THE BOONDOCKS (2005 - 2014)

 




















Based on the comic strip created by: Aaron McGruder
Starring: (voices) Regina King, John Witherspoon, Gary Anthony Williams, Cedric Yarbrough, Jill Talley, Gabby Soleil, Kiarah Pollas, Edward Asner, Sam McMurray, Charlie Murphy, Samuel L. Jackson, Carl Jones, DeRay Davis, Kevin Michael Richardson, Sway Calloway, Quincy Jones, Xzibit, Ghostface Killah, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Fred Willard, Donald Faison, Grey DeLisle, Michael B. Jordan, John C. McGinley, Mos Def, Snoop Dogg, Busta Rhymes, Katt Williams, CeeLo Green, Tara Strong, Michael Jai White, Marion Ross, Debra Wilson, Tiffany Thomas, Aries Spears, Bebe Drake, 

55 episodes
(TV-MA - strong language, adult themes, adult situations, animated violence)

PLOT:
Brothers Huey and Riley Freeman experience a culture clash when they leave Chicago to move in with their grandfather in the suburbs.

season 1 - 
When tycoon Ed Wuncler invites the Freemans to his garden party, Huey hopes to shock his white wealthy neighbors with his brand of "the truth". But things don't go as planned. Huey disagrees with Riley, and apparently most Blacks, regarding the R. Kelly case. Huey and Riley team up to convince Granddad that his new girlfriend is actually a prostitute who is after his money. After getting beaten up by the mean and blind Col. Stinkmeaner, a humiliated Granddad wants a rematch. When Tom is wrongfully accused for murder, Huey and Riley enlist the help of Ed III and his friend, Gin Rummy, to find the real killer. Riley visits his favorite rapper, Gangstalicious, who's been shot and hospitalized. But, is he really a "gangsta"? Huey's teacher gives him full creative control over the school's Christmas play. Riley convinces Granddad to pretend he is blind so that Xzibit will pimp their ride. Huey is being stalked by a government agent. Or is it just his imagination? Martin Luther King Jr. comes out of a 32-year coma and Huey helps him to readjust. But Dr. King finds that his peaceful philosophy is no longer accepted in post-9/11 America. When Granddad and Ed Wuncler opena soul-food restaurant, it ends up having a terrible effect on Woodcrest. Riley, Ed III and Rummy set out to kidnap Oprah Winfrey and it's up to Huey to stop them. An eccentric art teacher encourages Riley to express himself through graffiti. Huey watches nothing but shows with black people for two weeks to see if it has any negative side effects. When one of Granddad's army buddies, Moe, dies, he and the boys return home to Chicago for the funeral. Jazmine learns a harsh lesson about capitalism when her lemonade stand becomes a subsidiary of Wuncler Inc. Ruckus' message of hating black people in order to get into White Heaven catches on. Huey tries to save a radical who was wrongly convicted of murder from being executed. 

season 2 - 
Granddad takes the kids to the movies but has to sneak them in since he refuses to pay the exorbitant prices. Huey tries to sabotage the film, but Uncle Ruckus tries to stop him. After Sarah kicks Tom out over an argument about superstar Usher, he turns to the Freemans and A Pimp Named Slickback for help. Riley's natural inclination to never snitch is challenged when he learns Ed III and Gin Rummy are behind a series of robberies in Woodcrest, climaxing in the theft of Granddad's car. Colonel Stinkmeaner returns from Hell after making a deal with the Devil, and possesses Tom in order to take revenge on Granddad. When rapper Thugnificent moves in across the street, Granddad complains about the non-stop noise and partying, leading Thugnificent to record a new song, "Eff Granddad". After various failed attempts at meeting women on MySpace, Granddad tries one last time and the results look promising, except for the fact that she was raised by wolves and knows a martial art that seems to be extinct. A bully steals the chain that signifies Riley's membership in Thugnificent's crew, prompting various attempts by Riley to get it back. Riley displays most of his worst traits as eh joins Tom's youth basketball team, goofing off during practice, hogging the ball and being a poor loser. Granddad's cousin and his family take up residence in the Freeman home after being displaced by Hurricane Katrina. When Granddad goes on vacation, he leaves Huey and Riley home with Uncle Ruckus as their chaperone. The boys cause enough havoc to chase Ruckus away, which leaves Huey in charge, much to Riley's disappointment. Granddad and the good Rev. Rolo Good love try to cash in big after a teacher calls Riley "the N-word" in school. Granddad and Ruckus offer conflicting accounts of a slave revolt led by Huey and Riley's ancestor. Huey reveals that the truth is much different than either of them thought. Despite many obvious clues to the contrary, Riley denies that his favorite rapper, Gangstalicious, is gay. Huey goes on a hunger strike in a boycott of BET, and receives some high-profile support from Rev. Good love, who may be more interested in his own self-promotion than any good intentions. In the wake of Huey's failed protest against the network, BET's Harvard-educated programming chief, Weggie Rudlin, is moving ahead with his promise to create "The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show".

season 3 - 

A German documentary follows the Freeman family during the election of the country's first Black President. When his new album tanks, Thugnificent is faced with the horror of getting a real job. Huey leads the residents of Woodcrest in a kickball game against a seemingly unbeatable Chinese team, while the game is secretly being funded and rigged by Ed Wuncler and the Chinese Mafia. Ruckus finds his musical soul mate in famed racist country singer, Jimmy Rebel. Three of Stinkmeaner's old crew arrive in town to exact payback on the Freeman family. Riley becomes friends with a sociopathic boy named Lamilton, who wants to do nothing more than hurt people, cause mayhem and smoke cigarettes. Riley organizes a fund raiser with Cindy McPhearson, Jazmine DuBois and other kids from Woodcrest, but the money isn't going to anyone in need. Granddad is cast as the leading man by mega-superstar of stage and screen, Winston Jerome. But when the theatre group turns out to be a homoerotic evangelical cult, it's up to Huey and Riley to put a pause on it. Having conquered his prison rape phobia, Tom volunteers a field trip to a super max prison as part of a Scared Stiff program. But when a riot breaks out, Tom has to get the kids and his posterior out in one piece. There's a new handyman in the neighborhood undercutting 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 son? Not without a talk show paternity test. Granddad meets a young black woman who asks him out on a date, but the only person who can spoil Granddad's new romance, is Granddad. After a checkup, a doctor warns Granddad that he could die any day if he doesn't get his stress levels down. Not wanting to become dependent on pills, he decides to take Thugnificent's suggestion, and turns to marijuana. When a fast food promotion crosses with a plague of biblical proportions, society spins out of control faster than you can say "white meat only". Will the world end with two sides and a biscuit? Uncle Ruckus must face the truth about his racial origins, when his abusive father and the rest of his family show up in Woodcrest. Legendary anti-terrorist agent Jack Flowers becomes suspicious of Huey when Ed III and Rummy plot a terrorist attack in Woodcrest. 

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