South Park returns with bold political satire that divides critics and fans alike

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00:00After a week-long delay, South Park is back with a fifth episode of season 27,

00:04and this one dives straight into prediction markets, Washington politics, and the Israel-Gaza

00:09conflict. According to Variety, the episode begins with South Park Elementary hooked on

00:14prediction market apps, similar to real-life platforms like CallShe, where users bet on

00:19real-world events like whether it'll snow tomorrow. Enraged by the wager about his mom,

00:24Kyle begins his mission to track the source, all the way to the FCC and eventually the White House.

00:28Meanwhile, the show turns its focus on President Trump, who spends most of the episode trying to

00:33end his unborn quote, but baby was Satan, setting traps that repeatedly injure FCC chair Brendan Carr.

00:40In the episode, Carr winds up in the hospital where a doctor warns him he could quote,

00:45lose his freedom of speech, which prompts Vice President J.D. Vance to appear, threatening

00:49Carr to stay out of the administration's way, using Brendan Carr's real-life quote against him.

00:54We can do this the easy way, or we can do it the hard way.

01:00Back in South Park, Kyle's mom Sheila travels to Israel to confront Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

01:05in what Variety described as one of the show's most serious moments in years.

01:10Just who do you think you are? Killing thousands in flattening neighborhoods,

01:14then wrapping yourself in Judaism like it's some shield from criticism!

01:18But not everyone was impressed with the episode.

01:20Slate called the episode the first, quote, cop-out of the season, saying it, quote,

01:25talked around U.S. controversies, like the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, and described conflict

01:30of interest as, quote, brave, it just wasn't ballsy.

01:33But online, fans have been enjoying the episode.

01:35One thread user wrote,

01:3710 out of 10 South Park episode for me, going to be one of the all-time classics,

01:41loved it, it's good to laugh again.

01:43While another stated,

01:44Brendan Carr is going to love the new episode of South Park.

01:48But what's your take?

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