List of The Boondocks episodes

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The Boondocks is an American adult animated sitcom created by Aaron McGruder, [1] and based upon his comic strip of the same name, [1] that premiered on Adult Swim on November 6, 2005. The series begins with an Afro-American family, the Freemans, settling into the fictional, peaceful, and mostly white suburb of Woodcrest from Chicago's South Side. [2] The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, social classes, stereotypes, viewpoints and races provides for much of the series' satire, comedy, and conflict.

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During the course of the series, 55 episodes of The Boondocks aired over four seasons, between November 6, 2005, and June 23, 2014. The series also airs in syndication outside the United States and has been released on various DVD sets and other forms of home media.

Series overview

SeasonEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1 15November 6, 2005March 19, 2006
2 15October 8, 2007March 23, 2008
3 15May 2, 2010August 15, 2010
4 10April 21, 2014June 23, 2014

Episodes

Season 1 (2005–06)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
11"The Garden Party" Anthony Bell Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
November 6, 2005 (2005-11-06)103
22"The Trial of R. Kelly"Anthony Bell Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
November 13, 2005 (2005-11-13)101
33"Guess Hoe's Coming to Dinner"Anthony Bell Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
November 20, 2005 (2005-11-20)102
44"Granddad's Fight"Joe Horne Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
November 27, 2005 (2005-11-27)104
55"A Date with the Health Inspector"Joe Horne Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
December 4, 2005 (2005-12-04)106
66"The Story of Gangstalicious" Seung Eun Kim Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
December 11, 2005 (2005-12-11)107
77"A Huey Freeman Christmas"Seung Eun Kim Aaron McGruder December 18, 2005 (2005-12-18)109
88"The Real"Anthony Bell Aaron McGruder January 8, 2006 (2006-01-08)105
99"Return of the King"Kalvin Lee Aaron McGruder January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)110
1010"The Itis"Joe Horne Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22)108
1111"Let's Nab Oprah"Seung Eun Kim Aaron McGruder (story)
Yamara Taylor (screenplay)
February 12, 2006 (2006-02-12)112
1212"Riley Wuz Here"Kalvin Lee Aaron McGruder February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)113
1313"Wingmen"Seung Eun Kim Aaron McGruder March 5, 2006 (2006-03-05)111
1414"The Block Is Hot"Kalvin Lee Aaron McGruder March 12, 2006 (2006-03-12)114
1515"The Passion of Reverend Ruckus"Sean Song Aaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
March 19, 2006 (2006-03-19)115

Season 2 (2007–08)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
161"...Or Die Trying" Seung Eun Kim Aaron McGruder (story)
Yamara Taylor (screenplay)
October 8, 2007 (2007-10-08)205
172"Tom, Sarah and Usher"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
October 15, 2007 (2007-10-15)202
183"Thank You for Not Snitching"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruderOctober 22, 2007 (2007-10-22)203
194"Stinkmeaner Strikes Back"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
October 29, 2007 (2007-10-29)201
205"The Story of Thugnificent"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruderNovember 5, 2007 (2007-11-05)204
216"Attack of the Killer Kung-Fu Wolf Bitch"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
November 19, 2007 (2007-11-19)207
227"Shinin'"Dan FausettAaron McGruderNovember 26, 2007 (2007-11-26)208
238"Ballin'"Dan Fausett Aaron McGruder (story)
Jason Van Veen &
André Brooks (screenplay)
December 3, 2007 (2007-12-03)209
249"Invasion of the Katrinians"Dan FausettAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
December 10, 2007 (2007-12-10)212
2510"Home Alone"Dan FausettAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
December 17, 2007 (2007-12-17)214
2611"The S-Word"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21)213
2712"The Story of Catcher Freeman"Dan FausettAaron McGruderJanuary 28, 2008 (2008-01-28)211
2813"The Story of Gangstalicious Part 2"Dan FausettAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04)215
2914"The Hunger Strike"Dan FausettAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
March 16, 2008 (2008-03-16) (Teletoon)
June 10, 2008 (2008-06-10) (US, DVD)
May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29) (Adult Swim)
206
3015"The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show"Seung Eun KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
March 23, 2008 (2008-03-23) (Teletoon)
June 10, 2008 (2008-06-10) (US, DVD)
May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29) (Adult Swim)
210

Season 3 (2010)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
311"It's a Black President, Huey Freeman"Sung Dae Kang Aaron McGruder May 2, 2010 (2010-05-02)304
322"Bitches to Rags"Young Chan KimAaron McGruderMay 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)302
333"The Red Ball"Young Chan KimAaron McGruderMay 16, 2010 (2010-05-16)306
344"The Story of Jimmy Rebel"Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderMay 23, 2010 (2010-05-23)303
355"Stinkmeaner 3: The Hateocracy"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderMay 30, 2010 (2010-05-30)307
366"Smokin' with Cigarettes"Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderJune 6, 2010 (2010-06-06)309
377"The Fundraiser"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderJune 13, 2010 (2010-06-13)310
388"Pause" [3] Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
June 20, 2010 (2010-06-20)301
399"A Date with the Booty Warrior" [3] Young Chan KimAaron McGruderJune 27, 2010 (2010-06-27)308
4010"The Story of Lando Freeman"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderJuly 4, 2010 (2010-07-04)312
4111"Lovely Ebony Brown"Young Chan KimAaron McGurder (story)
Rodney Barnes (screenplay)
July 11, 2010 (2010-07-11)311
4212"Mr. Medicinal"Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderJuly 18, 2010 (2010-07-18)313
4313"The Fried Chicken Flu"Sung Dae KangAaron McGruderAugust 1, 2010 (2010-08-01)315
4414"The Color Ruckus"Young Chan KimAaron McGruderAugust 8, 2010 (2010-08-08)314
4515"It's Goin' Down" [3] Sung Hoon KimAaron McGruderAugust 15, 2010 (2010-08-15)305

Season 4 (2014)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code
US viewers
(millions)
461"Pretty Boy Flizzy"Hea Young Jung Angela Nissel April 21, 2014 (2014-04-21)4042.991 [4]
472"Good Times"Dae Woo LeeRodney Barnes (story)
Angela Nissel (screenplay)
April 28, 2014 (2014-04-28)4012.277 [5]
483"Breaking Granddad"Dae Woo LeeRodney Barnes (story)
Angela Nissel (screenplay)
May 5, 2014 (2014-05-05)4022.198 [6]
494"Early Bird Special"Hea Young JungAngela NisselMay 12, 2014 (2014-05-12)4102.199 [7]
505"Freedom Ride or Die"Kwang Il Han Rodney Barnes May 19, 2014 (2014-05-19)4031.936 [8]
516"Granddad Dates a Kardashian"Kwang Il HanAngela NisselMay 26, 2014 (2014-05-26)4071.961 [9]
527"Freedomland"Dae Woo LeeRodney BarnesJune 2, 2014 (2014-06-02)4091.902 [10]
538"I Dream of Siri"Hea Young JungAngela NisselJune 9, 2014 (2014-06-09)4081.915 [11]
549"Stinkmeaner: Begun the Clone War Has"Kwang Il HanAngela NisselJune 16, 2014 (2014-06-16)4061.937 [12]
5510"The New Black"Dae Woo LeeRodney BarnesJune 23, 2014 (2014-06-23)4051.822 [13]

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