The episode focused on America's relationship with Saudi Arabia after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year. In it, Minhaj said, "Now would be a good time to reassess our relationship with Saudi Arabia. And I mean that as a Muslim, and as an American" before going on to criticize Saudi Arabia's role in the ongoing Yemeni civil war as well as criticizing Silicon Valley for "swimming in Saudi cash." That last point refers to Saudi Arabia's aggressive investment strategy in foreign technology companies like Uber, as well as its financial backing of Japan's SoftBank Vision Fund, which invests billions in overseas companies–including those in the United States.

The reason the CITC gave Netflix when it ordered the removal of the episode from its Saudi service was that it violated Article 6 of the kingdom's anti-cyber crime law. That article states that "production, preparation, transmission, or storage of material impinging on public order, religious values, public morals, and privacy, through the information network or computers" is a crime that is punishable by up to five years in prison. However, many civil liberties organizations have criticized the Saudi government for its use of the anti-cyber crime law, saying it's nothing more than a tool used to suppress free speech.