South Park
It ’s unmanageable to trust that any show could still be going strong after 22 season . Very few shows relish even a fraction of that longevity , and the ones that do , likeThe Simpsons , commonly go downhill long before time of year 22 . But , South Parkis a different breed ; a show that ’s been on the breeze for more than two decades and still manage to knock it out of the park on a regular base .
It may have had some ups and downs over the years , but , on the whole , South Parkis still as crisp , insightful , and uproarious as it ever was . From criticise Clinton to poking play at the pandemic , here ’s how every season ofSouth Parkstacks up in terms of caliber .
Updated on October 26th , 2021 by Tanner Fox : Only two episodes of South Park ’s twenty - fourth season have air so far , but they ’ve been two of the most uproarious and touching installments in the long - running serial to broadcast in quite some meter . Both " The Pandemic Special " and the " South ParQ Vaccination Special " are as irreverent as can be , and they hearken back to the spurt contraband comedic leaning for which the serial was in the beginning have intercourse .
The rest of South Park ’s season 24 is said to be forthcoming , but there ’s no deficit of material to check out from past seasons . Be it the crass comedy of time of year 3 or the profane political perspective of time of year 20 , almost every chapter in the South Park continuity is deserving retard out .
Season 20
WhileSouth Parkdidn’t quite nail serialize storytelling in the few years in which the creators try out with it — which they reference themselves in the title of the season 20 closing curtain “ The End of Serialization as We Know It”—this season came passably close .
Online troll , nostalgia , and the 2016 election were cover extensively and waver together in a 10 - part narrative that was nothing if not interesting . The time of year also had some surprisingly powerful moments , like when all the girls follow up on their promise to burst up with their boyfriends if the troll did n’t intercept , culminating in Wendy ’s heartbreaking “ I ca n’t fix you ” note to Stan . That said , five years on , the season already comes across as date .
Season 21
South Parkcontinued its long - running crusade against political rightness in its twenty-first season . After have off to a somewhat rocky commencement with the premiere instalment “ White People Renovating Houses , ” time of year 21 delivered some Greco-Roman episodes . picture a breast feeding family as a drug - infested prison house in “ Hummels & Heroin ” was a diagonal of comic mavin .
Tackling everything from the controversy surrounding Columbus Day ( “ Holiday Special ” ) to the # MeToo movement ( “ son a Witches ” ) , on the whole , time of year 21 was a doozy .
Season 1
Though it blossomed into a major success during subsequent seasons , South Park ’s original outing , which premiered in August of 1997 , was n’t all that memorable . It did feature a few iconic episodes like " Cartman receive An Anal Probe " and " Mr. Hankey , the Christmas Poo , " but it lack the biting irony and crass irreverence for which South Park would later be have it away .
South Park ’s first season mostly focuses on the routine lives of four elementary - school boys . It may have stood out against comparatively tamer series at the time , but the show obviously had yet to notice its footing .
Season 2
feature some of the most iconic present moment need Chef , South Park ’s second time of year represents a marked improvement over the old outing , though it was still far from the adult animation juggernaut it would become in the other 2000s .
Like most seasons ofSouth Park , time of year 2 was not without tilt ; the final episode of time of year 1 , " Cartman ’s Mom Is A unsportsmanlike Slut " promised a revelation bear on Cartman ’s blood , but the 2d time of year ’s first appearance instalment , " Terrance and Phillip in Not Without My Anus " ignored old continuity entirely to the displeasure of sports fan .
Season 15
Though it boast a few notable episodes , South Park ’s eleventh time of year , which aired from April to November of 2011 , was jolly sterile . Poking fun at everything from broadway musicals to the success of Apple ’s iPad , the season offered up a watchable , albeit jolly pansy roasting of then - current outcome .
The most memorable episode was " City Sushi , " which mostly focused on jape centre around the mispronunciation of the Christian Bible " sushi . " There ’s enough here to harbor dedicatedSouth Parkfans , but free-and-easy audiences will likely be a snatch let down , and the many dated mention make for less then enthuse topics ten years after the fact .
Season 12
South Park ’s 12th time of year is generally regarded as a kernel - and - potatoes edition of the series . 2008 , the year in which the season premiered , set the beginning of a global recession , but the show could n’t capitalize on these result until later .
Instead , season 12 sport a few episodes highlight the wild antics of Eric Cartman , and it includes homages to parodies of notable novel and picture likeThe Grapes of Wrath , Twilight , and the 1981 craze filmHeavy Metal . It also contains an over - the - top two - part sequence titled " pandemic " in which South Park must contend with an invasion of giant greaseball pigs .
Season 16
time of year 16 was a bit off - and - drop in the minds of most fan , with only a few suffer - out episodes included among a sight of mostly forgettable offer . The most memorable installment in the time of year is likely " I Should Have Never sound Ziplining , " a hilarious parody of the at - the - clock time democratic showI Should n’t Be live . There ’s also the first-class " A Nightmare on Face Time , " which is a lampoon of Stephen King’sThe Shining .
However , episodes like " Reverse Cowgirl " and " Faith Hilling " come across as lackluster and somewhat dated , and the time of year mostly give way to leave a last depression on audiences .
Season 19
Hilariously satirise the rise of political rightness , South Park ’s nineteenth time of year was its first to feature an arch over narrative thread . This experiment would stop up have miscellaneous results , but time of year 19 was a strong start .
From Yelp reviewers to online dependable space , Trey Parker and Matt Stone opt satirical targets with plenty of potential for season 19 and mostly hit the brand .
Season 5
embark on with the meta premiere “ It slay the Fan,”South Park ’s fifth season has some of the show ’s fine episodes , let in “ Scott Tenorman Must pall , ” which iswidely regarded to be the bestSouth Parkepisode of all . The time of year has a ton of great installing : “ Cartmanland , ” “ The Entity , ” “ Here Comes the Neighborhood , ” “ Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants”—the list goes on .
The season ’s next-to-last episode , “ Kenny Dies , ” killed off Kenny for a whole season in a brainy commitment to a working joke , while the finale , “ Butters ’ Very Own Episode , ” turned Butters into the character fans know and roll in the hay today in expectancy of him rent Kenny ’s place .
Season 3
In its third season , South Parkmorphed from an overbearingly crass spectacle into a more elegant firearm of political and cultural satire . While there was still plenty of abject - brow humor to go around — peculiarly in instalment like " Cat Orgy " and " World Wide Recorder Concert"—season 3 featured some beloved early episodes — the Pokémon Riffian - fest " Chinpokomon , " in special .
The time of year also does quite a mo to establish the tardy Isaac Hayes ' Chef as a character , and a renowned improvement in animation lineament compared to former installments further helped to solidify the show ’s position among after - dark TV icons .
