6.7/10. I mostly watched this one because seeing "Miri" from Star Trek made me realize there were a number of references between the two episodes. And while it's fun to better get what South Park was referencing, "TWMA" is still not an especially great episode. There's not much of a point to it, beyond maybe the idea that there should be more scrutiny of molestation accusations, but mostly that part of the episode feels like an excuse to tell a story about the kids running the town. How quickly things devolve into anarchy, internecine conflicts, and sci-fi tropes is amusing enough, but the proceedings still lack some of that trademark South Park spark and wit.
Oddly enough, the funniest part of the episode is the parents receiving therapy in prison. The "let's come up with activities you could do instead of abusing your kids" is particularly funny, finding an intersection between the horrible and the droll in a way the show excels at. Otherwise, there's some juice in the episode's twisted, town-wide take on Home Alone, where the boys wish to be free of their parents and then realize they miss and need them, but amid the tropes and references, there's not as many laughs or as much cleverness as there could be. It's by no means a bad episode, but just not representative of the show at its best.
Prolly my least fav Star Trek ep. (the Captain from Gilligan's Island dressed in a blue shimmery moo-moo brain-washing children -- yuck), crossed with, "Lord of the Flies."
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-01-05T19:12:07Z
6.7/10. I mostly watched this one because seeing "Miri" from Star Trek made me realize there were a number of references between the two episodes. And while it's fun to better get what South Park was referencing, "TWMA" is still not an especially great episode. There's not much of a point to it, beyond maybe the idea that there should be more scrutiny of molestation accusations, but mostly that part of the episode feels like an excuse to tell a story about the kids running the town. How quickly things devolve into anarchy, internecine conflicts, and sci-fi tropes is amusing enough, but the proceedings still lack some of that trademark South Park spark and wit.
Oddly enough, the funniest part of the episode is the parents receiving therapy in prison. The "let's come up with activities you could do instead of abusing your kids" is particularly funny, finding an intersection between the horrible and the droll in a way the show excels at. Otherwise, there's some juice in the episode's twisted, town-wide take on Home Alone, where the boys wish to be free of their parents and then realize they miss and need them, but amid the tropes and references, there's not as many laughs or as much cleverness as there could be. It's by no means a bad episode, but just not representative of the show at its best.