Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | |||
| 1 | 13 + 1 | January 10, 1999 | May 18, 1999 | May 3, 2011 | |
| 2 | 12 | May 30, 2000 | September 5, 2000 | July 5, 2011 | |
| 3 | 10 | October 8, 2000 | May 20, 2001 | October 4, 2011 | |
Episodes[]
Season 1: 1999[]
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Hangin' with Mr. Super" | January 10, 1999 | PJ-103 |
| Calvin decides that he wants to be just like Thurgood. But after getting yelled at by Calvin's parents over the phone, Thurgood must change Calvin's mind, and in turn remind himself of how great he is. | |||
| 2 | "Bones, Bugs and Harmony" | January 12, 1999 | PJ-107 |
| Thurgood assumes the worst when he finds Mrs. Avery eating dog food. | |||
| 3 | "The Door" | January 19, 1999 | PJ-101 |
| Thurgood gets a thug-away door from HUD but is soon stolen by a gang. | |||
| 4 | "Journal Fever" | January 26, 1999 | PJ-104 |
| Thurgood decides to take care of Muriel when she gets the flu. | |||
| 5 | "Rich Man, Porn Man" | February 2, 1999 | PJ-102 |
| When Thurgood stumbles across an old movie theater, He calls on the help of his tenants to fix it. But he ends up making it a porno theater after accidentally bringing in a dirty movie on opening night. | |||
| 6 | "Bougie Nights" | February 9, 1999 | PJ-105 |
| Thurgood discovers a secret penthouse apartment after trying to find the source of a leak and moves into it, making everyone around him think that Thurgood has gone "bougie". | |||
| 7 | "A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Super" | February 16, 1999 | PJ-108 |
| When the Stubbs get robbed, Muriel comes to the rescue and catches the burglar. But Muriel becomes jealous that Thurgood gets all the credit. | |||
| 8 | "He's Gotta Have It" | February 23, 1999 | PJ-109 |
| Thurgood's libido increases when he takes a prescription drug to stabilize his blood pressure. | |||
| 9 | "Boyz' N The Woods" | April 6, 1999 | PJ-110 |
| When Thurgood is too late to sign Juicy and Calvin up for a camping trip, he decides that he could give them a better camping trip. | |||
| 10 | "Operation Gumbo Drop" | April 13, 1999 | PJ-111 |
| When Thurgood enters a gumbo cooking contest, Juicy reveals his secret recipe and Thurgood decides to sabotage Juicy's gumbo in order to win the contest. | |||
| 11 | "U Go Kart" | May 4, 1999 | PJ-112 |
| Thurgood builds the boys a go-kart which mysteriously disappears. | |||
| 12 | "House Potty" | May 11, 1999 | PJ-113 |
| Thurgood decides to renovate the housing project, but not by fixing the problems the tenants have, but by adding a space-age toilet that takes care of his main problem of fixing toilets, and forces him to resign. | |||
| 13 | "Haiti Sings The Blues" | May 18, 1999 | PJ-106 |
| Haiti Lady attempts to put a curse on Thurgood which fails, and she must deal with the loss of the tenants respect over her having no voodoo powers. | |||
| 14 | "How The Super Stoled Christmas" | December 17, 1999 | PJ-210 |
| When Thurgood can't afford to get Muriel a computer for Christmas, he makes a deal with the owner of the pawn shop to repo the items the other tenants can't make their payments for. Unbeknownst to Thurgood, they were skipping their payments to buy Thurgood a Christmas present. | |||
Season 2: 2000[]
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | "Home School Dazed" | May 30, 2000 | PJ-201 |
| Thurgood goes back to school with the boys to get his diploma. | |||
| 16 | "The Postman's Always Shot Twice" | May 30, 2000 | PJ-203 |
| Mrs. Avery accidentally shoots at the building's postman and is sent to a nursing home. | |||
| 17 | "The Preacher's Life" | June 6, 2000 | PJ-202 |
| Thurgood decides to become a preacher after being shocked while fixing the Church's electrical problems. | |||
| 18 | "The HJs" | June 13, 2000 | PJ-205 |
| Thurgood reopens the radio station and he and Smokey suddenly become a comedy team. | |||
| 19 | "Haiti and the Tramp" | June 13, 2000 | PJ-204 |
| Haiti Lady and Walter start falling in love, but when Walter announces they're getting married, it's up to Thurgood to stop the wedding. | |||
| 20 | "Smokey the Squatter" | June 27, 2000 | PJ-207 |
| He and Smokey end up on the run from the law after Thurgood tries to frame Smokey for theft of his TV. | |||
| 21 | "Weave's Have A Dream" | June 27, 2000 | PJ-208 |
| Thurgood sets up a hair salon for Muriel and Bebe. | |||
| 22 | "Let's Get Ready To Crumble" | July 4, 2000 | PJ-218 |
| Thurgood wrestles with the Governor when they want to tear down the projects and relocate the tenants. | |||
| 23 | "Who Da Boss" | July 4, 2000 | PJ-212 |
| Thurgood is pleased when he finds out that Muriel is going to become his boss, however he gets frustrated when he finds out that she wants to make him work. | |||
| 24 | "Fear Of A Black Rat" | July 11, 2000 | PJ-213 |
| Thurgood fights against Don King, Muriel's first husband, in the local rat fights. | |||
| 25 | "Ghetto Superstars" | July 11, 2000 | PJ-209 |
| Thurgood becomes the boys' rap star manager. | |||
| 26 | "What's Eating Juicy Hudson?" | July 18, 2000 | PJ-215 |
| Juicy rebels against his parents. | |||
| 27 | "Cliffhangin' With Mr. Super" | July 18, 2000 | PJ-222 |
| Bebe thinks she's pregnant after unintentionally spending a night with Thurgood. | |||
| 28 | "The Jeffersons" | July 25, 2000 | PJ-206 |
| Thurgood runs for political office after finding out that he's related to Thomas Jefferson. | |||
| 29 | "Robbin' HUD" | August 1, 2000 | PJ-216 |
| When HUD fails to provide the Hilton Jacobs Projects with a new water filter, Thurgood and his posse resort to burglary and discover a distinct absence of honor among thieves. | |||
| 30 | "The Last Affirmative Action Hero" | August 29, 2000 | PJ-214 |
| Thurgood is made responsible for protecting the area's image in the movie. | |||
| 31 | "Parole Officer and a Gentleman" | May 9, 2000 | PJ-217 |
| Walter helps Thurgood go to jail to get dental care. | |||
Season 3: 2000–01[]
| # | Title | Original airdate | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | "Boyz Under The Hood" | August 9, 2000 | PJ-219 |
| Calvin is jealous of Juicy knowing more about cars than him. | |||
| 33 | "Scarthroat" | December 31, 2000 | PJ-211 |
| Sanchez lords over the distribution of victuals after New Year's Eve brings a power outage and food shortage to the Hilton-Jacobs Projects. | |||
| 34 | "Smoke Gets In Your High-Rise" | April 2, 2001 | PJ-301 |
| Thurgood makes a deal to place a cigarette advertisement on the side of the Hilton-Jacobs building in exchange for free air-conditioning. | |||
| 35 | "National Buffoon's European Vacation" | November 2, 2001 | PJ-302 |
| Juicy develops a crush on Muriel and starts leaving gifts for her anonymously, but Thurgood claims the gifts are from him. | |||
| 36 | "Cruising For A Bluesing" | June 2, 2001 | PJ-303 |
| Thurgood tries to get to a Blues gig, but he gets trapped in on the South South Side. | |||
| 37 | "It Takes A Thurgood" | January 2, 2001 | PJ-304 |
| Thurgood discovers a homeless teen named Sharique living in the boiler room. | |||
| 38 | "Miracle Cleaner On 134th Street" | May 4, 2001 | PJ-305 |
| Thurgood tells Sharique about a miracle cleaning product he created and how a corporation tried to exploit it. | |||
| 39 | "Survival: In Tha Hood" | June 5, 2001 | PJ-306 |
| The projects split into two factions for a televised competition called "Survival: In Tha Hood." | |||
| 40 | "Let's Get Ready To Rumba" | January 5, 2001 | PJ-307 |
| Mrs. Avery makes it through a heart attack and decides to enter a dance contest. | |||
| 41 | "A Race To His Credit" | August 5, 2001 | PJ-308 |
| Thurgood gets a credit card and, thinking that it's free money, spends it on anything and everything he wants—until he realizes that credit card users have to pay back what they buy. | |||
| 42 | "Red Man's Burden" | Unaired | PJ-221 |
| Jimmy cashes in on his American Indian ancestry when he opens a casino in the projects. | |||
| 43 | "Clip Show" | Unaired | PJ-220 |
| Series finale. Thurgood talks about his life making the show to an interviewer, with clips from past episodes used to illustrate his points. This episode is done from a lack-of-fourth wall perspective and features a different voice actor for Thurgood. | |||