Let Go, Let Gov

"Let Go, Let Gov"
South Park episode
Episode no.Season 17
Episode 1
Directed byTrey Parker
Written byTrey Parker
Production code1701
Original air dateSeptember 25, 2013 (2013-09-25)
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"Let Go, Let Gov" is the first episode in the seventeenth season of the American animated television series South Park. The 238th episode of the series overall, it first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on September 25, 2013.[2] The episode's story satirizes the 2013 mass surveillance disclosures,[3] and casts Eric Cartman in an Edward Snowden-like role, in which he infiltrates the NSA in protest of the agency's surveillance of American citizens.[4][5]

  1. ^ Gilmer, Marcus (September 25, 2013). "Let Go, Let Gov". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Let Go, Let Gov". South Park Studios. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Kondolojy, Amanda (September 23, 2013). "Cartman Infiltrates the NSA on the 17th Season Premiere of 'South Park' on Wednesday September 25". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
  4. ^ VanDerWerff, Emily (September 25, 2013). "South Park casts Eric Cartman in the role of Edward Snowden for its first episode since November". The A.V. Club. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  5. ^ West, Kelly (September 23, 2013). "Cartman Takes On The NSA". Cinema Blend. Retrieved September 23, 2013.