South Park Halloween Special Satirizes Trump, Crypto

South Park’s Halloween episode, “The Woman in the Hat” (Season 28, Episode 2), aired Friday as a Halloween special after a one-day scheduling push and lampoons both politics and the show’s critics by mixing self‑mockery with political satire. The plot follows President Trump overseeing the demolition of the White House East Wing to build a lavish ballroom, which unleashes a supernatural wrath and leaves him haunted by a Melania‑shaped specter in a purple hat, while Pam Bondi leads a seance to confront the entity. Back in South Park, Randy loses his job in a government shutdown and the family is forced into a retirement home, prompting Stan and his friends to launch a meme‑coin scheme called “South Park Sucks Now,” aided by Cousin Kyle’s conning savvy. The crypto subplot converges with the Washington storyline when one of the kids seeks White House approval and is later indicted, and the episode skewers legal and political figures including caricatures of Stephen Miller, Brendan Carr and Kristi Noem. It also references paranormal figures Ed and Lorraine Warren and blends the show’s trademark absurdity and self‑awareness while satirizing controversies around Trump, White House renovations, and the series’ political turn.