When Stan ridicules Cruise's acting and career choices, Cruise throws a tantrum and locks himself in Stan's closet. Tom Cruise and other Scientologists visit Stan and try to recruit him as a church leader. In it, Stan Marsh is screened by a Scientologist who finds that he has a high thetan level, and so is believed to be the reincarnation of L. The episode, titled 'Trapped in the Closet', aired on 16 November 2005. (Stone - who is from a Jewish background (now a self-proclaimed agnostic/ atheist) and who supplies the voice of Kyle Broflovski, who is Jewish - has written many episodes satirizing Judaism.) That Stone and Parker would want to produce such an episode should have come as little surprise to the hierarchy of Scientology, as they had lampooned elements of other religions - especially dogma, fundamentalism and the slave-like devotion many religious leaders demand of their followers.
These rumors likely originated with cast member Isaac Hayes, a Scientologist who voiced the character of Chef.
See the main article on this topic: Scientologyĭuring the ninth season, which began in March 2005, there were rumors that the creators of South Park were working on an episode that would skewer Scientology.
