The episode kicks off with an assembly at South Park Elementary, where the student body learns that some new “liberal changes” will be implemented after last week’s midterm elections. (“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,” said the principal. “So we’re just gonna sort of not do that this week, Ok?”) The first liberal change is a PC Principal, who proclaims, “We are gonna get shit back on track!” “We are gonna be tolerant. We’re gonna be respectful of all races. We’re gonna have fucking sex changes for all fucking students. We’re gonna support fucking Palestine! And we are no longer going to forget about the minority and the gay students at this school.”
It’s that last part that prompts Cartman to remember that the crew forgot about Craig and Tweek’s anniversary. But it’s not just them who forgot: the couple themselves seem to have missed their own special day. See, Craig’s been really busy with his club sports practices, Tweek tells Cartman. “Well, I mean, it’s just, they get new friends, and they’re all club sports friends, you know,” responds Cartman. “And they hang out in hotels together and go on trips. You ever seen that show, ‘Heated Rivalry,’ Tweek? Yeah, it’s not good. Those guys go at it pretty hardcore.”
This prompts Tweek to join South America Club Sports himself (fittingly, the episode is titled “We Be Clubbin’,” so he and Craig can travel town to town and check into hotel rooms together, at they put it. But all that time together doesn’t remind Craig he forgot their anniversary; instead, it just makes them fight more.
In the end, though, Tweek and Craig decide the pressure of club sports (and their “heated rivalry” as athletes) is too much — and after a heartfelt conversation, Craig apologizes to Tweek and the two leave the athlete life behind. It’s a happy ending for Tweek and Craig, who we last see drinking Slurpees outside 7-Eleven.
Before Wednesday night’s episode, Tweek was last seen in a “South Park” episode in 2021, while Craig hasn’t been featured since 2019.
From Variety US
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