South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid
"South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid" | |
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South Park episode | |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
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Featured music | "I Forgive You" by Kelly Clarkson |
Production code | 2404 |
Original air date | December 16, 2021 |
"South Park: Post Covid: The Return of Covid" is a 2021 American adult animated comedy television special episode written and directed by Trey Parker. It is the second in a series of South Park television specials for the streaming service Paramount+ and premiered on December 16, 2021.[1][2] It is a sequel to and continues the storyline of the previous special, "South Park: Post Covid".[3] It is also the 311th episode of the series.
Plot
Presently, South Park remains under quarantine due to the new COVID-19 variant. On the run and guarding his last sprout of marijuana,
At the asylum, Stan and Kyle find that "Chouce" is actually "Chaos." They enter Chaos' cell to discover that he is actually
The Cartman family take refuge at the church building.
Cartman prepares for Clyde to travel back in time when Stan and Kyle arrive and use their Amazon Alexas to neutralize Chaos. Cartman and Kyle begin fighting until Yentl, Cartman's wife, convinces him to allow Kyle and Stan to implement their plan. However, Cartman’s infant son activates the machine, sending Clyde back in time. Arriving to retrieve his father's gun, Clyde convinces his past self not to be vaccinated. Adult Clyde approaches the boys with the intent to kill young Kyle when Stan, Kyle, and Cartman arrive, having traveled through time to intervene. Before Clyde can fire, Cartman shoots him dead.
Realizing that they cannot prevent the pandemic, Stan, Kyle, and Cartman instead decide to change their reaction. They approach Heather Williams and blackmail her to get their younger selves courtside tickets to the Nuggets game, where the boys forgive each other. Randy receives the marijuana strain from the future and cultivates it for mass distribution. Under its influence, the townspeople forgive each other for their behavior during the pandemic, changing the future. Almost everyone's lives have changed for the better in the revised future. Stan has become part of the
Cast
- Trey Parker
- Matt Stone
- April Stewart
- Mona Marshall
- Kimberly Brooks
- Adrien Beard
- Delilah Kujala as Amazon Alexa[4]
- Betty Boogie Parker
Reception
Dan Caffey of The A.V. Club said about the special "Picking up where November's Post COVID left off, The Return of COVID finds South Park's grownup kids in full Avengers: Endgame mode, trying to figure out how to travel back in time to reverse the shitty present in which they currently live. If that sounds like an overly basic distillation of the plot, that's because, like the first movie, The Return of COVID complicates the story with subplots that sometimes make the core narrative feel like it's stalling."[5] The ending of the special, which revealed the fate of an adult Eric Cartman, led to some strong reactions from longtime fans of the show.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "The Exclusive Event Continues...'South Park: Post Covid: The Return Of Covid' Is Coming To Paramount+ Thursday, December 16" (Press release). Comedy Central. December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Parker, Ryan (December 8, 2021). "'South Park' Dropping 'Post COVID' Part II Movie Next Week". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Swift, Andy (December 8, 2021). "South Park Event Return of COVID Gets Paramount+ Premiere Date, First Look". TVLine. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Kujala, Delilah [@DelilahKujala] (December 19, 2021). "You can watch to me bring the wrath 😈 of Alexa down on your fav @SouthPark characters on "South Park: Post Covid: The Return Of Covid" now streaming on @paramountplus" (Tweet). Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Caffrey, Dan (December 16, 2021). "In South Park: Post COVID: The Return Of COVID, the villains don't know that they're villains". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 16, 2021.
- ^ Parker, Ryan (December 17, 2021). "Some 'South Park' Fans Struggling With One Character's Depressing Altered Future in Latest Paramount+ Movie". The Hollywood Reporter.