Board 8 > South Park, S21E05 - Hummels & Heroin

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HaRRicH
10/18/17 8:07:20 PM
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Beloved entertainers are being cut down in their prime due to massive overdoses of opiates in an all-new episode titled HUMMELS & HEROIN on Wednesday, October 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central.

Drugs are flowing into South Park. A passionate young health advocate has traced the source of these illegal meds and is about to expose Stan Marsh.


Come on, Stan -- be better than this!
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HaRRicH
10/18/17 9:56:20 PM
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New episode coming up!
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HaRRicH
10/18/17 10:13:36 PM
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Puking out of the mouse ears immediately won me over. I'll be interested in seeing the final tracklist for this episode's soundtrack too
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HaRRicH
10/18/17 10:32:32 PM
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Did I miss sonethinf that makes the ending better, or is this an incoming two-parter?
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HaRRicH
10/19/17 9:03:29 AM
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Okay episode, pretty sure this'll have a sequel next week.
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MariaTaylor
10/19/17 9:27:34 AM
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the ending might have just been the ending. seems like episodes this season have generally had a twist/punchline at the end that sort of leaves you to think about things for yourself. like, I wouldn't be surprised if there is some big follow up plot next week. but I also wouldn't be surprised if they just leave it at that; saying the health industry is responsible for these problems is making enough of a statement.

my overall thoughts:

interesting exploration of the opioid crisis that is affecting rural america. definitely a problem that would have impacted places like south park if they were real. the way this was presented makes it simultaneously feel like they do have a pretty good grasp of the situation but then in other ways kinda not. it's definitely true that one big source of painkillers and other medications is through old people who are essentially given free range on prescriptions and monitored very little to make sure the medication is ending up in the right place. very surprised anyone in television had enough of a grounded perspective to acknowledge something like that, much less base an entire episode around it. the ending left me kind of scratching my head though. granted, there are definitely some people in the health industry who are responsible for the current epidemic. but the truth is that in a lot of places they've actually been cracking down on things and enacting policy to make it more difficult for people to obtain prescription drugs. the ones most directly responsible are absolutely the drug dealers who capitalize on this high demand, restricted supply market. I think blaming the health care industry as the final culprits is a bit lazy and probably too easy, and it doesn't acknowledge the personal responsibility of people actually slinging drugs (and in a lot of cases taking advantage of their elder family members)

aside from that, just on the level of humor alone, the episode made me laugh quite a bit. there were a lot of funny jokes and moments this week. I liked the songs. the only part that made me cringe were the old lady farts which were not funny and, on top of that, got overused quite a bit.
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MariaTaylor
10/19/17 9:58:15 AM
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in a lot of places the restricted access to painkillers has also led to a lot of people turning to heroin as a cheap replacement for the same kind of high. blaming health care professionals for this aspect, for example, just seems to make very little sense. what would they stand to gain from this? unless you believe the doctors are actually the ones out there on the streets slinging heroin. there's no clear motive and no evidence that such a thing is happening.

over prescription of pain killers was definitely a mistake and led to a lot of problems. the attempts to correct the problem have largely been taken advantage of by dealers since it created a situation they turned into an even more favorable market. but acting like this was all master orchestrated by a room full of cold, calculating board room directors who somehow stand to turn a profit by drug dealers becoming rich makes almost no logical sense.
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swordz9
10/19/17 1:31:04 PM
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XFD that was pretty damn funny. Good music for the episode too
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WiggumFan267
10/19/17 3:47:19 PM
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Good ep. That seemed like the end to me. Going on would dilute it
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kirbypikachuhat
10/19/17 11:20:57 PM
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This episode made me lol a couple times but mostly it fell flat. I lost my aunt and cousin 1 week apart in January to heroin. I really hope this is not going to be the season big plot this year.
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swordz9
10/20/17 7:10:26 PM
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Was this the first episode this season without Cartman's girlfriend? I know it is probably the first episode this season where he wasn't awful at least so maybe that's why >_>
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HaRRicH
10/20/17 7:18:52 PM
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I don't think Heidi was in Holiday Special.
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