The BEST episodes of The Hughleys
Every episode of The Hughleys ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Hughleys!
Darryl Hughley moved his family from the inner city to the suburbs, and the neighborhood hasn't been the same since. Part Archie Bunker, part George Jefferson; with an opinion about everything, Darryl Hughley knows exactly why he moved to there. Let's just hope the suburbs can survive the move. Based on comedian D. L. Hughley's real-life experiences, Darryl is a stubborn man, totally devoted to his wife Yvonne and trying to raise his head-strong kids in an upwardly mobile world that he fears will spoil them. Together, the "vending machine king" and his friend and employee Milsap, who has followed the Hughleys to the suburbs, make life difficult for their tall, loud, very white neighbor Dave. Meanwhile, Dave's wife Sally, who has bonded with Yvonne, tries to apply her professional skills as a psychologist to the neighborhood with hilarious results.
#1 - Love or Money
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2000
Despite Yvonne's misgivings about helping friends and relatives, Darryl agrees to help his aunt with her failing hair salon, and develops a bold plan for a grand reopening.
#2 - Titanic 2: Electric Boogaloo
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2001
Darryl and Yvonne's dreams of a romantic getaway cruise quickly sink after they encounter their shipmates and Yvonne discovers the highs - and lows - of gambling at the ship's casino.
#3 - Mother's Day
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2001
The perfect Mother's Day that Darryl promised Yvonne goes up in smoke when their mothers arrive for surprise visits and commiserate over how much harder life was for them without the modern conveniences Yvonne now enjoys.
#4 - Road Rage
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2001
After they receive traffic citations, Darryl, Dave and Milsap attend driving school, where Darryl runs into radio talk-show host Larry Elder, whose conservative opinions irritate him. Meanwhile, Milsap tries to get into the eccentric teacher's good graces.
#5 - Darryl, Family Counselor
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/2001
Dave has a run-in with his visiting mother-in-law Edna, leading him to move in with Darryl and Yvonne. Fed up with his messiness, however, Darryl takes it upon himself to reingratiate Dave with Sally and Edna.
#6 - Something About Shari
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/2001
Darryl plays host for the wedding of Yvonne's sister, but things turn difficult when he catches the groom cheating.
#7 - South Side Story
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2001
After Darryl donates vending machines to the community center where he hung out as a teenager, Michael starts spending time there too. While Yvonne worries about the effect it's having on Michael, Darryl is pleased about his son's interest in the community center... until an old acquaintance reveals a secret about Darryl's past as a gang member.
#8 - It's a Wonderful Wife
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2001
When Darryl is having difficulty with Yvonne he thinks it would be better to be married to a white woman. That night, he dreams that he is, and he soon realizes that as long as he is a jackass it doesn't matter what color his wife is, he's still going to have problems.
#9 - Forty Acres and a Fool
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/19/2001
Darryl's biological father, Jerry Rose, reenters his life, asking to meet with Darryl's mother and angering Darryl in the process.
#10 - My Horny Valentine
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/12/2001
Worried that their relationship is based just on sex, Yvonne decides she and Darryl should abstain for the week leading up to Valentine's Day.
#11 - Bamboozled
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/5/2001
Much to Darryl's delight, Dave's embarrassed by his visiting hillbilly cousin DuWayne.
#12 - It Had to Be Jew
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/15/2001
Darryl's belief that blacks and Jews do not get along is tested when he and his Jewish neighbor take part in a fund-raising event for the local community center.
#13 - Joint Custody
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2001
Darryl and Yvonne's anti-drug lessons to their kids nearly go up in smoke. Darryl is having a bad day: Yvonne's freeloading sister Shari is moving into an apartment in their neighborhood. Then Shari comes over to his place and tries to steal a jacket that belongs to Sydney . Darryl struggles with her over it and a joint falls out of a pocket. That throws Darryl and Yvonne for a loop, but they're even more shocked when Sydney reveals to whom the jacket really belongs
#14 - His Park is Worse Than His Bite
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2000
Darryl and Mr. Park's feud gets so bad that Yvonne and neighbors insist they call a truce. Mr. Park refuses to sign the treaty because Darryl is up one prank on him. He says he'll sign the treaty if Darryl does him the favor of watching his dog while he's away. Darryl gets talked into it, but when he goes over to Mr. Park's house to feed the dog, the dog is dead. Darryl, instead of just telling Mr. Park the truth, freaks out and buys a look-alike Dalmation. When Mr. Park gets home, he of course isn't convinced that this new dog is his. When Darryl admits the truth Mr. Park laughs because his dog was actually dead BEFORE he left for his trip and he just set Darryl up.
#15 - Oh Thank Heaven For Seven-Eleven
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2000
On Thanksgiving, a fight between Darryl and a store clerk results in Darryl, his family, in-laws, Dave and Sally being stuck inside a mini-mart surrounded by the LAPD.
#16 - Darryl's Victory Tour
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2000
When an old friend comes to visit, Darryl and Yvonne recount when they first met at the Jackson Victory Tour concert at Dodger Stadium in the eighties, but the nostalgic trip proves bumpy when they learn that their recollections do not necessarily match.
#17 - Rage Against the Machine
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2000
Darryl and Yvonne agree to let their home be a polling place for the Presidential election. Darryl's father is disgusted when he learns that his son doesn't vote. Dave drives Darryl nuts with his new favorite toy, a leafblower, that not only disturbs Darryl by making a racket, but blows leaves onto Darryl's property. Darryl fights the realization that he's a Republican, but his nonparticipation takes a U-turn when he learns that there's a measure to ban leafblowers on the ballot. Darryl's father is proud when Darryl gets thrown in jail trying to persuade voters to vote against leafblowers.
#18 - Scary Hughley
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2000
The Hughleys and the Rogerses decide to throw a joint Halloween party in their two houses, but Darryl gets all competitive and decides he has to throw a better party than his neighbors. Darryl finds out that Crazy Larry, the appliance store owner, used to live in his house and died in the kitchen when he tried to get a bagel out of toaster with a fork. Darry, with the help of a talisman that unleashes dark evil, finds himself being haunted by the ghost of Crazy Larry, and he has to perform and exorcism on Yvonne. It turns out that Darryl's friends ganged up to pull a prank on him to teach him not to be so competitive.
#19 - The Truth Shall Set Me Free
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2000
After firing one of his employees for incompetence, Darryl is shocked when he is sued for racial discrimination. While Darryl's friends try to convince the judge - and themselves - that Darryl isn't really a racist, his hopes of winning fade further when he discovers that the former employee has hired a world-famous lawyer.
#20 - In the Bluff
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/2000
Darryl decides to launch a Web site for Hughley Vending that features scantily clad women. When Yvonne learns about the idea, she's taken aback. Then, when she visits the business during a casting call, she becomes jealous of the pretty young women and, in an effort to get him to stop, informs Darryl that she wants to pose. But Darryl, believing that she really does want to pose, is afraid to say no.
#21 - We Got It Maid
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/2000
When Yvonne goes back to work, she hires a maid to help around the house - but the housekeeper's personality mixed with Darryl's is a recipe for disaster. Meanwhile, Darryl asks Milsap to find a good band for his mother's retirement party.
#22 - Guess Who's Coming Out for Dinner?
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2000
Darryl is afraid that his ""girl-hating"" son Michael might be gay, suspicions that ultimately lead one of his neighbors to come out of the closet at a lively neighborhood get-together. Meanwhile, Mr. Park is named President of the Homeowners' Association, and can't wait to start handing out citations - especially to Darryl.
#23 - Design Flaws <i>(a.k.a. Survivin')</i>
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/2000
Yvonne convinces Darryl to hire a contractor to remodel the kitchen, but the man they select is also working on the Rogers' home. As a result, Dave and Sally are less than pleased, as the work on their home halts while the contractor busies himself at the Hughleys'. Darryl, too, is unhappy, as the contractor's plans expand to include the entire house – and, possibly, Yvonne.
#24 - I'm Dreaming of a Slight Christmas
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2001
Believing that Michael and Sydney are spoiled, Darryl and Yvonne show the kids what the true meaning of Christmas is. Meanwhile, the family's Christmas cheer is endangered when Shari accidentally gives the kids' new presents to a foster-child facility; and Milsap gives Dave and Sally a lottery ticket that might be worth big bucks.
#25 - It's a Girl (2)
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/2002
Darryl faces the music—and possibly the end of his marriage—when Yvonne learns what happened between him and his old flame Camille at their high-school reunion. Meanwhile, Milsap continues to adjust to his new life with Adriana; and Darryl's niece Carly heads off to college in hopes of finding peace, tranquility and no Hughleys. But to Carly's dismay, Michael and Sydney arrive for an impromptu visit on her first day.