Jimmy cashes in on his American Indian ancestry when he opens a casino in the projects.

Thurgood describes his life to a interviewer about life in the projects,while clips from previous episodes are shown.

Thurgood, upset with a truant child, decides to teach the boy responsibility, but his efforts backfire.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The Stubbses take in Mrs. Avery after authorities threaten to send her to a rest home following her shotgun attack on the mailman.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

A former wrestler-turned-politician comes to help Juicy after Thurgood's demonstration of his wrestling moves puts the boy in a bind.

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.

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

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

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

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."

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.

Thurgood is unsure of the facts when he wakes up with Bebe after a night of heavy drinking.

Jackie Chan guest stars as his film shoots in the neighborhood. Thurgood is made responsible for protecting the area's image in the movie.

Walter arranges a brief jail stay to get free dental care for Thurgood, who assaults the dentist and lands on probation, overseen by Walter.

Calvin is jealous of Juicy knowing more about cars than him.

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.

Thurgood makes a deal to place a cigarette advertisement on the side of the Hilton-Jacobs building in exchange for free air-conditioning.

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.""

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.""

From TV Guide: Thurgood fears his job is at risk when he discovers a homeless teen-ager living in the boiler room.

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.""

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.""

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.

Thurgood gets accepted for a new credit card, but his complete ignorance as to how credit works gets him buried in debt.