Warning: Spoilers forward
Whereas previews of the brand new episode of South Park confirmed Towelie heading east to Washington DC, for many of “Sickofancy” the present appeared to the west, mocking the egotistical founders and ketamine events of Silicon Valley.
“Sickofancy” kicked off with one other ICE raid, this one among the many marijuana crops of the Marsh household’s Tegridy Farms. Just one worker remained: Towelie. Randy and Towelie turned to ChatGPT to assist, and wouldn’t you recognize it, the AI thought all of their concepts had been spectacular.
A number of the greatest early jokes play off the distinction between the best way Randy talks to ChatGPT and the best way he interacts along with his spouse. However issues actually received going because the plan to avoid wasting the enterprise became a LinkedIn fever dream. Tegridy Farms turned Techridy Farms, and earlier than lengthy Randy and Towelie had been itemizing buzzwords and microdosing ketamine. And to assume, all they need to do is limit themselves to a microdose! As Towelie put it, “That is going to be straightforward.”
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In the meantime, the B-plot discovered enterprise titans and international leaders simping for President Trump. As he did in actual life, Apple’s Tim Cook dinner introduced Trump with glass-and-gold plaque, alongside assurances that the President doesn’t have a small penis. Different IRL bribes additionally made appearances, together with the Qatari authorities’s definitely-not-bugged Air Pressure One, and Mark Zuckerburg confirmed up, too. As we are able to solely assume occurred in actual life, each one in every of these wealthy dignitaries praised Trump’s wee-wee.
However as longtime viewers might need guessed, not even the South Park model of Donald Trump is as thrilling as Randy Marsh on a mission. ChatGPT, ketamine, ChatGPT, ketamine: “Sickofancy” mocks each addictions, however saves most of its scorn for the AI. I don’t know to what extent Trey Parker and Matt Stone used ChatGPT for this episode, however the LLM’s enterprise acumen felt realistically silly, not exaggerated. It’s already programmed to kiss your ass, and if it’s keen to inform you that your dream of promoting salads fabricated from french fries is splendidly thrilling and certain to succeed, do the writers even want to jot down a joke?
Ultimately, the massive plan is revealed: To avoid wasting the enterprise, Tegridy simply has to promote to extra prospects. To promote to extra prospects, all Randy and Towelie need to do is guarantee that marijuana is authorized in each US state. Simple! Greater than ordinary, Towelie packed off for Washington DC to inform the President, the place he joined a line of dignitaries providing bribes. With a Star Wars reference, Towelie himself was taken by Trump as a present, to satisfy a grisly destiny
Sadly, Randy kicked his ketamine behavior earlier than the episode may circle round to Silicon Valley’s No. 1 ketamine plug, however perhaps Elon Musk will make an look later. In addition to, “Sickofancy” had sufficient plot for half a season of Yellowstone: The episode ended with the Marshes leaving Tegridy Farm, which that they had occupied since 2018.
After which there’s Devil. Earlier than the credit rolled, the Darkish Lord (who had been unsuccessfully utilizing ChatGPT to get out of a poisonous relationship) found Towelie within the rest room coated in white stains. Their last interplay was extra ominous than humorous, and whereas Devil has been a minor character all through Season 27, “Sickofancy” hinted at a much bigger function for him to play. As South Park would have it, Donald Trump’s White Home is worse than hell.
“Sickofancy” was much less political than the final episode’s satire of ICE and Kristi Noem, not to mention the genuinely surprising season premiere. However typically it’s good to take a break from politics and do some ketamine. Elon Musk would most likely agree.