The BEST episodes written by Rodney Barnes
#1 - Jr.'s Risky Business (1)
My Wife and Kids - Season 3 - Episode 17
As a very impressed Michael sees it, his son's girlfriend, Vanessa is an absolute prize: ""She's beautiful, smart, personable and polite... you guys have nothing in common,"" he tells Jr. But there's something about her that rubs Jay the wrong way. Elsewhere in the courtship department, Kady's similarly smart and personable gentleman caller is a budding piano prodigy named Franklin. As for Claire, all she's courting is a severe case of nerves: the PSATs are coming up and her face has broken out in hives.
#2 - Road Trip
My Wife and Kids - Season 2 - Episode 15
Jay organizes a historic trip to Paul Revere's house for the entire family to learn more about American history. She even packs colonial food (which Michael hates) to give it an extra touch. Michael, unlike Jay, isn't so excited about spending a long time with Jay and Claire in a car. The reason? They're both on that time of the month, which spells trouble! The trip is full of problems, including being pulled over twice, Michael being lost and refusing to use the navigational system, Jay's neurosis about her weight, Jr. terrorizing Kady, Claire's whining and Kady playing with the voice alternator she got in her chicken from the chicken place clerk. The family survives, but when they finally get to Paul Revere's house, it's closed.
#3 - Stinkmeaner Strikes Back
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 4
Huey has a dream of Stinkmeaner and Granddad says that he was a menace and he sent him to hell like he deserves. Stinkmeaner's spirit later inhabits Tom Dubois' body and goes looking for revenge against Granddad. Huey must stop him from killing Granddad.
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#4 - Home Alone
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 10
Granddad takes a vacation, leaving the boys alone, but just who is in charge?
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#5 - Jr. Kyle, Boy Genius
My Wife and Kids - Season 2 - Episode 23
After receiving Jr.'s SATs score results (a perfect 1600), the Kyles believe they have a genius in the house and start treating him more respectfully. Unfortunately, the results weren't Jr.'s, and his true score turns out to be only 200. Still, he proves he's not so dumb and puts together the jungle gym Michael couldn't put together for Kady. Meanwhile, Jay asks the girls what they to be when they get older. Claire wants to shop (to for companies, for her), and Kady wants to be an officer, so she starts practicing it around the house.
#6 - The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 15
Uncle Ruckus is given his own reality show by BET.
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#7 - The Story of Catcher Freeman
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 12
Huey and Riley listen to different perspectives on the story of their ancestor Catcher Freeman.
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#8 - Childcare Class
My Wife and Kids - Season 5 - Episode 3
Michael fails a child-care course for grandparents, so Vanessa and Jr. refuse to let him baby-sit his grandchild.
#9 - The Passion of Reverend Ruckus
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 15
While Ruckus spreads the word of White Jesus to get into White Heaven, Huey desperately tries to save his friend from death row.
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#10 - The S Word
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 11
A teacher calls Riley a "nigga" in class, causing Robert to decide that he wants to sue for restitution.
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#11 - The Story of Gangstalicious Part 2
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 13
Granddad worries about Riley's sexuality when he notices that he begins to dress and act like "in-the-closet" rapper, Gangstalicious.
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#12 - Granddad's Fight
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 4
Grandad and Colonel Stinkmeaner have a beef. One man's blind. One man's feeble. Both are really, really old. Let "The Slugfest In Woodcrest" commence!
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Legends of Chamberlain Heights - Season 2 - Episode 7
Grover, Montrel and Malik are caught off guard when their deadbeat dad attempts to reconnect with the family; Milk and Jamal hit up local massage parlors in search of a happy ending.
#14 - Invasion of the Katrinians
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 9
Jericho Freeman, Granddad's cousin, and his family, who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina, arrive at the Freeman's home looking for a place to stay. Granddad reluctantly allows the family to stay, but is soon trying to get rid of them.
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#15 - The Trial of Robert Kelly
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 2
When the trial of R&B star R. Kelly comes to town and Tom Dubois is the ADA, Huey and Riley are on opposing sides of the hot-button "underage peeing" issue. Meanwhile, Granddad and Uncle Ruckus argue about white people during a game of checkers.
#16 - Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 3
Huey and Riley try to convince Grandad that his new girlfriend Cristal (like the champagne) is actually a prostitute. Of course, Grandad doesn't believe them, even when she spends all his money. But when A Pimp Named Slickback shows up, the truth is revealed.
#17 - The Garden Party
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 1
When the owner of Granddad's house invites Granddad and the kids to his garden party, Huey tries to start trouble by saying Jesus was black and comparing Ronald Regan to the devil. Meanwhile, Riley and the owner's grandson (a soldier back from Iraq) play with guns and Granddad runs into the self-loathing black butler Uncle Rukus.
#18 - Everybody Hates Halloween
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 1 - Episode 6
It's Halloween and Chris is excited when another girl invites him to a costume party. But Caruso has plans for him... Back at home, Julius buys cheap candy for the local kids.
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#19 - Kingdom
Marvel's Runaways - Season 1 - Episode 5
After their not-so-fearless leader is taken, our kids spring into action. Alex discovers long-buried secrets about his dad, as the kids uncover new truths about themselves.
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#20 - Tsunami
Marvel's Runaways - Season 1 - Episode 8
PRIDE tries desperately to clean up their latest mess without involving Jonah. But can they handle this on their own?
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#21 - Pause
The Boondocks - Season 3 - Episode 8
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.
#22 - The Itis
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 10
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.
#23 - Everybody Hates Chain Snatching
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 2 - Episode 16
When Chris ruins Malvo's plans to steal Vanessa's gold chain, he must figure out a way to replace it or pay the price to Malvo. Rochelle finds out that Julius has kept a credit card secret from her for over 15 years. Tonya tries to win Billy Ocean concert tickets from a radio station.
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#24 - Everybody Hates Father's Day
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 1 - Episode 22
While Chris finds his dad the perfect gift Julius decides he would like to spend Father's Day alone... SEASON FINALE
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#25 - A Date With the Health Inspector
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 5
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."
#26 - Freedom Ride or Die
The Boondocks - Season 4 - Episode 5
A young Granddad is held as an unwilling freedom rider on a trip through the racist South.
#27 - The Maid
My Wife and Kids - Season 4 - Episode 26
While Jay is away at a seminar, Michael hires a maid, Mrs. Hopkins, to look after the family. Mrs. Hopkins fulfills their every need and want to a sweet perfection, including homemade ice cream, an immaculately clean house and handmade outfits for Claire. When Jay comes home, she appreciates Mrs. Hopkins' attention to every detail, but begins to feel that perhaps she has taken over just a bit too much.
#28 - The Hunger Strike
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 14
Huey goes on a hunger strike in a boycott of BET, and receives some high-profile support.
#29 - Lovely Ebony Brown
The Boondocks - Season 3 - Episode 11
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.
#30 - The New Black
The Boondocks - Season 4 - Episode 10
Riley is targeted after using offensive language.
#31 - The Story of Gangstalicious
The Boondocks - Season 1 - Episode 6
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.
#32 - Everybody Hates Being Cool
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 3 - Episode 19
Chris' attempt to be a "cool" kid lands him in hot water when he is caught with cigarettes and is suspended from school. Kicking him while he's down, Tonya blackmails him when she finds out before their parents do. Meanwhile, Rochelle decides to teach Julius a lesson.
#33 - Tom, Sarah, and Usher
The Boondocks - Season 2 - Episode 2
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.
#34 - Crouching Mother, Hidden Father
My Wife and Kids - Season 3 - Episode 7
Jay volunteered to be the director for Kady's kindergarten class play, but due to illness she is forced to step away from the production, leaving it all on the hands of Michael – for the children's salvation, because Jay was way too competitive, even arguing with their teacher over the quality of their last show. Michael allows the children to make any changes they want on Shakespeare's ""Romeo and Juliet"", and the result is a very successful – and very weird – play.
#35 - Freedomland
The Boondocks - Season 4 - Episode 7
The Freemans get trapped in a slavery-amusement park.
#36 - Everybody Hates the Last Day
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 2 - Episode 22
Chris plays a prank on Caruso on the last day of school.
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#37 - Everybody Hates Bed-Stuy
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 3 - Episode 6
Chris joins the school newspapers' writing staff but his skills as a writer doesn't go down well so he invents a scandalous story that goes too far when it accidentally causes a panic in the neighborhood.
#38 - Everybody Hates the Lottery
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 1 - Episode 15
Chris receives a challenge to his crown of asteroid champion. Julius and Rochelle agree to give up some guilty pleasures.
#39 - The Lady is Not a Tramp
My Wife and Kids - Season 4 - Episode 12
Michael's imagination takes off when he finds a package of condoms in daughter Claire's backpack the same day her boyfriend, Tony, is returning from a month in the desert. Annoyed that her father is jumping to conclusions, Claire decides to give him a taste of his own unique brand of discipline. Meanwhile Jr. accidentally gives Kady his pet dog's medicine and Kady pretends to turn into a dog.
#40 - Smart Phone
'Til Death - Season 4 - Episode 28
Eddie becomes annoyed by his students' use of cell phones in class, and soon learns that he and Joy are the only ones not infatuated with the latest technology. When Mr. White decides to drag Eddie into the 21st century, Eddie develops a technology addiction of his own.
#41 - Everybody Hates DJs
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 2 - Episode 17
Chris is a hit as a DJ after the neighborhood DJ gets arrested during a party. Chris has a problem when he scratches Rochelle's James Brown album. Julius passes out when he sees a rabbit at a magic show he takes Drew to.
#42 - Hi Def TV
'Til Death - Season 4 - Episode 9
When Eddie buys a high-definition television without checking with Joy first, she decides to join in the spending spree. Meanwhile, Doug suspects he is living on a sitcom.
#43 - Everybody Hates the BFD
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 3 - Episode 16
Chris has to take part in Mr. Omar's Black Funeral Director's scholarship fund when he tries ti raise enough money to go to a Run DMC concert. Meanwhile, Rochelle jumps at the chance to get a break at home when she injures her arm
#44 - Everybody Hates Ex-Cons
Everybody Hates Chris - Season 3 - Episode 17
Malvo returns and enlists Chris' help to make a fresh start. Drew inadvertently upsets Julius when he declares himself a Mets fan instead of a Dodgers fan like his father; and Rochelle steps in when she witnesses poor parenting skills from one of Tonya's friend's parents.
#45 - Calvin Comes to Stay
My Wife and Kids - Season 4 - Episode 22
Calvin, Vanessa's gregarious father, has an argument with his wife, Jasmine, gets kicked out of the house and moves in with the Kyles, against their wishes. When he starts eating everything in sight and keeps everyone awake with his loud snoring, a frustrated Michael comes up with a clever plan to get Calvin back home.
#46 - Calvin Goes to Work
My Wife and Kids - Season 4 - Episode 23
When the overwhelmingly strong and gregarious Calvin, Vanessa's dad, begs Michael to give him a job at Kyle Trucking, Michael does so reluctantly and his worst fears are realized. Calvin's way of dealing with customers and merchandise leaves a little to be desired, and now Michael must find a way to get rid of the man without getting himself hurt in the process. Meanwhile, Claire gets Franklin to help her with her science paper.
#47 - Jr.'s Dating Dilemma
My Wife and Kids - Season 3 - Episode 10
Michael decides to help Junior on his women approach techniques, seeing that his son has absolutely no clue on how to behave around women. His advice consists on primarily having women say ""really?"", which is the key for a successful approach. When Jr. tests Michaels advice on one of Claire friends, he's surprised that it works, and even gets the girl to agree on going on a school dance with him. But Jr. was just testing her so he could ask the hottest girl on school out, which he does (and she accepts, on a move to make her ex-boyfriend jealous). Claire's friend is crushed, and Michael now has to teach him how to apologize properly to a woman. Meanwhile, Jay freaks out about her dream of Michael and Janet Jackson having an affair.
#48 - The 93rd Academy Awards 2021
The Academy Awards - Season 1 - Episode 93
The 93rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), will honor the best films of 2020, and the first two months of 2021. It will be the first time since the 6th Academy Awards in which films released in two different calendar years will be eligible for award consideration in the same ceremony. It is scheduled to take place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California on April 25, 2021. Originally the ceremony was scheduled to take place on February 28, 2021, but it was pushed back by two months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
#49 - All That I Got Is You
Wu-Tang: An American Saga - Season 1 - Episode 4
Bobby and Dennis find a new hustle to make some cream.
#50 - The Big Bad Fish Man
Heels - Season 1 - Episode 7
The South Georgia State Fair is only a couple of weeks away and Jack's doing all he can to keep his professional and personal lives intact. Staci has suspicions that Jack played a role in Ace's unexpected Heel-turn.