The Boondocks

2005 • Adult Swim
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Seasons 1-4 episodes (56)

1 Season 1, Episode 1, The Garden Party
11/6/05
Season-only
To improve his grandsons' behavior and help them cope with living in a world that can be hostile to blacks, Granddad looks for a way to school Riley and Huey in the ways of the white supremacist power structure. Though both boys are very skeptical, Granddad gets just the opportunity he's been seeking when bank president Ed Wuncler drops by the house to assess the Freeman's suitability to live in his exclusive, and largely white, neighborhood. And once Granddad and the kids get his seal of approval, Ed invites them to a party to celebrate his grandson's return from the war in Iraq. Reminding them of all his hard work helping to secure their civil rights, Granddad insists that Riley and Huey join him at the Wunclers. But when they arrive, Granddad and the boys must first convince Uncle Ruckus, a longtime Wuncler employee, that they have actually been invited. Once inside, the Freemans and the rest of the guests are surprised at grandson Ed the Third's crass behavior. And as Riley delightedly joins the guest of honor to check out his weapons collection, Granddad joins Wuncler for a drink, leaving a stunned Huey in the hands of a local minister. As Riley is upstairs being entertained by Ed the Third and Huey attempts to persuade anyone who will listen that Ronald Reagan was actually the devil; Granddad and Ed quietly make fun of the other guests. Upon getting wind of Huey's political rant, Granddad warns him against saying anything else that would embarrass him. As Uncle Ruckus tries to persuade the guests not to trust the Freemans, an increasingly drunk Ed the Third presses Riley to take a shot at the assembled partygoers. But when he does, Riley accidentally shoots Ed the Third instead. And when Granddad attempts to apologize for the boys' behavior, he's stunned to finds that Ed doesn't care. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
2 Season 1, Episode 2, The Trial Of Robert Kelly
11/13/05
Season-only
With the approach of singer R. Kelly's trial for inappropriate sexual behavior with a minor, Riley and Huey find themselves on opposite sides of the case being prosecuted by their friend, District Attorney Thomas DuBois. For Huey, the R&B superstar's lewd acts are fair game for prosecution. Yet, seeing the prosecution as an unfair attack, Riley decides to go to the trial and join the singer's fans, who are protesting outside the courthouse. And as Granddad waits patiently for the boys to return, Uncle Ruckus makes it clear just how little he thinks of R. Kelly and his ilk. Upon arriving at the courthouse, Riley immediately joins the fan protest, leaving Huey with the long list of well known black personalities, including Rosa Parks, Cornell West, Julian Bond, Dick Gregory, and Tavis Smiley, who are voicing their displeasure with the singer's behavior. However, when Riley takes it upon himself to make his feelings known to a news reporter, Huey steps in to spare him and their family any further embarrassment. But while the harshest judgments of R. Kelly's behavior come from Ruckus, who makes it clear that he would have no problem convicting him with no deliberation, both Huey and the D.A. are shocked at the defense lawyer's effort to paint the prosecution as racist. Following the defense attorney's opening remarks, and in the face of Riley's threats to take revenge, Thomas shows the jury an incriminating video of R. Kelly and his young victim. However, after the teenage girl's testimony only serves to undermine the prosecution's case, R. Kelly's attorney looks to prove that his client is actually an upstanding citizen with nothing but respect for black women, unlike Thomas, who is married to a white woman. So, as Granddad and Ruckus square off over the subject of race, after the singer's attorney successfully casts his client as the real victim and sends Thomas's case down the drain, it falls to Huey to argue that, despite his acquittal, R. Kelly is no hero. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
3 Season 1, Episode 3, Guess Hoe's Coming To Dinner
11/20/05
Season-only
As Riley and Huey ponder just what line has to be crossed in order for a woman to be a full-fledged hooker, Cristal successfully avoids telling Granddad the truth about her occupation as she gets him to agree to let her move in. And though she's able to keep Granddad in the dark, when it comes to Huey and Riley, Cristal makes no bones about the fact that she's employed in the sex trade. However, even when his grandsons decide to reveal the truth about his sexy young girlfriend's profession, Granddad refuses to believe it. Having failed to persuade their grandfather, Huey and Riley turn to Cristal, demanding that she move out at once. But with Cristal claiming she's in transition from her life as a prostitute to something more respectable, the boys have no choice but to let Granddad see the harsh truth for himself and, camera in hand, they clandestinely document her real life. Although Granddad wants to believe the incriminating photos are nothing but fakes, the arrival of Cristal's pimp, A Pimp Named Slickback, finally convinces him of the truth. However, when Granddad offers her a chance to start a new life with him and the boys, Cristal realizes that it's more work than she's cut out for and takes off after her pimp. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
4 Season 1, Episode 4, Granddad's Fight
11/27/05
Season-only
Having defined a "Nigga Moment" as; when ignorance overwhelms the mind of an otherwise logical Negro male. Huey and his brother are forced to watch as just such a moment overtakes their grandfather. After protesting when seventy-three-year-old Colonel H. Stinkmeaner runs into his car, Granddad accepts the old man's challenge to a fight. However, after he is bested by Stinkmeaner, Granddad faces some harsh criticism from the boys when they point out that the old man is blind. Though Huey suggests that he just ignore it, the public humiliation he's forced to endure after losing to Colonel Stinkmeaner has Granddad looking for a rematch. To make sure Granddad knows what he's up against; Huey shows him a videotape of a movie about the legendary blind Samurai swordsman, Zatoichi. So, despite Uncle Ruckus's contention that black men can't fight, Huey and Riley enlist a blindfolded Tom to train their grandfather. As the training gets underway, word of the rematch spreads, presenting Riley with an easy way to make some quick cash selling tickets and DVDs of the fight. Though Huey and Tom try talking him out of it, Granddad goes ahead with the fight and not only wins, but kills his blind and elderly opponent. Finally, as the assembled crowd turns ugly after the short match, Granddad avoids a prison sentence when, due to Tom's foresight in getting the bout sanctioned by the state boxing commission, he is legally indemnified for the fatality. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
5 Season 1, Episode 5, A Date With The Health Inspector
12/4/05
Season-only
As the Freemans prepare for Halloween, Tom's longstanding nightmare of being sexually assaulted in prison threatens to come true when he is mistakenly arrested for the murder of a seventeen-year-old boy. Desperate to stay out of jail, and knowing well how easy it is for a black man to be wrongfully accused of a crime, Tom begs Riley and Huey for help and to keep his predicament a secret from everyone -- especially Jazmine and Granddad. With just five hours to find the real killer before Tom is moved from a holding cell to a real jail, Riley seeks help from his neighbor, Ed the Third. Realizing that he is going to need help, Ed the Third enlists his Iraq war buddy, Gin Rummy, to find the murderer who's been dubbed the X-Box Killer. As the search by Riley and his posse gets underway, back at police headquarters, Tom is encouraged to confess to a crime he didn't commit in exchange for a promise that he won't be jailed. Knowing all-too-well how the police work, Tom refuses. So, as Huey sets out to tactfully find a witness, Ed the Third and Rummy choose to get tough and intimidate someone in confessing While the harsh tactics employed by Ed the Third and his pal fail to get results, Huey's investigation turns up a suspect. However, instead of heading directly to the killer's address, when Ed the Third and Rummy stop to buy something to drink first, they land in the middle of an argument with the Arab owner of a local convenience store. And though the confrontation escalates into gunplay and causes a delay that allows the X-Box Killer to escape and kill again, the new murder serves to vindicate Tom. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
6 Season 1, Episode 6, The Story Of Gangstalicious
12/11/05
Season-only
Following several very prominent public run-ins that have thrust their battle into the public eye, Riley is just one of the many fans who are anxiously awaiting the latest news in the ongoing feud between urban gangsta rapper Gangstalicious and his Southern counterpart, Eat Dirt. Hearing that Gangstalicious has been shot during a concert, Riley asks Granddad for permission to visit the fallen rap star. Refusing to take no for an answer, he first tries getting hurt himself so that he can be admitted to the hospital, too, before tricking Granddad into sending him on an errand to the store. Yet, despite explicit instructions not to visit the injured rapper, Riley takes a detour to Woodcrest Memorial Hospital. At the hospital, Gangstalicious tells Riley that, rather than the work of Eat Dirt's crew, the latest shooting was carried out by some gang members he owed money to from his days as a drug dealer. Gangstalicious panics when he is told that there are no more police securing the. And when Riley is distracted by a phone call from Granddad, a hit squad led by a Gangstalicious's nemesis, Lincoln, arrives to finish what they started. As the danger of the situation becomes apparent, Riley discovers that, contrary to his tough public image, Gangstalicious is a coward. As they try to flee, a frightened Gangstalicious drops his gun, leaving him and Riley defenseless. Hijacking a white fan's Honda Civic, they try to outrun their pursuers, but are caught and taken to a clearing in the woods. And when the efforts to kill them are undone by poor marksmanship, Riley is stunned to learn that the dispute between Gangstalicious and Lincoln is actually the result of a gay love affair gone awry. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
7 Season 1, Episode 7, A Huey Freeman Christmas
12/18/05
Season-only
As a leader in the United Church of Santa, no one is more excited about the arrival of Christmas, and Santa Claus -- than Jazmine. However, her excitement turns to horror when, while she's at the Woodcrest Mall to celebrate his arrival, Santa is attacked by an assailant who turns out to be none other than Riley Freeman. His identity as the Santa Stalker still secret, Riley then writes a threatening letter to Santa, complaining about having not been given the fancy car wheels he asked for. After he's offered complete artistic control over the project by his teacher, Mr. Ooberwitz, Huey agrees to direct his school's annual Christmas play. As planning for the project gets underway, Ooberwitz worries after seeing how far Huey is prepared to go to realize his creative vision when hires of Quincy Jones as the musical director. But when Huey arrives on the set to find his cast fooling around, he fires nearly everyone and prepares to start from scratch with an A-list Hollywood cast. As the manhunt for the Santa Stalker continues, Uncle Ruckus dons an elf costume and goes undercover to protect the mall's new Santa Claus. Still determined to get revenge, Riley takes dead aim at with a BB gun and, in the ensuing pandemonium, the new Santa narrowly escapes. Meanwhile, despite protests about the production's lavish cost, Huey and Quincy assemble a cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Regina King, and Alicia Keyes and, ignoring orders from the principal not to casts a black Jesus, they put on a critically-acclaimed production that ends up costing Mr. Ooberwitz his job. Finally, after he's recruited to fill in for the mall's Santa, Uncle Ruckus is left to console a disillusioned Jazmine. © 2005 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
8 Season 1, Episode 8, The Real
1/8/06
Season-only
In an effort to capitalize on Granddad's embarrassing sunglasses, Riley claims that he is blind when he contacts Pimp My Ride to ask that the show's host, Xzibit, do something to improve their family's car, Dorothy. When Xzibit takes the bait and shows up to work on the ailing junker, Riley employs a series of clever diversions to keep Granddad in the dark and prevent the show's host from learning that the old man can really see. However, after Granddad learns the truth, the prospect of getting some much-needed repairs for Dorothy prompts him to play along with Riley s lie. Meanwhile, Huey's disgust with the deception attracts the interest of a phantom who calls himself the White Shadow. Dismissing Huey's claim that he's being followed by a secret government agent, Granddad and Riley anxiously await the delivery of the refurbished Dorothy. Yet, as Riley suggests that he consider adopting a more streetwise name, Granddad discovers that what started out as a little white lie has spun out of control when a crew from Extreme Makeover Home Edition arrives to build a new wing onto the "blind man's" house, one that Riley has claimed is also a homeless shelter. Though Huey strenuously objects to the deception, the prospect of having a sexy bachelor pad is too much for Granddad to resist as both Tom and Jazmine help to perpetuate the ruse in hopes of establishing show business careers. With Huey's insistence on facing facts seemingly at odds with his reports of seeing the elusive White Shadow, the wholesale destruction of his house causes Granddad to demand an end to Riley's ruse, at least until he gets a look at Dorothy. Yet, in all the excitement, it's revealed that Granddad can actually see. And when the truth causes all work on the partially-demolished house to stop, a sympathetic Xzibit offers Granddad the keys to his car, for a price. Finally, as Huey decides that the White Shadow is nothing more than a figment of his overactive imagination, Riley and Granddad abandon their ruined house for the comfort of their new car. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
9 Season 1, Episode 9, Return Of The King
1/15/06
Season-only
In Huey's dream, instead of being killed by a gunshot in 1968, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fell into a coma and then woke up thirty-two years later in time to be turned away at the polls when he tries to vote in the 2000 presidential election. His mythic stature seemingly insured, Dr. King is greeted as a hero and offered lucrative book and movie deals to chronicle his life. However, after he asks that Americans show compassion by turning the other cheek following the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, King's legend crumbles, making him a pariah in the public eye. It's at a sparsely attended book signing that Dr. King is reintroduced to his old friend and co-worker in the civil rights movement, Granddad. Accepting an invitation to dine at the Freeman home, Dr. King tells Huey, Riley, Tim, and Uncle Ruckus how Granddad was overshadowed by Rosa Parks during the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Sitting down to watch some television, Dr. King is appalled by how the black community is represented. And when the civil rights leader asks why so little improvement has been made in the wake of his shooting, Huey suggests that everyone has been waiting for him to come back and save them. Though Dr. King is depressed, Huey insists that he not give up and, to get things started, suggests holding an emergency action planning meeting for a new political party. As Dr. King takes to the airwaves to promote the venture, harsh criticism in the conservative press sends him to an urban promotions firm that uses hip-hop radio to get the word out. Yet, instead of an organizing meeting for their political party, those who show are just looking to party. However, after he uses the opportunity to deliver a scathing critique of the black community before moving to Canada, Dr. King inspires a revolution that eventually leads to Oprah Winfrey being elected President of the United States, in Huey's dream! © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
10 Season 1, Episode 10, The Itis
1/22/06
Season-only
Following one of Granddad's legendary soul food dinners, the Freeman family's friends happily pass out after the rich and fatty food causes them to be struck with what is called "The Itis." Listening to Granddad recount a dream about owning a restaurant filled with beds where diners could fall asleep after eating, banker and neighbor Ed Wuncler invites him to look at a health food restaurant he owns with an eye towards making a change. And after complaining about the politically liberal clientele that the Frutorium attracts, Ed fires nearly everyone on the staff before setting Granddad up in a restaurant they call the Itis Reeling in horror at Granddad's latest culinary creation, a half-pound bacon and cheese laden hamburger he calls "The Luther," the family's lone vegetarian, Huey, warns against going too far. Ignoring Huey's warnings, Granddad heads for the kitchen and, with Tom serenading the diners and Uncle Ruckus keeping the beds filled with customers, the Itis opens its doors. And even though Huey embarks on a campaign to convince the staff and diners that it's a health hazard, the food's addictive qualities make the Itis a big hit. Soon after opening, the restaurant's success begins to catch up with it. Because of their addiction to the food, the diners lose interest in everything except getting their next meal, turning what was once a prosperous upper class neighborhood into a crime-infested slum. In a matter of weeks, even Granddad begins to wonder if he may have made a mistake. And though Granddad continues to fight back against Huey's campaign, with the first wave of lawsuits filed against them, Ed pulls the plug and shuts the Itis down. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
11 Season 1, Episode 11, Let's Nab Oprah
2/12/06
Season-only
Huey (Regina King) has to stop Riley (Regina King) and a small gang of misfit idiots from nabbing the talk show deity, Oprah. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
12 Season 1, Episode 12, Riley Wuz Here
2/19/06
Season-only
As Riley is spray-painting graffiti on a stately Woodcrest home, a passerby offers some suggestions on how to improve the work. Accused of defacing his neighbor's property, a defiant Riley avoids being jailed only after Granddad agrees to pay for the damages. And when Granddad decides that part of his punishment should be art lessons, Riley is stunned to find that his teacher is none other than the mysterious man who helped him with his mural. Meanwhile, Huey designs an experiment to chart the effects of watching too much black television. On his first day at Ross's studio, Riley shows little interest in applying himself. When his teacher dismisses his work before tossing it into the trash, Riley decides that he has something to prove after all. However, after he's caught turning in something he copied off the art teacher's website, Riley rises to the challenge and submits a drawing that his new mentor finds worthy. Much to Riley's surprise, the teacher even agrees to help him tag another home with graffiti, but not with the violent images that the youngster wants. Convinced to anonymously paint something that's both sensitive and beautiful, Riley is stunned when, rather than being denounced as vandalism, his guerilla artwork is praised by everyone, including Granddad. Meanwhile, a few days of the black TV experiment prove to be more than enough to damage Huey's mind. After creating a mural that garners even more praise than the last one, Riley is upset to find that it has been signed by a number of artists all wanting to claim credit for the new masterpiece. When Riley tries to correct the record, no one, including his own family -- believes him. So, to prove he's the real artist, he enlists the help of his teacher to secretly paint a mural of his grandfather's wedding. Finally, after the teacher parts ways with Riley after helping him avoid being caught by the police, even though Granddad tearfully appreciates the gesture, he insists that the painting be removed. And after proving that watching too much black television is bad for one's health, Huey ends his experiment as quickly as he started it. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
13 Season 1, Episode 13, Wingmen
3/5/06
Season-only
When word arrives that his old friend Mo Jackson has died, Granddad and the boys embark on a trip back home to Chicago for the funeral. During the plane ride, Granddad recounts how, as young fighter pilots during World War II, he and Mo competed head to head with each other as they fought the Nazis. When Huey points out that he doesn't seem to be very sad over his old friend's passing, Granddad notes that Mo was disloyal and did something that could never be forgiven. But once they arrive back in their old neighborhood, Granddad is stunned to discover that, along with what he's being given in the will; Mo has left specific instructions for him to deliver the eulogy as his ashes are placed into Lake Michigan. Meanwhile, Huey is upset to learn that his best friend back in Chicago, Cairo, has ditched him for someone new. On the party boat that's been outfitted for the occasion, Granddad joins Mo's family and friends for the funeral. However, already upset to discover that the Mo's memorial includes a war medal that actually belongs to him, Granddad learns that his old friend was badmouthing him right up until the day he died. So, after accidentally killing the dove that was released with the late man's ashes, Granddad cannot hold his tongue any longer and proceeds to tell everyone how petty, immature and selfish Mo really was. And though Mo's widow takes offense at the harsh words, nearly everyone else at the funeral agrees. As the mourners argue over the late man's legacy, Granddad uses the occasion to tell Aunt Cookie how he never forgave Mo for having stolen away a girl that he thought he might have married someday. But, after Cookie reveals that the girl in question turned out to be more than just a little ugly, Granddad realizes that he has wasted the last fifty years hating Mo. Finally, after Huey discovers that what he had with Cairo can never be reclaimed, Granddad expresses regret for letting his friendship with Mo die, only to learn that all he's been left in the dead man's will is an old jar of peanuts. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
14 Season 1, Episode 14, The Block Is Hot
3/12/06
Season-only
An unseasonable February heat wave that's settled over Woodcrest has tempers flaring on Timid Deer Lane. When Riley opens a fire hydrant and invites all of his neighbors to join him, Uncle Ruckus threatens to call the police. But when Ruckus hops in his truck to look for help, he's set upon by three police cruisers and fired upon by their all-too-edgy cops. As the police and news crews investigate the shooting, Jazmine sets up a lemonade stand where, unbowed by the heat, Huey tries to convince the customers of a conspiracy to wipe out the black community. It doesn't take more than one look at Jazmine's success for businessman Ed Wuncler to offer to buy the lemonade stand in exchange for the pony she's saving for. However, only after she and her dad, Tom, make a deal for the stand does Jazmine truly see how ruthless a boss Wuncler can be. As Huey warns Jazmine that she's teaming up with a known corporate criminal, the investigation into the shooting ends when Uncle Ruckus refuses a big cash settlement in exchange for realizing a lifelong dream of becoming a police officer. The heat wave continues and Wuncler ramps up his pressure on Jazmine who, resolved to have a pony, refuses to listen as Huey urges her to end her exploitation. Although her dad decides that she's had enough, Wuncler's threats to let the pony die if she quits are enough to keep Jazmine on the job. And even when Huey enlists human rights protesters to liberate her, Jazmine remains committed to do whatever it takes to get her pony. Yet, her dream turns into a nightmare when, after Wuncler shows up with lemonade of his own to sell, she learns that there's no way that the deal would have ever led to her realizing her dream. Finally, after the crowd and the police turn ugly and burn the stand the ground, a cold snap puts the ever-optimistic Jazmine right back into business selling hot chocolate. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
15 Season 1, Episode 15, The Passion Of Reverend Ruckus
3/19/06
Season-only
After learning that he has a cancerous tumor and only six months to live, Uncle Ruckus has a vision of a heaven where the white man is king. Told that he can live in White Heaven if he renounces his blackness, Ruckus sets out to demonstrate his newfound piety. And though Granddad doesn't want to hear any of it, Tom begins to wonder if Ruckus might be onto something. Meanwhile, Huey is committed to stopping the execution of Black activist Ahmad Shabazz who was sentenced to death for the 1970 shooting of a police officer, despite the fact that there was nothing connecting him to the crime. But when he can't persuade the governor to stay the execution, Huey devises an elaborate scheme he dubs Operation Black Steel to break the condemned man out of prison and then seek asylum in Cuba. To help spread the gospel of race-based redemption, Ruckus enlists black conservative commentator Armstrong Elders. As a result, Granddad decides that he has to do something to stop Ruckus and his racist revival scheduled for the Woodcrest Post Pavilion, leaving Huey with no one to drive him to the prison to carry out Operation Black Steel. Even when Huey notes that Ahmad's life is in danger if he doesn't get there on time, Granddad suggests that he pray for the condemned man.Leaving Huey stranded, Granddad and Tom head for the revival. As Ruckus's racist message begins to take hold among the black audience, Tom is swept up, forcing Granddad to try and stop him from becoming a convert. Meanwhile, left without an alternative, Huey decides to pray for Ahmad to be spared. When a lightning strike that shuts down power to the electric chair gives the governor time to review the overwhelming evidence of Ahmad's innocence, Huey's prayers are answered. And when the lightning bolt that saved Ahmad also hits Uncle Ruckus and cures his tumor, his days as a preacher suddenly come to an end as everyone decides to forget they ever heard his racist preaching. © 2006 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
16 Season 2, Episode 1, ...or Die Trying
10/8/07
Season-only
With Uncle Ruckus working to stop anyone from sneaking in, a mistake by Riley forces Granddad to go to the concession stand for popcorn. But when Granddad's complaints about having to butter it himself attract attention, Ruckus realizes that he didn't pay. Taking cover in the darkened theater, Granddad has to struggle to keep a guilt-ridden Jazmine from turning them all in, as Huey decides that the only way to stop the madness is to destroy the print of Soul Plane. The prospect of getting caught prompts Riley to suggest that he and Granddad abandon Jazmine and make a getaway. Seeing Jazmine enthralled by the on-screen action, they sneak off, leaving her helpless against Ruckus and his crew. Meanwhile, Huey's efforts to sabotage the film are stopped cold. Feeling guilty about leaving his grandson and Jazmine to take the fall for his crime, Granddad turns himself in, in exchange for their freedom. But Uncle Ruckus' excitement over making an arrest is cut short after they all learn that the theater is closing in response to the formation of a new union. However, when Huey looks to get his due for encouraging the staff to stand up for their rights, he discovers that everyone was fired for following his advice. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
17 Season 2, Episode 2, Tom, Sarah, And Usher
10/15/07
Season-only
It doesn't take long for Granddad and the rest of the Freeman clan to grow tired of Tom's moping around, especially after he learns that his daughter, Jazmine, is excited about the prospect of having Usher as her new dad. Desperate to get rid of Tom, Granddad enlists the services of A Pimp Named Slickback for an intervention to teach him how to handle his wife. Though Tom doesn't approve of the way the pimp treats women, he has to do something once Granddad says he can't stay any longer. And when Granddad notes that he has already used Tom's credit card to pay Slickback's hefty retainer, the lessons begin. Calling on his wealth of knowledge about women, A Pimp Named Slickback begins by teaching Tom how to use disrespect to bring his wife under control. To drive the point home, he enlists one of his girls, Sweetest Taboo, to teach Tom how to use physical violence to establish dominance over Sarah. Then, after another of his girls, Quiet Storm, uses her expertise in surveillance and computer hacking to gather evidence that suggests Sarah is planning to cheat with Usher, Tom decides to confront them. But when he heads them off at the door to the hotel, he is stunned to discover that, instead of arriving for a romantic tryst, Sarah has brought Jazmine there to meet Usher. And when the singer's bodyguards get involved, Tom gets a painful lesson about jumping to conclusions. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
18 Season 2, Episode 3, Thank You For Not Snitching
10/22/07
Season-only
As the Freemans stand fast, Ruckus and Betty catch a break when they spot Ed III and Rummy fleeing the site of their latest break-in. To stop them, Betty opens fire with her shotgun, forcing the burglars to ask Riley to hide them in his family's garage. Once the pair get a look at Granddad's prized car, Dorothy, they steal it for their getaway. Despite being pressed to talk by his distraught grandfather, Riley still refuses to finger the crooks, leaving Tom no choice but to bring him and Granddad in for questioning. With Tom facing a near-revolt when Betty calls for militarizing the Neighborhood Watch, the police try getting Riley and Granddad to crack. But the history of black men who weren't protected after talking to the police is just too frightening, and even Huey and Jazmine can't persuade Riley to tell what he knows to keep him and Granddad from going to jail. However, Ed III and Rummy's effort to rob the Freeman home is more than Granddad can take, especially after he realizes that his Wuncler Security System failed to protect him. And that's when the truth finally spills out - that Ed and Rummy were carrying out the burglaries to drum up clients for the Wunclers' home security business. Yet, after Granddad still refuses to turn them over to the police, Riley wonders if he's done the right thing when they steal his prized bike. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
19 Season 2, Episode 4, Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
10/29/07
Season-only
While busily preparing to meet his new online girlfriend, Granddad is accosted by Tom. Though Granddad doesn't see it at first, it's Huey who finally connects his dream with the attack and realizes that it's Stinkmeaner, and not Tom, who's carrying out the assault. With Huey and Riley pitching in, Granddad manages to tie the Colonel down just as his lovely online date arrives. However, despite his efforts to ignore the noises coming from upstairs, Granddad cannot keep her from leaving once she realizes he's been concealing that fact that he has a possessed man strapped to Riley's bed. Upset over losing his new girlfriend so quickly, and knowing he has to do something to rid Tom and the family of Stinkmeaner's ghost, Granddad calls on Uncle Ruckus to perform an exorcism. Armed with a whip, a noose, a nightstick and a branding iron, Ruckus sets to work on Tom, yet makes little progress in driving out Stinkmeaner's spirit. But with a tip from rapper Ghostface Killah, Huey employs the one weapon that an evil ghost can't resist - harmony and peace - to drive him back to Hell. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
20 Season 2, Episode 5, The Story Of Thugnificent
11/5/07
Season-only
Even as Granddad finds the noise annoying, Riley cannot resist the wild party being thrown by Thugnificent and the Lethal Injection Crew. Worried about what could happen to his brother in the raucous environment, Huey tries to convince him to come home before he gets in trouble. But once Granddad shows up and gets a look at the wild goings-on, he ignites a neighborhood feud when he enlists his fellow black residents to file an official complaint with the city council. In response to the complaint, Thugnificent first tries to win over Granddad before unleashing a mean-spirited rap that he and his crew call "Eff Granddad." When the song becomes a hit, Granddad first considers suing before deciding to strike back by enlisting Xzibit to help him produce a YouTube music video of his own. However, Thugnificent has second thoughts about using his stardom to attack Granddad after learning that his music video has inspired a series of attacks on old men around the world. Stunned by the violence that the words unleashed, Huey looks to peacefully settle the neighborhood feud, but can only get Granddad and the rapper to agree to cease making "dis records." © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
21 Season 2, Episode 6, Attack Of The Killer Kung-fu Wolf-bitch
11/19/07
Season-only
After a series of online dating failures, Granddad lands a promising date for the weekend, only to learn that she is a deadly martial arts master. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
22 Season 2, Episode 7, Shinin'
11/26/07
Season-only
Riley becomes the newest member of Thugnificent's Lethal Injection Crew, but he is forced to prove himself worthy of the honor after a neighborhood bully steals his jeweled chain. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
23 Season 2, Episode 8, Ballin'!
12/3/07
Season-only
When being recruited for Tom's youth league team offers Riley a chance to realize his dream of being a basketball superstar, he soon learns the importance of being a team player. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
24 Season 2, Episode 9, Invasion Of The Katrinians
12/10/07
Season-only
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Granddad's Cousin Jericho and his family seek refuge with the Freemans. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
25 Season 2, Episode 10, Home Alone
12/17/07
Season-only
When Granddad takes a vacation and the boys quickly drive off their babysitter, Uncle Ruckus, Huey steps up to take charge. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
26 Season 2, Episode 11, The S-word
1/21/08
Season-only
When Riley's third grade teacher uses the "N-word" during an argument, Granddad enlists Reverend Rollo Goodlove in a fight to make the school board pay. © 2008 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
27 Season 2, Episode 12, The Story Of Catcher Freeman
2/4/08
Season-only
Granddad, Uncle Ruckus and Huey present three very different accounts of the life story of family legend Catcher Freeman. © 2008 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
28 Season 2, Episode 13, The Story Of Gangstalicious, Part 2
2/18/08
Season-only
Following the shooting of the rapper Gangstalicious, Riley passes out upon seeing one of his crew kiss him in the hospital. Unwilling to accept that Gangstalicious might be gay, Riley is sure that it was all a dream. Yet, following the debut of his new music video, "Homies Over Hoes," the rapper suddenly starts sending Riley free samples from his new fashion line that look suspiciously like women's clothes. And though Huey points to the kiss, the clothes and the video as evidence of Gangstalicious' homosexuality, Riley refuses to believe it. Meanwhile, as Gangstalicious skirts the rumors about his sexuality, Thugnificent and his Lethal Injection Crew send Riley to land a deal for them to collaborate on a remix of "Homies Over Hoes."As Riley works on securing a deal, Granddad worries about signs suggesting his grandson is gay. Though he is wearing women's clothes and carrying a purse, Riley denies it. Even so, after doing everything he can think of to make a real man out of Riley - including playing football, inviting girls over, and offering to chase women together - Granddad calls in A Pimp Named Slickback to straighten him out. © 2008 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
29 Season 2, Episode 14, The Hunger Strike
1/28/08
Season-only
Huey goes on a hunger strike to protest the damage done to black people by BET. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
30 Season 2, Episode 15, The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show
2/11/08
Season-only
As he is getting started on his new BET reality show, Uncle Ruckus struggles with DNA test results that prove he is really black. © 2007 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
31 Season 3, Episode 1, It's a Black President, Huey Freeman
10/6/14
Season-only
Remember "Yes We Can"? No, you don't? A German documentary follows the Freeman family from the election to the Inauguration of the country's first Black President, giving us a look back at the hope and change that already feels like ancient history.
32 Season 3, Episode 2, Bitches To Rags
5/9/10
Season-only
Thugnificent has seen better days. Auto-tune, rap beef, nothing can stop the IRS when his new album tanks. Faced with the horror of getting a real job, Otis Jenkins takes some pretty desperate measures to stay afloat. Is there life after rap death? © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
33 Season 3, Episode 3, The Red Ball
10/20/14
Season-only
When the Chinese call in some old debts, Ed Wuncler is forced to gamble all of Woodcrest's economic fortunes on a kickball game with its sister city, Wushung, China. Kickball legend Huey Freeman is to come out of self-imposed exile from the game to do battle with the red ball one last time. It's a kickball game to end all kickball games.
34 Season 3, Episode 4, The Story Of Jimmy Rebel
5/22/10
Season-only
Ruckus finds his musical soul mate in famed racist Country-Western singer Jimmy Rebel. But can the ebony and ivory of racist music really live together in perfect harmony? © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
35 Season 3, Episode 5, Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy
5/29/10
Season-only
Colonel H. Stinkmeaner had no family and no friends... but he did have a mean crew. Three of Stinkmeaner's old crew arrive in town to exact payback on the Freeman family. Is revenge a dish best served old? The shocking conclusion to the trilogy. © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
36 Season 3, Episode 6, Smokin' With Cigarettes
6/5/10
Season-only
): If it's fun to do bad things, then Riley is having the best time ever with juvenile felon Lamilton Taeshawn. But when Lamilton wants to prove he has the "juice," the good times come to a shocking end. Will Riley "know the ledge"? Will anyone get these movie references? © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
37 Season 3, Episode 7, The Fund-raiser
6/12/10
Season-only
Riley takes over the school candy bar hustle and floods the block with sugar. But when the competition comes looking for payback, it's all out war for control of the chocolate covered streets. Will the sweet life take Riley under? © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
38 Season 3, Episode 8, Pause
6/13/10
Season-only
Granddad is cast as the leading man by mega-superstar of stage and screen, Winston Jerome. But when the theater group turns out to be a homoerotic evangelical cult, it's up to Huey and Riley to put a pause to it. © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
39 Season 3, Episode 9, A Date with the Booty Warrior
6/26/10
Season-only
Having conquered his fear of prison rape, Tom volunteers to lead Huey, Riley and some classmates on a trip to jail as part of a "Scared Stiff" program. But when a riot breaks out, Tom has to get the kids, and his delicate backside, out of jail in one piece. © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
40 Season 3, Episode 10, The Story Of Lando Freeman
7/3/10
Season-only
There's a new handyman in the neighborhood undercutting Uncle Ruckus... which is all good for Granddad and his garden until the man claims to be his long lost son, Lando. Will Granddad take responsibility and be a father to his child? Not without a talk show paternity test... © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
41 Season 3, Episode 11, The Lovely Ebony Brown
7/11/10
Season-only
Granddad finds a Black woman so beautiful and charming not even Ruckus can hate her. Ebony Brown is perfect in every way... so is this the end of Granddad's long, sad, desperate search for a woman? Not if he can help it. © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
42 Season 3, Episode 12, Mr. Medicinal
12/1/14
Season-only
After a health scare, Granddad discovers the amazing life benefits of medical marijuana. But when Granddad suddenly becomes a balanced, well-adjusted person, Huey and Riley immediately know something is up.
43 Season 3, Episode 13, The Fried Chicken Flu
7/31/10
Season-only
Is this how it all ends? When a fast food promotion crosses with a plague of biblical proportions, society spins out of control faster than you can say "white meat only." Will Huey Freeman's elaborate end-of-the-world survival plan stand up to the ultimate test? Will any of us ever get to eat fried chicken again?! © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
44 Season 3, Episode 14, The Color Ruckus
8/8/10
Season-only
Uncle Ruckus's family comes to town and Ruckus must settle some old business with his father. It's a tale of abuse, and triumph, and... actually no, it's just a tale of abuse. © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
45 Season 3, Episode 15, It's Goin' Down
8/14/10
Season-only
A terror attack near Woodcrest is imminent, and domestic terrorist Huey Freeman is the main suspect. With super-agent Jack Flowers on his tail and Ed and Rummy on the loose, can anyone save the day? © 2010 Adelaide Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
46 Season 4, Episode 1, Pretty Boy Flizzy
4/20/14
Season-only
Pretty Boy Flizzy is arrested for armed robbery and exchanges relationship advice for a lawyer in the Season 4 premiere.
47 Season 4, Episode 2, Good Times
4/27/14
Season-only
These are not "good times" for Granddad. He owes millions of dollars on his house to Eddie Wuncler (son of Ed Wuncler) who has some unique ideas of how Granddad can pay him back. And with Eddie appearing more like a gangster than a businessman, times are about to get worse.
48 Season 4, Episode 3, Breaking Granddad
5/5/14
Season-only
It may not be meth, but the explosive hair product the Freemans are selling is just as dangerous. And even more lethal may be the black market of the hair-care industry run by Boss Willona.
49 Season 4, Episode 4, Early Bird Special
5/12/14
Season-only
Granddad is hired by pimps at a nursing home to escort lonely ladies. But this Woodcrest Gigolo is in for a surprise when he finds that the job is not as sexy as it sounds.
50 Season 4, Episode 5, Freedom Ride or Die
5/19/14
Season-only
Civil Rights pioneers: Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X... Robert Freeman? A young reluctant Granddad is held as an unwilling freedom rider by Reverend Sturdy Harris, on a trip through the racist South. Despite his attempts to "turn the bus around" Granddad is led into dangerous territory. This isn't Woodcrest anymore. Dennis Haysbert guest stars as Reverend Sturdy Harris.
51 Season 4, Episode 6, Granddad Dates A Kardashian
5/26/14
Season-only
Granddad co-stars on a reality show when he begins dating Kardashia, a long lost Kardashian sister. While Riley and Granddad love all of the swag they're receiving, Huey is more dubious of this new Kardashian's intentions. Can the Freemans keep with with Kardashia?
52 Season 4, Episode 7, Freedomland
6/2/14
Season-only
The Freemans find that Eddie Wuncler's new slavery theme park "Freedomland" may be a bit to authentic, when they are trapped there and forced to be slaves. Huey must find a way to uproot them from this situation.
53 Season 4, Episode 8, I Dream of Siri
6/9/14
Season-only
Granddad loves Siri on his new iPhone. Unfortunately, she loves him back, a bit too much. When she becomes obsessed with him, Granddad finds that Siri is one app that won't be deleted that easily.
54 Season 4, Episode 9, Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has
6/16/14
Season-only
Stinkmeaner is back, or at least his clone is. After a fight with Granddad goes viral, Stinkmeaner turns unto an instant celebrity. And seeking revenge, Granddad's hate may cause him to be yet another clone of Stinkmeaner. Edward Asner guest stars as Ed Wuncler.
55 Season 4, Episode 10, The New Black
6/23/14
Season-only
Riley becomes the maligned target of gay rights groups after he calls his classmate "gay." In these sensitive times when everyone is offended by everything, Riley really has to watch what he says, even when his apology may upset people.
56 Season 5, Episode 101, Making of Season 1
3/30/14
Season-only
Get a preview of the highly anticipated return of The Boondocks with this Season 4 preview! The Boondocks, Season 4 premieres on Adult Swim, Monday April 21 @ 10:30pm

About this show

BOONDOCKS revolves around a boy named Huey and his gangster-wannabe brother who have left the inner city to live with their grandfather in the suburbs. If growing up under the watchful eye of their grandfather isn’t hard enough, being African-American kids adjusting to life in a predominantly white neighborhood has made its outrageously comic and bittersweet moments.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
4.31K reviews
Laurie Delaney
April 11, 2016
Watch it while you can. Our society would rather FEEL smart than learn & grow a social conscience. This show is smart, hilarious and smashes stereotypes with black KKK members and white Gangstas (Samuel L Jackson & Charlie Murphy). All this with political satire & a call to arms to revolution before our empire falls. Low brow meets high brow, but sadly, too high brow for most. God forbid we demand thisthis level of actual thought and effort in all entertainment. A great show soon to be gone. Too bad
34 people found this review helpful
A Google user
May 28, 2017
This show is just...amazing. They tell us the truth about the world. I like how on season 4 it became HD. I'm sure by three years or so, the government won't allow us to watch it because it's telling us the truth. Might as well download it. High fructose corn syrup, slavery, pagan and ect, they give little hints. Overall, this show is my favorite show in the whole world. I believe of you extract the cursing, it would be a show for about ten and up. It will tell kids the truth and will let them learn. Finally a cartoon with black people...
90 people found this review helpful
Mirlene Joseph
February 7, 2015
Its seriously one of the greatest animated series ever. I love almost all of the characters (especially Huey :) ). It made me think and laugh. I am really gonna miss this show, there's so many more stories to be told, and there are so many more characters that could of been added, like Caesar or more black women(who are not insane or plain stupid). Who knows, maybe it will come back one day with new episodes. I know its unlikely, but as Huey once said in one epi (the MK epi)''Its fun to dream." :)
63 people found this review helpful