South Park: Return of Covid Made Me Cry

Man, this one was great. Stay tuned to find out why.

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[Bloomser]

Forgot to mention- the special also hints at the fact that Kyle is what makes Cartman the way he is, as his wife points out. It's pretty much solidified knowing his future when he remains friends with Kyle. Just figured I'd mention this!

[GothicPurple]

Anyone else realize how Butters' only real friend he kept into adulthood was Kenny, which fits with the Hawaii episode where he says Kenny is the only kid he even really likes.

[HVtux]

I thought the message was that it wasn't cartman that was bad for south park. South Park was bad for him. In one timeline he left and fixed himself, in another he stayed, and never changed.

[XavierMarciano]

Butters actually becoming a powerful villain was the highlight of the episode for me. I found it hilarious that even as a grown badass he still used the urinal in his own special way xD

[SnailJuice]

gotta love how no matter the timeline, Tweek and Craig were still together and implied Husbands.

[davidrossington]

I want to imagine Matt and Trey were sitting in the studio asking "How do we make Butters the villain that he's always wanted to be?" and then when the whole NFT craze hit they had that eureka moment and wrote him to be the final boss of all NFT bros

[PapaKaffey]

It broke my heart seeing what Matt and Trey did to Cartman at the end, but man this was one of the better episodes I've seen in a long time.

[BigHH]

The cartman story arc is like a perfect example of how people were effected by covid. Most people’s lives were completely derailed and want nothing more than to go back in time and get a second chance while others were on such a bad path that covid actually saved their lives and helped them be better. Cartman was the latter and it sucjs that they had to do him like that but also he made his half brother eat his father

[princessaur]

I cried, too, man. I started crying tears of happiness at seeing everyone's futures turning out bright, only to have my heart ripped out once they revealed Cartman. It's sad to think that it's the boys' broship that enables him into being a bad person, since them breaking up and Cartman getting better friends is the thing that seemingly lead him down a better path.

[clydesstinkytoilet]

Seeing butters dad hug him and butters being so happy is literally golden id pay millions to see it again

[samtheweebo]

I think the unified feelings about Cartman show that deep down most of us would be happy to have evil people redeemed rather than punished. Interesting when you see that the Justice system seems to be more about punishment than trying to fix people.

[MichelleCatlin]

I think what made the ending so sad despite it being Cartman is because the special showed that South Park was what turned him into a monster. As soon as he left that place is when he became better for it. So as much as I would feel like he deserved it on the other hand he was a victim of his surroundings and he could have been redeemed if it wasnt for the town that made him that way.

[SeanTheOriginal]

It isn't Cartman I feel bad for, it's his family. A wife he'll never love and kids he'll never have. They were all so happy together and now they'll never know that happiness.
For the sake of everyone in town a good family had to be utterly destroyed to the point of never having existed.

[Mrsierramist]

This episode made me emotional as well. Even though Cartman is evil, he is still a child. The fact that redemption is possible only reinforces that idea. Children can change in the right environment and with the right support. The entire story was executed so well!

[amphoraoftea]

I think the moment that made me cry personally was just seeing Butter’s dad hug him. I’ve never seen him do anything other than ground his son, so seeing him finally give Butters some genuine affection was something that I really liked. Even if he was high as balls while doing it

[whoopingmuffin]

Trey and Matt despite everything up to this point had done the unthinkable. He made us feel bad and sympathetic for eric cartman.

The man who gave up everything he had just to make the world a better place, the same one who had been the worst person morally on the show period, we actually felt sympathy for.

[electricyogurt]

That ending hurt so bad, even though Cartman is evil incarnate, it was still sad to see him end up like that. I feel like going forward watching them be kids and knowing their destiny’s it’ll make the show feel very different. Great video, excited to see more of your stuff !

[frogs]

the part that almost made me cry was seeing shelly and sharon. they deserved a future and im so glad they got it.

[coloradokittenfoster]

When his daughter said "I don't wanna live in a world where I have to be like Uncle Kyle!" (paraphrasing here). I LOST it - such a great line! haha

[versebuchanan]

My best friend, bandmate, brother, passed away during the lockdown last year. I was the one who found him, he'd sunken deeper into his depression and OD'd intentionally. This episode was the first time I think South Park ever hit me really really hard, lol. Just kinda sat there in the room afterwards with the tv off, I think it was the first time I really let myself feel all the shit I try to keep pushed down since it happened. So... not that it matters or they'll ever know, but, thanks, Matt and Trey. Like... for real.