Season Thirteen, Episodes 7-11 - Almost Finishing It Off

I'll try to do as many as I can in this post..

Episode 7: Fatbeard
So it's the last episode of the halfseason and unlike the usual end-of-the-run episodes this doens't get way out of hand. It's pretty basic stuff plotwise. When this episode was coming up I remembered waiting it with expectation of it being a solid episode.. Well, it fell a little short. Whole pirate idea felt kind of good, it just didn't work out as well as I expected. It's not bad at all, just not that good either (my feeling for pretty much half of these episodes). There was couple of solid moments with pirate stuff, but I feel that it didn't quite use it's potential. At least I was glad that Kyle got what he deserved for openly wishing Cartman would die.. I mean, Kyle's supposed to be the good guy, right? Good guys don't wish for anyone to die, even if it is an asshole like Cartman. I also felt the somalese guy's speech about pirating was stupid and overly preachy. It was used in moving the plot forwards anyway, so it's acceptable. But anyway, enough about that. In summary, it was near-decent episode, so I rate it 3/10.

Episode 8: Dead Celebrities
Could the be more disgusting way to open a new run of episodes than having Gerald & Sheila having sex? Well, it gets worse with most of the episode dealing with bloodstains on underwear and then having two old guys jacking off to a bunch of children. There was lot of stuff in this episode that disturbed or appalled me. So was it funny in any sense? Well I guess there was something good, but there wasn't anything that good. There was too many references I didn't get and the Dr. Tangina's speech was dragged waayy too long. I guess the writers hated her too since she got such a violent death. The parts about purgatory didn't entertain me, they made me feel just like those dead people - waiting for something to happen. So in the end, this episode failed pretty miserably and the only question is, whether I rate it 1 or 2 out of 10. Well, there is one fact that manages just lift it to 2; Michael Jackson reintroduction. It's blatant recycling of old jokes, but it works, so anything goes. Unfortunately that's what it has came to.. So it's 2/10 and we'll move on.

Episode 9: Butters' Bottom Bitch
I don't know if I like this episode or not. I remembered liking it when I first saw it, but it has lost much of it's power after that. I think both storylines were fairly funny, though I understand what I've been reading over the discussion boards that the Stoley's prostitution sting was more disgusting than anything else. I guess I'm just a sick bastard who can handle that sort of shit and still think it's pretty good. But to be honest, Butters going around calling girls bitches and Stoley's ridiculous plotline weren't as funny as they were. That's not to say that they sucked, but I feel that this episode lacks staying power. When I just watched it again, I thought for some moments "what the fuck am I watching?", and I don't know if it's good or bad thing. Still, for the great first impressions only and Butters being so awesome, it gets to 4/10.

Episode 10: W.T.F.
I didn't like this episode originally simply on the basis that real wrestling is more funny than what this episode was. It got a bit better though during the rewatch. I still feel it didn't live up to it's potential, but it managed to attack the matter on a different angle than expected. The boring thing was that there were all the obvious jokes about WWE being soap opera and "that isn't real, idiots" stuff. The wrestling itself were pretty fucked up stuff and I liked the fact that the real wrestling guy got a place in the WWE in the end. So this episode failed to deliver much of it's humor potential, but it still had it moments. Lastly, what's with the "they took our jobs"? They must really like that line, they've fuckin' recycled it to death. I give it 3/10, but it's close.

Episode 11: Whale Whores
I know it's common for South Park to use ridiculous plotlines, but when it's such a lazy writing like in this it sucks. I won't get into detail about it, but I just think the whole Enola Gay thing was stupid & not at all funny and the whole japanese killing whales like they were at the beginning weren't a very good start for an episode. But enough moaning, there was sweet stuff also in this episode: Cartman doing Lady Gaga. I also liked how Whale Wars were mocked, though I'm not familiar with the show. Though I love the Cartman's rendition of Poker face, it isn't enough the lift episode higher than 2/10. If the rest of the show would've been just mediocre, rating could've gone higher, but it's terrible for me, so that's it.

This leaves three episodes for the last post. Will do it pretty soon, but see ya for now.