chef returns to south park

south park creators matt stone and trey parker have made a new episode, responding to the departure of scientologist isaac hayes about a week ago. in the episode parker and stone react to the current discussion about their character chef, whom hayes played. because it only takes six days to film a new episode, the creators added the episode to their tenth season, which starts airing today. from the press release: "The triumphant homecoming of school chef Jerom McElroy. "While Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman are thrilled to have their old friend back, they notice that something about Chef seems different. When Chef's strange behaviour starts getting him in trouble, the boys pull out all stops to save him."