The BEST episodes of Godfather of Harlem
Every episode of Godfather of Harlem ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Godfather of Harlem!
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to take back his piece of Harlem.
#1 - New Harlem
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/13/2025
Bumpy plans to build a new club in Harlem but must find a new way to finance it without the heroin business. Elise testifies in the Malcolm X murder trial when three innocent men are accused. Stella negotiates a business deal between Colombo and Chin.
#2 - Alzado
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/22/2023
When Joe Colombo carries out a gentleman's kidnapping of Mayme, Bumpy angrily prepares for a coming war.
#3 - Mecca
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/2023
Jose Battle asks for a favor from his new partner Bumpy Johnson: a political assassination. Malcolm X is detained by Saudi authorities when he travels to Mecca. The district attorney's office targets Mayme for her gangster ties.
#4 - Captain Fields
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/5/2023
When two uniformed cops attack the Geechee, Bumpy and Battle make a play for control of local 27th police precinct. Stella decides whether to rat Colombo out to the Feds. Meanwhile, Malcolm's life is threatened in Cairo.
#5 - Angel of Death
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/19/2023
Bumpy and Colombo face off for control of the heroin trade when Monsieur 98 returns to bring in the next shipment. Omar makes a romantic appeal to Elise. Pettigrew discovers cocaine through his love affair with a Cuban woman.
#6 - Spooks
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/26/2023
Bumpy utilizes Battle's contacts in the CIA to secure a steady supply of a new drug: cocaine. Stella lies to Fineman in an attempt to escape Colombo's oversight. Mayme applies for a government contract for Palmetto.
#7 - All Roads Lead to Malcolm
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/5/2023
When Battle's arrested, Bumpy must find a way to spring him and find the mole. Bumpy discovers that Malcolm X has more enemies than they thought. Colombo investigates why Chin put a hit out on him, while Mayme leaves Bumpy over Archie's death.
#8 - Homeland or Death
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/12/2023
Bumpy uncovers a CIA plot to assassinate Malcolm X and Che Guevara at the United Nations. Malcolm writes his autobiography. Olympia utilizes Father Louis to get out of trouble. Lillian hires a private investigator to look into the death of her husband.
#9 - We Are All Kings
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/19/2023
Chin Gigante is released from prison and seeks to excise Joe Colombo from the Commission. Malcolm's mission to form a coalition of civil rights leaders is interrupted when his house is attacked. Chin discovers who put a hit out on his daughter.
#10 - Our Black Shining Prince
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/26/2023
Bumpy and Chin enlist Morgenthau's help to prevent Colombo and Battle from bringing in a shipment of heroin, guns, and cocaine. Stella must choose between Colombo and her father. Meanwhile, Malcolm X prepares for his speech at the Audubon Ballroom.
#11 - The Negro in White America
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/15/2023
To repay a drug debt owed to the Italians after the Harlem riots, Bumpy Johnson robs from his own community. Omar seeks to return to Elise and Malcolm's good graces. Someone close to Stella orders a hit on her life.
#12 - Country Boy
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/20/2025
Bumpy must turn the Five Families against Chin when he violates their peace agreement; he tasks newcomer Frank Lucas with robbing a shipment of Gigante heroin; Elise learns of a plot to kill Omar; Stella makes a play to become boss of the family.
#13 - The Straw Man
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/27/2025
When the property for Bumpy’s new club is being sold to a powerful, white real-estate developer, Bumpy must convince the black “Straw Man” to sell it to him instead. Mayme and Elise stage a protest at Margaret’s school. Stella investigates stolen dope.
#14 - Union Blues
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/4/2025
Bumpy battles a union strike threatening club construction. Elise bails out a fellow Panther. Frank faces consequences for Cowboy Nick’s murder.
#15 - Concrete Jungle
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/11/2025
Bumpy finds a new concrete supplier that subverts payments to the Italians; Elise and the Panthers plan a symbolic action against the police; Frank does a job for Colombo; Mayme asks James Baldwin to do a reading for the Fine Arts Board.
#16 - The Visit
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/18/2025
Bumpy suffers a heart attack and has visions of Malcolm in the hospital; he's forced to negotiate with Colombo for Chance's safe return; Elise and Sadiq discover a rat in the Panthers; Olympia Gigante returns to get vengeance.
#17 - The Pawn Goes First
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/1/2025
The Club St. Clair opens, but Bumpy has to pay Colombo a tax; Frank seeks protection from the Italians trying to kill him; Colombo responds to FBI harassment; Sadiq opens up to Elise; Mayme faces a financial obstacle to joining the Fine Arts Board.
#18 - If We Must Die
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/8/2025
Fred Straub returns to sue Bumpy for ownership of the St. Clair, but this time, he's backed by the Italian Mob; the Panthers intervene when Delia's son is drafted to Vietnam; Colombo makes an interesting proposal to Stella.
#19 - Black and White
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/15/2025
Without the St. Clair, Bumpy's forced to bring an old enemy back to Harlem to take care of Joe Colombo; Omar gets the name of one of Malcolm's shooters and the Panthers investigate; Mayme's invited to Truman Capote's Black & White Ball.
#20 - Unity Day
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/22/2025
An attack on Bumpy's family forces him to team up with unlikely allies to retaliate against Joe Colombo; Margaret stays with Elise and the Panthers and helps Jerome; Pino betrays Stella; Colombo plans a Civil Rights rally in Central Park.
#21 - The French Connection
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/18/2021
After three months in hiding from Chin Gigante and the Italians, Bumpy Johnson takes action to lift the sanctions off his head. By forging new alliances with European suppliers, Bumpy aims to reunite with his family safely back in Harlem.
#22 - The Nitty Gritty
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2019
Realizing a consistent source of heroin is vital to reclaim Harlem, Bumpy engages in a fevered search to find a dope supply independent of the Italians. Chin engages the services of crooked cops in a plot to arrest Bumpy and send him back to jail.
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#23 - Our Day Will Come
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2019
Bumpy unexpectedly finds himself at Elise's side when her shoplifting arrest and subsequent abuse is the catalyst for a protest where conflicting interests cause tensions to rise.
#24 - I Am The Greatest
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2019
Cassius Clay battles local boxing hero Doug Jones in the ring. Mayme insists Bumpy back Jones, an advocate for her Harlem Youth organization, but Malcolm urges Bumpy to back Clay. Meanwhile, Chin engages in a turf war for Harlem with Bonnano.
#25 - It's All In the Game
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2019
In an effort to break Bumpy's bank, Chin fixes a bet, as a result, Bumpy owes the winners more than he can cover. Police arrest Stella and Teddy for kissing. Elise looks toward the Nation of Islam in order to better herself.