The Best Episodes of The Hughleys

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director: Steve Zuckerman

Writer: N/A

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 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

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

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

Believing that Michael and Sydney are spoiled, Darryl and Yvonne show the kids what the true meaning of Christmas is. Meanwhile, the family's Christmas cheer is endangered when Shari accidentally gives the kids' new presents to a foster-child facility; and Milsap gives Dave and Sally a lottery ticket that might be worth big bucks.

Director: Mary Lou Belli

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: N/A

Writer: Tom J. Astle

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Director: Peter Bonerz

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Brian K. Roberts

Writer: N/A

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

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

Director: Mark Cendrowski

Writer: N/A