Ep 4. You're Not Yelping

In South Park season 19 episode 4, titled "You're Not Yelping", the town becomes obsessed with the latest trend of online reviewing and rating businesses on Yelp. As everyone becomes more and more reliant on these reviews, the businesses in town start to focus solely on pleasing their online reviewers, leading to absurd and hilarious consequences.

The episode begins with the boys trying to decide where to eat lunch, and they turn to Yelp for guidance. However, they quickly realize that every restaurant in town has a perfect 5-star rating, and they can't trust any of the reviews. Cartman decides to take matters into his own hands and starts writing his own fake reviews to manipulate the system.

Meanwhile, the adults of South Park are taking the Yelping trend to the extreme. The town's top Yelper, a man named Trey, is treated like a celebrity and all the businesses in town are vying for his attention and positive reviews. Long lines of customers wait outside of restaurants just to take the perfect Instagram photo of their meal and write a glowing Yelp review.

As the episode unfolds, the absurdity of the Yelping trend becomes even more apparent. Restaurants start doing outrageous things to please their online reviewers, such as offering free appetizers in exchange for 5-star ratings or serving food on mini-scooters to make the Instagram photos look better. Cartman's fake reviews start to have unintended consequences, and the boys soon find themselves in trouble with the law.

In typical South Park fashion, the episode also tackles bigger societal issues through its humor and satire. The Yelping trend is used as a metaphor for our reliance on online reviews for every aspect of our lives, from choosing a restaurant to making important life decisions. The episode questions whether we can really trust these online reviews and whether they are really an accurate reflection of the businesses they represent.

Overall, "You're Not Yelping" is a hilarious and thought-provoking episode of South Park that takes on the absurdity of online reviewing culture and its impact on society. The episode's humor and satire are spot-on, and the storyline is full of twists and surprises that keep the audience engaged from start to finish. Fans of South Park will not be disappointed with this episode.