The Magic Bush 

"Your dad has a f-ing DRONE!?"

"My dad said drones aren't for spying on people"

"Butters that's all drones are for."

Cartman walks into Butter's room to begin this episode, so you know it'll be a good one. These opposites have always been fan favorites and it's nice to see them back in action.

Butters lets it slip out to Cartman that his dad, Stephen Stotch, has a drone. This, of course, prompts Cartman to bully his way into using it to spy on people. Quickly things go south in South Park as the drone picks up footage of Craig's mom changing, and she has FULL BUSH. Next thing you know Cartman somehow manages to get the footage public.

I especially liked this episode because of the juvenile pickle the boys put themselves in. Spying on people with a toy-helicopter looking drone is just the boys being boys, which is when Trey Parker and Matt Stone come up with their strongest episodes. The Cartman-Butters action is great too, as Cartman keeps telling Butters he's got everything under control but he really is just making things worse and worse.

Another thing that worked, and has always worked for South Park, is how the little boyhood problems escalate to the level of worldwide news. It's typical that one little drone issue in South Park would cause an epidemic of drones in the world. Cartman trying to get past the traffic of drones, and the parents operating their drones from inside their houses to interact outside was hilarious.

Then there was Craig's mom, who had the most speaking lines she's ever had in the series. And I just wanted to point out that Craig's dad's voice changed completely, which was disappointing and upsetting mainly because Trey and Matt do all the male voices. But Craig's mom's stand for her FULL BUSH was admirable and true. Hair on private hairs was the thing back in the day. However, it isn't anymore and the "accidental" slips from the mouths of the adults worked charms.

I think the best punchline though was how Butter's dad was going completely insane over the possibility that his Drone might be alive because he told Butters specifically he can't use the drone without his supervision. Stephen's obliviousness for South Park fans is great because we know Stephen and Linda Stotch are the strictest (and weirdest) parents in the series.

The end resolved itself rather okay, well, better than the other episodes. A sex doll posing as Craig's mom leads the drones away.

Episode 5 was full of laughs. It had an entertaining and followable narrative! What I really appreciate is how the parodies did not get in the way of the plot. With tributes to Ferguson, Amazon Drones, and bushes the episode was still able to thrive off the most important thing-- Cartman screwing Butters over yet again!

-JC