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Man, this is one of those Boondocks episodes that STILL holds up 16 years later. Huey and Riley trying to save Grandad from Winston turns into a ridiculous fight, and somehow the whole situation gets even crazier.

Tyler Perry being mad enough about the episode to complain to the network makes the joke even funnier. The Boondocks really knew how to push buttons—people couldn’t handle the show when it went there.

Season 4 is my favorite by far. The red outfits, Niecy, Kim, and Moesha dancing and singing along together just feel SO nostalgic to me. 😂 That whole intro has such a fun vibe, and it’s probably the one I remember the most.

Then Seasons 5 and 6 happened and… yeah 😭 The lip-syncing felt weird to me, and that panoramic camera shot was honestly kind of creepy. By then Dee was gone, Andell had left for The Parkers, and Kim was already gone by Season 5. Season 6 especially just felt WRONG without them.

At that point it almost stopped feeling like the same Moesha and started feeling like The Dorian Show. 😂

What intro was your favorite?

My 3:

• Maddy — Her storyline peaked with the Nate/Maddy arc, and looking back at the full series, Season 3 feels like a major missed opportunity. Instead of giving her meaningful development beyond Nate and Cassie, the writing left her underused and without much of an arc of her own. She had so much potential, and ultimately Sam wasted Maddy.

• Cassie — Her storyline became way too dependent on Nate, Maddy, and the drama surrounding them. Looking at Season 3 as a whole, Sam went overboard with the nudity surrounding her character instead of giving her enough meaningful development.

• Nate — Season 3 butchered what could've been a much more interesting ending for him. After seasons of buildup around Maddy, Cassie, Jules, his family, and his own secrets, his storyline ultimately felt rushed instead of fully paying everything off. His death especially felt like a shortcut rather than a satisfying conclusion to everything the show had built around him.

Bonus round — my 3: Elliot Ethan and McKay

Bonus round: Okay, you got rid of 3 — who are the next 3 you're sending out?

Melanie: She started ambitious and determined to become a doctor, but over time felt increasingly defined by Derwin and lost some of that independence. The BET era made things worse — the DJ DNA test, talking down to Jazz, and her increasingly mean-spirited behavior made her frustrating to watch.

Derwin: “Ding Dong” became incredibly selfish, entitled, and exhausting during the BET era. He'd make terrible decisions, hurt people, and still act like he was the victim. That said, his Season 6 departure was beautifully acted. Melanie and Derwin leaving really marked the end of an era, and the show was never quite the same afterward.

Kelly: I preferred her during the CW years. She was messy and flawed but still interesting. The BET reality-TV storyline was embarrassing, including the Fabolous performance. Then her Season 7 return felt like a setup to destroy Jason and Chardonnay's marriage. I knew Jason would fall right back in love with her, and I hated that direction.

Jason: The CW-era Jason had a much better balance of comedy, football, family, and character growth. The BET era became much more relationship-driven and dramatic. His treatment of Chardonnay was especially foul — breaking her heart at their wedding and admitting he was still in love with Kelly was one of his worst moments.

Tasha: She was one of my favorites during Seasons 1–3 — tough, funny, ambitious, and confident. The BET era made her more mean-spirited with Dante, the Black & Milds, Kelly, and the fertility jokes. The Rick/Pookie drama and pregnancy storyline weren't for me either. I still appreciated her loyalty, humor, confidence, and relationship with Malik, though. I just wish the writers had balanced her better.

Malik: Seasons 1–3 Malik was immature but still likable and easy to root for. The BET era initially made him much messier — the owner's wife, TT's woman, Parker, and Jenna. I did appreciate him taking responsibility and apologizing to TT because it felt like genuine growth. Then the Keira storyline happened and completely undermined that progress. 🤮

Chardonnay: I actually liked her. She stood her ground with Jason and never let him walk all over her, which I loved. She became her own character instead of just being Jason's wife. That's why her Season 9 ending bothered me — waking up in Vegas and essentially ending her story there felt incredibly unfinished.

Blue & Keira: They felt like a knockoff Melanie and Derwin. I never bought them as a replacement for the original couple.

Overall: I watched The Game all the way through, but the BET era never captured the same magic for me. The show became much more dramatic, the comedy faded, and too many characters became mean-spirited. I wish they had kept more of the humor and balance that made the CW era work.

I love how before Nikki even steps in, they let Sarah and Bear’s reactions play out for a second 😂 Curry holds the shot on both of them and just lets their reactions sit there.

Then Nikki gets up and the music just fades out, and the camera stays on Sarah and Bear. Curry was REALLY good at building tension in this movie. He knew when to just hold a shot and let the silence and the characters’ reactions do the work instead of rushing to the next moment.

That pause made the whole thing feel so uncomfortable lol.

Me? Nah, I’m taking that shot IMMEDIATELY 😭

Today marks 29 years since “Love Don’t Live Here Anymore (Part 2)” premiered — the episode where Kyle Barker left Living Single for London. 😭

But knowing what was happening behind the scenes makes his departure feel even bigger.

Living Single had already been put in an incredibly difficult position. Fox moved the show into the same Thursday-night battle with NBC’s Friends, while Seinfeld was also airing later that night. Contemporary reporting showed just how massive those NBC shows were, while the Living Single cast was openly frustrated with what they felt was a lack of promotion and support from Fox and Warner Bros.

And then there’s T.C. Carson’s departure.

Carson has spoken about feeling that Living Single wasn't receiving the same level of support that Friends was getting from Warner Bros., despite the shows being connected to the same studio. That makes Kyle's exit feel less like a simple creative decision and more like part of a much bigger story surrounding how the show was being handled.

And ultimately, Living Single got cancelled after five seasons, with declining viewership toward the end of its run. Kyle returned for the January 1998 series finale, which drew around 8.18 million viewers.

Meanwhile, Friends went in the completely opposite direction.

One of the biggest differences was the power the Friends cast eventually gained at the negotiating table. David Schwimmer and the rest of the six-person cast decided to negotiate collectively, rather than allowing the actors to negotiate individually. Schwimmer was particularly influential in pushing the idea that the ensemble should be treated equally. Their collective bargaining power kept increasing their salaries season after season — eventually reaching $1 million per episode for each cast member during Seasons 9 and 10.

NBC also continued treating Friends as one of its most important properties. When the show was approaching its final seasons, NBC was willing to pay enormous licensing fees to keep it on the schedule; by the tenth and final season, reports put NBC's license fee at roughly $10 million per episode.

And the difference became even more obvious when the shows ended.

Living Single finished with roughly 8.18 million viewers.

Friends finished with approximately 52.5 million viewers.

But the Friends machine didn't stop after the finale.

The series went into broadcast syndication internationally and became a huge long-term television property, airing repeatedly around the world and later finding new audiences through streaming. Warner Bros. has continued making enormous amounts of money from the show's syndication and licensing, while the surviving core cast members reportedly receive around $20 million a year each from the show's ongoing residual income.

That's an incredible contrast.

Friends became a global syndication juggernaut with a cast that had negotiated significant participation in the show's long-term success.

Meanwhile, publicly available information about the original Living Single cast's ongoing residual and syndication earnings is far more limited

After putting all 27 seasons of SVU cast intros together, Seasons 7-8 are my personal favorite lineup**.** Olivia, Stabler, Fin, Munch, Cragen, Huang Casey and Melinda, that entire era just felt like the perfect SVU ensemble to me. Everybody brought something different, and the chemistry between the cast was something special.

But looking through all 27 intros is honestly bittersweet. Seeing the OGs gradually disappear really makes you realize just how much this show has changed. Munch, Cragen, Stabler, and so many other familiar faces are gone, and now only Olivia and Fin are still standing from the original core**.**

And Season 25's intro really stood out to me because of how EMPTY it looked... Compared to those older intros where the screen was packed with familiar faces, seeing such a small lineup really drove home just how many people we've lost over the years. It honestly felt sad looking at it.

Then there's the revolving door of female characters. Kat left near the beginning if Season 23. Rollins left the squad in Season 24, but still appeared in Season 25, had a recurring arc in Season 26, and eventually returned to the squad in Season 27. Muncy left at the end of Season 24, and Silva joined in Season 26 only to leave abruptly when that season ended and she was never seen or mentioned again,

Captain Curry joined the squad in Season 25 and finally became part of the opening intro in Season 27. But considering SVU's track record lately with its squad members, I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up leaving in Season 28. Hopefully I'm wrong because I'd actually like to see her stick around.

Man, this is one of those Boondocks scenes I’ll never forget. Huey and Uncle Ruckus turning their beef into a full-on martial arts showdown was too damn good.

Ruckus pulling up with Huey’s own nunchucks immediately gives you the Bruce Lee/Enter the Dragon homage, while the exaggerated poses, choreography, and final midair clash scream Fist of the North Star.

And that freeze-frame Huey and Ruckus launch straight at each other, and the episode freezes right before they collide. No winner. No resolution. Just the two of them frozen in midair like the final shot of a classic anime fight.

The martial arts references were so damn cool, and they somehow made this ridiculous confrontation feel genuinely epic.

My 3 survivors are 1, 2 & 3. The original is a classic, 2 is ridiculously quotable, and 3 still had plenty of great parody moments. 4, 5 & 6 are erased, with 6 being an easy cut for me—it tried too hard to be funny and felt way too safe

Maya 😭 And I KNOW some of y’all are about to fight me on this.

I could not stand how unprofessional she could be at work — constantly being late, making excuses, and then somehow still acting like she was the most responsible person in the room. 😭 Then there was the way she treated Ronnie, which made me side-eye her HARD. She could be incredibly dismissive and disrespectful toward him, even when he was trying to be there for her.

And then when it came to Darnell… GIRL STAND UP! 😭 The way she acted like she literally couldn't function without him sometimes drove me crazy. She could go from being independent and confident to completely losing herself in that relationship.

Maya had plenty of great moments, but sometimes I was watching like “Girl, YOU are the problem!” 😂

This episode is basically 20+ minutes of everybody trying to outfunny each other 😂 Regine and the Peebles were hilarious, but the whole Living Single cast was bringing it. Who do you think stole the episode?

I hated how the writers made Kim more progressively dumber as the show went on, she was smart on Moesha but dumb in her own show.

Nikki chasing the professor for the entire series became exhausting and played out at some point, it stopped being funny and started feeling like the writers didn’t know what else to do with her character.

The writers took Nikki's extreme behavior to an extreme just for laughs Nikki would show up wherever the Professor went, interfere with his relationships, fight other women over him, and refuse to take no for an answer.

I wished The Parkers had more crossover episodes with Moesha they could've had an episode addressing all of Moesha's cliffhangers.

Dorian’s character arc is honestly one of the biggest reasons the final season of Moesha feels so different from the rest of the show. The writers kept pushing his storyline into darker and darker territory until it completely shifted the tone of the series.

The wild part is that Dorian kept asking for more chances and wanted his family to believe he could change. But after coming back from boot camp, he quickly fell back into his old habits. By the end of the series, his storyline had escalated all the way to Myles being kidnapped.

Looking back, was Dorian’s character arc actually a realistic portrayal of a troubled teenager who couldn't break the cycle, or did the writers take his storyline WAY too far and hurt Moesha in the process?

Was Khadijah justified in how she handled the situation, or was Regine right to feel the way she did? They both have a case, but I’m curious who you think crossed the line first.

The more I look at these final shots, the more heartbreaking Mary's fate feels. After everything she went through, the Still Life version of her feels like a prisoner — completely silent, motionless, and trapped. It almost feels like the Backrooms have turned Mary's trauma into a permanent prison.

Maybe the Still Life isn't just a copy of Mary, but a representation of how she was never truly free from her trauma.

When choosing, judge them based on delivery, flow, chemistry, replay value, and how well Doja fits the song — not just which song was the biggest hit.

So what's your #1?

Fast X really left the writers with a LOT of explaining to do 😂

Isabel and Tess drive off toward the hospital, and we don't see what happens to them. Mia, Shaw and Queenie are basically sidelined. Jacob sacrifices himself and his fate is left hanging.

Then Han, Ramsey, Tej and Roman's plane gets shot down, Dom and Little B drive off the dam, Dante sets off the bomb, Dante and Aimes disappears, Dom and Little B stare at each other and we're left with a black screen after the explosion.

Then suddenly we cut to Letty and Cipher, Gisèle appears out of nowhere to rescue them, and the movie ends with Hobbs coming back into the mix.

How are the writers supposed to realistically address ALL of this in Fast Forever?

I keep seeing these shows brought up when people talk about disappointing or terrible finales, but does Euphoria really deserve to be in that conversation?

This is tough I’m keeping Fin, Barba, and Stabler. Who’s staying and who’s getting eliminated?

The Prince of Egypt, Over the Hedge, and Chicken Run

You only get 3. No nostalgia bias, no “they’re all good,” and no changing your answer 😭 Which 3 are you saving—and which ONE movie are you absolutely refusing to let die?