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Episodes
Grandpa Freeman coerces Riley and Huey to go to a high-society garden party, where things take a surprising turn. Ed Asner provides the voice of Ed Wuncler.
Grandpa Freeman meets a woman, but Huey and Riley harbor deep suspicions about what she does for a living.
A district attorney who fits the description of a killer is arrested, leaving Huey to find the real perpetrator.
Riley visits his favorite gangsta-rapper in the hospital, but discovers he's not the tough guy that Riley imagined.
Huey gets to direct the school Christmas play, which he adapts as "The Adventures of Black Jesus."
Riley scams two reality shows; Huey is convinced the government is watching him.
Martin Luther King returns, but things in post-Sept. 11 America are very different.
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Critic Reviews for The Boondocks Season 1
All Critics (17) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (7)
"The Boondocks" took a lot of big swings worth admiring, and in the realm of animation represented a very, very underheard point-of-view.
The Boondocks produces more uneasiness than chuckles.
I don't think there is enough Botox in the world to keep me watching and wincing and still keeping it together. I'll tune out.
McGruder has brilliantly set his tone, and there's no looking back.
"The Boondocks" is filled with crassness and non sequiturs but proves too self-consciously biting to get under anyone's skin -- regardless of its color -- beyond the least-demanding realm of the young-male demo.
It turns out you can be controversial without being the least bit interesting.
The first episode of the new series, is the television equivalent of a slap upside the head.
Despite its wish to be incendiary, Boondocks seems hesitant.
An occasionally funny animated series...
Its edgy humor may appeal to many adults and older teens.
A very political comic, and many of its most powerful moments come from immediate comments on current issues. Due to the lengthy process of animating a show, McGruder and the other producers had to pull that back a bit.
There's a clunkiness to the pacing of this new Boondocks incarnation.
Audience Reviews for The Boondocks: Season 1
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Sep 01, 2020While in no way a perfect first season with the first episode failing to get me hooked I gave it a few other chances and watched through the whole season and by the end I loved it. It had some pretty weak episodes that I just could not enjoy such as its pilot Garden Party which had some funny moments surrounding Huey and his interactions with the 1% at the garden party but didn't have anything that made the show a must watch. Lets Nab Oprah and Who Called the Health Inspector also had the characters of Ed the third and his partner who I just don't enjoy watching in any episode and when they are center stage to the plot it just isn't gonna be a favorite. There are also a couple of Meh episodes that are good enough but also are less likely to re watch. Episodes like Wing men which I just don't enjoy as much as other episodes, the Trial of R Kelly which raises some good points and has one of the most insane funny and also painful scene with Adam West guest starring as R Kelley's lawyer. The Real which only is good because of Huey's interactions with the White Shadow and Guess Hoe's Not Coming to Dinner which had the standout of A Pimp Named Slickback played by Katt Williams. The season also has plenty of winner with The Itis, The Block is Hot, A Huey Freeman Christmas and of course the classic Grandads Fight. There is one episode I just could not watch and that's the finale which has heavy focus on the character of Uncle Ruckus and if you have ever seen this show you will know why. I would avoid that one unless you have the stomach for it. Apart from that the characterizations are great and also have deeper meaning if you know anything about how Aaron Mcgruder intended the characters to represent different types of real life people. My personal favorites include Jasmine and Huey but Riley isn't a bad character especially in what is most likely my favorite episode of season one Riley Wuz Here. Also check out Return of the King which is a harsh commentary on modern society in the early 2000's for black culture. There is plenty more to speak on with this show but honestly just give it a try and if you think you will like it you probably will.
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May 30, 2020Quite appealing but not for all audiences
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May 07, 2020Flawless animation, amazing social commentary, and most of all, thought-provoking laughs, The Boondocks cements itself as not only one of the best but also most important tv cartoons ever.
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Apr 09, 2020It was funny and sick and funny!!
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Nov 03, 2019It's pretty dam funny when it comes to social satire.
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Aug 12, 2018The Boondocks is not afraid to address uncomfortable themes, and with some episodes stemming on ridiculousness, it had me in tears for some episodes. The character developtment is subtle, but when seen in Huey or Riley, is a real series of bildungsroman.
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May 19, 2018This show is one of the greatest and most message sending shows in adult animation. By far one of the things I binge watch nightly. Season one is a great episode that introduces the characters and makes fun of certain topics at that time. My only nitpick is that eventually the two main characters slightly drag their character in some episodes. This was later changed, and it can be excused as it was used as a comedic effect.
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Feb 09, 2018The Boondocks' characters are extremely unlikable and partial to full-blown instances of being villain protagonists what given two very violent, always angry and poorly behaved kids along with their babbling idiotic, selfish, geriatric grandfather, the boomerang bigot Uncle Ruckus, a chickenshit lawyer and greedy tycoon Ed Wuncler I. Therefore, it's hard to actually pick a favorite character out of them but you'll enjoy the series if you see joy in these characters hard at work destroying each other.
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Jun 16, 2017The critics who rated this poorly are triggered middle-class white people whose opinions are entirely irrelevant to the quality of this show.
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Nov 28, 2016Hmm It's so boring. No thanks
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