Did ‘South Park’ Finally Bow to Fan Demands to Get Rid of Tegridy Farms?

The Tegridy Farms era of South Park may have finally come to an end, now that the federal government has kidnapped all of Randy’s Mexicans — his words, not ours.

Spoilers ahead for anyone who hasn’t watched tonight’s new episode of South Park, “Sickofancy,” in which Randy Marsh attempts to update the business model of his beloved (by him) marijuana farm with the help of a far-too-supportive ChatGPT and enough ketamine to knock out the entire Kentucky Derby. After the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency that South Park ruthlessly roasted in the last episode, “Got a Nut,” rounds up all the weed-pickers on the farm that had been the focal point of the entire series for the last seven years, the Marsh family is left with few options and fewer scruples as Randy takes drastic measures to lobby (bribe) President Donald “Saddam Hussein” Trump for some legislative assistance in maintaining his Tegridy.

Randy’s half-baked plan ultimately fails, and Sharon takes advantage of his drug-and-ChatGPT-destroyed mind to convince her husband to finally give up the farm that had become his life’s passion and the fandom’s most consistent complaint.

Back in October 2018, Trey Parker and Matt Stone introduced the storyline that would take over the show for a better part of a decade with “Tegridy Farms,” an episode all about Randy moving his family into the country to get away from the vices of 2018 South Park and make a living off the land — and smoke a bit of it, too. As Colorado led the nation in the push to legalize cannabis, Randy was bound to become embroiled in the weed business, and with Parker and Stone growing too old to relate to the kids anymore, he was destined to become the show’s main character as well.

Ever since the Marsh family moved out to the country, Tegridy Farms has been at the front and center of each new season and streaming special, but the joke got old for the fandom much sooner than it did for Parker and Stone. The South Park creators even parodied the fandom’s increasingly negative view of Randy and his business in the second part of the Streaming Wars special, but they weren’t quite ready to move the Marshs back to South Park and give up on Randy’s weed-selling dreams.

Well, now, Randy has no choice but to abandon the bud business, seeing as ICE kidnapped almost the entire Tegridy Farms staff and Randy sent the last remaining employee, Towelie, to be a bribe for President Trump in hopes of securing national cannabis legalization. With no staff and no money, Randy had to sell off Tegridy Farms and leave the marijuana business. And, much like the rest of the Marsh family, the fans couldn’t be happier.

“no more tegridy finally!” one of the top comments reads in the South Park subreddit’s post-episode discussion for “Sickofancy.”

Another Tegridy Farms hater added, “literally biggest sigh of relief when they started packing up!!!!!”

One more South Park fan predicted that the end of the controversial and exceedingly long Tegridy Farms arc could indicate the return of an original South Park set-up. “With Tegridy actually over I think we’ll finally get a classic four boys at the bus stop opening for the first time in ages,” they wrote.

“WAR IS OVER!! TEGRIDY IS DONE” another added.

At the same time, with Saddam/Trump in the White House, anything can happen to the world of South Park, and who’s to say that Randy’s bribe won’t eventually pay off with a massive, taxpayer-assisted windfall for the Colorado cannabis industry. Towelie may yet wipe enough jizz off of Satan’s butthole to save the farm.