Because the flight is overbooked, the family must sit separately, but Marge is upgraded to first class and falls asleep in her seat.
At the hearing, the CEO of Convenience Airways confirmed that their business model is to handle unruly passengers banned from other airlines.
When Maggie needs a diaper change, they go to first class, where Krusty the Clown and Drederick Tatum are fighting.
Homer demands the flight attendant explain what happened and he falls through a trap door into a prison under the cabin, leaving Maggie behind.
In the prison, the passengers attempt to break out while Homer texts Marge a goodbye message in case he dies.
[5] The character was named after producer Joel H. Cohen, who wrote a short story that inspired plot line with the flight attendant.
[6] John Pirruccello guest starred as Warren Wingspan, the CEO of Convenience Airways.
[8] Lisa later plays a song in a style of Sun Ra to Maggie, which makes her cry, after calling his work "abstract".
He highlighted the layout of the plane and prison under the direction of Rob Oliver and liked the cutaway jokes.
[13] Marisa Roffman of Give Me My Remote liked that the writers and animators made "the episode feel claustrophobic".