Still feeling constrained by the nature of current events, “South Park” decides to head to the future to a world after the Coronavirus pandemic. See how the future may be scarred by the effects of Coronavirus and lockdown. Sadly, I fear this satire might not be that far off from what the actual future may hold for all of us.

For decades, the Coronavirus has caused havoc in our world. However, there may finally be light at the end of the tunnel. When Kenny McCormick dies, his old friends return to South Park for the funeral after having gone their separate ways during childhood. It turns out Kenny may have found a way to undo the damage of the Coronavirus but it isn’t long before the whole town is quarantined due to the fear of a new variant of the virus.

It is interesting to see how the boys have aged. Easily my favourite character here has to be Cartman. He’s ditched his anti-Semitic ways and is now a rabbi. This greatly irritates Kyle, who thinks Cartman is just pulling an elaborate prank. While some episodes of the show suggested that Cartman had started developing a fondness of the Jewish faith, to see him fully embrace the religion and reject his earlier bigotry is pretty hilarious. Plenty of fan favourites such as Randy Marsh also appear along with more obscure characters such as Scott Malkinson.

While I dislike the fact that we’re still focused on the Coronavirus (that’s more of a complaint about reality than “South Park”), I think what Trey Parker and Matt Stone have done is very funny. After their previous specials focus on Coronavirus, this is a somewhat innovative way to address some of the issues while still getting to go in a different direction. I’m more optimistic about the future of “South Park” than I am about our own future at this point.