‘South Park' Episode Mocking Kristi Noem Is Now Streaming

Forbes

15 hours ago

Trey Parker and Matt Stone's controversial South Park Season 27 Episode 2 taking on on Kristi Noem and Immigration and Customs Enforcement is now streaming.
The classic Comedy Central satire series kicked off its 27th season on July 23 by skewering President Donald Trump, which prompted a strongly-worded response by the White House. By July 29, it became apparent in a post on the official South Park account on X that ICE, for short was in Parker and Stone's comedic crosshairs for the second episode in Season 27.
Note: The remainder of this article features spoilers from the South Park Season 27 Episode 2 episode.
In the 20-second clip promoting Episode 2 of South Park Season 27, Mr. Mackay is shown riding in an ICE convoy and pulling up a mask over the bottom half of his face while holding a rifle.
Then on Tuesday, South Park posted another teaser on X promoting the upcoming episode — titled Got a Nut — with a photo of Mr. Mackay in his ICE gear standing next to a South Park version of U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, as well as an image of Cartman with a laptop in his bedroom.
The teaser for the Got a Nut episode included a short teaser that said, 'When Mr. Mackay loses his job, he desperately tries to find a new way to make a living.' You can see the full post below.
As promised, in the episode, South Park Elementary counselor Mr. Mackay loses his job after 26 years because of cuts to Department of Education funding and has to join ICE as a result to make his 'nut' (aka personal expenses).
Noem first appears in the episode in an ICE training video shooting puppies, referring to her admission in her book in 2024 about shooting her 'extremely dangerous' family dog. Noem pops up again throughout the episode guiding Mackay and his new fellow ICE officers on the job (and shooting more puppies, including one in pop culture who has surged in popularity this summer).
South Park Season 27 Episode 2 — Got a Nut — first aired on Comedy Central on Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The new episodes then began streaming on Thursday at 6 a.m. ET/3 a.m. PT on Paramount+.
Along with mocking ICE, Got a Nut once again went after Trump as well as Vice President V.D. Vance, who serves as the president's version of a Tattoo-like assistant to Trump's Mr. Roarke-like character in a spoof of the TV classic Fantasy Island that takes place a Mar-a-lago.
The inclusion of Trump wasn't a huge surprise, considering that the promotional teaser from July 29 included a few seconds of the South Park version of the president rubbing Satan's leg under a table.
And yes, Satan makes an appearance in the new South Park episode, too. Elsewhere, the photo of Cartman is a reference to his reaction of Clyde's incendiary new podcast that has a right wing theme that infuriates the perpetual instigator. As a result, Cartman starts his own podcast and becomes a 'master debater."
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'South Park' Vs. The U.S. Government, Round 2
South Park's X post to tease Season 27 Episode 2 on Tuesday morning prompted a response by the Department of Homeland Security on X later in the day.
The DHS post on X included a screengrab of the ICE convoy from South Park's teaser video released on July 29, along with a link directing interested parties to apply to join ICE.
In turn, the South Park account took a swipe at the post and the White House's statement about the show not being 'relevant' for the past 20 years by replying on X, 'Wait, so we ARE relevant?' along with the hashtag #eatabagofd---s.
South Park Season 27 Episode 2 — Got a Nut — is streaming now on Paramount+.