Comedy Central The best Season 23 episode of South Park was its 8th episode, “Turd Burglars” - hear me out. “Turd Burglars”, an episode about fecal transplants and microbiomes, was the only episode this season that I thought could compare to South Park ’s best, in that it had a simple central idea that was explored comedically through strong character and story choices. There was never a comedic lull in this episode, as each moment contributed towards this strong central idea, and the drive of the episode. Even though parts of the episode were characteristically absurd and grotesque (with an obscure Dune reference included for good measure), and things crescendoed to an absurd/gross final act, the storyline progressed and escalated relatively logically and with good momentum. In contrast, the rest of Season 23, while also very funny in parts, fell prey to an issue that I have found with recent South Park episodes: a lack of focus. While the show’s larger move toward seria
