[Patrick]

Last week, South Park aired its surprisingly dark midseason finale, "You're Getting Old." While it was one of the best episodes of the show perhaps ever, it also bore a really dark tone that led many many fans to proclaim that the sky was falling on South Park and a disinterested Matt Stone and Trey Parker were calling it quits on everyone's favorite cartoon Colorado town.

Comedy Central have aired South Park since 1999 and their current contract with creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone - expires in 2013.

So is the beginning of the end coming for South Park?

Not so, say Stone and Parker.

Stone and Parker dismissed theories that the episode was an indicator that they want to end the show. "Not really," Parker replied when asked if he and Stone ever got tired of doing the show.
"We love South Park, that's still our thing."
This was met with a massive applause from the studio audience.



And what about "You're Getting Old," an episode laden with cynicism? "That's what was so fun," Parker explained, "Because we did it by the seat of our pants. Obviously it had a lot of themes and things we were feeling in it. But we came back and people were like, 'Are you okay? Is the show coming back?,' and we were like, 'Yeah.'

"We had a really good time doing that. It was fun," Parker concluded.

The Mid-Season finale saw Stan's parent and fan favourite, Randy Marsh, leave South Park whilst Stan and his Mother also departed without Randy.

And perhaps the most shocking of all, Kyle is seen smiling at Cartman representing a new friendship.

The episode ended with the Fleetwood Mac single 'Landslide' playing - which surely brought a tear to every fan's eye.

"We don't know what's going to happen [with the show's cliffhanger], but we'll figure it out in August."


South Park will return to finish its fifteenth season in October and then what happens in 2012? We'll just have to wait and see...

Quite cool to hear, the episode was so grim and depressing - and alot of people actually came up with the theory that that episode was a 'Surprise Last Episode' which was silly to presume, but it did look like an indication of the show ending.

Which would be a shame because South Park pisses all over Family Guy & The Simpsons and can I just say to anyone who hasn't watched in a while, thinking it's went downhill - give it a shot as it seems this is the beginning of a new era for the show.