South Park's Future is BLEAK (Post Covid Special Breakdown) 

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I'm glad kenny still kept in contact with butters even when he was in the mental hospital. It show he developed a friendship with him from the Hawaii episode

I love how, even now, after five decades, Randy still doesn't want to admit it really was his fault that the pandemic happened and keeps blaming it on China. It really is like that Randy analysis video Johnny made. Randy's too scared to admit what he did was wrong because he's equally frightened of how others see him. In a way, the Post-Covid Special shows that. Randy put his own feelings first, and that's what tore the Marsh family apart. By refusing to admit what he did and not taking into consideration how his family feels about the damn farm, he's essentially let his insecurities spiral out of control and ruin his family.

It would be great if Cartman's whole family is in on the joke with him instead of lying to them for decades. It could lead to many elaborate scams and tricks.

I love how this brings back up the little known fact that Kenny is the biggest Chad and best person in the show.

Literally half way through I was like "Huh I wonder where butters is" thinking he was gonna be a background character in the school or something but damn.

I honestly hope the twist is Cartman really DID change, because if he didn't, it would make the whole thing feel even more pointless, on top of already being a special.

I thought this special was very good! Glad to see them doing more experimental stuff with the series

I love how Jimmy as a talk show host is both a perfect character fit and a jab at the many late night Jimmy's of the 2010s

The reason Butters is in a mental institute is because of all the messed up stuff he's been through. Butters ends up in some pretty awful situations sometimes.

I LOST IT at the “Covid delta plus rewards program” part! This is just Trey and Matt taking the piss out of absolutely everything. Kinda like why Futurama is great, this being in the future is a smart move because the idea of “Well, you can’t prove they _won’t_ happen” gives them total freedom with the different concepts. Moreover from that, these specials have basically been a tale of “How South Park got their groove back” and I love it.

I honestly really hope that it turns out that Cartman is genuinely Jewish, and he's not just trying to mess with Kyle. Everyone's expecting a big twist where it turns out Cartman dedicated forty years of his life just to piss Kyle off, but I feel like that's too predictable for Cartman. Something I'd love to see in the part two would be Cartman trying to stop the others from going back in time, in an attempt to stay the way he is, and not revert back to the person he was before. That he's actually happy with his family and his faith, and he doesn't want to become the evil, narcissistic Cartman that he was as a kid. That's just my take though, considering that either way, the show is likely going to return to the status quo and have Cartman be Cartman again.

I would like to see Butters become genuinely dangerous this time. Professor Chaos was never all that dangerous. Butters was Kenny's asisstant in this meaning this isn't the niave Butters we knew before. Butters has gotten a lot smarter and deadlier. He would also have a personal grudge against most of the main characters for all the torment he was put through.

The room number of professor chaos is the original episode date and the season episode and number that he first appeared in. 4/10/02 and season 6 episode 6. (Edited for typo)

I was looking forward to seeing Adult Ike who would basically be a Terrence clone.

I love what Matt and Trey are doing. I think they have completely gave the series new life. Like you said being completely different yet still South Park. They are willing to spin their show in different directions and play in the world they created. And it really works with a show like South Park. I’m confident that Matt and Trey can continue playing with new ideas with South Park like this for years to come and maybe surpass the Simpsons one day in being the longest show running. My mom hates South Park, it’s not her kind of show, but I had her watch this episode and she even said “this was really good”. For the first time I think my mom actually really likes South Park. And that is something special that I don’t know of people realize yet that the show is not just retaining old audiences but bringing in new ones and doing it successfully at Season 24/ special event

I think butters is just going to be a normal dude chilling and his parents put him there because he was playing to be Dr chaos

I feel like when Kenny goes back and repairs their friendship, it will turn Carman back into an asshole in a Monkey's Paw style twist.

Damn this paramount plus exclusive event was epic! That cliffhanger though, but I kinda expect Butters to actually be mostly normal and because of how strict and stupid his parents were, they locked him up in the insane asylum when they caught him playing Professor Chaos thinking he was actually deranged

In the special, it sucks how Cartman gets a better adult life than Kyle.

7:38-7:44 I honestly don’t see Jimmy not having a career that doesn’t involve comedy and being in front of a studio audience. Jimmy being a talk show host makes pretty sense.💁

Honestly, watching this special reminded me a lot of Season 6 of South Park. In fact, a lot of aspects can be traced back to Season 6. Kenny previously dying and not coming back, leaving his friends to find their own ways to cope with his loss (A Ladder to Heaven), seeing future versions of the characters (My Future Self and Me), not to mention the name change Butters underwent, as Professor Chaos's first appearance was in Season 6. I'm really interested to see where this is going to go. What truly *did* push Butters over the edge, to the point where he fully embraced his Chaos persona and is now institutionalized? Will the boys even succeed at replicating the time travel Kenny underwent? Would the New Kid possibly help with that, given that they also possess the ability to travel back in time? Moreover, given that Carol has hit menopause--effectively preventing Kenny from ever getting reborn again--would he even *want* to be brought back? I don't know, but I want to know. This has become very, very interesting.

My hope, Kenny fixes the boys relationship but only after the writers run out of ideas for the current continuity. This way we can get the outcome of them splitting until it is no longer interesting. Old Kenny pops up saving the future and completing the loop for the special.

Judging by the way Cartman's children start to have an adverse reaction to being around Kyle, I think Cartman really did change. I think in the next special they'll continue that and as Cartman stays around Kyle more and more he will revert to original Cartman. Basically, Cartman is a dick because of Kyle

I didn't think deeply into it before, but I'm with you in the hope that all these Paramount specials feel unique, and I thought this was a great start. Excited for the continuation

I was expecting Stan and Kyle to be the ones married with children, not CARTMAN! Kenny ending up a millionaire was genius, considering him being the poor one ("in the ghet-toooo... And his mama cries..." I hope you get that episode reference). The reveal of Cartman's "little scheme" (said with a cockney british accent; hope you get the episode reference too. They're both Cartman related) is going to likely exceed my expectations.

5:42-5:49 That makes sense, with all the shit Kenny has gone through in his childhood. It’s good to know that he became successful later on in his adult life, at least before he died.😕

I have to agree with others that in the end, this how everyone just want to blame others instead of either at least trying to understand other people or admit any of their faults and how it just tears relationships apart (friends, family, coworks, etc...) with causes more problems than solves them. But do hope they explore a bit more of the future and other characters before going back. Maybe each movie or at least the next few movies just goes back a little bit each time so we can see more of their lives growing up (like how Wendy met her husband and Cartman met his wife, etc....). Once they go back to fix their broship, we can see how much it affected the future (the only clues would be some of Kenny's files that were saved somehow).

This felt like a love letter to fans.

My hot take. This episode has a greater message about blame. It's basically what Kyle said to his mom in the movie, "You go off and blame everybody else. But I'm the one to blame." We need to take responsibility instead of blaming everyone else. As the world gets crazier with more things out of our control, it's easy to blame the world around us. And this special has more than enough examples of that. Some of the blame is justified, but others are outright ridiculous: - Kyle and Token are quick to assume that Kenny was murdered. - Stan and Randy both blame each other for the Tegridy Farms tragedy. - Kyle is convinced Cartman is "f***ing with him". Focusing too much on a stupid joke than the task at hand. - Everyone singles out Clyde as the unvaccinated one. - Jimmy blames woke culture for making comedy difficult instead of coming up with new jokes. - Randy blames 'Chy-nuh' for America losing its way. - The morgue scene is literally Stan and Kyle spitting out all their blame of each other. In an already disgusting scene. - Even Kenny blamed his friends for 'everything going wrong'. So much so that he got himself and many scientists killed to stop it all. - On the contrast, Cartman is no longer in his victim mindset and is actually happy. (But he's definitely f***ing with Kyle). However, it's like Kyle says at the end. They should've solved their problems instead of fighting each other. The world is f***ing crazy. It's been crazy since life first walked on it. But if you let all the craziness govern your life and make yourself a victim, you'll end up a jaded washout like Stan and Kyle. South Park has always been about individuals taking control, and this special is no different! Edit: Clyde also blames f***ing shellfish for not getting the vaccine. I should've mentioned that.

Frankly, I'd be happy if they went back to the status quo. We haven't gotten South Park just being South Park in way too long with the last 5 or 6 seasons being nothing but experimenting. Besides, the new mini movie format is more than enough to mix things up as it is.

Post Covid episode is the definition of the worst possible timeline

The post COVID people destroying the zoom building honestly wouldn’t surprise if it actually happened in real life lmao The destruction of masks is definitely gonna happen tho Edit: Man lot of people allergic to shellfish, I had no idea!

I mean if one guy dosen't get the shot and the military is called in, isn't that a greater show on how terrible the government has become? Afterall it wasn't like that before

Every time the "you can't joke about anything anymore" narrative spikes, a new season of Always Sunny comes out. Coincidence?! Yes.

It really goes to show that Kenny was the best of them. He had arguably the most successful life and yet he was willing to throw it all away to try and get their friendship back.

I think the majority of fans would not be disappointed if the boys go back in time and fix things and the show goes back to its original TV formatting of ten, hell, 14 episodes like it used to be. That's how most people got into South Park anyway. The idea of them as adults is fun, and it was a fun episode. But killing Sharon and Shelly that way and Stan being blamed for it by fucking Randy was tough. So I hope Stan is able to save his mom and sister in the next 'event'. Other than that, it was a really good post-covid episode.

Damn I thought Stan at least had the most functional family out of the 4 boys Yes Randy is crazy but Sharon still loves him and has always been by his side I was not prepared for the Stan family trauma

I absolutely loved the episode, plenty of people seemed to not like it but I thought it was hilarious.

i like how they premised a conspiracy but it turned out to be nothing but the paranoia of the characters. really hope Stan will go back in time and try to talk with his child self and they'll reference the "My Future Self n' Me" episode.

Did anybody else catch the part where just before Kenny goes back in time, one of his scientist yells out, “You forgot your chin-diaper!” (mask). Kenny then comes back from the past and starts coughing… lol

The "antivaxx" joke went over your head

When Stan and Randy are in the barn to get the missing "exclusive event," it's important to note that there are only footprints walking away from where he had it stored, none towards.

I kinda think it’s funny how they make fun of the future having “+” all over it, but then they do this LOL

Yea that's not how most people interpret the unvaccinated stance at all. The fact that they did a military quarantine of an entire town over one person shows the insanity of the whole thing. If that's some how a "pro-vaccine" gag to you then...I can't help you.

Honestly I’m getting the feeling that they are gonna keep going with the meta aspect of it like they finally achieve time travel at the end of the next special and after that we go to the past to revisit moments and add a new light to them like visiting the past and being shown things you didn’t see in the past. Idk I liked how meta this special was if they keep up with the self referencing while also keeping it subtle enough they are gonna be top tier South Park pieces.

I hope the December special is called South Park: Post Covid Delta+ Rewards Program

I didn’t watch the special first, so when I saw Cartman it caught me so off guard I had to pause and laugh for like 2 minutes😂

My theory is that there is no punch line with Cartman being Jewish, and when they change the future his family disappeares, he's legit just sad until he forgets about them and then goes back to normal.

I loved the episode. Cartman being Jewish is just too much for me, love it. And we are pretty sure he is just fucking with Kyle (or at least that was his original motivation). IT 2 parody was amazing.

I like how they made fun of paramount plus with the premium everything jokes.

The singing doorbell must be ripped from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy in which the spaceship doors have Genuine People Personality and are overjoyed to open and close.

I smiled through the whole movie. I was 5 years old when I first saw the first movie. im 26 now and I was somewhat saddened to see everyone as adults but for a long time I wanted to see what they would be like. These guys are like childhood friends to me.

Absolutely would be happy to see these specials continue as experiments or one offs. I think it would be great to see them focus on the crazy cast they have

Okay, I have 3 theories based on absolutely no information given. Cartman killed Kenny so he wouldn’t end the pandemic. Butters killed Kenny and that’s what made him break Cartmans’ sons killed Kenny so he wouldn’t end the pandemic.

Great Breakdown, loved the Post-COVID Special, absolutely great writing.

This special was great and some scenes were amazing. Can't wait for next month's special! The reveal that Stan burned down Tegridy Farms and accidentally killed Shelly, which cost Sharon to kill herself was shocking. Really a sad and tragic fate for the Marsh family. The scene with Kyle wishing for someone (like Mr. Hankey) to help them was funny, but also confusing considering Kyle and Mr. Hankey didn't leave on good terms the last time they saw each other. When the scene with Kenny trying to time travel happend i thought that the experiment had simply gone wrong and that's what killed him, but instead it worked. Rabbi Cartman is really funny and personally i think him becoming jews maybe because of his new wife and family. Also the reveal of Victor Chaos being Butters was pretty clever if you remember Professor Chaos. Does make me wonder if this means that Butters has gone crazy in the future or did someone put him there?

Did anyone else get BoJack vibes when they stated “here in the future”

I loved this special! Didn't see the ending twist when we see the name "Victor Chaos" in the asylum coming. My jaw hit the floor and left a dent there.

The Post Covid special was the most I've been invested in South Park since the superhero trilogy, to be honest. Coming in here as Kenny's #1 fan

Unvaccinated people are not the reason we are still in this pandemic. There is a whole lot more to it unfortunately. But I love the way Trey and Matt make fun of both sides of the issue.

I was very pleasantly surprised by this special. I had some weird expectations going in, wasn’t sure how I’d like the aged-up characters, but I think the story worked really well, and I cannot wait for Part 2 in December!

they really need to tie this in with the cthulhu plot line and kenny's immortality

I still think the future South Park is just one of the boys trapped in the oculus

Really need to watch this. Great video :P

I just want to see what they do with the siblings Ike, Kevin and Karen (possibly Shelley and Scott?) Maybe Karen is a nurse and/or a volunteer at the mental hospital where Butters is (mostly because I have no idea how it would all tie together otherwise) Maybe she can be a surrogate for Kenny since Carol is too old to give birth to him again I’m betting Kevin is either in the mental health field as a recovering alcoholic or a full blown drunk like his father Ike is probably an ambassador to Canada and the states since he was always trying to follow his Canadian roots but still very much an American. Also it would be an excuse to get more Canada gags again

If the government is so empowered it shuts down a whole town for one guy without a vaccine is Clyde really the butt of the joke? Or is it the people reacting to him? I liked the vid btw. It displays the nuance of South Park. Two people can appreciate the joke for different reasons because the writers dont like to full on pick sides and keep the satirical spirit. They still got it all these years later and you gotta love em' for that.

My jaw actually dropped when I read "Chaos, Victor". I cannot believe I didn't put that together. An excellent special overall, and another great J2C vid. Thanks!

I’m so glad the next one is coming so soon!!!

I like the special itself but I'm a little concerned how everything will turn out. We're talking about a show that's characters have been kids for over 20 years, seeing them all grown up like this is a huge milestone but I'm not sure if I'm ready for, which is why I'm hoping it's not a permanent change.

I actually have a theory about this deal with the specials. And that is this isn't going to be a two-parter, but rather a proper trilogy. Spoilers for those who haven't seen Post-Covid.This special acts as the first act, setting up the world, it's characters, and introducing us to the inciting incident that sets the plot into action. At the end of the special, the guys make their decision to set the plot of the second special into motion. The one we're getting next month will most likely be the second act, raising the stakes and getting the characters passed the point of no return. I predict that it may be about putting Kenny's notes together in order to time travel. The subplot this one can introduce is Randy's mission to recreate the cure and possibly sabotage the guy's mission. Victor Chaos will be fully revealed by this point, possibly as the twist in the third act, and the guys will be just starting to head to the past at the end as the 2nd act low point. Finally, we get one last special, possibly in January, to act as Act 3, doing the time travel mission, which will lead to the climax and finally the resolution of the whole thing. Maybe they'll address the 4th Wall stuff in this act, and hopefully they repair their relationship with Butters as well as Kenny. Again, just a theory, but I think this set-up will make for a great trilogy.

I watched it a few hours ago. So glad you're doing your thing

Characters I wanted to see in the special but weren't were Ike, Timmy, PC Principal's Kids & Butters. Thankfully, the latter was teased perfectly in the last scene of the special & most likely will appear in the next one (Hopefully, along with General Disarray?). Don't know about the others though? Edit: I hope Future Cartman ends up using the Time Machine to meet his past self & it ends up tying into the end of the episode, "Me & My Future Self"

You talked about "unvaxxed screwing the rest of us" yet someone being unvaxxed should be of no concern to you as long as you are vaxxed

I absolutelly loved the special! I wouldn't mind more specials with grown-up characters. But the only issue is that it is set in the future - you can't satirize too much about something that hasn't hapened yet 😅 If only it was set in the present... But whatever they make, I'm so excited for all 14 specials and probable 2 film-arcs each year. I want them to return to the old format though, where arcs were 1 - max 3 episodes. I love complete stories which you can watch out of a context of all season. It makes episodes memorable and special.

this is such a great analysis.

The picture of people burning down the Zoom building was hilarious

Kenny being John McAfee is the best part of the episode for me

I know that it was meant to be comedy/satire, but I was genuinely invested in the mystery and relationship stuff. Like you, Kenny's my favorite character and my favorite episodes are the ones where Kenny's death is plot-relevant rather than just a gag in the third act. I can't wait to find out where this is headed.

I didn't notice when I watched the special but rn, that part with Jimmy getting powder patted on his face I think the make up guy is James Charles which is funny asf 😂

the doorbell got me every time lol

Honestly, I believe that Cartman at first was going to do a long con against Kyle for breaking up their friend group and making them all have to go through email for Kenny. He started by learning everything he could about the Jewish faith, even becoming a priest (cant remember the actual term I'm sorry) But I believe him meeting Yentel and having a family actually changed him. I believe his kids taught him how to change so he could he a good father to them. I believe Cartman actually found god and redemption, or at least has changed for the good like most bullies do when they grow up. So it's both he planned for this and didnt plan for this.

Dude I'm unvaxxed and live in the fuckin woods how is this my fault . I don't even leave the house

Did anyone notice that Token is designed after The Protagonist from Tenet? I bet he'll be going back in time to save the future lol.

The great thing about this special is like you said Johnny, it didn't restore the status quo. And Kenny fighting to restore their friendship is just so much in line with Kenny's character. Also you're not alone Johnny, considering I didn't even think about Butters. I eagerly await the next special

Looks like South Park has took the Rugrats direction. Make an event that centres on the main characters at an older age. Works every time as a great one-off.

I wonder if Stan (accidentally) burning Shelly to death is a reference to a deleted scene from season 1 where Shelly sets Stan on fire?

This felt like the series finale with all of them grown up lol

-what are the round knit hats that various public servants are wearing? -why is Strong Woman in some of the crowd scenes, seemingly not having aged? One of the PC babies?

I think the joke behind Jimmy's comedy is that they're taking "It's funny because it's true!" to it's logical conclusion.

Thought it was a 40 year jump

The Cartman reveal gave me the biggest laugh I've had from a show in a long time

3:10 "if South Park has taught me anything is that Cartman never changes" Shows a scene where Cartman having a change of heart literally whike saying this

Matt and Trey make fun of anti-vaxxers. Also throw a hundred jokes about leftist policies. Woke culture, abolishing police, homelessness, etc

It was enjoyable, I will admit that I refuse to get paramount, so I'll have to wait until they're available on the net. I do fully believe that Cartman is in it for the long game though.

Why worry about the dislikes. RU-vid removed the counter because the community asked them to right?

I used to hate South Park, though it was crudeness for crudeness sake. Once you learn that they make fun of everything and nothing is off limits do you understand the show. I in no way stay current with the show but I'm happy to hear when the show is doing good and is actually funny.

Out of curiosity, what's going on with the season 2 review for Tuca and Bertie?

I thought the south park post covid special was very great and interesting to see on paramount plus 🌟

Thanks for talking about the stuff I love