In all these new episodes and older ones as well, it always seems as though Cartman has it in for Kyle. And Kyle being the wimp that he is, lets it get to him. Last night's episode proved that! No wonder Cartman keeps picking on him. I think along the way Kyle will get more and more repressed as he ever was.
I have a feeling that in the last episode Cartman will do something that will make him the most popular kid in South Park and Kyle will be the town pariah. Kyle is nothing but a male version of Lisa Simpson. Cartman's relationship with Kyle is somewhat similar to that of Bart and Lisa Simpson. Bart always does something that makes him cool with his peers and Lisa is always the outcast in the shadows that nobody likes.
Stan, Kenny, and Cartman forever! Kyle never! :)
Z.W.