The Best Episodes Written By Hale Rothstein

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.0/10(2 votes)

   #1 - I’m a Survivor

   S3:E152/15/2017

   When Dre goes back to Compton for a funeral, he is reunited with his old crew and struggles with survivor’s remorse for the friends he left behind. Meanwhile, Bow becomes self-conscious when Ruby criticizes her parenting style.

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   7.9/10(7 votes)

   #2 - The Leftovers

   S2:E194/6/2016

   When Dre and Bow realize they don't have a legal guardian for their kids, they make it their mission to find replacement parents should anything happen to them. Meanwhile, Zoey and Junior reveal the truth to Jack about their old dog's death and other family secrets he naively accepted.

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   7.5/10(2 votes)

   #3 - All Groan Up

   S3:E224/26/2017

   When Zoey gets into several colleges around the country, Dre and Bow begin to feel worried and sentimental. They reflect back on memories they’ve had with the family and wonder what life will be like without her around all the time. Pops enlists the twins to try and sway Zoey to go to college in a city they want to visit.

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   7.3/10(6 votes)

   #4 - Chop Shop

   S2:E811/18/2015

   While Bow prepares for the Johnson family’s annual Christmas card shoot, Dre takes Junior and Jack to the Barber Shop to get a hair cut from his lifelong Barber, T. When Junior decides to let another Barber cut his hair, Dre feels Junior has violated the most sacred of codes. The family is not happy with Dre’s new hair cut but Dre is disappointed in Junior’s lack of loyalty to T.

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   7.0/10(4 votes)

   #5 - Please Don't Feed the Animals

   S4:E711/14/2017

   Bow keeps in touch with Dre’s incarcerated godbrother, Omar, but when they find out he is being released from prison, Omar’s future sparks debate. Meanwhile, Ruby lets it slip to the kids that she’s been to jail and they push her to tell them more secrets from her past.

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