South Park Episode Commentary: Insecurity

“Now you got your Amazon. The milk man is back.”

This episode is classic.

The opening segment will make you spit your drink out. It’s one of those things you’ll only see on South Park. For that reason alone, this week’s episode gets ‘er done.

And by “’er,” we mean your wife, by none other than the UPS guy.

Every couple adds a little spice in the bedroom as they get older. The Broslowfski’s are no different. Older episodes have shown us that the Marsh’s prefer to watch pornography together. Sheila and Gerald on the other hand enjoy dress up. But the couple’s little game turns into something much different when Ike and Kyle believe their mother has cheated on their father with the UPS man.

Leave it to South Park to make an innocent game between a husband and wife and turn it into calamity.

Add in another appearance from Fred Gwynn’s character from “Pet Cemetary” and more antics from Randy Marsh (it seems every week Randy finds a way into our hearts) and it’s obvious Trey Parker and Matt Stone have no intent on a “South Park” shark jump any time soon.

16 seasons in and still, there’s no-filler.

This episode also manages to make social commentary on America’s insistence to buy things on Amazon for no reason. Somehow, Batman’s Bane, or at least his mask and Tom Hardy’s voice, finds their way into the witty plot as well. It makes no sense, but ends up completely logical and structurally sound. Talk about controlled chaos.

These seemingly unrelated events meld together to give the show a myriad of weapons to induce laughter. However, the quick cuts that mirror the ADT home security commercials of the early ‘90s steal the show.

They also give Cartman a way to steal your attention.

As always, South Park’s portly, prepubescent potty mouth is at his best. With a hearty helping of one-liners, Cartman once again proves he’s the main attraction. Randy’s lunacy continues the trend of his more prominent role on the show as well.

This episode proves once again that South Park is the best-animated sitcom on TV. And that doesn’t appear ready to change anytime soon.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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