https://www.polygon.com/2017/10/12/16464398/south-park-fractured-but-whole-prequel-episode

This week’s episode of South Park probably isn’t required viewing for understanding what will happen in Ubisoft’s upcoming video game, South Park: The Fractured But Whole, but it definitely helps set up the events for the game’s Civil War-style conflict. And it does so in a way that’s typically topical of the show while managing to lay the ground work for a game that’s been in development for more than two years.

Here’s the official synopsis of “Franchise Prequel,” the episode that aired on Comedy Central last night: