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"White People Renovating Houses" was easily the worst episode of the season. It was just horribly unfunny, which is especially sad since Matt and Trey were going after Neo-Nazis, who practically beg to be satired and ridiculed.

I enjoyed "Put It Down," although I can see (judging from others' replies) how they could be turned off by too much Tweek. I can say I was honestly uncomfortable watching all those children getting mowed down (easily the darkest moment in South Park, aside from maybe Gordon Stoltski's death), which is rare for South Park to do. And I honestly loved the song at the end. Points to this episode for killing Kenny offscreen.

"Holiday Special" is just kind of meh. In terms of both Season 21 and South Park as a whole, I'd put it somewhere in the middle in terms of overall quality. I really enjoyed the Indian Native American's love song to Randy, when he brought his parents to meet Randy, and when Randy found out he was part Neanderthal, but other than that, there weren't really any memorable gags.

"Franchise Prequel" is the second-worst episode of the season. While I enjoyed anything with Mark Zuckerberg ("You should have worked with me when you had the chance! Now you lie over there, dead!"), and the jab at Harvey Weinstein, anything with Butters just kind of fell flat, especially the scene where Butters reveals to Coon and Friends that he hired the Zucc to protect him.

"Hummels & Heroin" was one of the better episodes of the season. I really enjoyed Marcus as a character and was able to sympathize with him, and I really enjoyed anything with Stan's grandpa ("That's how we do shit in the nursing home.") and the joke that Randy and Sharon don't visit him because it's too depressing, but I thought the joke with Mrs. McGullicutty and her lady farts went on too long.

"Sons A Witches" was an alright Halloween special. Although, I have to say that it was this episode that made me start to despise the relationship between Cartman and Heidi, and it honestly should have been broken off earlier in the season, because it really hampered a lot of the later episodes. Points to this episode for giving me the phrase "witch chase and shoot-'em-up."

"Doubling Down," I will honestly say, I thought was going to suck hard, but it ended up being my favorite episode of the season. The Pink Elephants on Parade sequence was incredible, and I ended up sympathizing with Kyle more and more as the episode went on. While I did initially laugh at the joke that Heidi called Kyle a dirty Jew, it ended up really hampering the next three episodes. Points to this episode for the Rihanna sequence, and for "I don't know anything, I'm just a turtle."

"Moss Piglets" I had hoped would be a Nathan and Mimsy episode. Hell, this is the first time we've seen Mimsy since "Handicar"(?), so I had hoped that they would have been used better. I also appreciated the NFL stuff, and my initial reaction to their plan to turn tardigrades into NFL fans was "So the first sign of sentience is being an NFL fan? That makes way too much sense." Points taken away from this episode for the debut of Cartman Heidi, since seeing what Cartman turned Heidi into made me start to really, really hate him, which has never happened before.

"SUPER HARD PCness" goes alongside "Holiday Special" in the "meh" pile. While I enjoyed Strong Woman and Ms. Conduct, and the revelation that Kyle was being his mom due to the fact that Cartman turned his crush into another Cartman, it made me hate Cartman for the first time ever, as well as Cartman Heidi. I also didn't like the aged-up Terrance and Phillip, since it ruins the possibility of their younger selves appearing in episodes without me calling the (new, since Season 18) continuity into question.

"Splatty Tomato" gets points for the Whites and the FOX trap joke. It also gets points because it seems that this episode will be the final appearance of Cartman Heidi, plus the fact that CARTMAN AND HEIDI FINALLY BREAK UP!!! Points taken away from this episode because they didn't have the balls to kill Cartman, who I honestly wanted to see die after all the shit he's done this season.

Final Verdict
This season is infinitely better than Season 20 in many ways. Overall, I'd give Season 21 a 7/10. The episodes from best to worst would be:


 * 1) "Doubling Down"
 * 2) "Hummels & Heroin"
 * 3) "Put It Down"
 * 4) "Splatty Tomato"
 * 5) "SUPER HARD PCness"
 * 6) "Moss Piglets"
 * 7) "Sons A Witches"
 * 8) "Holiday Special"
 * 9) "Franchise Prequel"
 * 10) "White People Renovating Houses"