The WORST episodes of The Boondocks
Every episode of The Boondocks ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of The Boondocks!
Two black boys, Riley and Huey Freeman, experience a culture clash when they move from the South side of Chicago to the "boondocks" to live with their grandfather.
#1 - Bitches to Rags
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/9/2010
When his new album tanks, Thugnificent is faced with the horror of getting a real job.
#2 - Tom, Sarah, and Usher
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/15/2007
While on a date with Tom Dubois, Sarah Dubois meets the singing sensation, Usher. Sarah starts being obsessed with Usher, and Tom begins to think Sarah is cheating on him. Sarah kicks Tom out of the house and Tom moves in with the Freemans. A pimp Named Slick Back returns in this episode to try to help Tom get Sarah back.
#3 - The Story of Jimmy Rebel
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/23/2010
Uncle Ruckus has long idolized Jimmy Rebel, a popular racist country singer based on the infamous Johnny Reb, a.k.a. Pee Wee Trahan. So much did Jimmy Rebel's music influence him that he eventually sends off recordings of his own racist tunes to the man, and is faced with a dilemma when Jimmy shows up on his doorstep. Uncle Ruckus' legendary status as a black-hating racist thus runs up against the slight problem of his negritude.
#4 - The Story of Gangstalicious
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/11/2005
Riley's favorite rapper, Gangstalicious, is shot and hospitalized in Woodcrest. When Riley goes to visit the rapper, he finds more than he anticipated ... like maybe rappers that make songs like "Thuggin' Luv" aren't necessarily as tough as they seem. Go figure.
#5 - Lovely Ebony Brown
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/11/2010
Grandad meets a young black woman who asks him out on a date, and the only person who can spoil Grandad's new romance, is Grandad.
#6 - It's a Black President, Huey Freeman
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/2/2010
The Freemans are filmed for a German documentary about the 2008 election of Barack Obama in the Season 3 premiere.
#7 - The Hunger Strike
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/16/2008
Huey goes on a hunger strike in a boycott of BET, and receives some high-profile support.
#8 - A Date With the Health Inspector
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/2005
District Attorney and law-abiding citizen Tom Dubois fits the description of the elusive "X-Box Killer" and is arrested. Huey has to find the real killer before Tom is shipped off to "real" prison where he will most assuredly become "someone's girlfriend."
#9 - Freedomland
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/2/2014
The Freemans get trapped in a slavery-amusement park.
#10 - The New Black
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 6/23/2014
Riley is targeted after using offensive language.
#11 - Let's Nab Oprah
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/12/2006
Huey has to stop Riley and a small gang of misfit idiots from nabbing the talk show deity, Oprah.
#12 - Good Times
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/2014
Ed Wuncler has unique ideas about how Granddad can repay the millions he owes on his house.
#13 - Wingmen
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/5/2006
When Grandad's oldest friend, and possibly his worst friend, Moe, dies, the Freemans go back home and Grandad wants the possession Moe left him. Meanwhile, Huey is eager to see his friend again but both Grandad and Huey both discover to put the past behind them and focus on the future.
#14 - The Itis
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/22/2006
Grandad opens "The Itis", the only soul food restaurant in Woodcrest. White people didn't expect it. They also didn't expect high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity.
#15 - Riley Wuz Here
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/2006
When Riley's affinity for grafitti goes too far, Grandad sends him to an art teacher that actually encourages him to do grafitti, only painting murals instead. Meanwhile, Huey discovers a black woman died from watching too much black TV, and decides to watch black TV for 2 weeks to see if that was the cause.
#16 - Early Bird Special
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2014
Granddad is hired by pimps to escort lonely women at a nursing home.
#17 - Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/16/2014
Stinkmeaner becomes a celebrity after a video of his fight with Granddad goes viral.
#18 - Pause
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/20/2010
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.
#19 - Granddad Dates a Kardashian
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2014
Granddad begins dating a long-lost Kardashian sister and winds up on a reality show.
#20 - The Real
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/8/2006
While Riley is busy convincing two reality shows that Granddad's blind and running a homeless shelter, Huey is being shadowed by a secret government agent. But is he real?
#21 - Freedom Ride or Die
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2014
A young Granddad is held as an unwilling freedom rider on a trip through the racist South.
#22 - The Story of Lando Freeman
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/4/2010
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.
#23 - A Huey Freeman Christmas
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/2005
A well meaning teacher offers Huey the chance to direct the school Christmas play, and Huey decides to release his vision to the world: "The Adventures of Black Jesus."
#24 - The Block is Hot
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/12/2006
Its February, and its record temperatures of 90 degrees. Luckily, Jazmine has her lemonade stand open, and does pretty well. Her success catches the eye of corporate tycoon Ed Wuncler. Despite several warnings from Huey, Jazmine then learns the true meaning of "capitalism" when Wuncler decides to buy the stand.
#25 - Ballin'
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/2007
Riley learns a lesson in good sportsmanship after he joins a basketball team.