Had someone got a hold of me last week and asked what I thought the season premiere of South Park would entail, I would have likely said it had something to do with Ebola. The overzealous media coverage of the matter, with everyone get ahead of themselves on the matter, seems right up show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's alley. Turns out, I was an episode ahead of myself.
Following their premiere last week, "Go Fund Yourself," making light of everything from Kickstarter to the ISIS, this week is a little more heldback in its intentions, yet is far more political than the installment which aired before. In a rare move, the events of this week episode concede with what happened last week, with the boys (Eric, Stan, Kyle and Kenny) attempting to go back to school like nothing happened, despite the fact that they told everyone to "go f**k themselves" as they were on their way to make millions. To quote Stan, "Why does everyone suddenly remember everything everyone said?"
In a last ditch attempt to renew everyone's affections, the boys attempt to host the "best party ever," with everything from pizza to ice cream to even Lorde herself. They wrap it under the thin blanket that they are benefiting Scott Malkinson's diabetes. But there's a problem, of course: after people seem to be dying horrible, penis-removing deaths from gluten, the town goes crazy.
Where last week, the recurring joke was Cartman telling people to "go f**k yourself," this week's continuing gag is "guys' d**ks flying off." Which, if you are interested, they show in plenty of detail. With less lofty goals this time, "Gluten Free Ebola" is far more controlled than last week's episode. Despite the fact that it deals with far crazier aftereffects. The intentions seem more focused this week, with last week being the writers chance to cleanse their systems of everything they have been wanting to say since their summer silence.
Additionally, Parker and Stone seem to have more politics in mind here than they did last week. Despite being in the title, the word "ebola" never once comes up in this episode, only instead being referred to by gluten. Of course, this is just the South Park creators killing two birds with one stone. But there points remain clear, even if they weren't in the title.
That said, while this episode is a hair better than last week's, there are still signs of the creators being a bit warn out of their '90s creation. It's not their fault; it would likely happen to anyone working on the same show for 18 years. While we are not watching the peak of the series, it is still clear that Parker and Stone are still willing to keep their (comedy) guns firing.
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