Probably (South Park)

Plot

In this episode, the South Park kids build a shack that looks like a church so they can live without sin, ditch school, stay away from home, and pay close attention to Cartman, who starts preaching like a Protestant televangelist. Kenny calls from Ensenada, Mexico, where the bus that hit him in the previous episode dragged him, but the other kids think he’s in Hell and phoning from beyond the grave. Cartman uses Kenny’s description of Mexico as his idea of Hell for his next sermon.

Meanwhile, in the actual Hell, Satan is stuck in a messy love triangle with his ex, Saddam, and his current partner, Chris. Saddam and Chris keep killing each other, but since they’re already dead and in Hell, they just come back—as Satan and others point out, where else would they go, Detroit? Satan is torn between Saddam, who he finds sexually appealing despite being abusive, and Chris, who is nicer but less attractive. JonBenét Ramsey tells Satan to ask God for advice.

The Hell director greets a new group of arrivals, many of whom are devout followers of various religions and are shocked to be there. They’re told they chose the wrong faith and that Mormons were the correct answer, no matter how they lived, which frustrates them. Satan visits God for the first time in over five thousand years. God scolds Satan for being too emotionally dependent on relationships and not the same as when he was cast out.

God advises him to leave both lovers, be alone, and learn to value himself, saying that’s how good relationships form. Satan agrees, thanks God, and heads back to Hell.

Did You Know?

• The episode includes a depiction of Fonzie from Happy Days jumping a shark and being eaten by it.
• This is the first instance of Cartman developing a Southern accent.
• During production, Parker and Stone edited gay pornography into the show as a joke that had to be edited out in post-production.