5.8/1012 votesLoading...#1 - It Takes A Thurgood
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/2001
From TV Guide: Thurgood fears his job is at risk when he discovers a homeless teen-ager living in the boiler room.
Director: Kyle Bell
Writer: Kriss Turner
- 6.0/1020 votesLoading...
#2 - Let's Get Ready To Crumble
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 7/4/2000
A former wrestler-turned-politician comes to help Juicy after Thurgood's demonstration of his wrestling moves puts the boy in a bind.
Director: Bill Jarcho
Writer: Jim Patterson, Steve Leff
- 6.0/1011 votesLoading...
#3 - Miracle Cleaner On 134th Street
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/29/2001
From TV Guide: ""To warn Sharique of the dangers of being an entrepreneur in the projects, Thurgood tells her about a cleaning solution he invented, Formula Forty-O Nine, and how a big corporation tried to take advantage of his accidental brilliance.""
Director: Mike Johnson
Writer: Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker
- 6.2/1014 votesLoading...
#4 - National Buffoon's European Vacation
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2001
From TV Guide ""Thurgood balks at telling Muriel of Juicy's crush on her, since she thinks all of Juicy's thoughtful presents to her are from her husband.""
Director: John Logue
Writer: Jim Patterson, Steve Leff
- 6.4/1012 votesLoading...
#5 - Let's Get Ready To Rumba
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/13/2001
From TV Guide: Mrs. Avery's new zest for life after surviving a heart attack leads her to challenge champs Bebe and Jimmy in a local dance contest. Meanwhile, Thurgood refuses to enter the competition with Muriel.
Director: Marv Newland
Writer: Jim Patterson, Steve Leff
- 6.6/1024 votesLoading...
#6 - The Last Affirmative Action Hero
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 8/29/2000
Jackie Chan guest stars as his film shoots in the neighborhood. Thurgood is made responsible for protecting the area's image in the movie.
Director: Lyndon Barrois
Writer: Ron Corcillo, A.J. Poulin
- 6.6/1011 votesLoading...
#7 - Survival: In Tha Hood
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/6/2001
From TV Guide: ""Residents of the Hilton-Jacobs Projects are split into two rival tribes--one led by Muriel and one by Thurgood--for a televised competition, Survival: In tha Hood, sponsored by H.U.D.""
Director: Mike Dietz
Writer: Freddie Gutierrez, Wesley Jermaine Johnson
- 6.7/1017 votesLoading...
#8 - A Parole Officer and a Gentleman
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 9/5/2000
Walter arranges a brief jail stay to get free dental care for Thurgood, who assaults the dentist and lands on probation, overseen by Walter.
Director: John Logue
Writer: Reid Harrison
- 6.7/1015 votesLoading...
#9 - Smoke Gets In Your High-Rise
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2001
Thurgood makes a deal to place a cigarette advertisement on the side of the Hilton-Jacobs building in exchange for free air-conditioning.
Director: Paul Harrod
Writer: Warren Bell
- 6.7/1012 votesLoading...
#10 - Cruising For A Bluesing
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/2001
From TV Guide ""Would-be bluesmen Thurgood, Walter, Jimmy and Sanchez get stranded in the urban wastelands of the South South Side on the way to the gig of their dreams.""
Director: Sean Burns
Writer: Dan McGrath
- 6.8/1021 votesLoading...
#11 - The Postman's Always Shot Twice
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 5/30/2000
The Stubbses take in Mrs. Avery after authorities threaten to send her to a rest home following her shotgun attack on the mailman.
Director: Rich Zim
Writer: Michael Price
- 6.8/1017 votesLoading...
#12 - A Race To His Credit
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/20/2001
Thurgood gets accepted for a new credit card, but his complete ignorance as to how credit works gets him buried in debt.
Director: John Logue
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1016 votesLoading...
#13 - Scarthroat
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 12/31/2000
Sanchez lords over the distribution of victuals after New Year's Eve brings a power outage and food shortage to the Hilton-Jacobs Projects...from TV Guide.
Director: Carl Willat
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
- 7.1/1018 votesLoading...
#14 - What's Eating Juicy Hudson?
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 7/18/2000
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
- 7.1/1022 votesLoading...
#15 - The Jeffersons
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 7/25/2000
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
7.2/1056 votesLoading...#16 - Hangin' with Mr. Super
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/1999
Thurgood, upset with a truant child, decides to teach the boy responsibility, but his efforts backfire.
Director: John Payson
Writer: Donald R. Beck
- 7.2/1022 votesLoading...
#17 - The Preacher's Life
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 6/6/2000
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
- 7.2/1019 votesLoading...
#18 - The HJs
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 6/13/2000
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
- 7.2/1015 votesLoading...
#19 - Cliffhangin' With Mr. Super
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 8/15/2000
Thurgood is unsure of the facts when he wakes up with Bebe after a night of heavy drinking.
Director: John Logue
Writer: Steve Tompkins, Larry Wilmore
- 7.2/1019 votesLoading...
#20 - Boyz Under The Hood
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/2000
Calvin is jealous of Juicy knowing more about cars than him.
Director: Kirk Kelley
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson
7.3/1026 votesLoading...#21 - Haiti Sings the Blues
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/1999
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
- 7.3/1023 votesLoading...
#22 - Fear of a Black Rat
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 7/11/2000
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
7.4/1028 votesLoading...#23 - Journal Fever
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1999
When Muriel falls ill, Thurgood fails his wife by falling asleep when she needed to be taken to the hospital.
Director: David Bleiman Ichioka
Writer: Kyra Keene, Janine Sherman Barrois
7.4/1029 votesLoading...#24 - Boyz' N The Woods
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/6/1999
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
Writer: Saladin K. Patterson, Ilana Wernick
7.4/1024 votesLoading...#25 - Operation Gumbo Drop
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/13/1999
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
The Worst 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...
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Worst Episodes Summary
"It Takes A Thurgood" is the worst rated episode of "The PJs". It scored 5.8/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Kyle Bell and written by Kriss Turner, it aired on 2/25/2001. This episode scored 0.2 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Let's Get Ready To Crumble".