One thing I’ve noticed: Both“Dead Kids” and “A Boy And A Priest” don’t actually show a kid getting shot or molested. Maybe it’s Trey showing restraint or maybe it’s a comment on the urge to turn away from the horrors in our midst.

This is the single worst review I have ever read, not because I disagree with whether the reviewer liked it, but because the reviewer CLEARLY has no idea that Catholic abuse is back in the news, interjected something about Matt/Trey going meta that was not remotely there, something about police killings (?!?!?!), and…

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“Collective indifference to heinous crimes" is definitively dark.

“Bad. *click* Boring.*click* Good but dated in its view of gender norms *click*”

It will never get old seeing social justice spazzes try twist South Park’s mockery of them into something they can go along with.

Talk about missing the forest for the trees. Police shootings? Kavanaugh? You’re too busy looking for things that aren’t there (since when has South Park EVER been subtle in its topical references?), and as a result missing the obvious (Stan is in a sling because he was shot last week, so no, the events of “Dead…

Great episode! It’s got the B plot of Cartman and the cheesy poofs song, right? The gag with him singing it and then only being used for one word in the commercial is great.

the really dark turn the show has taken is largely due to the sudden apathy and cynicism of the whole adult population in the town (with Randy to lead the way as usual). wonder if it will be the theme of the season.

You know, as a regular reader, I’ve come to expect the standard “ugh, AVClub is so liberal” responses to almost any review, regardless of political content, because Internet comment boards are full of easily upset lameasses who have to see their chosen enemies everywhere. But I do have to agree here. You want Parker…

Parker and Stone have obtained FU money. Between the hashtag and the direct runs at hot topics it looks like they’re taking it out for a stroll.

you should not be reviewing South Park episodes. Don’t sound like a fan. Inject way too much of your own personal views. Episode was hilarious. Also Loved Randy’s throw away line “Good show, but dated in its view of gender norms.” haha basically making fun of critics like yourself.

The Cumbee and Cumboni had real human sound effects, which just added to the humor of it all.

Are you insane? This had nothing to do with the police or Kavanaugh. Wow, you must be really deranged to make that connection. How come not mention of Butters saying he chose to “walk away?” I guess that doesn’t fit your absurd narrative.

That and the ‘bad apples’ bit, as well. Get a load of this guy, injecting ACAB out of nowhere.

I think the #cancelsouthpark thing is them trolling but also them inoculating themselves. If they are going to try to be as offensive as possible this season some groups of people who are trying to get comedians fired for words they said might actually try something like that. If you’ve already made the twitter…

With last week’s episode and this one, it looks like SP is going to take on big societal issues each episode with a few serialized details along the way (like Stan being shot in the first episode and then in a sling the 2nd). The #cancelsouthpark thing is a bit of a joke but also, it looks like they are in “zero…

They’re in full “don’t give a fuck” mode

“Get any evidence the priest might have left behind!”

so first - last week’s episode was better than this week’s. That you ranked last week lower than this week’s tells me you’re struggling here.