6.8/10703 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2014
Advertising executive Dre happily anticipates a promotion; Andre Jr. wants to covert to Judaism and have a bar mitzvah like his friends.
Director: Kenya Barris
Writer: Kenya Barris
7.2/10528 votes#2 - The Talk
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2014
When Dre decides to give Andre Jr. the sex talk, he instantly regrets it when his son won't stop asking questions.
Director: Rebecca Asher
Writer: Vijal Patel
7.7/10507 votes#3 - The Nod
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2014
Dre tries to help Andre Jr. expand his social circle. Rainbow tries to inspire Diane.
Director: James Griffiths
Writer: Kenya Barris
7.1/10412 votes#4 - Crazy Mom
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2014
When Dre takes over "mom'' duties, the praise he gets from everyone at the school goes to his head.
Director: James Griffiths
Writer: Gail Lerner
7.6/10455 votes#5 - Crime and Punishment
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2014
Rainbow and Dre agree they will no longer spank their children.
Director: Claire Scanlon
Writer: Corey Nickerson
7.5/10412 votes#6 - The Prank King
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2014
Dre is disappointed when the older kids balk at a family tradition.
Director: Matt Sohn
Writer: Lindsey Shockley
7.3/10350 votes#7 - The Gift of Hunger
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2014
When the kids disapprove of Dre's favorite cheap restaurant, he decides they all need to get jobs.
Director: Victor Nelli Jr.
Writer: Peter Saji
7.1/10350 votes#8 - Oedipal Triangle
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2014
When Dre's visiting mother butts heads with Bow, Dre searches for a way to get them to get along.
Director: Rebecca Asher
Writer: Vijal Patel
7.4/10363 votes#9 - Colored Commentary
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/2014
Dre encourages the family to have each other's backs; Zoey and Andre Jr. must babysit the twins.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: Yvette Lee Bowser
7.3/10364 votes#10 - Black Santa/White Christmas
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/2014
Dre endeavors to take over the role of office Santa from the head of human resources.
Director: Elliot Hegarty
Writer: Gail Lerner
7.2/10323 votes#11 - Law of Attraction
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2015
Dre's Machismo is questioned and Pops and Ruby reignite their love.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10332 votes#12 - Martin Luther Skiing Day
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/2015
While on the way to the family's annual ski trip, Dre teaches the kids about Martin Luther King Jr.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10307 votes#13 - Big Night, Big Fight
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/11/2015
Dre is determined to keep the peace on Valentine's Day. Diane's siblings try to help her be nice.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10299 votes#14 - Andre from Marseille
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 2/18/2015
Dre takes an instant dislike to Zoey's first serious boyfriend, a worldly teen from France.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10342 votes#15 - The Dozens
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/25/2015
Dre teaches Andre Jr. how to trash-talk a school bully, Diane is afraid of the dark.
Director: Millicent Shelton
Writer: N/A
7.5/10310 votes#16 - Parental Guidance
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/4/2015
Dre tries to arrange an amazing vow renewal for his and Bow's 15th anniversary. Beau Bridges and Jenifer Lewis guest star.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10299 votes#17 - 30 Something
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/25/2015
Dre worries about getting older when he injures himself playing basketball before his 40th birthday.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10299 votes#18 - Sex, Lies and Vasectomies
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/1/2015
Bow learns from her colleague that Dre never had the vasectomy a few years back that he was supposedly scheduled, so she decides to see if he'll come clean and tell the truth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10324 votes#19 - The Real World
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/8/2015
Bow invites her friends from college to an elaborate dinner party in hopes of impressing them; Dre learns a lot about Bow's past; the kids decide to create their own reality show by documenting the party.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/10284 votes#20 - Switch Hitting
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 4/22/2015
When super cool--and white--exec Jay Sloane challenges Dre over his street cred and picks inept Charlie for a big urban market account, Dre finds himself questioning his "blackness." Pops gets a letter from the IRS and fears the worst.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
7.3/10278 votes#21 - The Peer-ent Trap
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2015
When teenager Zoey goes through a mini-rebellion phase by pushing boundaries and acting out, Dre wants to lay down the law, while Bow insists on a softer approach like her mom did with her.
Director: Ken Whittingham
Writer: N/A
7.5/10304 votes#22 - Please Don’t Ask, Please Don’t Tell
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2015
Dre's sister, Rhonda, is in town for Mother's Day and although she hasn't come out to the family, everyone knows she's gay, except Ruby.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10311 votes#23 - Elephant in the Room
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 5/13/2015
Dre and Bow go ballistic when Junior declares he’s joined the Young Republican Club to impress a girl. Since they really can’t believe any reasonable black people would be Republicans, Dre and Bow arrange to meet Hillary’s wealthy and conservative parents. Meanwhile, everyone teases Zoey when she finds out she needs glasses.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10329 votes#24 - Pops' Pops' Pops
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 5/20/2015
Pops comes to the rescue with the colorful story of how his great-great grandfather, Drexler Johnson, bet the future of the Johnson family against a ruthless gangster, Elroy Savoy, for Jack and Diane's school assignment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of black-ish Season 1
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A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "black-ish" season 1. It scored 6.8/10 based on 703 votes. Directed by Kenya Barris and written by Kenya Barris, it aired on 9/24/2014. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "The Talk".