Good night, amateur trolls that trolled a troll and trolled themselves into a troll, brothers.
With one episode to go in the season, South Park has remained consistently funny and on-point with their humor, though I worry about how their going to wrap all of this up. There are a good six to seven ongoing storylines right now, and only one episode to finish off a few of them.
There was no clear focus this week, but I'll start where the episode ended, with Gerald's troll-based storyline. It's pretty satisfying to see the Troll Hunter's massive revelation; that he is, in fact, just another troll, bent on world destruction. Even Gerald couldn't find the humor in his master plan, as the Troll Hunter is truly in a league of his own. With the world on the brink of war, the trolling has truly begun, as the Troll Hunter went to work on his own employees and the other trolls, though why they had to be naked for that is beyond me.
Kyle is always a sucker for saving the world, and he did so this week, as he joined together with the adults of South Park to put a stop to Denmark. They accomplished this by recruiting fan favorite Mr. Slave, who goaded President Trum- I mean Garrison, into bombing the Danish. When they learned that they were going to bomb their own father, Kyle and Ike sh**-talked Garrison into leaving the Danish alone. Side note: the entire Broflovski family are the clear stars of this season, culminating in a great scene between Kyle, Ike and their mother as they locked Shiela in a cupboard to begin their own plot. The elevation of side characters has made this season a joy, as a lot of the main characters, specifically the four boys, have not been necessary at all.
Finally, we got to see some solid stuff from another great side character, Butters. I massively disliked his work with Cartman last episode, and it was fun to see a return to a more depressed Butters. Cartman unknowingly got Heidi to solve the problem of interplanetary space-travel, but doesn't seem to care, as Butters has convinced him that Heidi is playing him. I wouldn't be surprised if they're both playing each other as it's highly unlikely that Cartman doesn't have some sort of plan.
8/10
The two biggest complaints that I have for this episode and this season are the large number of open storylines, and the similarity of a lot of episodes. This is starting to get a little stale, and here's hoping for a shake-up in the finale.
Before this review ends, just a reminder that Universe Mode content resumes on my blog next Monday, December 5th. It'll be the return of Monday Night Raw, and you won't want to miss it.
With one episode to go in the season, South Park has remained consistently funny and on-point with their humor, though I worry about how their going to wrap all of this up. There are a good six to seven ongoing storylines right now, and only one episode to finish off a few of them.
There was no clear focus this week, but I'll start where the episode ended, with Gerald's troll-based storyline. It's pretty satisfying to see the Troll Hunter's massive revelation; that he is, in fact, just another troll, bent on world destruction. Even Gerald couldn't find the humor in his master plan, as the Troll Hunter is truly in a league of his own. With the world on the brink of war, the trolling has truly begun, as the Troll Hunter went to work on his own employees and the other trolls, though why they had to be naked for that is beyond me.
Kyle is always a sucker for saving the world, and he did so this week, as he joined together with the adults of South Park to put a stop to Denmark. They accomplished this by recruiting fan favorite Mr. Slave, who goaded President Trum- I mean Garrison, into bombing the Danish. When they learned that they were going to bomb their own father, Kyle and Ike sh**-talked Garrison into leaving the Danish alone. Side note: the entire Broflovski family are the clear stars of this season, culminating in a great scene between Kyle, Ike and their mother as they locked Shiela in a cupboard to begin their own plot. The elevation of side characters has made this season a joy, as a lot of the main characters, specifically the four boys, have not been necessary at all.
Finally, we got to see some solid stuff from another great side character, Butters. I massively disliked his work with Cartman last episode, and it was fun to see a return to a more depressed Butters. Cartman unknowingly got Heidi to solve the problem of interplanetary space-travel, but doesn't seem to care, as Butters has convinced him that Heidi is playing him. I wouldn't be surprised if they're both playing each other as it's highly unlikely that Cartman doesn't have some sort of plan.
8/10
The two biggest complaints that I have for this episode and this season are the large number of open storylines, and the similarity of a lot of episodes. This is starting to get a little stale, and here's hoping for a shake-up in the finale.
Before this review ends, just a reminder that Universe Mode content resumes on my blog next Monday, December 5th. It'll be the return of Monday Night Raw, and you won't want to miss it.
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