Comedy Central has announced a delightful Halloween surprise for fans of the iconic animated series South Park, as the show will skip its scheduled new episode this Wednesday night to return with a special Halloween-themed episode on Friday at 10 p.m. ET, following a two-week (and two-day) hiatus.
The blurb for the second episode of the 28th season of South Park hints at a fictional universe where President Donald Trump may face immediate repercussions for the abrupt and much-derided White House remodel. The creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, must have worked tirelessly this week to spoof the destruction of the East Wing of the White House, which occurred on Trump's orders last week to make way for a large capacity ballroom on the property.
Titled "The Woman in the Hat," the Friday episode promises a White House dealing with a disruptive spirit from the east wing, with Stan worried that South Park has become too political. In the most recent episode of the season premiere on October 15th, the South Park version of investor Peter Thiel was introduced, as he arrived in the Colorado town to predict the end of days in six to seven days, as per Revelation 6:7. This inexplicable phrase delighted the South Park Elementary students, who have been caught up in the TikTok-born fad phrase sweeping across the nation's schools.
Thiel suspects the school to be a Satanic cult and the "6, 7" phrase to be some sort of evil numerology. The "6, 7" fad hit Eric Cartman hard, and soon enough, he was cracking up at the in-joke so hard he began channeling Linda Blair's Exorcist heroine with the level of vomit spewed. A home visit led Thiel to haul South Park's anti-hero to Washington, D.C., where the episode left that storyline hanging in the air.
As this was all unfolding in the small Colorado town, far away in D.C., Satan and Trump were spending the season 28 premiere preparing for their baby's arrival (well, one is). The bundle of joy would be the Antichrist, an entity Thiel knows all about and is hellbent on stopping, along with the South Park version of Vice President J.D. Vance. Will Cartman make it to the nation's capital? Will the Antichrist be born into the South Park universe? Will the "6, 7" fad finally die out? Tune in on Friday to find out.
After this special Halloween episode, new episodes will resume on Wednesdays on November 12th, November 26th, and December 10th - though as with this week and these latest seasons, that's always subject to change. New episodes air on Comedy Central and can be streamed the following day on Paramount+ and other platforms.
