The time travel attempt fails, causing Timmy's wheelchair to careen erratically throughout the town of South Park.
Garrison announces he is gay to the school staff, who congratulate him for accepting his sexuality, and asks them for his teaching job back.
The decision to have the characters age into fourth grade was described by Trey Parker in an interview printed in The Vindicator as "kind of a joke" and "a spoof on how shows like 'Beverly Hills, 90210' change because the actors get older".
Terry Morrow, writing for the Knoxville News Sentinel, opined that there was a "renewed energy" in the show and that it "retains its rebellious spirit".
[6] Diane Werts writing for Newsday remarked that "the pieces don't fit together quite as brightly as usual, making the whole somewhat less than the sum of its individually clever parts.