User Reviews

The synopsis is that Scott Malkinson and the rest of the boys fight over who gets to be with the new girl at their school. While Scott Malkinson's dad tries to take down every streaming service in town.

Yet another classic episode that doesn't rely on story arcs! The new intro is just as good as all of the other new ones this season. Unlike what the show usually does, this episode focuses on a background character named Scott Malkinson. Before this episode, the only jokes he gave in his little screen time was that he had a lisp and diabetes, heck, the episode even makes fun of that near the end (in which I even cried at). And now we see that Scott is really likeable and has more personality beyond his illnesses. He gets in a relationship with Sophie Grey, the new girl and it's already more interesting than Cartman and Heidi. I found it hilarious how everyone in the school, even the goth kids and Timmy wants to hit her up. Overall, Scott Malkinson is a great addition to the cast and I hope that Matt and Trey will put him in more episodes.

The second plot about Scott's dad taking down streaming services was just as good as the first one. I liked the joke of how the cable men waste their time while they're getting to someone's house. But most of all, I liked the seemingly creative yet immaturely offensive TV shows. Crab People was an amazing comeback from season 7, The Sister where a funny recreation of Terrance and Phillip and The Whites and the Blacks was the only time I ever laughed at the Whites! I also liked the whole message of streaming services taking over traditional cable. I was aware of this issue long before this episode but now with Disney+, AppleTV+ and HBO Max to name a few, it was clear that South Park had to make fun of this issue. Overall, this was needed to make the episode feel like modern South Park.

This episode uncovers one of the least explored character in South Park. It contains plenty of gags and humor about diabetes and a light-hearted humor around cable TV. Scott tries to impress the new girl which happens to suffer from the same illness as him. Over the episode, his failing efforts and Cartman's insults towards diabetic children make the episode very enjoyable and giver the audience a sense of good ol' South Park.

It also ends on a good note despite the fact that Scott doesn't achieve his objectives and wraps the plot with a hammering conclussion: that every character in South Park is disfunctional, which in the case of Scott it means that his life is based upon his illness, with nothing to add.

The only negative point I can find in this episode is that the humor is pretty simple and I think that South Park always need that little spicy taste, but it's very enjoyable nevertheless.