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Episode Power Rankings

The peaks and the valleys. Find the essential episodes — and the ones to skip.

#1
S1E0 8.5
The Pilot

Our ass-kickin-friend-of-the-community, Black Dynamite, takes on his childhood mentor and surrogate father: That Frog Kurtis, a Puppet TV educator turned super villain!

#2
S2E2 8.4
Black Jaws or Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea

A soul-food-eating contest is interrupted by a man-eating shark.

#3
S2E9 8.4
The Wizard of Watts

Black Dynamite, during a riot in the neighborhood, gets hit in the head with a brick and goes to the land of Oz-Watts, where everybody is needing his help. But between getting Scarecorn some game, Lionhorn a muzzle and Tin Bee a set of balls, he has to bring down the Pig Chief, The Wicked Bitch of the West Side and reach the Great and Powerful Motherf@$%er’s palace, or he’ll never get home.

#4 Just Beat It or Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes S1E1 8.3
#5 Roots: The White Album S2E1 8.3
#6 Mr. Rogers' Revenge S2E6 8.3
#7 A Crisis for Christmas or The Dark Side of the Dark Side of the Moon S1E4 8.2
#8 Bullhorn Nights or Murder She Throats S1E2 8.1
#9 Taxes and Death or Get Him to the Sunset Strip S1E3 8.1
#10 How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back or Sexodus or Night of the Living Dickheads S2E4 8.1

Lowlights

#20 S2E8 Diff'rent Folks, Same Strokes or The Hunger Pain Games 7.6

The Whorephanage is shut down, leaving the orphans to be adopted by a group of rich white friends.

#19 Honky Kong or White Apes Can't Hump S1E8 7.6
#18 American Band Standoff or The Godfather of Soooul Train or Get on Your Goodfellas S2E7 7.8
#17 Seed of Kurtis AKA Father Is Just Another Word for Motherf*cker S1E10 7.8
#16 Apocalypse, This! Or for the Pity of Fools AKA Flashbacks Are Forever S1E7 7.8

The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted in order. Colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for the rise, the plateau, or the decline.

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Episode Engagement

High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

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Season Momentum

Did each season build or fizzle? Green means the finale outscored the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows, bigger swings.

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Season Consistency

How steady is each season? Tightly clustered dots mean reliable quality. Scattered dots mean a wild ride.

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