Spring Break

I thought the episode was pretty good. I didn't see the twist with Garrison at first, it's a classic South Park type of joke. And I liked that they used Randy for the toxic masculinity angle. I hate Tegridy Farms but this was more like how his role used to be in contrast to Stan than just jokes about him being the worst.

But you can see from all the reviews that somehow this is the episode when "South Park lost it". Kind of interesting they suddenly dislike it now. The show hasn't been as good as its prime in forever but this was definitely not bottom tier if you're not a snowflake who can laugh at everyone else except the thing you care about.

I don't think I laughed once. The creators went a little overboard trying to connect spring break with trump and masculinity. Definitely more of an episode with a message than one that's trying to make you laugh, but those are my least favorite SP episodes. Considering this is the season finale, I'm pretty disappointed. They've been having these very short seasons lately. Six episodes? That's not enough time to hit your stride in a season. I bet they'll do another couple specials to supplement the season like last year, but it makes me long for the days where at least every other episode was memorable and relatable. Feels kinda like they're losing their edge.

I am glad to see Trump back. I loved the 20th season of South Park, which was all about the elections. It was awesome and very funny. Even though this episode didn't feature Cartman, Kenny, Kyle, Butters, and the other school kids, it was still enjoyable to watch. It would be even better if they paired Cartman with Trump. Also, it was shocking that they didn't use Trump's name in the show and instead named him Garrison, but in the 20th season, they named him Trump. The ending was a bit like a gay romantic movie, but the last dialogue hinted at Trump's possible return, depending on what happens in the real-life elections.

Overall, it was a fun episode to watch, but it might be the last episode of the season. I'm hoping to see some movies of South Park too in the future.

Honestly, I enjoyed this episode much more than I thought I would mainly because the A and B plot center around Trump/Garrison and Tegridy/Randy which I am typically not a fan of.

For the Tegridy/Randy part, I feel like the commentary they were trying to was super heavy handed but also kind of unfocused. Like the Andrew Tate shoehorn, and Randy constantly talking about "real" masculinity just didn't work. And I feel like the commentary was just too simple. Basically boils down to partying hard bad, also Andrew Tate. Like seriously the Andrew Tate inclusion was just so unnecessary and weird, cause it's not even like its him, it kind of feels like they just made up a random character and made him look like Andrew Tate.

The Garrison arc I enjoyed a little more but only because Garrison is just such a ridiculous character and the whole Garrison Rick relationship thing is kind of wholesome. But again I feel like the commentary is both heavy handed and unfocused. Like Garrison's obsession with rallying as a metaphor for toxic habits is kind of funny but just to over the top. And I have no idea why they just started putting in footage of the capital riots during his speech it didn't make any sense.

So yeah, pretty mid episode, but still mildly entertaining. I wasn't like itching to turn it off, but I probably won't revisit it ever again.

These weak snowflakes just cant take a joke! Not a great great episode but it proves its point with the reviews here... We should have a trigger warning so their safe spaces dont get microaggressed! When you let hate control you, you become that which you hate the most.

Its almost like they cant take criticism and will try to cancel whatever makes them uncomfortable. The end was also prescient, as we shall see.

But seriously people, the fact that noone on either side can take any good natured ribbing is exactly what shows like SP have been raging at for decades. The episode was right and America needs that person to keep them in line, its on a bender and needs to be controlled.