The following is a list of episodes for the television series The Boondocks.
Episode guide
Season 1: 2005-2006
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| 01 | "The Garden Party" | November 6, 2005 | 101 | |
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In this, the first episode aired on Adult Swim, Huey and Riley are forced to adjust to life in Woodcrest. Grandad is invited to a ritzy garden party by Ed Wuncler. Riley hangs out with Wuncler's fresh-from-Iraq, faux-"gangsta", and gun-crazy grandson, Ed Wuncler III, while Huey sees the party as his opportunity to spread some of his revolutionary beliefs to people with power. Guest starring: Ed Asner as Ed Wuncler and Charlie Murphy as Ed Wuncler III. | ||||
| 02 | "The Trial of Robert Kelly" | November 13, 2005 | 102 | |
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The R. Kelly statutory rape trial (an event that had not happened as the episode went to air) is parodied, as Kelly is brought to trial for having peed on an underage girl. Both Huey and Riley go to downtown Woodcrest to view the proceedings, though while Huey views the trial and the overwhelming evidence against Kelly and sees a guilty man, Riley is another of Kelly's fans who appear oblivious to the evidence and the facts of the case, including a video tape, among other things, and sees Kelly as a star who makes good music. First appearances of Tom, Sarah, and Jazmine DuBois. Guest starring: Adam West as R. Kelly's lawyer. | ||||
| 03 | "Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner" | November 20, 2005 | 103 | |
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Granddad falls in love with a woman who shows obvious signs of being a prostitute, even allowing the woman full access to the Freeman residence. Huey and Riley try several methods to make Granddad see the woman for who she really is — a gold digger — and to get him to understand the old cliché: you can't turn a ho into a housewife. Music: "Gold Digger" by Kanye West Feat. Jamie Foxx, "Freddie's Dead" by Curtis Mayfield Guest starring: Katt Williams as a pimp named "A Pimp Named Slickback". | ||||
| 04 | "Granddad's Fight" | November 27, 2005 | 104 | |
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Granddad is humiliated when he is taken down by a crotchety old blind man who stepped on his newly purchased shoes. Being egged on by Riley and the ridiculous amount of media coverage the event received, he challenges the man to a fight in order to regain his pride. Huey, believing the man to be a highly-skilled blind warrior, similar to Zatoichi, puts Granddad through intense training to defeat him. Music: "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor, "Guillotine (Swordz)" by Raekwon Feat. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and GZA / Genius | ||||
| 05 | "A Date With The Health Inspector" | December 4, 2005 | 105 | |
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Tom DuBois is arrested for "fitting the description" of the "X-Box Killer". Huey and Riley enlist the help of Ed Wuncler III and his friend Gin Rummy (who has similar black affectations) to clear Tom's name by the end of the day. This would save Tom from being moved from holding to "real jail" for the weekend and facing his worst nightmare of being anally raped by inmates that he, as a prosecutor, helped to put there. This episode has been frequently cited as analogous to the War on Terror. The episode is the first speaking appearance of Jazmine, Tom's daughter, who is worried about her father. Guest starring: Charlie Murphy as Ed Wuncler III and Samuel L. Jackson as Gin Rummy. | ||||
| 06 | "The Story of Gangstalicious" | December 11, 2005 | 106 | |
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Riley's favorite gangsta rapper is shot while performing his new song "I Got Shot" in Woodcrest. Riley, using an excuse of going to pick up some orange juice, goes to visit his hero in the hospital. While there, he gets mixed up in a dangerous game of cat and mouse between Gangstalicious and the men that shot him. Ultimately, Riley learns that Gangstalicious wasn't as "gangsta" as he seemed. While Huey and Grandad learn about the truth on the television, Riley gets the actual coverage, but gives a different, less bizarre story at the end of the episode. This is the only episode to date that has not been narrated by Huey, instead opting for Riley as the narrator. Guest starring: Mos Def as Gangstalicious and MTV News anchor Sway as himself. | ||||
| 07 | "A Huey Freeman Christmas" | December 18, 2005 | 107 | |
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Featuring numerous references to A Charlie Brown Christmas, Huey is given permission to write, produce, and direct the school's Christmas play: The Adventures of Black Jesus. It becomes a grandiose and over-budget performance, featuring Quincy Jones as the musical director and many Hollywood talents, but it also ruffles the feathers of the school board for one key plot point. Meanwhile, Riley disguises himself as the "Santa Stalker" and stalks the Woodcrest Mall's Santa Claus, harassing him (and Uncle Ruckus who took his place) until he can "pay what he owe", after not bringing Riley what he wanted for Christmas when he lived in "the hood". Guest starring: Quincy Jones as himself and Judge Reinhold as Mr. Uberwitz. | ||||
| 08 | "The Real" | January 8, 2006 | 108 | |
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When Grandad gets new sunglasses, Riley concocts a plan to con reality television shows into giving the Freeman's free goods and services via a series of increasingly outrageous stories about Granddad, which gets Tom and Jazmine DuBois involved in the act. Meanwhile, Huey's harsh remarks to Jazmine cause a secret agent, who Huey comes to refer to as the "White Shadow", to reveal himself. Huey suspects he may be part of a larger plan to blur his conception of reality, and there is no proof that the man actually exists in reality, as nobody else actually sees him. This episode is a parody of Pimp My Ride, and Extreme Makeover Home Edition Guest starring: Xzibit as himself and John C. McGinley as "The White Shadow". | ||||
| 09 | "Return of the King" | January 15 , 2006 | 109 | |
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What would happen if Martin Luther King, Jr. came out of a coma after 32 years, instead of dying from an assassin's bullet, and found himself thrust into the 21st century and life in the post-September 11 era? He soon becomes a living legend, until his "turn the other cheek" philosophy quickly takes him from beloved national hero to despised terrorist sympathizer, after his pacifist views of Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden are misconstrued by the media. Motivated by Huey, he attempts to lead a revival of the Civil Rights Movement, but becomes disgusted with the current state of the Black population. Music: "Wishing" by Ed O.G. featuring Masta Ace Guest starring: Kevin Michael Richardson as Dr. King | ||||
| 10 | "The Itis" | January 22 , 2006 | 110 | |
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Granddad, with financial help from Ed Wuncler, opens "The Itis", the only soul food restaurant in Woodcrest, located across the street from Meadowlark Memorial Park (Reference to Meadowlark Lemon), a piece of land that Wuncler has desired to own. Its signature entree is Granddad's own version of the Luther, and patrons at the restaurant would eat at tables designed as beds, so when "The Itis" kicked in, they could go straight to sleep. White people didn't expect it, but they found the food extremely delicious and highly popular, attracting an audience from outside of Woodcrest. They also didn't expect high cholesterol, heart disease, and obesity. As business booms, so, too, do the health and neighborhood problems in Woodcrest. Guest starring: Ed Asner as Ed Wuncler and Candi Milo as Janet. | ||||
| 11 | "Let's Nab Oprah'" | February 12, 2006 | 111 | |
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Huey has to stop Riley, Ed Wuncler III, and Gin Rummy from nabbing the talk show deity, Oprah. But Oprah proves to be quite elusive. They accidentally kidnap Maya Angelou at a book signing and kidnap Bill Cosby, but decide to bring him back when they realize how annoying he is. Music: "Raid", "All Caps", and "Strange Ways" by Madvillain. Guest starring: Samuel L. Jackson as Gin Rummy and Charlie Murphy as Ed Wuncler III. | ||||
| 12 | "Riley Wuz Here" | February 19, 2006 | 112 | |
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Riley's affinity for graffiti goes too far when neighbors wake up to giant murals on their homes. Granddad forces Riley to take art lessons in order to keep him from defacing property. Maybe a sweet-natured, psycho, war vet art teacher (possibly, but never explicitly described as an African-American albino, who bears a striking resemblance to and is a parody of Bob Ross) can help reel him in? Meanwhile, Huey (in a spoof of Super Size Me) decides to see what would happen if he watched nothing but "black television" endlessly. (Huey performs a similar social experiment in The Boondocks comic strip from May 6 2005 to May 14 2005.) Music: "Today" by Tom Scott Guest starring: Rob Paulsen as the art teacher | ||||
| 13 | "Wingmen" | March 5, 2006 | 113 | |
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When Granddad's old friend Moe dies, he is asked to give the eulogy for the World War II vet that fought alongside him. The Freemans go back home to Chicago, where Huey reunites with his best friend, after telling Jazmine that she wasn't his best friend. While there, both Granddad and Huey will have to learn to put the past behind them, one way or another. As Huey realizes his departure changed his relationship between him and Cairo, Grandad realized that everything is not what they seemed, and sometimes it's too late to make things right. Music: "Fancy Clown" by Madvillain Guest starring: Mike Epps as Grandad's friend Moe a.k.a Mo Gunz | ||||
| 14 | "The Block is Hot" | March 12, 2006 | 114 | |
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Alluding to Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, an abnormally hot day creates tension between the citizens and law enforcement of Woodcrest. The events lead to the attempted shooting and beating of Uncle Ruckus, parodying the real-life events involving Rodney King and the late Amadou Diallo. Jazmine, on this hot day, opens up a lemonade stand, with the goal of making enough money to buy a pony. She, eventually, signs a business contract with Ed Wuncler, promising to give Jazmine a pony, named Sammy Davis Jr., as long as she sold enough lemonade to recoup the funds. Jazmine finds out, the hard way, the way the business world really works. Music: "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy Guest starring: Ed Asner as Ed Wuncler | ||||
| 15 | "The Passion of the Ruckus" | March 19, 2006 | 115 | |
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Uncle Ruckus is diagnosed with a life-threatening form of cancer. After seeing "White Heaven" in a dream, and being told by the late Ronald Reagan that God hates black people, he begins preaching that Black people can, too, go to White Heaven if they hate the black in them, with the goal of making it into "White Heaven" himself. His ideology catches on with the public, even affecting one other African-American: Tom DuBois. Meanwhile, Huey is preparing a mission to free Shabazz K. Milton Berle, a black man who was unjustly convicted of murdering a police officer in the 1970s despite the overwhelming evidence pointing to his innocence, mirroring the real-life trial of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Music: "Say I Believe In It" by Isabelle Antena. | ||||
Season 2: 2007
The Boondocks has been renewed for a twenty-episode second season, which will begin airing June 2007. Two episodes will be titled "The Return of Stinkmeaner" and "Invasion of the Katrinians." [1]
See also
- The Boondocks (TV series)