[1] It also received generally positive reviews, and was watched live in the United States by 4.93 million viewers.

On Election Day 2020, Marge calls Homer and tells him to get to Springfield Elementary to vote.

After reading fifty things that Donald Trump did as president,[5] Homer finally decides who to vote for.

Later, Marge gives him a Radioactive Man toy which Bart puts in a microwave, causing it to melt.

In a parody of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Marge calls Homer to tell him to bring home the Halloween candy, but he ate it all.

Homer searches the Nuclear Power Plant for candy and finds what he thinks is a vending machine.

This is the first episode of the series written by Julia Prescott, host of the Round Springfield podcast.

[9] Initially, when first animated, the episode did not include the characters wearing masks, however, to reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic, showrunner Al Jean asked director Steven Dean Moore to have every character except Homer wear a mask.

[1] The episode was screened earlier on October 14, 2020, at "Paley Front Row: Simpsons Treehouse of Horror", a panel discussion put on by Decider, Paley Center for Media, and Fox, and in Canada on Citytv on its originally scheduled airdate of October 18, 2020.

So, Lisa tries to get him to remember everything that had happened in the previous four years, referring to the Presidency of Donald Trump, but Homer only remembers Faye Dunaway announcing the wrong Best Picture winner at Oscars, so fifty things that Donald Trump did during the previous four years that make him unfit to continue being President are just listed on the screen.

[19] Tony Sokol with Den of Geek said, "The Simpsons season 32 has been offering consistently satisfying episodes of straight and subversive humor.

The Simpsons always packs a devilishly delicious trick or treat bag, with nothing so frightening as razor-blade-concealing apples, or anything else remotely nutritious.