South Park Season 28 Episode 3 Release Date Revealed: Plot Teases and What to Watch For

South Park is not easing up. Season 28 has been swinging hard at whatever is breaking the internet this week, and next up is an episode that pokes right at the AI hornet nest. Of course it does.

• Episode: Season 28, Episode 3, 'Sora Not Sorry'
• Premiere: Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 10 p.m. ET on Comedy Central
• Streaming: Exclusively on Paramount+ after the broadcast (US)
• Season size: 5 episodes total; finale airs December 10, 2025
• Series status: 28 seasons, 335 episodes and counting
• Showrunners: Trey Parker and Matt Stone
• Scores: Rotten Tomatoes 80% critics / 83% audience; IMDb 8.7/10

What 'Sora Not Sorry' is actually doing

The new episode dives into AI deepfake chaos, and it goes dark fast. Butters — yes, the sweetest kid in town — starts generating revenge porn with AI. It predictably blows up in his face, and soon the whole school is drowning in fake videos. It is grim, it is pointed, and the title is a not-so-subtle nod to Sora, the buzzy AI video tool.

The very online wrinkle

The timing here is sharp. In the past few weeks, fans have been whipping up fake South Park clips with the AI video generator Sora. After those started spreading, the tool's maker stepped in and blocked users from replicating South Park content. So now the show is turning that exact moment into a plotline — which is either neat synergy or South Park doing what it always does: showing up right as the internet is catching fire.

Season 28 is political on purpose

If you have felt like this season keeps charging into hot-button territory, that is by design. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said they did not go hunting for politics so much as politics came to them through pop culture.

"It is not that we got all political. It is that politics became a part of pop culture."

Matt Stone has also talked about being drawn to wherever the taboo line lives, which is why the show has spent time skewering everything from Trump-era fallout to broader cultural extremism. Agree or not, the unfiltered swing is basically the brand at this point — and it is a big part of why the show still feels dangerous this deep into its run.

Bottom line

'Sora Not Sorry' looks like classic late-period South Park: grab a headline, push it past the comfort zone, and make you laugh while also wincing a little. I will say it: using Butters for this story is a brutal choice, which is exactly why it works.

What has been your favorite episode of the season so far?