The controversial and ratings-smashing two-season run for South Park this year may be concluding soon, but not before Eric Cartman wreaks havoc on the titular town — as will be the case in Wednesday’s penultimate episode of the show’s abbreviated 28th season.
Comedy Central announced this morning that the episode set to premiere tonight, entitled “Turkey Trot,” will show what happens when the Colorado mountain town’s annual Thanksgiving run “turns chaotic when Cartman uses questionable cutting-edge science to win the race.”
While there is no mention in the press release of the two-season spanning plot threads involving U.S. politics and President Trump, Satan, their bun in the oven and the hijinks at the White House, the episode is likely to set up the grand finale in Washington. In the previous episode, Trump started a clandestine affair with his vice president, J.D. Vance, as Satan gets closer to the due date for their baby together, the Antichrist.
Meanwhile, Cartman returned home to South Park after being spirited off to Washington by tech investor Peter Thiel, who believed he was the key to fighting the soon-to-arrive Antichrist. It sounds like Cartman will spend very little time reminding the tiny podunk town that he is its reigning no. 1 menace.
The South Park “Turkey Trot” episode.
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According to Comedy Central, an additional episode of South Park season 28 will premiere on Wednesday, Dec. 10, Given that season 27 was an abbreviated five episodes and not the typical 10, the Dec. 10 looks to be the finale. However, South Park has been unpredictable with scheduling this year, so anything is possible.
Tonight’s episode will be broadcast live on Comedy Central. New episodes will be available to stream on Paramount+ and On Demand with cable providers after the premiere.
The hit animated franchise, which sprung from the minds of co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and debuted on Comedy Central in August 1997, has a long tradition of holiday-themed episodes, with its four main characters, Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny, first seen in the animated short “The Spirit of Christmas.”
