1. Let Go, Let Gov
🎞️ S17 E1 🚫 Hard pass

South Park

Is South Park S17 E1 OK for kids?

1. Let Go, Let Gov

In the Season 17 premiere, Cartman infiltrates the National Security Agency and is upset by what he finds in his personal file. Meanwhile, Butters finds a new audience for his prayers.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 14

South Park S17 E1, “1. Let Go, Let Gov”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 14. In the Season 17 premiere, Cartman infiltrates the National Security Agency and is upset by what he finds in his personal file. Meanwhile, Butters finds a new audience for his prayers.

Across the episode we counted 22 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (6); Swearing (12); Homophobic jokes (3); Slut-shaming (1). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 6 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in South Park S17 E1:

  • We need to change Eric Cartman's status and that's when I masturbated to game of thrones.
  • I know it was wrong to masturbate and I know it was especially wrong to masturbate while on duty what the why do these people keep coming here? But I am done forever with game of thrones.
  • In 1992, I had sex with the Queen of Monaco.
  • Nobody cares that Santa Claus hooked up to a big horrible machine! I know that the NSA is torturing Santa, sweetie, but they're keeping us safe.
  • Don't you see what this could lead to? Don't you see what we could become? The DMV was shut down today after rampant allegations of sex with young boys.
  • postal service has been shut down due to rampant allegations of sex with young boys.

Swearing 12 moments

How Swearing shows up in South Park S17 E1:

  • I fucked Jack lemmon's makeup girl in a porta potty.
  • How would you like to know the truth? The fuck are you talking about Butters? It's time to let go, Eric.
  • I am so sick of that stupid bitch.
  • Blabbing, prissy little skank! Why do people talk on the phone like that? I can't even get a minute of peace before that bitch walks in holding the cell phone out like this and talking on speakerphone.
  • Know what I'm saying? That is not what happened you totally started crying and quit the game! Kyle, this is a private conversation! Then take that shit off speakerphone!
  • It's called Shitter.
  • Wires are grafted harmlessly into your skull and any thought you have is uploaded to the Internet and on to all your Shitter followers.
  • I borrowed my brothers dick once to Daryl Hannah.
  • Will you please take your rally conversation somewhere else? Oh hell no you did not just invade my privacy again.
  • …home so long as folks out there want to take that American flag and shove it so far up your anus that you crap stars and stripes for a week and as your sittin' there on the toilet with the star spangled montezuma's…
  • I can't think of anywhere I'd rather be, then at the DMV with all you wonderful people! Now let's all pledge allegiance! I pledge allegiance to the flag! Of the united what the hell is going on here?
  • I infiltrated the NSA and I was a whistleblower and I thought everyone would be super pissed off at what I exposed about the government, but nobody cares! Nobody cares that the government is listening in on everything.

Homophobic jokes 3 moments

How Homophobic jokes shows up in South Park S17 E1:

  • I'm about to sit down and eat a sandwich at this amazing deli run by two faggots in Chelsea.
  • She can make a pussy sandwich that will give those faggots in Chelsea a run for their money.
  • what is that voice? Some little faggot in my head.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in South Park S17 E1:

  • Blabbing, prissy little skank! Why do people talk on the phone like that? I can't even get a minute of peace before that bitch walks in holding the cell phone out like this and talking on speakerphone.

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