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black-ish – Season 2, Episode 1 The Word

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Jack nearly gets expelled when he performs a song with lyrics containing an offensive word at a school talent show.
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black-ish — Season 2, Episode 1

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LaToya Ferguson AV Club 09/11/2018
A-
On a strategic level, beginning the season with an episode focusing on an issue as heavily-debated as the n-word is kind of necessity for the show; as buzzed about as the episode's topic may be. Go to Full Review Emily St. James Vox 09/10/2018
THE Word manages to offer up a surprisingly complete history of this horrific slur, all while never once speaking it out loud and while telling some great jokes. Go to Full Review Clover Hope Jezebel 09/10/2018
This episode of Blackish was far from radical; it just kept talking. Go to Full Review Chris Cabin Collider 09/10/2018
4/5
The side plot suggests a thoughtful consideration of the gap between personal comforts and societal responsibilities, which have been central to the sitcom format but rarely have been pulled off with such humility, humor, and lived-in experience. Go to Full Review Stereo Williams The Daily Beast 09/10/2018
The episode goes to great lengths to try to wring commentary and comedy out of one of society's most hot-button topics, addressing non-black appropriation of the word while also spoofing white indignation at not being "allowed" to use the term. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Episode Info

Synopsis Jack nearly gets expelled when he performs a song with lyrics containing an offensive word at a school talent show.
Director
Matt Sohn
Executive Producer
Kenya Barris, Larry Wilmore, Anthony Anderson, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, Tom Russo, E. Brian Dobbins, Peter Principato, Paul Young, James Griffiths
Screenwriter
Kenya Barris
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Comedy, Entertainment
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 23, 2015