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The Best Episodes of The PJs

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Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project, where he is the superintendent. This animated comedy follows the adventures of the Subbs and their friends, while taking a satirical view

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The PJs Season 1 Episode 14 - How The Super Stoled Christmas
    8.3/10(41 votes)

    #1 - How The Super Stoled Christmas

    S1:E14

    Thurgood takes a job as a repo man to raise money for the computer Muriel wants for Christmas.

    Director:John Logue
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The PJs Season 1 Episode 6 - Bougie Nights
    8.2/10(36 votes)

    #2 - Bougie Nights

    S1:E6

    Thurgood and Muriel move into the building's penthouse, but they can't seem to adjust to life at the top.

    Director:Mark Gustafson
    Writer:David Flebotte

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  3. The PJs Season 1 Episode 5 - Rich Man, Porn Man
    8.1/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Rich Man, Porn Man

    S1:E5

    Thurgood is aghast when his clean-up project for the movie theater leads to the venue's resurrection as a porn cinema.

    Directors:Mark Gustafson, John Logue
    Writer:Bill Freiberger

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  4. The PJs Season 2 Episode 1 - Home School Dazed
    8.1/10(24 votes)

    #4 - Home School Dazed

    S2:E1

    During a teachers' strike, Thurgood joins Juicy and Calvin in home schooling after it's revealed he never got his diploma.

    Director:Mike Johnson
    Writer:Saladin K. Patterson

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  5. The PJs Season 1 Episode 7 - A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Super
    8.0/10(32 votes)

    #5 - A Hero Ain't Nothing But a Super

    S1:E7

    Muriel's heroic capture of a prowler in the Stubbs' home turns Thurgood into a hero when he assumes credit for the deed.

    Director:John Payson
    Writer:Steve Pepoon

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  6. The PJs Season 1 Episode 12 - House Potty
    8.0/10(29 votes)

    #6 - House Potty

    S1:E12

    The building's new power-flush toilet frees Thurgood from clogging calls, and may end all need for him.

    Director:David Bleiman Ichioka
    Writer:Tom Brady

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  7. The PJs Season 2 Episode 6 - Smokey the Squatter
    8.0/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Smokey the Squatter

    S2:E6

    The law's on Smokey's side when he claims squatter's rights after Thurgood lets him spend a night in a vacant apartment to ride out a storm.

    Director:Mike Wellins
    Writer:Ilana Wernick

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  8. The PJs Season 2 Episode 11 - Ghetto Superstars
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #8 - Ghetto Superstars

    S2:E11

    Snoop Dogg plays a rap artist whose interest in the rhymes of Calvin and Juicy prompt Thurgood to become their manager.

    Director:Chel White
    Writers:Janine Sherman Barrois, Kyra Keene

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  9. The PJs Season 1 Episode 2 - Bones, Bugs and Harmony
    7.9/10(42 votes)

    #9 - Bones, Bugs and Harmony

    S1:E2

    Thurgood's suspicion that Mrs. Avery is starving prompts him to help her out, but Muriel thinks he's being used for different reasons.

    Director:John Logue
    Writer:Marc Wilmore

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  10. The PJs Season 1 Episode 3 - The Door
    7.9/10(40 votes)

    #10 - The Door

    S1:E3

    When Thurgood is slammed with complaints from the tenants about the building's front door, he seeks aid from HUD.

    Director:Ric Heitzman
    Writers:Steve Tompkins, Larry Wilmore

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  11. The PJs Season 1 Episode 8 - He's Gotta Have It
    7.8/10(33 votes)

    #11 - He's Gotta Have It

    S1:E8

    The experimental medication prescribed for Thurgood's blood pressure also jump-starts his sex drive.

    Director:David Bleiman Ichioka
    Writer:Les Firestein

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  12. The PJs Season 1 Episode 11 - U Go Kart
    7.8/10(29 votes)

    #12 - U Go Kart

    S1:E11

    After building a go-cart for Calvin and Juicy, Thurgood accidentally destroys it and buries the evidence, so it appears to have been stolen. Then he's put in charge of the investigation.

    Director:Bill Jarcho
    Writer:David Flebotte

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  13. The PJs Season 1 Episode 4 - Journal Fever
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    #13 - Journal Fever

    S1:E4

    When Muriel falls ill, Thurgood fails his wife by falling asleep when she needed to be taken to the hospital.

    Director:David Bleiman Ichioka
    Writers:Janine Sherman Barrois, Kyra Keene

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  14. The PJs Season 1 Episode 10 - Operation Gumbo Drop
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #14 - Operation Gumbo Drop

    S1:E10

    Thurgood's culinary pride takes a blow when his gumbo recipe fails to measure up to the one prepared by an unlikely rival--Juicy.

    Director:John Logue
    Writer:Bill Freiberger

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  15. The PJs Season 2 Episode 5 - Haiti and the Tramp
    7.7/10(22 votes)

    #15 - Haiti and the Tramp

    S2:E5

    Matchmaker Muriel pairs Haiti Lady with Walter. They fight like cats and dogs, which acts like a mutual aphrodisiac. But that may be the extent of their relationship.

    Director:Neema Barnette
    Writer:Lester Lewis

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  16. The PJs Season 2 Episode 9 - Who Da Boss?
    7.7/10(21 votes)

    #16 - Who Da Boss?

    S2:E9

    Thurgood wants Jimmy hired to replace his late (and lax) supervisor. But a group effort to fill out the application backfires, and Thurgood's new boss is...bossy.

    Director:Peter Boyd Maclean
    Writer:Lester Lewis

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  17. The PJs Season 1 Episode 9 - Boyz' N the Woods
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #17 - Boyz' N the Woods

    S1:E9

    When Calvin and Juicy miss the chance to go on a camping trip, Thurgood takes them on an overnighter in their neighborhood, and he loses track of the boys.

    Director:Paul Harrod
    Writers:Saladin K. Patterson, Ilana Wernick

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  18. The PJs Season 1 Episode 13 - Haiti Sings the Blues
    7.6/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Haiti Sings the Blues

    S1:E13

    Neighbors treat Thurgood like the plague after Haiti Lady puts a curse on him following their row in the new community rooftop vegetable garden.

    Director:Paul Harrod
    Writer:Ken Keeler

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  19. The PJs Season 2 Episode 4 - The HJs
    7.6/10(23 votes)

    #19 - The HJs

    S2:E4

    Thurgood revives the project's defunct radio station, and it takes off after he and Smokey inadvertently form a comedy team. But Smokey proves to be more popular, and that doesn't help Thurgood's ego.

    Director:Mike Dietz
    Writer:Bill Freiberger

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  20. The PJs Season 2 Episode 7 - Weave's Have A Dream
    7.6/10(24 votes)

    #20 - Weave's Have A Dream

    S2:E7

    Thurgood turns the boiler room into a beauty shop for Muriel, whose gossip doesn't match Bebe's--until she dishes dirt on Thurgood.

    Director:Sean Burns
    Writer:Marc Wilmore

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  21. The PJs Season 2 Episode 10 - Fear of a Black Rat
    7.6/10(26 votes)

    #21 - Fear of a Black Rat

    S2:E10

    After capturing a thieving rat, Thurgood enters the rodent in the Friday night rat fights, where their success is short-lived.

    Director:Marv Newland
    Writer:Bobby Gaylor

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  22. The PJs Season 2 Episode 14 - Robbin' HUD
    7.6/10(22 votes)

    #22 - Robbin' HUD

    S2:E14

    When HUD refuses to grant the building a new water filter, Thurgood and the tenants break into the office to steal one, but find something else even more valuable.

    Director:Paul Harrod
    Writer:Michael Price

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  23. The PJs Season 2 Episode 3 - The Preacher's Life
    7.5/10(26 votes)

    #23 - The Preacher's Life

    S2:E3

    Thurgood undergoes a religious transformation after receiving an electrical shock, followed by a vision of a black Jesus. So, he decides to become a preacher.

    Director:Marv Newland
    Writer:David Flebotte

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  24. The PJs Season 2 Episode 12 - What's Eating Juicy Hudson?
    7.5/10(21 votes)

    #24 - What's Eating Juicy Hudson?

    S2:E12

    Stressed from caring for his parents, Juicy finds solace building a treehouse with Thurgood, who becomes mediator between boy and father.

    Director:Mike Johnson
    Writer:Jonathan Goldstein

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  25. The PJs Season 2 Episode 13 - The Jeffersons
    7.4/10(25 votes)

    #25 - The Jeffersons

    S2:E13

    After Muriel finds he's a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, Thurgood decides to run for political office, but his ideals are compromised by some shady new "friends."

    Director:Sean Burns
    Writer:Ilana Wernick

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Best Episodes Summary

"How The Super Stoled Christmas" is the best rated episode of "The PJs". It scored 8.3/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by John Logue and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/17/1999. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Bougie Nights".