The US midterms made it into this week’s episode, which focuses on gay couple Craig and Tweek as they join a ‘pay-to-play’ sport team which promises them a better futureSouth Park (or South America, as it’s known this season) is renowned for its turning around episodes far quicker than just about any scripted series, resulting in some of the most topical humor attempted on TV this side of Saturday Night Live. The “blue wave” in the US midterms one week ago made it into the start of this week’s episode – but they are not discussed much more than that, because Donald Trump suffered a big defeat and “it’s no fun punching down on a helpless loser”.But it does mean the return of PC Principal, who delivers a funny torrent of profanities and belligerent vows of diversity and tolerance in a hyper-emboldened liberal version of the right-wing gloating we’ve seen in past elections. Continue reading...