The BEST Episodes of Black Jesus
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Sep 17, 2021
Network: Adult Swim
A TV series finds Jesus living in present day Compton, CA on a daily mission to spread love and kindness throughout the neighborhood with the help of his small but loyal group of downtrodden followers.
#1 - The Other Shoe Drops
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired Sep 18, 2014
Travyon forays into documentary filmmaking and discovers a saboteur pouring bleach in the garden.
8.66 
#2 - Love Thy Enemy (2)
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired Sep 25, 2014
The complex is in shambles thanks to Vic and Lloyd.
8.49 
#3 - A Very Special Christmas in Compton
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired Nov 27, 2015
Jesus makes a Christmas wish after he grows upset with the commercialization of the holiday. But, his wish brings unintended consequences.
8.48 
#4 - Gangsta's Paradise
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired Oct 2, 2014
Jesus decides to reunite with his friends from the "hood"
8.47 
#5 - WTFWBJD
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired Oct 9, 2014
While Jesus is on the run, the gang is left to ponder what would Black Jesus do in their shoes.
8.43 
#6 - Hands of God
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired Oct 9, 2015
Jesus joins Ms. Tudi in her latest money-making scheme, a mobile spa van charging for Holy foot massages. The hustle puts Fish in an awkward position when Tudi soon decides it better to sell Fish's "gift of sexiness" instead.
8.41 
#7 - Never Say When
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Nov 6, 2015
Lloyd gets a lucrative job as a liquor salesman, which changes him in ways that worry Jesus.
8.41 
#8 - Fried Green Tomatoes
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired Sep 4, 2014
The gang is ready to quit the garden when they find the weed in the garden has failed, but they discover an abundance of "miracle" green tomatoes.
8.33 
#9 - False Witness
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 2, 2015
When Vic misinterprets the gang's latest hustle as terrorist activity, he gears up to wage a one-man war against them.
8.32 
#10 - Jesus Gonna Get His
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired Sep 25, 2015
Jesus and the gang take on the Church of Jesus Christ in Compton; they plan to teach its corrupt preacher a lesson.
8.26 
#11 - Janky Cable
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Nov 13, 2015
Trayvon's dad gets him free cable, which causes problems with Vic.
8.23 
#12 - Tasty Tudi's
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired Oct 16, 2015
When Fish seduces a city worker into a no limit EBT card, he learns that free food can come at a high price
8.18 
#13 - No Room for Jesus
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired Sep 18, 2015
Jesus returns to Compton in search of a place to stay, but becomes concerned about Fish, who appears to be returning to a life of crime.
8.18 
#14 - I Gave at the Playground
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Aug 28, 2014
The gang end up agreeing to help Boonie with a yard sale. His ex girlfriend shows up though to cause havoc.
8.13 
#15 - The Shit Heist
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Aug 21, 2014
After being extorted by Mexican gangsters, they are left with no money for fertilizer for their garden, so they must execute a manure heist at the Compton Boarding Stables.
8.09 
#16 - Love Thy Enemy (1)
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Sep 11, 2014
The gang bottle and sell their green tomato sauce and Ms. Tudi makes peace with the CCSWC.
7.95 
#17 - Thy Neighbor's Strife
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Oct 30, 2015
Vic plunges into sin courtesy of Lloyd's estranged wife. Meanwhile, the gang shoots a music video for Boonie's latest track, "Side Bitches".
7.90 
#18 - Lloyds Wife/Good for Nothing
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired Nov 20, 2015
Lloyds' wife resurfaces announcing she wants a divorce. Vic is overjoyed, until things get messy. After a visit to the probation office, Fish faces a test of faith.
7.87 
#19 - Fish and the Con Man
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired Aug 14, 2014
Black Jesus tells his gang that they must start a community garden. Standing in the way of progress is Vic, the Apartment Manager who threatens to bring all of them down.
7.87 
#20 - Taco Sundays
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired Oct 23, 2015
Jesus loses his phone when the gang travel through Compton in a food truck.
7.86 
#21 - Parole Officer
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 4, 2019
The parole officer for Jesus, a friendly white dude that just wants to make the world a better place, witnesses proof of Jesus' divinity, has a spiritual upheaval and decides to stop going to work and follow Jesus.
7.82 
#22 - Vatican Guys
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired Sep 27, 2019
After discovering the leaked video of Jesus performing a miracle, the Vatican sends two secret agents from Italy to Compton to kidnap "the Black Jesus" and determine if the oversized black guy is really the son of God.
7.63 
#23 - Hair Tudi
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired Nov 8, 2019
Ms. Tudi miraculously scores a small business loan and opens Tudi's Wigs, Weaves and Whatnots; the Korean Mafia isn't happy the store is on their turf, and that means war.
7.51 
#24 - Boonie Comes Up
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired Nov 15, 2019
Boonie thinks he has been possessed by the soul of a dead gangster and begins acting like a serious badass. That day, Lloyd serves Jesus papers - he's taking him to "Homey's Court" for making him sober, and to settle up for $600.
7.44 
#25 - Operation SHUT'EMDOWN
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired Oct 18, 2019
AmBro, the head of security at the New Compton Gardens, forms a militia to scare off drug dealers in the hood; in a show of force, his troops take over the street and screw up a drug deal the gang planned for that day.
7.42