Truth and Advertising
"Truth and Advertising" | |
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South Park episode | |
Episode no. | Season 19 Episode 9 |
Directed by | Trey Parker |
Written by | Trey Parker |
Production code | 1909 |
Original air date | December 2, 2015 |
Guest appearance | |
Bill Hader as Tom | |
"Truth and Advertising" is the ninth episode of the nineteenth season and the 266th overall episode of the animated television series South Park, written and directed by series co-creator Trey Parker. It is the second part of a three-episode story arc which began with the previous episode "Sponsored Content" and concludes with the following episode "PC Principal Final Justice" that together serve as the season finale. It premiered on Comedy Central on December 2, 2015. Like the previous episode, this episode continues to parody the abundance of online advertising while continuing its season-long lampoon of political correctness.
Plot
After
At South Park Elementary, Stan runs up to Kyle with a school newspaper clipping stating that Principal has sent Jimmy and Leslie on a Disney Cruise for good behavior, but the boys know better as Jimmy was in charge of the school newspaper before being replaced by Nathan. They go to the school newsroom to get answers but are left with nothing after Nathan starts acting stupid to throw them off-course as he directly communicates with the ads on his computer.
At a motel, Randy wakes up tied to a chair being interrogated by the trio, who explain that the
At the school newsroom, Jimmy and Leslie confront Nathan about his lies, but Leslie betrays Jimmy and brutally assaults him, revealing the fact that Nathan is one of the agents of Leslie and the other ads and proving the newsmen were correct in their warnings to Jimmy not to trust Leslie. At the fraternity house, Randy, Garrison, Jenner and Victoria discover the place abandoned before discovering a computer that Principal used to see the ad featuring him and Leslie. They come to the conclusion that Principal may be trying to help, but they get distracted after looking through the computer and end up at a store just as the boys did earlier. Leslie goes to Kyle's house to ask for his help and last four digits of his Social Security number, and they leave together.
Critical reception
IGN's Max Nicholson gave the episode a 7.2 out of 10 and stated that the episode "was a little sluggish, especially in terms of the main plot. While Jimmy and Leslie's storyline made some headway on that front, the boys came up empty-handed in their investigation – although their sudden transitions to consumerist hotspots were really funny."[1] Writing for The A.V. Club, Dan Caffrey rated the episode a B and stated in his review: "it's a chapter of the increasingly epic season 19 that relies almost entirely on cryptic intentions, shifting allegiances, and general confusion among the characters as they try to unravel who’s really behind the recent madness around town".[2]
References
- ^ Nicholson, Max (December 2, 2015). "South Park: "Truth and Advertising" Review". IGN. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
- ^ Caffrey, Dan (December 3, 2015). "South Park: "Truth and Advertising"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
External links
- "Truth and Advertising" Full episode at South Park Studios
- "Truth and Advertising" at IMDb