Episode Ratings Grid

Every episode at a glance, color-coded by rating. Rows are episode numbers within each season, columns are seasons.

M
S1
S2
E1
8.6
8.3
E2
8.3
8.3
E3
8.1
8.0
E4
8.1
8.1
E5
8.2
7.9
E6
7.8
8.2
E7
7.8
7.7
E8
7.7
7.5
E9
7.6
8.3
E10
7.9
E11
7.7
Avg
8.0
8.0
Great
Good
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Episode Power Rankings

The best and worst episodes at a glance. Use this to find must-watch episodes or ones you might want to skip.

🏆 Top Episodes

#1 8.6

S1E0 The Pilot

Our ass-kickin-friend-of-the-community, Black Dynamite, takes on his childhood mentor and surrogate father: That Frog Kurtis, a Puppet TV educator turned super villain!

#2
S1E1 8.3

Just Beat It or Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes

Pint-sized pop star Michael Jackson finds a best friend in Cream Corn after he is saved from an assassination attempt. But Black Dynamite is soon to discover that the teen idol is actually a vicious alien force who has been torturing his own family. Cream Corn and Dynamite team up to take down the evil star together!

#3
S2E1 8.3

Roots: The White Album

When ROOTS hits the air and the Community finally sees just how bad slavery was, Al Sharpton whips everyone into a reparation frenzy and they storm Beverly Hills, enslaving every white honky cracker they can find! But BD sees that since you can't even keep white slaves alive without caviar and arugula, being slave masters is actually bringing the Community down. Is Black Dynamite actually going to fight for the White Man's freedom?

  1. 4. S2E2 "Black Jaws or Finger Lickin' Chicken of the Sea" 8.3
  2. 5. S2E9 "The Wizard of Watts" 8.3
  3. 6. S1E4 "A Crisis for Christmas or The Dark Side of the Dark Side of the Moon" 8.2
  4. 7. S2E6 "Mr. Rogers' Revenge" 8.2
  5. 8. S1E2 "Bullhorn Nights or Murder She Throats" 8.1
  6. 9. S1E3 "Taxes and Death or Get Him to the Sunset Strip" 8.1
  7. 10. S2E4 "How Honeybee Got Her Groove Back or Sexodus or Night of the Living Dickheads" 8.1

📉 Bottom Episodes

#20
S2E8 7.5

Diff'rent Folks, Same Strokes or The Hunger Pain Games

The Whorephanage is shut down, leaving the orphans to be adopted by a group of rich white friends.

  1. 19. S1E8 "Honky Kong or White Apes Can't Hump" 7.6
  2. 18. S2E7 "American Band Standoff or The Godfather of Soooul Train or Get on Your Goodfellas" 7.7
  3. 17. S1E10 "Seed of Kurtis AKA Father Is Just Another Word for Motherf*cker" 7.7
  4. 16. S1E7 "Apocalypse, This! Or for the Pity of Fools AKA Flashbacks Are Forever" 7.7
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The Quality Arc

Each point is an episode, plotted chronologically. The colored bands mark season boundaries. Look for upward or downward trends to see if quality improved or declined over time.

S1 S2 77.588.599.5 Rating 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Episode 10 9 8 7 6 5
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Episode Engagement

Vote count shows how many people cared enough to rate. High votes + high rating = beloved classic. High votes + low rating = notorious stinker. Low votes + high rating = hidden gem.

Rating threshold:
11 Standouts
0 Infamous
9 Hidden Gems
0 Forgettable
Standouts Infamous Hidden Gems Forgettable Global: 7.5 7.27.57.88.08.38.6 Rating 53 73 101 139 192 Votes (log scale)
Top Standout: S1E1 Just Beat It or Jackson Five Across Yo' Eyes
Best Hidden Gem: S2E1 Roots: The White Album

Episodes plotted by rating vs. vote count. The vertical line marks the rating threshold (7.5). More votes = more engagement. Toggle above to compare against global or show-specific median.

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Season Momentum

Did each season build momentum or fizzle out? Green arrows mean the finale rated higher than the premiere. Red means the opposite. Longer arrows = bigger swings.

5678910 Rating S1 8.3 7.7 -0.6 S2 8.3 7.9 -0.4
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Season Consistency

Some seasons are reliable bangers. Others are hit-or-miss. Each dot is an episode. Tightly clustered dots mean consistent quality. Scattered dots mean a mixed bag.

78910 Rating S1 Typical avg 8.0 S2 Steady avg 8.0 Episode Premiere/Finale

Each dot is an episode. Clustered dots = consistent quality. Scattered dots = variable season. Hover for episode details.

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