Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story
- Episode aired Oct 29, 2023
- TV-PG
- 22m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
466
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A young college-dropout CEO persuades Mr. Burns to fund her highly dubious dream project.A young college-dropout CEO persuades Mr. Burns to fund her highly dubious dream project.A young college-dropout CEO persuades Mr. Burns to fund her highly dubious dream project.
Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Oats Crowd
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Radio Operator
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Mr. Burns
- (voice)
- …
Peter Coyote
- Peter Coyote
- (voice)
Peter Jackson
- Peter Jackson
- (voice)
Kara Swisher
- Kara Swisher
- (voice)
Pamela Hayden
- Oats Crowd
- (voice)
- …
Tress MacNeille
- Female Narrator
- (voice)
- …
Kimberly Brooks
- Oats Crowd
- (voice)
- (as Kimberly D. Brooks)
- …
Alex Désert
- Carl Carlson
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode is a parody based on the Silicon Valley story of Elizabeth Holmes and her blood testing company Theranos. Elizabeth was an Ivy League school dropout, who dreamed of finding a better way to test someone's blood for potentially dangerous conditions. She created the company and received billions of dollars in venture capital before taking the company public. She was later indicted and convicted of multiple counts of fraud and other criminal activity.
- GoofsThe fossil fuel conference includes representatives from coal, oil and nuclear (Mr. Burns), even though nuclear power is not a type of fossil fuel.
- Quotes
Persephone Odair: The wheel of tomorrow is an aqua circle. Let's make it rain!
- Crazy creditsThere's no title card at any point during the episode. Also, there's no music during the end credits.
- ConnectionsReferences Jaws (1975)
Featured review
A great episode
This was one of the better episodes of "The Simpsons". It is a great parody of Elizabeth Holmes "Theranos". Burns backs and marries Persephone Odair (Elizabeth Banks) who has invented a black box the size of a coffee can ("Lifeboat") that convert sea water into drinking water. As I mentioned, there are obvious parallels to the Theranos debacle with the methodology being secret and clandestine efforts to uncover the truth behind the mystery of how the Lifeboat product actually works. Of course, there is a whistleblower to bring out the truth. With guest stars including Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ken Burns, Peter Coyote and Kara Swisher as part of the story, I laughed out loud several times. I was surprised to see the relatively low rating for such a standout episode. Why anyone would rate this episode below a 7 or 8 defies my imagination.
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- dlmiley
- Nov 1, 2023
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