer would've been dream come true and then headed back to Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to fry all drones by levering up electromagnetic pulse to rain of food.
His tanks begin moving in and crushing Bon Idée as reported by Fiscal Cliff. At home, Homer apologizes to Marge, who realized that all chaotic happening. As the episode ends, Finn Bon Idée must force to hire union workers at a fair wage (including overtime). Homer will pay off Gwyneth Poultry’s medical bill with GimmeChow’s gift card.
Behind the Laughter[]
Production[]
Awards[]
This episode was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards. However, this episode lost to Blue Eye Samurai: "The Tale of the Ronin and the Bride."