The A and B plot of this "special" got old after the 10 minute mark. This episode might genuinely be worse than the jakovasaurs episode or the serialized episodes of more recent seasons...
The A plot is Cartman and the rest of the kids being addicted to an energy drink called "Cred". Why are they addicted to it? Because online "influencers" are sponsored by them and they push kids to drink it. The "social commentary" with this plot is as shallow as possible, with a simple "haha kids are stupid and are easily influenced by online "influencers" and those "influencers" know that and use it to push things onto kids".
The B plot is another Randy focused one. For the love of God, Randy isn't funny anymore. Stop making him a main focus of every special and almost every episode!!!! The plot is that a teacher is discovered to have an onlyfans account and the parents are mad about it since she influences their kids but Randy isn't mad anymore when he hears that she makes $10k a week from it so he decided to make his own onlyfans page. Eventually Sharon gets mad enough at him and decides to start her own onlyfans page which leads to Randy using Cred to have the algorithm push his content more. Oh and btw, this causes Randy to have his uncensored junk being on screen almost every time he's in the special, to the point where you just want to stop watching and never continue (other male characters also show their junk). The "social commentary" here is something something, social media websites aren't safe for kids but people turn a blind eye to that fact so they can target kids and get more views.
This "special" felt like another instances of Matt and Trey just looking at a checklist and picking what topics they want to focus on even if the two topics feel extremely disconnected.
This "special" was a bore to watch, as it had nothing interesting or special to say. Heck, it wasn't even funny. I maybe exhaled loudly twice while watching, not even one laugh. It's almost like they don't bother adding in jokes now and instead just hope and pray that the plots themselves are funny enough to keep viewership. But that certainly wasn't the case with either of these plots, especially the Randy B plot (but that's no real surprise). Also yet again we get an episode or "special" where Stan, Kyle, and Kenny aren't important. Heck, Kenny isn't even seen or mentioned in this "special". Really? Not even a scene of Cartman mocking Kenny for being too poor to buy Cred? Again, it feels like Matt and Trey have completely forgotten that South Park is about the four boys.
It's pretty clear that one of three things is happening. Either:
1. Matt and Trey are burnt out or just don't care anymore and are putting minimal effort into South Park now
2. Matt and Trey are using AI to make episodes now
Or
3. Matt and Trey aren't really involved and just have interns writing everything now and they just give their stamps of approval.
Whichever one it is, South Park is clearly directionless and just a sinking ship. I miss the days where I looked forward to new South Park releasing but now I just know better...
The A plot is Cartman and the rest of the kids being addicted to an energy drink called "Cred". Why are they addicted to it? Because online "influencers" are sponsored by them and they push kids to drink it. The "social commentary" with this plot is as shallow as possible, with a simple "haha kids are stupid and are easily influenced by online "influencers" and those "influencers" know that and use it to push things onto kids".
The B plot is another Randy focused one. For the love of God, Randy isn't funny anymore. Stop making him a main focus of every special and almost every episode!!!! The plot is that a teacher is discovered to have an onlyfans account and the parents are mad about it since she influences their kids but Randy isn't mad anymore when he hears that she makes $10k a week from it so he decided to make his own onlyfans page. Eventually Sharon gets mad enough at him and decides to start her own onlyfans page which leads to Randy using Cred to have the algorithm push his content more. Oh and btw, this causes Randy to have his uncensored junk being on screen almost every time he's in the special, to the point where you just want to stop watching and never continue (other male characters also show their junk). The "social commentary" here is something something, social media websites aren't safe for kids but people turn a blind eye to that fact so they can target kids and get more views.
This "special" felt like another instances of Matt and Trey just looking at a checklist and picking what topics they want to focus on even if the two topics feel extremely disconnected.
This "special" was a bore to watch, as it had nothing interesting or special to say. Heck, it wasn't even funny. I maybe exhaled loudly twice while watching, not even one laugh. It's almost like they don't bother adding in jokes now and instead just hope and pray that the plots themselves are funny enough to keep viewership. But that certainly wasn't the case with either of these plots, especially the Randy B plot (but that's no real surprise). Also yet again we get an episode or "special" where Stan, Kyle, and Kenny aren't important. Heck, Kenny isn't even seen or mentioned in this "special". Really? Not even a scene of Cartman mocking Kenny for being too poor to buy Cred? Again, it feels like Matt and Trey have completely forgotten that South Park is about the four boys.
It's pretty clear that one of three things is happening. Either:
1. Matt and Trey are burnt out or just don't care anymore and are putting minimal effort into South Park now
2. Matt and Trey are using AI to make episodes now
Or
3. Matt and Trey aren't really involved and just have interns writing everything now and they just give their stamps of approval.
Whichever one it is, South Park is clearly directionless and just a sinking ship. I miss the days where I looked forward to new South Park releasing but now I just know better...