Members Only (South Park)
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Episode no. | Season 20 Episode 8 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
Featured music | "Africa" by Toto "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" by Benny Goodman |
Production code | 2008 |
Original air date | November 16, 2016 |
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"Members Only" is the eighth episode in the twentieth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 275th episode of the series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on November 16, 2016.
The episode, while mostly progressing the season's plot, lampooned Donald Trump's rejection of political correctness during his presidential campaign and parodied a worst-case scenario of a Trump-led presidency.
Plot
The newly elected
Detained in the Troll Trace building in Denmark,
Reception
Jesse Schedeen with IGN rated the episode an 8.5 out of 10 and stated that he enjoyed how the episode "cleverly built on recent political events as it shed more light on the Member Berries and their true, horrifying plan for mankind."[1] Jeremy Lambert with 411 Mania rated it a 6.5 out of 10 and noted "Something just feels a bit off from the start of the season to now."[2] Dan Caffrey with The A.V. Club rated the episode an A−, and stated that the story "will definitely result in some great—if very, very dark—episodes of South Park in the future."[3]
References
- ^ Schedeeen, Jesse (November 16, 2016). "South Park: "Members Only" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ Lambert, Jeremy (November 17, 2016). "South Park 20.8 Review – 'Members Only'". 411 Mania. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
- ^ Caffrey, Dan (November 17, 2016). "In the dawn of the Trump era, the satire on South Park writes itself". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
External links
- "Members Only" Full episode at South Park Studios
- "Members Only" at IMDb