The latest episode of South Park, titled “We Be Clubbin’,” opens with a jab at President Donald Trump following the Democratic Party’s gains in last week’s midterm elections, and revives two characters who hadn’t appeared on the show in years.
The episode, the fifth of season 29, begins with a school assembly at South Park Elementary where staff address what they call “liberal changes” coming now that Democrats are back in power after the midterms.
Mr. Garrison opens the assembly by saying Trump took a “severe beating” in the midterms. “Of course, we could just go on and on and make a bunch of jokes about him, but it’s no fun punching down on a helpless loser,” he says before introducing PC Principal.
PC Principal runs onto the gym floor shouting “We’re back!” and tells students, “We are gonna get shit back on track!” He goes on to list changes the school will embrace, including being “tolerant,” “respectful of all races,” offering sex changes for students, supporting Palestine, and no longer overlooking minority and gay students.
Cartman then reminds classmates that it’s the anniversary of Craig Tucker and Tweek Tweak, two characters returning to the show after lengthy absences — Tweek was last seen in 2021, Craig in 2019. The pair, however, have forgotten their own anniversary. Tweek tells Cartman that Craig has been spending time with new friends from Club Sports, prompting Cartman to needle him about it, referencing the HBO series “Heated Rivalry,” a TV-MA show about two gay hockey players who become lovers. “Those guys go at it pretty hardcore,” Cartman says.
The rest of the episode focuses on the strained relationship between Tweek and Craig.
