This was a big upgrade on the previous episode with Mr Hankey, but is still a long way from the heights South Park has previously hit.
The idea of the episode was good, but it's not subtle enough. We ALL make fun of vaping already, its old news. They have to make the characters more involved if they are going to do a take on it. Randy was pretty good during this episode, but I think his family could have made fun of him a little more, as they did during the blockbuster episode for instance. The sound effects are too much, taking away from the ambience of the characters. Compare the scene of Randy yelling at Stan for having a vape pen, and an older scene of Randy asking Stan to unblock the informative murderporn. Which is 10x better? Towlie was funny while testing the weed, but was a bit too much right after Mr Hankey was also re introduced, and his tiny inclusion in this episode was not worth it. Kyle, Cartman and Butters seemed off, and the scenes/storyline they were in looked rushed. Stan? Ike? No personality. The vape pen cool aid looking guy? So forced, and too obviously a copy from Family Guy. Call me a hater, whatever, but its just not that funny.
Matt and Trey spoke on the documentary of the way that they would sometimes feel bad about pumping out an episode because they knew it was bad. I'd be very surprised if they have felt that good about an episode in a while. They are some funny guys. They are capable of so much more.
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