Rainforest Schmainforest: The nightmare begins. Getting Gay With Kids, a touring YAY-for-the-rainforests choral group is recruiting, and visits our favourite grade three class. Craig's "tic" (he sort of flips people off rather regularly) ends up being responsible for our four little heroes being sent to Mr Mackey's office (m'kay) and surprise, surprise they end up drafted into the choir. Now it's off to Costa Rica to save those rainforests! After a quick meeting with el Presidente (que?), it's off to the rainforest proper. Once their guide is swallowed whole by a snake panic ensues and they're all like totally lost. What will happen to our little heroes? Has Kenny found true love with Kelly? Will Kyle discover rhythm? Will the forest's wildlife survive Cartman's big stick? Isn’t that a pretty flower? Will they all get to their gig in time? Kenny dies. And just who ARE "they" anyway?

Spontaneous Combustion: Kyle's on a quest, he needs to get an erection for his dad. Now, look at the title of this episode? Hmm, just who do you think does a Spinal Tap drummer impersonation first? Aah, but this isn't an isolated incident, as more and more South Park citizens turn to dust, the mayor has to do something about it - think of the lost taxes! Queue Stan's dad, he may be a geologist, but he's the closest thing the town has to a scientist. After much research he believes he has the answer, but what will be the devastating consequences of it? Meanwhile why is Cartman being crucified? What's that icky smell? Why the sudden heatwave? Who scores a Nobel Prize from Whoopi Goldberg? What did Stan learn? What's in Mr Brovslovsky's trousers? Or else what? (exactly!) Kenny actually gets a funeral for once.

Succubus: Cartman's off to the optometrist - the rather cruel optometrist. With pupils the size of soccer balls he returns, and it's time for his favourite class - lunch. Hang on, who is this Mr Durp guy? Where's Chef? Well, he's in lurve with Veronica, and she's moving in, in readiness for their impending... marriage! The boys are suspicious, what has she done to Chef, he's spouting crap poetry! Will Chef find the funk again, or is South Park's biggest stud-muffin off the market? Will Cartman survive wearing glasses? What's all this about the Loch Ness monster? Will Chef's parents get their tree fiddy? What's so special about the theme from the Towering Inferno? And what the hell is a succubus anyway? Ooh, Kenny's eyes…

Tweek vs Craig: The grade three kids are divided - between shop class and home ec. Kenny's no dummy, he took the latter, whilst his buddies are introduced to the peculiar shop teacher Mr Adler. The boys are divided in other ways too - Kyle and Stan think Tweek is the hardest, whilst Cartman is siding with bird-flipper extraordinaire Craig. A fight is organised to find out who's toughest, with everybody taking a rather keen interest - well, except for the two at the centre of it all, let's face it, Red Racer IS far more appealing. Meanwhile, what are these memories tormenting Mr Adler? Can that much nicotine gum be good for you? Will Kenny marry a nice rich man? Will Mr Tweek ever give closure on one of his stories? What about guinea pigs? Has Cartman found his true calling as a sumo wrestler? How did Tommy get off his face? Is there anything more "man" than boxing? What happens to Kenny?

Jakovasaurs: Our four rugged little outdoorsmen are camping out at Starks Pond. Unaccustomed to the ways of the bush, Cartman gets a crash course in the art of outdoors pooping. But what, what, what's that in the bushes? It's a Jakovasaur named Joon Joon! A what?! Scientists are excited and baffled by this curiously klutzy, Jerry Lewis-like creature, and intend to use DNA to bring it's species back from near extinction, but then daddy Jakovasaur shows up - sadly though he never shuts up. Meanwhile, Ned has lost his voice box - eww, burp talking really sicks me out! Will somebody show Joon Joon what to do with a wax pot? Has she been taking lessons from Winona? Will Mrs Cartman pass the crack pipe? Why did Chubby Checker leave The Beatles in '72? With the arrival of a new litter of Jakovasaurs, will South Park survive the infestation? Just where can you send a gaggle of big, loud, annoying and stupid creatures anyway? Oh, uh-huh. Will Ned ever speak again? Who will win the trip to France in the game show? And is there anything worse than Cartman with authoritah? Hello, Kenny?

This is the first instalment in season three, and it’s nice to see that the powers that be finally woke up to and rectified a couple of annoyances from the previous two series’. Those hideous elephantine jewel cases have finally been dumped for standard DVD cases, so they look a lot better sitting in the collection now. More importantly, the Braniff and Comedy Central logos are left in tact at the end of each episode now, I guess it’s a case of better late than never. The only remaining problem in relation to the logos is that they are often still-framed before popping on to the next episode, however "still" isn’t really the right word as they flicker wildly for a couple of seconds. They say that patience is a virtue, and I daresay the extra few seconds wait for the fade to black to pause in wouldn’t have been too traumatic for those responsible.

Otherwise it’s much the same to report as usual. The video quality whilst not of jaw-dropping drool-worthiness is still mighty clear, crisp and colourful, both for the animation and the occasional sections of "real life" footage. For this little reviewer these are such an improvement over seeing it on SBS that I still get touches of the wows when viewing them. The Dolby Stereo sound is fine, and about as good as you’re going to get on a TV show such as this converted to DVD. The episodes are still not chaptered, and probably never will be – a minor irritation, but an irritation nonetheless. The only thing by way of an extra is cover-shots of other South Park discs that are available – BORING!

This is another disc containing five episodes, so instantly it offers better value for money than many of the others available that only have four. As is the way with South Park the quality of writing varies between episodes, however every single one here has its killer lines and completely out there moments (usually in abundance), and should have fans ecstatic be it their first viewing or their fiftieth.