Thanksgiving of Horror (The Simpsons)

"Thanksgiving of Horror" is the eighth episode in the thirty-first season of The Simpsons.

Plot
A Thanksgiving take on Treehouse of Horror looking at the past, present and future of the holiday. Turkeys are slaughtered by pilgrims during the first Thanksgiving, Homer purchases an A.I. based on Marge that resents the real one, and an already dangerous space mission escaping a doomed earth becomes worse when Bart's attempts to replicate cranberry sauce turn it into a sentient monster.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The plot is an amazing take on "Treehouse of Horror", an annual series of Halloween specials but focuses on Thanksgiving, instead. Like the former, it has a special disclaimer warning from Marge/a special opening & 3 scary segments - and they're all great to watch.
 * 2) The title card/opening sequence is very clever. The gravy accidentally spills and then turns into "Thanksgiving of Horror", and Homer and Santa's Little Helper lick it to reveal the staff behind the episode.
 * 3) The first segment is very relatable and interesting, as it has the Simpsons and some of the other people as turkeys and we see them get killed for a delicious Thanksgiving dinner.
 * 4) The adorable/funny scene where Turkey Maggie hatches from an egg in said segment, while one of the pilgrims gets eaten by a bear.
 * 5) The second segment is a great parody of Amazon Alexa, known as Kitchen AI (which Homer got to cover for Marge's cooking, and is basically a smaller version of Marge). Speaking of which, watching Kitchen AI make lunch for Bart and Lisa and a beer for Homer were both satisfying.
 * 6) The Kitchen AI version of Marge's escape plan is well structured, as she made the greatest Thanksgiving dinner for the Simpsons & their neighbors (which looked mouthwatering), and Maggie plugs in the cable for the Kitchen AI escape dimension & the virtual version reveals that she made the dinner.
 * 7) The Simpsons' neighbors storming out of the house in the second segment is kind of justified, due to Kitchen AI revealing that she made the dinner and Marge did nothing, though they could have just asked her why she lied.
 * 8) The third segment is a great space mission one, Lisa at the start gives out a great solution to global warming and it has an impressive concept where Bart and Milhouse put a can of cranberry sauce into the replicator and it became a jelly monster.
 * 9) Good Ending: Bart and Lisa send the cranberry jelly monster out of the spaceship by pressing the airlock button. Although the monster reappears when the Simpson family were safe again, the cranberry monster splits into cranberry sauce in multiple bowls, and it ends with everyone enjoying their Blag-sgiving meal.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The scene where the Turkeys suddenly get decapitated is way too dark for the usual tone of the series.
 * 2) Marge did overreact a bit in the second segment when Bart and Lisa appreciated Kitchen AI's cooking, when she could have just congratulated her first day. She even hit Homer with a pillow and threatened to shut her down when she caught Homer eating her food.
 * 3) * Speaking of which, the Simpsons' neighbors leave their house when Kitchen AI revealed that she made the dinner and not Marge when they could have just asked her why she lied.
 * 4) When Marge thanked everyone's appreciation for "her" Thanksgiving dinner, the version in Kitchen AI said "That bitch!" uncensored.

Reception

 * It holds a rating of 7.4/10 on IMDB. It was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program in 2020. However, it ultimately lost to Rick and Morty.

Trivia

 * The end credits feature footage of the Bart Simpson balloon from the 1991 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
 * Clocking in at nearly 25 minutes, this is the longest episode of The Simpsons to date (if you don't count "The Great Phatsby", which was produced as two episodes but aired in an hour-long format).
 * R2-M2 is a parody of R2-D2 from the Star Wars franchise.
 * Charlie Brooker (Of Black Mirror fame) makes a cameo in the first segment.