While this may have come as a bit of a surprise, turning South Park into the Randy Marsh show has actually been a long time coming.
Since his introduction in the first season, Randy Marsh slowly became a fan favorite, and his episodes became some of the best in the show’s run.
“Slowly Randy – Stan’s dad – became just as big a character, if not bigger, than Stan.
This being South Park, Randy discovers it’s all caused by people refusing to fart in front of their partners.
The rise of Randy Marsh is as significant for South Park as the change in protagonist from Bart to Homer was for The Simpsons.
South Park Season 23 isn’t as heavily serialized in nature as the past few, but it does feature a protagonist switch: Randy Marsh is now the main character.
The focus on a singular character instead of a group of kids has made this season of South Park the best in years. »