The BEST episodes of black-ish season 6

Every episode of black-ish season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of black-ish season 6!

An upper-middle-class black man struggles to raise his children with a sense of cultural identity despite constant contradictions and obstacles coming from his liberal wife, old-school father and his assimilated, color-blind kids.

Last Updated: 9/12/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
Share:
A Game of Chicken
star
7.58
183 votes

#1 - A Game of Chicken

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2020

Dre knows when to choose his battles with Bow, but they disagree on where to send Devante for preschool. Meanwhile, Junior helps Jack and Diane pull an epic eighth-grade prank.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Daughters for Dummies
star
7.54
214 votes

#2 - Daughters for Dummies

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2019

When Dre realizes that his relationship with Diane has been distant, he plans some daddy-daughter bonding sessions, but the plans backfire when he realizes the interest is one-sided. Meanwhile, Bow covers for Junior at his ChoreBoar gig.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Kid Life Crisis
star
7.52
205 votes

#3 - Kid Life Crisis

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2020

The Johnsons go on vacation at an all-inclusive beach resort in paradise. Dre and Bow meet a couple without kids and live a kidless fantasy for a while. Junior catches the eye of a cute girl and vies for her attention. Jack gets the flu.

Writer: Steven White
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
The Gauntlet
star
7.51
190 votes

#4 - The Gauntlet

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2020

Dre thought he was the best gift-giver, but Bow tells him she prefers meaningful gifts over expensive ones, so he does his best to get her something she'll love on Valentine's Day. Meanwhile, Ruby teaches Jack how to get a girl after she hears about his love troubles, but her antiquated ways don't help.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Every Day I'm Struggling
star
7.49
240 votes

#5 - Every Day I'm Struggling

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2019

When Rainbow and Dre realize Junior’s been taking them for granted, they decide it’s time to band together and cut him off for good. Meanwhile, Jack discovers he has a very lucrative talent, only Ruby wants to use it for all the wrong reasons.

Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
O Mother Where Art Thou?
star
7.49
215 votes

#6 - O Mother Where Art Thou?

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2019

When Dre discovers that Lynette is an art aficionado like himself, the two quickly bond and become close, but he begins to feel guilty since he is spending more time with her than Ruby. Meanwhile, Junior introduces Bow to virtual reality.

Directors: Rob Sweeney
Writer: Nick Adams
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Pops the Question
star
7.49
265 votes

#7 - Pops the Question

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2019

Summer was a season of change for the Johnsons. The twins are headed into eighth grade, and Junior is out on his own managing social media for Migos. Meanwhile, Pops reveals that he is getting married.

Directors: Kevin Bray
Writer: Steven White
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Hair Day
star
7.49
206 votes

#8 - Hair Day

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2020

Bow takes Diane to get her hair done at the salon and wants to spend this time together as a bonding opportunity, but Diane isn’t having it. Diane is conflicted about relaxing her hair again and embarks on a hair journey with the help of Bow, Ruby and her hair stylist, Yaya.

Directors: Anya Adams
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Everybody Blames Raymond
star
7.48
218 votes

#9 - Everybody Blames Raymond

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2019

Halloween is around the corner and the Johnsons are definitely not seeing eye-to-eye on the family costume. The only thing they do agree on is that Jack’s new friend Raymond has got to go. Meanwhile, Junior wants Devante’s first trick-or-treating experience to be perfect.

Directors: Kenny Smith
Writer: Kenny Smith
Watch Now:AmazonApple TV
Best Supporting Husband
star
7.47
179 votes

#10 - Best Supporting Husband

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/2020

Dre spirals when Rainbow is elected to the prestigious California Board of Medicine, and the invitation for the annual fundraising gala is addressed to Dr. Rainbow Johnson and guest. Meanwhile, Diane redecorates her room to impress Mason and they start a secret relationship.

Directors: Eric Dean Seaton
Watch Now:Apple TV
Love, Boat
star
7.47
165 votes

#11 - Love, Boat

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/5/2020

Dre can’t come to terms with his new reality when he discovers something shocking about Pops and Ruby. Junior feels the pressure to find love and tries to rekindle a past romance with a grand gesture.

Directors: Todd Biermann
Watch Now:Apple TV
Friendgame
star
7.46
186 votes

#12 - Friendgame

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/18/2020

Bow is heartbroken to learn that Diane is no longer friends with Sophie. Having been scarred by her own friend breakup in middle school, Bow decides to intervene. Meanwhile, Dre discovers a hole in the wall that Junior and Jack were hiding and forces them to fix their own expensive mistake.

Directors: Fred Savage
Watch Now:Apple TV
…Baby One More Time
star
7.45
166 votes

#13 - …Baby One More Time

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/2020

Dre underestimates Rhonda’s ability to be a mom and struggles to support her decision to adopt a baby. Meanwhile, Ruby gets in the way of Bow’s plans for the perfect baby shower; and Junior, Jack and Diane go to extra lengths to give the best gift of the party.

Directors: Gail Lerner
Watch Now:Apple TV
Feminisn't
star
7.44
237 votes

#14 - Feminisn't

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2019

When Bow learns that Diane and Ruby don’t believe in feminism, she brings Diane to meet the women in her feminist group. Bow’s friend Abby thinks the group needs to be more inclusive, so Bow invites three of her girlfriends to join. Meanwhile, Junior and Jack help Dre after he realizes he is out of touch with modern-day feminism.

Directors: Eric Dean Seaton
Watch Now:Apple TV
Mad and Boujee
star
7.44
222 votes

#15 - Mad and Boujee

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2019

When Dre is invited to join a private social club for the black upper class, Bow and the family jump at the opportunity to mingle with this new community, but Dre's not so sure these exclusive clubs are all they're cracked up to be. Meanwhile, Junior helps Pops pick a wedding date

Directors: Michael Spiller
Watch Now:Apple TV
When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)
star
7.43
230 votes

#16 - When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2019

Jack gets cut from the basketball team and it leads to a family discussion about him being short for his age. Dre is worried for his future, but Bow feels strongly that Jack will overcome his adversity and be stronger for it.

Directors: Chioke Nassor
Watch Now:Apple TV
Earl, Interrupted
star
7.43
164 votes

#17 - Earl, Interrupted

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/14/2020

Dre realizes he needs to intervene when Pops starts to go overboard while partying and gambling with old friends to mask his heartbreak. Meanwhile, Bow pawns school drop-off onto Junior so that she can avoid an annoying parent.

Directors: Pete Chatmon
Watch Now:Apple TV
Dad Bod-y of Work
star
7.43
184 votes

#18 - Dad Bod-y of Work

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/2020

Dre is guilted into volunteering at Jack and Diane's school carnival for Give Back Day. Meanwhile, Rainbow makes an appointment for Junior to get his flu shot, but Ruby has strong opinions against modern medicine.

Directors: Chris Robinson
Writer: Nick Adams
Watch Now:Apple TV
Adventure to Ventura
star
7.42
202 votes

#19 - Adventure to Ventura

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/2020

Dre worries Diane and Jack don’t know how to fend for themselves and sends them out on an adventure, only to realize it’s his overbearing worries that hold the twins back. Meanwhile, Junior gets into a tricky situation at work when he befriends Josh in hopes of scoring a positive peer review.

Directors: Todd Biermann
Writer: Robb Chavis
Watch Now:Apple TV
You Don't Know Jack
star
7.38
185 votes

#20 - You Don't Know Jack

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/25/2020

Jack joins the robotics club and Dre worries it might be a detrimental failure for him after already being cut from the basketball team. Ruby embellishes a story for Diane's school project.

Directors: Kevin Bray
Watch Now:Apple TV
University of Dre
star
7.36
199 votes

#21 - University of Dre

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2019

Dre and Bow are worried about Junior’s future working odd jobs, especially after he tells them he wants to produce comedy shows for unknown comics. When Dre realizes that Junior is putting himself out there and following in his own footsteps, he takes him under his wing to the “University of Dre.” Meanwhile, Rainbow encourages Diane to have a slumber party at their house.

Directors: Todd Biermann
Writer: Jak Knight
Watch Now:Apple TV
Boss Daddy
star
7.36
201 votes

#22 - Boss Daddy

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2020

Dre’s torn at the office between looking out for Junior as his dad or letting him make his own mistakes. Meanwhile, Jack loses a friendship after trying to look cool in front of the basketball team.

Directors: Melissa Kosar
Watch Now:Apple TV
Father Christmas
star
7.34
202 votes

#23 - Father Christmas

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2019

Pops doesn't do Christmas, so when he shows up to the house full of holiday cheer with Lynette (Loretta Devine), Dre is thrown off. Pops wants to make up for lost time and go all out this Christmas. The whole family gets into the holiday spirit until someone from Lynette's past shows up.

Directors: Anthony Anderson
Watch Now:Apple TV