Grounded Vindaloop

One of the best episodes. The end scene was awesome. 😂🤣 I haven't recommended anything to anyone for awhile but I messaged my friends and asked em to watch this episode.

Their feedback was that they loved it too.

If you haven't seen this episode, check it out,

I don't usually review things, but this episode left me completely stunned and at times mindf**ked. The episode deals with the occulus rift device which makes you part of a virtual reality. It starts out simple by Cartman messing with Butters as he always does, but then it turns out that maybe Cartman is the one being messed with, and it then soon turns into a huge paradox in which no one knows what's real and what's not. It's such a great spoof of movies with virtual realities and at the same time it's absolutely hilarious (the Indian customer service guy). All in all this is one of the greatest South Park episodes I've ever seen in which I sometimes literally laughed my a** off.

I had stopped watching South Park some years ago after watching the entire 12 or 13 first seasons. I felt the series was relying too much on toilet humor and just became exhausting.

But the other day I decided to download and binge watch the past few seasons. Good stuff alternating with lame stuff, all normal. If you watch one after the other, on average you will be entertained, since the very good ones cancel out the so-so.

But then this episode came and blew my mind. It's the best I've seen, and the IMDb community seems to feel the same way, given the 9.2 rating. I could not stop laughing from beginning to end.

I ALMOST would have given this episode 10 stars, except... there was a very meddling inaccuracy (which startled me). When it comes to Indian call centers, they pretty much never have multiple clocks up on the wall showing different time zones, and as proven by Jim Browning in his Dumbest Scammer Awards videos, if you actually do ask an Indian tech support person what time is it (in a particular time zone), they either won't give a straight answer or they would have to resort to looking it up on Google. So to see those clocks up on the wall in the scenes featuring Steve (the customer service representative), it just didn't feel right.

South Park has never left me speechless or thinking about the 'big' questions, but after watching this episode, I am simply stunned. The initial gag is at first funny, but when the plot actually gets set up, you are completely sucked in trying to understand what is going on. It's not like other episodes that rely on shocking jokes and cheap humor. This episode is smart, clean, and comments on what we believe reality is. The ending seals the deal as something completely out of character of the show happens, but adds to the overall quality of the show.

Absolutely insane, especially from Matt and Trey. Hopefully more South Park episodes will be this thoughtful and deep.