Lisa is taking Snowball II for a walk in a stroller when she attacks and injures an emotional support chicken.

The Simpson family is forced to pay the veterinarian bill, so Marge finds a job working nights at a ghost kitchen for a food delivery app company.

At the kitchen, Marge and the workers are paid minimum wage with the potential for overtime pay, but they are quickly overwhelmed by the number of food orders.

At work, Marge learns that the workers are denied overtime pay and is asked to understand because the company does not have much money as a startup.

Writer Cesar Mazariegos wrote the story based on his wife's role as a union activist as well as the push for Proposition 22 in California, which allowed app companies to classify drivers and deliverers as independent contractors instead of employees.

After production resumed, the setting was changed from an e-commerce fulfillment warehouse to a ghost kitchen in order to make the story more relevant.

[1] Because of time constraints, Mazariegos thought it was more important to show that Homer and Marge reconciled, so the fate of the union was addressed with a voiceover narration.

He also felt the episode was a modern update of "Last Exit to Springfield" while referencing the recently concluded Hollywood strikes.

[5] Cathal Gunning of Screen Rant enjoyed the story's reversal of Homer's role from "Last Exit to Springfield" because he is now the one against the union.