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The Best Episodes of The Hughleys

Every episode of The Hughleys ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Hughleys!

The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on the UPN network from September...
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Best Episodes Summary

"I Have A Scheme" is the best rated episode of "The Hughleys". It scored 7.8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Mary Lou Belli and written by N/A, it aired on 1/21/2002. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Roots (1)".

  • I Have A Scheme
    7.8/1012 votes
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    #1 - I Have A Scheme

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/2002

    When Michael leads the neighborhood effort to rename their street after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Darryl puts the plan into jeopardy by alienating a neighbor with a particularly egregious breach of political correctness. Meanwhile, Sydney uses VIP concert tickets to bribe her way into the popular school crowd.

    Director: Mary Lou Belli

    Writer: N/A

  • Roots (1)
    7.6/1016 votes
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    #2 - Roots (1)

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1999

    At a big family Thanksgiving, Darryl learns that the man he always thought was his father actually isn't, and his entire family has been lying to him his whole life.

    Director: Brian K. Roberts

    Writer: N/A

  • Hughley & Son
    7.4/109 votes
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    #3 - Hughley & Son

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/8/2001

    Darryl and Yvonne discover that Michael has been skipping school, but instead of forcing him back to the classroom, Darryl decides to give him a taste of the working world and brings him aboard at Hughley Vending.

    Director: Brian K. Roberts

    Writer: Tom J. Astle

  • Bored of the Rings
    7.4/109 votes
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    #4 - Bored of the Rings

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/2002

    Darryl is shocked to learn his parents have split up and attempts to facilitate a reconciliation. Meanwhile, Michael attempts to choreograph Sydney's talent show in an effort to make a lasting impression on her girlfriends.

    Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.

    Writer: Marco Pennette

  • Seoul Brother Next Door
    7.2/1010 votes
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    #5 - Seoul Brother Next Door

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2000

    Darryl and his Korean neighbor feud over their differences, but then finally realize that they do have some things in common.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Thin Black Line
    7.2/109 votes
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    #6 - The Thin Black Line

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/2000

    Yvonne's cousin makes a documentary of the Hughleys, making Darryl hyper-aware of the possibility that he is selling out by moving to the white suburbs. Sydney gets into a fight with a girl at school who calls her white. The Rogerses are made to feel that some how they are racist.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: N/A

  • Storm o' the Century
    7.0/1018 votes
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    #7 - Storm o' the Century

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/16/1999

    Darryl ruins the fun for everyone when the Hughleys and the Rogerses stop at a haunted hotel.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Scary Hughley
    7.0/1013 votes
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    #8 - Scary Hughley

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2000

    The Hughleys and the Rogerses decide to throw a joint party in their two houses, but Darryl gets all competitive and decides he has to throw a better party than his neighbors. Darryl finds out that Crazy Larry, the appliance store owner, used to live in his house and died in the kitchen when he tried to get a bagel out of toaster with a fork. Darry, with the help of a talisman that unleashes dark evil, finds himself being haunted by the ghost of Crazy Larry, and he has to perform and exorcism on Yvonne. It turns out that Darryl's friends ganged up to pull a prank on him to teach him not to be so competitive.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: N/A

  • A Cry for Pleh
    7.0/1010 votes
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    #9 - A Cry for Pleh

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/17/2001

    After Michael is diagnosed with dyslexia, Darryl and Yvonne hire a tutor to help him with his studies. Darryl, however, is quickly taken aback by the woman because she makes him feel dumb.

    Director: Mary Lou Belli

    Writer: N/A

  • Go With the Flow
    7.0/109 votes
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    #10 - Go With the Flow

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 9/24/2001

    While Yvonne is away on business, Darryl finds himself thrust into a mothering role when Sydney has her first period.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A

  • Carpool
    6.8/1017 votes
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    #11 - Carpool

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1998

    Yvonne asks Darryl to carpool for a few days, but things don't work out when the other kids' moms vote him out the day before Yvonne is to appear before city council.

    Director: Matthew Diamond

    Writer: Kim Friese

  • Why Can't We Be Friends
    6.8/1013 votes
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    #12 - Why Can't We Be Friends

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/2/1999

    Darryl question his friendship with Dave after meeting one of Dave's friends who is a racist.

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • Body Double
    6.8/1010 votes
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    #13 - Body Double

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/7/2000

    Yvonne's parents drop the family's hated Aunt Thelma off at the Hughley residence where she proceeds to die. Darryl goes with Yvonne's father to make funeral arrangements, and even though he also hated Aunt Thelma, he is horrified with how cheap his father-in-law is being. At the wake in the Hughleys' house, the family realizes that they have a strange white woman in the casket instead of Aunt Thelma, and the guys have to crash a confederate funeral to steal their hated Aunt's body back. The finally have a proper wake that Darryl pays for and the kids even find something good to say about the old woman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Kim Friese

  • Smells Like Free Spirit
    6.8/1010 votes
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    #14 - Smells Like Free Spirit

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/4/2002

    Darryl's wild 17-year-old niece Carly, an aspiring singer, arrives for an unexpected visit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Tom J. Astle

  • The Truth Shall Set Me Free
    6.7/1010 votes
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    #15 - The Truth Shall Set Me Free

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/2000

    After firing one of his employees for incompetence, Darryl is shocked when he is sued for racial discrimination. While Darryl's friends try to convince the judge - and themselves - that Darryl isn't really a racist, his hopes of winning fade further when he discovers that the former employee has hired a world-famous lawyer.

    Director: Brian K. Roberts

    Writer: Matt Ember

  • Reliving Single
    6.6/1013 votes
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    #16 - Reliving Single

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1999

    The couples in the suburbs are worried about Milsap's single status and try to set him up.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt

  • The Girl That I Married
    6.6/1010 votes
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    #17 - The Girl That I Married

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 3/31/2000

    After Darryl teaches his son how to be a ladies man, and Michael starts dating two women at the same time, Yvonne admits that she was dating someone else when she first started dating Darryl. Darryl, although he originally refuses to go to Yvonne's college reunion, now crashes it in order to hunt down her other boyfriend. He learns to have some confidence in his relationship with Yvonne, but still tackles both a Reverend and a Rabbi out of jealousy. Meanwhile, Sydney becomes friends with one of Michael's girlfriends and gets him busted.

    Director: Mary Lou Belli

    Writer: N/A

  • Darryl's Victory Tour
    6.6/1010 votes
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    #18 - Darryl's Victory Tour

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2000

    When an old friend comes to visit, Darryl and Yvonne recount when they first met at the Jackson Victory Tour concert at Dodger Stadium in the eighties, but the nostalgic trip proves bumpy when they learn that their recollections do not necessarily match.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt

  • Darryl, Family Counselor
    6.6/109 votes
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    #19 - Darryl, Family Counselor

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/19/2001

    Dave has a run-in with his visiting mother-in-law Edna, leading him to move in with Darryl and Yvonne. Fed up with his messiness, however, Darryl takes it upon himself to reingratiate Dave with Sally and Edna.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt

  • Joint Custody
    6.6/109 votes
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    #20 - Joint Custody

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2001

    Darryl and Yvonne's anti-drug lessons to their kids nearly go up in smoke. Darryl is having a bad day: Yvonne's freeloading sister Shari is moving into an apartment in their neighborhood. Then Shari comes over to his place and tries to steal a jacket that belongs to Sydney . Darryl struggles with her over it and a joint falls out of a pocket. That throws Darryl and Yvonne for a loop, but they're even more shocked when Sydney reveals to whom the jacket really belongs

    Director: Leonard R. Garner, Jr.

    Writer: N/A

  • I Ain't Heavy, I'm Your Father
    6.5/1013 votes
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    #21 - I Ain't Heavy, I'm Your Father

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1999

    Darryl goes camping with the kids to prove that he's fun.

    Director: Peter Bonerz

    Writer: N/A

  • Clan of the Cave Bear
    6.5/1022 votes
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    #22 - Clan of the Cave Bear

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/6/1999

    Yvonne takes a job doing fund raising at a local hospital.

    Director: Brian K. Roberts

    Writer: N/A

  • Something About Shari
    6.5/1010 votes
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    #23 - Something About Shari

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/12/2001

    Darryl plays host for the wedding of Yvonne's sister, but things turn difficult when he catches the groom cheating.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: N/A

  • She's a Brickhouse
    6.4/1011 votes
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    #24 - She's a Brickhouse

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/3/2000

    Darryl's sexy new neighbor causes a stir in the neighborhood.

    Director: Mark Cendrowski

    Writer: N/A

  • South Side Story
    6.4/109 votes
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    #25 - South Side Story

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/5/2001

    After Darryl donates vending machines to the community center where he hung out as a teenager, Michael starts spending time there too. While Yvonne worries about the effect it's having on Michael, Darryl is pleased about his son's interest in the community center... until an old acquaintance reveals a secret about Darryl's past as a gang member.

    Director: Steve Zuckerman

    Writer: N/A