The Mafia War (Multiverse and Friends)

The Mafia War is the 3rd episode of the ninth season of Multiverse and Friends.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) The most controversial aspect of this episode is the overabundance of very disturbing gore, which goes way too over-the-top to the point it's not even enjoyable, but rather, it's disgusting.
 * 2) It should be also mentioned that this episode started the overuse of gore to the point it wouldn't look out of place in an exploitation movie or in a video game like People Playground.
 * 3) The reason for this war is incredibly stupid. The Mafia thinks that the main characters are actually robbing their bar when they actually wanted just a drink.
 * 4) Most of the characters are just as out of character as normally on season 9, to the point you don't even feel sad for them dying:
 * 5) Eda just openly accepted this war between the Mafia and her and her friends, risking the lives of herself and her friends.
 * 6) This episode started Luz's Flanderization, as during the Mafia War, she openly made sexist comments towards men and acted like an obnoxious Mary Sue.
 * 7) Amity acted like a complete paranoid throughout the entire episode till her death.
 * 8) Peter Griffin just threatened the bartender with a shotgun just for a glass of beer.
 * 9) Horrible humor.
 * 10) The episode just stereotyped the Mafia as a family of stereotypical gangster Italians who just does all kinds of stereotypical Italian stuff, which comes off as offensive to actual Italians. Thankfully, the writers learned their mistakes once they produced seasons 11 and 12.
 * 11) The episode also attempts in making jokes about death but in a tasteless way.
 * 12) The infamous line "Italy is just a state full of gangsters and criminals" from Eda, only insults the Italians even more.
 * 13) Loads of filler were used during the episode, and the only scenes where it's not considered filler are the deaths and that's it.
 * 14) The episode also got backlash after Warner Bros. posted on Twitter an image of the characters' bodies covered in blood after the episode aired.
 * 15) The plot is arguably one of the worst plots in the show. There's not a single positive thing about the episode's plot. While Just Use a Mouse had an even more atrocious plot, with it being nothing but a pure Lincoln torture episode, at least it had some redeeming qualities, like a good ending and the unlikeable characters getting their comeuppance. Here, though, as mentioned before, there's nothing positive about the plot.
 * 16) Atrocious, confusing and non-existent ending: The writers actually had the guts of making a 30-second compilation showing the deaths of multiple characters with happy music, similar to a foreign trailer of the 1984 Italian movie Cento Giorni a Palermo (a movie that talks about the 100 days of Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa in Palermo when Cosa Nostra was controlling the Sicily). After that, the episode ends with the credits rolling and that's it, no aftermath, no actual good or bad ending, that's it.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) The idea of making a war between the crew and the Mafia was pretty interesting and creative, though it was poorly executed.

Reception
The Mafia War was negatively received by critics, audiences, and fans. It was criticized for the overabundance of gore, the horrendous plot, atrocious and insensitive jokes, the Italian stereotyping, and the non-existent ending. The episode has a 4.5 on IMDb, making it the 4th lowest-rated episode of the show. The writers later confessed their hatred towards the episode, including Fred Dungles, who regretted approving the episode.

Trivia

 * As a result of the negative reception of the episode, Warner Bros. received a death threat from an actual member of a mob family, which lead to tons of investigations, which are still ongoing.