User blog comment:Nightquest/"The Hobbit" - Thoughts?/@comment-5985583-20131212091641

When I saw the opening of this episode, I noticed that Lisa Berger (winner of my "Dumbest, Most Laziest Name in 'South Park' Ever" Award; seriously, what is it with new characters and their nonsensical, nonexistent, uncommon surnames?) was that bullied girl in "Butterballs", when she was called Lorraine.

Which brings me to this: Annie Faulk's surname has now been changed to Nelson. What, she's now related to Patty and Tammy Nelson who also attend South Park Elementary, just like Heidi and Tommy Turner? Just how many more supposed siblings does the school need to have? Also, she and Lisa are the second and third characters this season to have an out-of-nowhere name change. It's like Trey and Matt don't care anymore about names.

Also, if Jason has freckles and Bebe has acne, why the hell aren't those details shown? It's like  in "The Ungroundable", it's been stated that Pete (the Hair-Flip Goth kid) has pockmarks on his face, but we never see them. If that stuff is stated, then it should be explicitly shown; otherwise, it's a case of not giving a shit.

Whew, after all those rants that shouldn't really matter...

Finally, this episode has probably the saddest ending to a season finale since Season 11's "You're Getting Old", albeit a mid-season finale. Considering how Stan acted towards Wendy in this episode, I think they're going to break up for good by the time the show ends in 2016. Stan has let me down as a sensible character since Season 15.

That's all I have to say at this point. Just like summer 2011, during Season 11's depressing mid-season hiatus, I now have to go through the rest of this winter, plus spring and summer 2014 in the depressing state that this episode has left me in.