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"Meat Is Murder" |
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"Meat Is Murder" is the twenty-first episode of Season 33 and the seven-hundred and twenty-seventh episode overall. It originally aired on May 15, 2022. It was directed by Bob Anderson and written by Michael Price. It features guest stars John Lithgow as Augustus Redfield, Krysten Ritter as Sheila Redfield, Edi Patterson as Jessica, Seth Green as Mav Redfield, Paul F. Tompkins as Colby Redfield, Nicholas Braun as Cousin Greg, Charli D'Amelio as herself, and Susan Egan as the singing tree.
Plot[]
Grampa finds himself in a pickle when his hidden hamburger past comes back to "ketchup" with him.
Full story[]
In 1972, Krusty the Clown is kicked out of a coffeehouse for not being funny enough and seeks work elsewhere. He finds himself the new mascot of Grampa and his friend Gus Redfield's fast-food restaurant, Worth-A-Try Burger, which becomes a success after Krusty is hired. After he demands more money, the two fire him, and he opens his own fast-food franchise. Gus vows revenge on him while Grampa cowardly retreats.
Currently, Krusty is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his chain, Krusty Burger, and everyone in town is attending. When Lisa asks why Grampa is upset, he explains that every Simpson is cursed to fail at everything they try, but Lisa vows to break the curse somehow. Meanwhile, Krusty is about to announce a new burger when an elderly Gus, now rich and running his own corporation, Redstar, buys Krusty's entire franchise, leaving Krusty broke. Gus then reunites with Grampa and asks him to be his new partner, which he happily accepts.
Gus takes Grampa and Lisa to his home, where he introduces them to his children, Colby, Mav, and Sheila. Sheila and Lisa bond over their shared love of nature. She convinces Lisa to help her vote her father out of their company so she can gain control and turn Redstar into Greenstar, an environmental company. Lisa agrees to convince Grampa to vote Gus out of the company.
Lisa accompanies Grampa to the board meeting. Grampa, the Redfield family, German politician Angela Merkel, businessman Kevin O'Leary, and TikTok star Charli D'Amelio prepare to cast their votes. Sheila and her brothers reveal their plan to the board members to remove their father from the company and take control. While the siblings vote to oust him, the other members vote against it, including Grampa, who is grateful to Gus for offering him the partnership. However, Gus reveals that he had already suspected his children were plotting against him and only brought Grampa to protect him from the vote; he then removes all three of his kids from his will and reveals he never truly cared for Grampa.
As payback, Grampa then turns his vote into a long and nonsensical story to nullify it from the board meeting, thus leaving the vote tied and the company in ruins. Losing interest in the conflict, Lisa and Grampa leave the meeting. On the bus home, Lisa apologizes to Grampa for being unable to break the Simpson curse, but he assures her that, despite all his bad decisions, he is lucky to have her as his granddaughter.
Meanwhile, at a kibbutz in Israel, Krusty is being congratulated on his success in growing potatoes by Naharai, a fellow kibbutznik. The Redstar lawyer appears in a helicopter, revealing Gus's plot, and offers Krusty his franchise back. Krusty then flies back to the U.S. with her, happy to be a clown again, while Naharai muses that Krusty was the least funny person on the kibbutz.
Extermal Links[]
- "Meat Is Murder" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Meat Is Murder" press release via The Futon Critic
- "Meat Is Murder" script via Springfield! Springfield!