Review
| - So South Park apparently has a weird continuity now? The show has experimented with loose continuity before, but it’s most been in the form of multiple episode arcs and the offhand returning character . This seems like something different, something that might not be revolutionary, but will at least be new: At least if this week and last week are any indication, the season will continue to explore the consequences of the boys’ actions, allowing the plots to be motivated in part by their attempts to dig themselves out of a hole. So last week, Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny threw a party to apologize for storming out of South Park for startup-land. This week, not only are Stan’s troubles with Wendy ongoing, Randy’s Lorde returns.
- This week's South Park went back to basics with Cartman, who exploited yet another PC hot button -- in this case, gender identity -- to get his way at school. However, the more entertaining storyline this week was the continuation of Randy as Lorde. While the "what" and "why" of this storyline remains somewhat unclear, it did offer several amusing moments, and it actually probably said more about gender identity than Cartman's storyline did.
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