List of Bob Hearts Abishola episodes
Bob Hearts Abishola is an American sitcom television series created by Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, and Gina Yashere that premiered on CBS on September 23, 2019. It stars Billy Gardell and Folake Olowofoyeku as the respective title characters. In January 2023, the series was renewed for a fifth and final season,[1][2] which premiered on February 12, 2024.[3]
During the course of the series, 95 episodes of Bob Hearts Abishola aired over five seasons, between September 23, 2019, and May 6, 2024.
Series overview
[edit]Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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First released | Last released | |||
1 | 20 | September 23, 2019 | April 13, 2020 | |
2 | 18 | November 16, 2020 | May 17, 2021 | |
3 | 22 | September 20, 2021 | May 23, 2022 | |
4 | 22 | September 19, 2022 | May 22, 2023 | |
5 | 13 | February 12, 2024 | May 6, 2024 |
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2019–20)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Chuck Lorre & Eddie Gorodetsky & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere | September 23, 2019 | T11.10127 | 5.89[4] |
Bob, a Detroit business owner, suffers a heart attack and is immediately smitten with Abishola, the Nigerian nurse who is treating him when he awakes from surgery. | |||||||
2 | 2 | "Nigerians Don't Do Useless Things" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere | September 30, 2019 | T12.16502 | 5.36[5] |
Abishola’s family and friends urge her to consider marrying Bob or at least dating him. Intrigued with the possibility that she could marry into money, Uncle Tunde and Auntie Olu tail Bob as he drives around town. When Bob recognizes them, he follows them back to their apartment; after an uncomfortable conversation there, Abishola agrees to have tea with him. At work, Dottie reminds Bob that this is the 25th anniversary of his father’s heart attack and death on the loading dock. Later, Bob meets Abishola at a park bench outside the hospital. She tells him firmly that this is not a date. Title quotation from: Abishola, to Bob, when he asks her if she has any hobbies. | |||||||
3 | 3 | "A Bird May Love a Fish" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere | October 7, 2019 | T12.16503 | 5.30[6] |
Bob asks Goodwin, one of his workers, to teach him Yoruba so that he can ask Abishola to have tea with him again. Kemi spreads gossip, in person and online, that Abishola is in a relationship with Bob. Soon, Abishola's friends and family want to talk to her about it. The pressure causes Abishola to tell Bob that they cannot be together. First Appearance of: Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Douglas, to Bob, pointing out the glaring differences between his brother and Abishola. | |||||||
4 | 4 | "Square Hamburger, Round Buns" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMott | October 14, 2019 | T12.16504 | 4.87[7] |
Following Abishola's rejection, Bob explores the world of online dating, but his first date (Missi Pyle) is way too much to handle. Meanwhile, Aunt Olu tries to set up Abishola with Chukwuemeka (Tony Tambi), a Nigerian friend's son, but Abishola is unimpressed. The episode closes with Bob unexpectedly finding Abishola on their park bench. Abishola seems glad that he showed up. Absent: Maribeth Monroe as Christina, Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele, Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Tunde, making a remark about his Wendy's double-baconator burger. | |||||||
5 | 5 | "Whacking the Mole" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Chuck Lorre & Matt Ross | October 21, 2019 | T12.16505 | 5.27[8] |
Abishola is having frequent, recurring dreams of romantic encounters with Bob, to the point that she becomes ill from lack of sleep. Meanwhile, Bob is less than thrilled with the ad campaign pitched by Douglas and Christina but soon realizes they may have a point. Title quotation from: Gloria and Kemi, comparing Abishola's feelings for Bob to the arcade game, saying that she can whack the feelings down but they will just pop back up. | |||||||
6 | 6 | "Ralph Lauren and Fish" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins Teleplay by : David Goetsch & Gina Yashere | October 28, 2019 | T12.16506 | 5.71[9] |
On the way home from a dinner date with Abishola, Bob gets a call from Christina: something is wrong with their mother. From the symptoms that Christina describes, Abishola deduces that Dottie is having a stroke. When Bob and Abishola reach the hospital, they find Christina in the waiting room, hopped up on Xanax from her mother's purse. Meanwhile, Douglas gets lost trying to find the waiting room. Absent: Vernee Watson as Gloria Title quotation from: The cologne Bob wore for his date with Abishola, and the food she made him order at the steakhouse. | |||||||
7 | 7 | "Tough Like a Laundromat Washing Machine" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Matt Ross | November 4, 2019 | T12.16507 | 5.62[10] |
Bob hires Abishola to take care of Dottie in his home while she recovers, but Dottie has a hard time dealing with her limitations and takes it out on Abishola. Meanwhile, Bob enlists Kofo and Goodwin to run MaxDot while he gets Dottie settled, but they get carried away and the entire staff goes on strike. Title quotation from: Goodwin, referring to Dottie's health. | |||||||
8 | 8 | "Useless Potheads" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang | November 18, 2019 | T12.16508 | 6.02[11] |
Abishola continues to care for Dottie, while also working at the hospital. Douglas and Christina take over when Abishola can't be there, and get high rather than properly taking care of their mother. Meanwhile, Goodwin and Kofo close a big deal with a customer while Bob is away. Title quotation from: Dottie, describing Douglas and Christina to Abishola on the phone. | |||||||
9 | 9 | "We Were Beggars, Now We Are Choosers" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Carla Filisha & David Goetsch | November 25, 2019 | T12.16509 | 5.65[12] |
Chukwuemeka apologizes to Abishola for his chauvinistic behavior and asks for a second chance. Given that things with Bob are in a holding pattern, due to both being so busy, Abishola agrees to another date with Chukwuemeka. While Olu seems to approve of Chukwuemeka, Tunde still sees him as a jerk and secretly meets with Bob to tell him he feels Abishola is better off with him. Bob goes to Chukwuemeka's pharmacy, and sees why Abishola might be taken by him. When he tells Abishola he just wants her to be happy and supports whatever decision she makes, Abishola gets angry and tells Bob she wants someone who will fight for her. After Olu finds out what Tunde did, she throws him out of the house and he goes to Bob's house. Absent: Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Olu, telling Tunde that Abishola now has choices for a man in her life. | |||||||
10 | 10 | "Ice Cream for Breakfast" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Matt Ross & Gina Yashere | December 9, 2019 | T12.16510 | 5.99[13] |
Frustrated with Bob, Abishola goes on a dinner date with Chukwuemeka, but finds him to be more arrogant than ever. Pushed by Tunde, Bob interrupts their date to make a passionate pitch to Abishola. Meanwhile, Dottie seems to enjoy having Tunde at the house, but she decides to convince Olu that she's lucky to have her husband in her life. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele and Vernee Watson as Gloria Title quotation from: Bob, using a simile to tell Abishola that even though their relationship doesn't make sense, it still could be something good. | |||||||
11 | 11 | "Splitting the Hairs" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Ibet Inyang & Marla DuMont | December 16, 2019 | T12.16511 | 6.15[14] |
When Abishola insists to her friends that she wants to pursue Bob, Kemi asks Chukwuemeka for a date without telling Abishola. Abishola says it would be uncomfortable to have her best friend dating the man she is dumping, but Kemi goes on the date anyway. Kemi also finds Chukwuemeka to be boring and arrogant, leading her to ask Abishola for forgiveness. Elsewhere, Bob learns from the family lawyer that Dottie has not prepared a will, and that the business could be greatly affected if she passes away. Dottie agrees to make a will, while using the opportunity to bribe all three of her children into improving themselves. Bob and Abishola inadvertently have their first kiss. Absent: Shola Adewusi as Olu, Barry Shabaka Henley as Tunde, Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele, Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Kemi, debating whether she lied to Abishola or was just "slow to tell the truth". | |||||||
12 | 12 | "There's My Nigerians" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Carla Filisha & Matt Ross | January 6, 2020 | T12.16512 | 6.66[15] |
When Abishola suggests that Dottie is getting depressed staying in her room, Bob arranges to have two friends from Dottie's club, Jen (Wendie Malick) and Trish (Marilu Henner), pay a visit. When that backfires, Olu and Tunde make a visit. Dottie decides to get out of the house and go to her club with Olu and Tunde. This leads to a discussion about Bob and Abishola's possible marriage, wherein Dottie angers her guests by mentioning the need for a prenup. Meanwhile, Chukwuemeka gives Kemi a necklace after a night of sex, but he returns the next day and wants it back. Absent: Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Dottie, when she hears Tunde and Olu pull up to take her to the club. | |||||||
13 | 13 | "The Canadians of Africa" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Carla Filisha & Matt Ross | January 20, 2020 | T12.16513 | 6.50[16] |
After noticing that Dele seems unhappy, Bob brings it up with Abishola during a dinner date and ruins their night. Later, Dele proves Bob right by telling him he wants to be a choreographer, while his mother is dead-set on him becoming a doctor. When she sees the dancing video Dele showed her, she tells him about what will happen later. When he goes go college, he will attend a medical school and earn a PhD. And when he graduates, Abishola will decide on what Dele will do afterwards, which Dele reluctantly agrees with. Meanwhile, Kemi tries to navigate passionate nights with Chukwuemeka when his live-in mother is always in the next room. Title quotation from: Kofo, describing women from Ghana after he and Goodwin suggest Bob will have to move on from Abishola. | |||||||
14 | 14 | "Full-Frontal Dottie" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Matt Ross | February 3, 2020 | T12.16514 | 5.85[17] |
With Dottie able to move her left leg for the first time since her stroke, she decides it's time to return to work. Bob tells Abishola that he's happy his mother is getting better, but is not looking forward to her being back in the office. Sure enough, on her first day, Dottie shoots down an idea her children had to add compression sleeves to the product line, and takes advice from Abishola over Bob. Bob responds by quitting, getting drunk, and driving a forklift through the warehouse. Absent: Shola Adewusi as Olu, Barry Shabaka Henley as Tunde, and Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Douglas, bemoaning Dottie's belligerence upon her return to work. | |||||||
15 | 15 | "Black Ice" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Ibet Inyang | February 10, 2020 | T12.16515 | 6.00[18] |
During Valentine's Day dinner, Bob professes his love for Abishola, but she does not return his "I love you" due to cultural customs regarding showing affection. Abishola later tells Bob she is very committed to their relationship. Meanwhile, Goodwin tries to keep Kofo from riding his motor scooter, having promised relatives he would keep his younger cousin safe. Their dispute ends up in Douglas's office. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Kofo and Goodwin, telling Bob and Douglas about Michigan driving hazards that don't exist in Nigeria. | |||||||
16 | 16 | "Where's Your Other Wives, Tunde?" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre Teleplay by : Al Higgins | February 17, 2020 | T12.16516 | 6.12[19] |
As Dottie mends fences with Olu and Tunde, Bob professes to the three of them that he and Abishola don't have a "real" relationship yet. An angry Abishola asks Bob to explain, and he later tells her that, among other things, they haven't had sexual relations. Abishola responds by saying that she has never had sex outside of marriage. After Bob sulks and drinks all day, Abishola calls him late at night to say she isn't ruling out the possibility of intimacy in the near future. Title quotation from: Dottie, asking Olu and Tunde about polygamy in Nigeria. | |||||||
17 | 17 | "A Big, White Thumb" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Matt Ross | March 9, 2020 | T12.16517 | 5.81[20] |
During a dinner with her family, Abishola invites Bob to church. He inadvertently insults their religious beliefs. Later, he apologizes and agrees to accompany Abishola, saying, "If something's important to you, it's important to me." After an uncomfortable experience during the church service, Abishola wonders how their relationship will ever last. Bob tells her that even though he's unsure about his belief in God, he does believe in miracles, citing the two of them as an example. Absent: Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Tunde, guessing why Abishola has not yet brought Bob to church: "You're afraid that he will stick out like a big, white thumb." | |||||||
18 | 18 | "Sock Wife!" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Dave Goetsch & Gina Yashere | March 16, 2020 | T12.16518 | 6.89[21] |
After discovering that Bob's ex-wife Lorraine (Nicole Sullivan) has been admitted to the hospital, Abishola goes to see her. With Abishola's help, Bob prays for his ex-wife's happiness and begins to let go of his animosity toward her. The exes share a hug that Kemi witnesses, and Abishola grows concerned that Lorraine still has feelings for Bob. Meanwhile, Christina recruits Kofo to help with online branding, and the two find themselves drawn to one another. Absent: Christine Ebersole as Dottie and Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Kemi, out of breath from running, tries to tell Abishola that Lorraine is a patient in their hospital. | |||||||
19 | 19 | "Angry, Happy, Same Face" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Carla Filisha & Marla DuMont | April 6, 2020 | T12.16519 | 6.73[22] |
When Bob's ex-wife Lorraine reconciles with Dottie and starts hanging out at Bob's house several days in a row, Abishola begins to take exception. Meanwhile, Christina continues to pursue Kofo, who resists her advances because he fears losing his job if the relationship ends badly. This forces Douglas and Bob, who know their sister's romantic history, to take drastic measures. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Kemi, explaining to Gloria how difficult it is to decipher Abishola's emotions. | |||||||
20 | 20 | "Randy's a Wrangler" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Dave Goetsch & Carla Filisha | April 13, 2020 | T12.16520 | 6.81[23] |
After Dottie meets Hank (John Ratzenberger), a fellow patient in recovery, Abishola and Bob encourage her to explore the initial connection. Dottie and Hank meet for coffee, which only shows Dottie that she isn't ready for a relationship. However, when Abishola and Guy (Leonard Roberts), Hank's caretaker, arrange for the two to meet for their rehabilitation exercises, Dottie's reluctance seems to loosen, indicating that a relationship between them may be possible in the future. Meanwhile, Bob and Douglas video-chat with Christina, who has been attending a mental health and wellness program on a ranch, and fear that she is no better than when she left. End of Season 1. Title quotation from: Christina, describing the ranch-hand with whom she's become infatuated. |
Season 2 (2020–21)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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21 | 1 | "On a Dead Guy's Bench" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Gina Yashere & Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang | November 16, 2020 | T12.16701 | 5.22[24] |
With negotiating assistance from Tunde, Bob purchases an engagement ring for Abishola. Despite Bob's pleas to keep it a secret, Olu wheedles it out of Tunde, then blabs to Abishola. Abishola tells Bob she knows about the ring and is flattered, but feels it will be such a hassle to get a divorce from her Nigerian husband and get her village to approve Bob, it isn't worth the stress. Bob briefly considers staying together with Abishola while unwed, but soon decides he wants to marry her no matter what. Title quotation from: Bob, referring to his and Abishola's favorite bench after she identifies the name on a dedication placard that's affixed to it. | |||||||
22 | 2 | "Paris is for Lovers, Not Mothers" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont | November 23, 2020 | T12.16702 | 4.90[25] |
Bob plans a fancy dinner with Abishola to celebrate their engagement, but they wind up at a coney stand that Bob says got him through some tough times. Kofo reveals to Goodwin that he's still hung up on Christina, despite the way she treated him in Arizona. Douglas asks Dottie for a promotion and a raise, but Dottie will only agree if he "earns it" by working at least a year on the shop floor. Meanwhile, Kemi is angry when Chukwuemeka tells her he's taking his mother to Paris, thinking he should be taking his girlfriend instead. Olu convinces Kemi that to win over Chukwuemeka, she has to act more like his mother. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Kemi, lamenting that Chukwuemeka is taking his mother to Paris instead of herself. | |||||||
23 | 3 | "Straight Outta Lagos" | Nikki Lorre | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Dave Goetsch & Nathan Chetty | November 30, 2020 | T12.16703 | 4.92[26] |
Bob invites Abishola to a gala dinner where he will be presented with the Michigan Undergarment Association's Businessman of the Year award. As he introduces Abishola to some fellow businesspeople at the event, Bob does all the talking, causing Abishola to excuse herself from the room. Outside the banquet hall, Abishola tells Bob that she researched his business and prepared some jokes and conversation starters, and is disappointed that he felt the need to speak for her. Bob makes up for his error by praising Abishola during his acceptance speech, giving her credit for the changed man he's become. Elsewhere, Douglas puts in his first week on the MaxDot shop floor, and invites Goodwin and Kofo out for Friday evening drinks. Goodwin and Kofo feel out of place when Douglas takes them to an expensive club. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Bob, as he introduces Abishola to some big-wigs at the awards dinner. | |||||||
24 | 4 | "Camp Bananas" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Ibet Inyang & Marla DuMont & Gloria Bigelow | December 7, 2020 | T12.16704 | 5.28[27] |
Following Bob's less-than-stellar stress test at the hospital, Abishola meets with the Wheeler family to discuss changes that need to be made to improve Bob's health. Bob and Abishola decide to take a day off work to de-stress, but they have vastly different ideas on how to spend the time. Meanwhile, Christina takes over the management of MaxDot in Bob's absence and becomes a tyrant, especially enjoying rubbing her higher status in Douglas' face. Later, while cleaning out Douglas' office at Christina's request, Kofo and Goodwin find some of Douglas' pay stubs, causing friction. Also, Gloria takes over Dottie's physical therapy. While the two women share fond memories of Detroit's glory days, Dottie has to admit that her family was part of the "white flight" to the suburbs. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Dottie, describing the mental health ranch that Christina attended. | |||||||
25 | 5 | "Sleeping Next to an Old Boat" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang | December 14, 2020 | T12.16705 | 4.85[28] |
Bob wants to spend some time getting to know Dele, and says he will pay him to help clean up his garage. The two find several items that Bob bought and never used, so he gives them to Dele and his family. One item is a roomba, which begins to make Olu feel inferior about the way she cleans the apartment. Abishola takes the items back to Bob, saying she doesn't want Dele to be spoiled and receive things he didn't work to obtain. She then implies that Bob had everything handed to him, while people like Dele and herself have to work for all that they have. Dottie then tells Abishola about how Bob dropped out of college at age 20 to run MaxDot after his father died, and that he literally saved the family business by working long hours. Abishola sees Bob differently, but is disappointed that he never told her the story. Absent: Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Olu, describing Tunde's snoring as he sleeps. | |||||||
26 | 6 | "A Tight Ass is a Wonderful Thing" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Dave Goetsch & Carla Filisha | January 4, 2021 | T12.16708 | 5.63[29] |
After a week letting Kemi ride along as he takes Abishola to and from work, Bob tells Abishola that Kemi's constant chatter is annoying. Abishola shares this with Kemi, making Bob angry. When Bob explains that there are some things you keep to yourself for the sake of not starting a fight, Abishola challenges him to reveal anything about herself that he won't tell her. Elsewhere, Goodwin is left unsure of himself as a manager after finding out Douglas has made some disastrous mistakes on the floor, as well as taking in Dottie's dishonest but effective solution for cleaning up her son's messes. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Kofo, assuring Goodwin that his reputation as a strict manager is a positive. | |||||||
27 | 7 | "The Wrong Adebambo" | Kristy Cecil | Story by : Al Higgins & Matt Ross & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont | January 18, 2021 | T12.16706 | 5.55[30] |
After eight years in Nigeria, Abishola's husband Tayo returns to Detroit for business and has dinner with the family at the apartment. Bob sees this as a perfect opportunity for Abishola to ask for a divorce, but he learns from Kofo and Goodwin that divorce is very rare in Nigeria. Abishola gets angry when Tayo brags about his career and wealth, and boldly states Abishola would be a fool not to live with him in Nigeria. Bob also reminds Abishola that she's not the same person Tayo left eight years ago. Abishola then asks Tayo for a divorce, but he insists he will never grant her one. Title quotation from: Bob, telling Abishola that while he looked up Tayo online, he found a funk bass player with the same name. | |||||||
28 | 8 | "Honest Yak Prices" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Teleplay by : Gina Yashere & Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow | January 25, 2021 | T12.16707 | 5.96[31] |
After Abishola's pastor and her mother, Ebunoluwa, both side with Tayo in his refusal to grant a divorce, Bob decides to play hardball and hires powerful attorney Arnie Goldfischer. Tayo counters by announcing he'll hire an equally powerful attorney whom Arnie knows well. Faced with the almost impossible task of getting Tayo to change his mind, Bob and Abishola resolve to live a life as if they are married, even if it isn't official. However, after seeing Bob and Abishola dance to a song Bob had chosen especially for his wife to be, Aunt Olu encounters Tayo outside of church and shames him into accepting a divorce. Title quotation from: Ebunoluwa (Abishola's mother), pondering if her new wig might be made of yak hair. | |||||||
29 | 9 | "Tunde the Boy King" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang | February 8, 2021 | T12.16709 | 5.54[32] |
After a chance encounter in Chukwuemeka's pharmacy, Abishola and Christina unexpectedly hit it off and find that they complement each other. At MaxDot, Douglas brings some fun to the shop floor with dancing and games, which gives the workers a morale boost and surprisingly increases productivity. However, when Bob praises Douglas for his leadership abilities, Douglas begins to feel pressured. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele and Vernee Watson as Gloria Title quotation from: Olu, telling Christina that Tunde was an Egyptian boy king in a past life. | |||||||
30 | 10 | "The Cheerleader Leader" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang | February 22, 2021 | T12.16710 | 5.56[33] |
Bob encounters Tayo in the hallway and brings him into the apartment where he sits down with Dele in time for the Football game. Bob didn't expect for this to come around but Abishola says it will be good for Dele to get to know his father. However, when Tayo picks up Dele from school and sees him working with his dance group, he gets upset and says it's a waste of time. Abishola asks for Bob's help to deal with Dele's subsequent moping, and ultimately tells Tayo that as long as Dele works hard in school and gets good grades, he can do what he wants in his free time. Abishola then learns that Tayo asked Dele to live with him in Nigeria during the summer, and that Dele wants to go. Elsewhere, Bob enlists Goodwin and Kofo in his quest to actually like soccer; not only does it end up working for him, but Goodwin and Kofo also try to enjoy NFL action and become fans of the game when they see a great play by a Nigerian-born player: Emmanuel Ogbah. Title quotation from: Tayo, using a condescending moniker after Dele calls himself the choreographer for his dance group. | |||||||
31 | 11 | "I Did Not Raise Him to be a Teenager" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang | March 8, 2021 | T12.16711 | 5.20[34] |
Bob arrives at Abishola's apartment for dinner and Tunde warns him that Abishola is still not happy about Dele wanting to go to Nigeria. Bob tries to talk to Abishola, but her mind is set on not letting Dele go. At dinner, Dele rebels against his mother by not eating the food she's prepared, which is a serious insult in Nigerian culture. Dele stays with Christina and Douglas for the day as Abishola asked. They try to get Dele to talk about his feelings, but when he finally opens up, Douglas and Christina don't know what to say to help. Meanwhile, Abishola talks to her work friends about Dele, and they relate stories of when their children were teens. In the end, Abishola allows Dele to go to Nigeria for the summer, albeit with a few ground rules. Title quotation from: Abishola, reacting when Gloria says Dele is just being a teenager. | |||||||
32 | 12 | "We Don't Rat on Family" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Carla Filisha | March 15, 2021 | T12.16712 | 5.10[35] |
Bob learns he's done everything wrong with regard to courting Abishola and Nigerian culture, and wants to make things right. He asks Tunde for advice, and Tunde says it's not just Bob marrying Abishola, but the two families marrying each other. Tunde sets out to learn as much as he can about Bob's family, including meeting with Lorraine to ask what went wrong in Bob's first marriage. Lorraine blames her cheating on Bob being married to his job. Meanwhile, Abishola and Kemi discuss how big the wedding will be, with Abishola wanting to keep it smaller that Nigerian tradition would dictate. She and Bob discuss having a courthouse wedding, but soon realize they want family and friends involved. Bob tells Abishola to be honest with him if he ever puts his job before her, but she sees working 70 hours a week as perfectly normal. Bob then has a Skype call with Abishola's mother who, after a brief discussion, surprisingly says she likes him. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Dottie, after learning that Tunde wants to dig up Wheeler family secrets. | |||||||
33 | 13 | "A Big African Bassoon" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson Teleplay by : Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang & Marla DuMont | April 12, 2021 | T12.16713 | 4.74[36] |
With Gloria going on vacation for two weeks, Abishola takes over as Charge Nurse for her shift. Seeing this as a stepping stone in her career and wanting to impress her superiors with a tightly-run ship and productive staff, Abishola instead causes the nurses to rebel against her. Kemi finds her friend crying in the closet and tries to lift her spirits. Meanwhile, Bob learns more about Nigerian culture, as Olu, Tunde, Kofo and Goodwin all assure him that Abishola will never stop working toward the next stage of her career. This disappoints Bob as he dreams of buying a boat when he retires. As the episode closes, Abishola tells Bob she's learned that every higher nursing position takes her further from the patients, so she instead wants to become a doctor. Title quotation from: A nurse complaining to Kemi about Abishola's strict leadership. | |||||||
34 | 14 | "A Tough Old Bird" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Carla Filisha & Marla DuMont | April 19, 2021 | T12.16714 | 4.93[37] |
At the pharmacy, Bob learns from Chukwuemeka that he and Kemi broke up. Abishola finds out just as she and Bob are looking forward to a weekend alone, with his siblings taking Dottie to a casino in Sarnia, Ontario. Kemi explains to Abishola that Chukwuemeka's mother, Ogechi, insists on grandchildren, and Kemi is too old to have them. Kemi gives herself a garish makeover, and calls Abishola in the middle of the night while attempting to break into Chukwuemeka's apartment, forcing Abishola and Bob to come get her. Kemi and Ogechi then reach an understanding: Kemi will continue to date Chukwuemeka because they love each other, while she and Ogechi will look for a suitable woman to have Chukwuemeka's child. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele, Bayo Akinfemi as Goodwin and Anthony Okungbowa as Kofo Title quotation from: Bob, explaining to Chukwuemeka that Kemi is strong enough to get over their breakup. | |||||||
35 | 15 | "TLC: Tunde's Loving Care" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang & Marla DuMont | April 26, 2021 | T12.16715 | 4.69[38] |
After learning that Gloria graduated medical school but never became a doctor, Abishola angers her by suggesting she didn't work hard enough. Gloria later retorts that Abishola shouldn't judge her when she has Bob to pay her way. Abishola insists she never asked Bob to pay, then learns the real reason why Gloria was unable to complete her residency, and apologizes. Meanwhile, Tunde offers to fix the broken dishwasher in Bob's house, but insists on Bob learning how to do the work. Olu later tells Bob that Tunde has trouble with manual tasks due to arthritis, and thanks Bob for getting him involved in a project. Title quotation from: Tunde, offering his services and wisdom to Bob when Bob's dishwasher breaks down. | |||||||
36 | 16 | "Sights and Bites" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Carla Filisha & Nathan Chetty | May 3, 2021 | T12.16716 | 4.91[39] |
When Abishola worries about not knowing what Dele is doing during his upcoming trip to Nigeria, Bob suggests she put a tracker in Dele's phone. Abishola starts obsessing over watching Dele's every move via the tracker, ultimately tailing her son to a park where she sees him kissing a girl. This has her considering cancelling Dele's trip, until the rest of the family talks her down. Meanwhile, Bob thoroughly researches Nigeria, with help from Kofo and Goodwin, to make a "sights and bites" guide for Dele to take on his trip. Title quotation from: Bob's title for the guide to Nigerian scenic locations and restaurants that he makes for Dele. | |||||||
37 | 17 | "The Devil's Taste Buds" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Marla Dumont & Gloria Bigelow | May 10, 2021 | T12.16717 | 4.90[40] |
Dottie upsets Christina with her plan to sell the house and live with Bob permanently. Gloria and Kemi invite Abishola to go out with them, but they end up partying at Bob's house. Dele happens to call his mother from Nigeria after she's had several drinks. Tayo overhears the conversation and says Dele should stay with him and not return to Abishola. Olu and Tunde rent Dele's room to a young Nigerian woman, Morenike, who accuses them of becoming too Americanized. Title quotation from: Olu, conversing with Tunde about Morenike's affinity for extremely spicy food. | |||||||
38 | 18 | "God Accepts Venmo" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Chuck Lorre Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang | May 17, 2021 | T12.16718 | 5.39[41] |
With their busy schedules, Bob and Abishola decide the best time to get married is in three weeks. Pastor Balogun insists that the two must go through two months of premarital counseling to get married in the church, but Bob changes his mind with a generous donation. Tayo refuses to send Dele home for the wedding, saying he wants his son to stay permanently with him in Nigeria. Abishola, Bob, Olu and Tunde take a plane to Nigeria, intending to bring Dele home with them. End of Season 2. Title quotation from: Pastor Balogun, after Bob tries to make a donation with a check. |
Season 3 (2021–22)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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39 | 1 | "Welcome to Lagos" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Carla Filisha & Ibet Inyang Beneche | September 20, 2021 | T12.17301 | 5.43[42] |
After Bob, Abishola, Tunde and Olu arrive in Nigeria, Abishola takes Dele to her mother's home. Bob is left to ride around the city with an angry Tayo. While the two agree that Abishola has done a great job rearing Dele, Tayo maintains that it's best for Dele to stay with him in Nigeria. Abishola and Bob decide to get married in Nigeria so that Dele and Abishola's mother, Ebunoluwa, can attend. In the final scene, Dottie, Douglas, Christina and Kemi arrive in Lagos. Title quotation from: Tunde, making a somewhat sarcastic comment to an overwhelmed Bob upon the group's arrival in Nigeria. | |||||||
40 | 2 | "Bowango" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson | September 27, 2021 | T12.17302 | 5.49[43] |
As the wedding approaches, Bob learns he must fulfill a wish list for Abishola's father as a way of earning the right to marry her, per Nigerian tradition. Meanwhile, with the same Nigerian tradition dictating that a wedding is more about the bride's mother, Ebunoluwa goes overboard trying to take all the credit for Abishola's success and her groom-to-be, refusing to acknowledge her sister Olu's contributions. In the end, Bob and Abishola are wed in a beautiful ceremony. Title quotation from: Bob, misinterpreting Tunde's "bow and go" command as a Nigerian word. | |||||||
41 | 3 | "Dud" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Marla DuMont | October 4, 2021 | T12.17303 | 5.21[44] |
Bob tries to make things as easy as possible for Abishola to move into his home, including agreeing to her choices of uncomfortable furniture and removing the TV from the living room. The two host a wedding party for those who could not go to Nigeria, including Goodwin, Kofo, and Gloria, but the party ends up being a bust. Abishola is disappointed to find Bob and several guests watching TV in the garage. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Dottie, describing the party thrown by Bob and Abishola. | |||||||
42 | 4 | "Old Strokey" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Dave Pilson & Jamarcus Turner | October 11, 2021 | T12.17304 | 5.12[45] |
Dottie feels like a burden when Bob and Abishola complain that she intrudes on their private time. She travels in her wheelchair to visit Olu and Tunde, who do their best to lift her spirits. Kofo also feels unwanted in his cousin's home, after he overhears Goodwin and his wife complaining about him. After Dottie returns home, Douglas is shocked to see her get out of her wheelchair to reach something in the refrigerator. She angrily tells him to forget what he just saw. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: | |||||||
43 | 5 | "Greasy Badge of Honor" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Marla DuMont | October 18, 2021 | T12.17305 | 5.05[46] |
Abishola gets sucked into the "girls' day" routine of lavish shopping sprees and long champagne-soaked spa trips that Dottie and Christina embrace, causing her to fall behind in her studies. Meanwhile, Kofo proposes opening a MaxDot factory outlet store, which piques Bob's interest. Concerned that Kofo aims to take his place, Goodwin tries to sabotage his cousin's presentation, but Kofo is one critical step ahead of him. Title quotation from: Goodwin, explaining his plan to distract Bob with donuts during Kofo's presentation. | |||||||
44 | 6 | "The Devil's Throuple" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Dave Pilson Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Jamarcus Turner | November 1, 2021 | T12.17306 | 4.98[47] |
Over Kemi's objections, Ogechi decides that Morenike will be the perfect person to have Chukwuemeka's children. Kemi worries that Morenike will displace her in Chukwuemeka's affections. She gets revenge by telling a horrified Chukwuemeka of her plans to "move on" and then she does so, with a handsome hospital tech. No longer in MaxDot management and without his company car, Douglas is left to take the bus everywhere, but he meets a pretty bus driver who finds him charming. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele | |||||||
45 | 7 | "Fumble in the Dark" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Dave Pilson | November 8, 2021 | T12.17307 | 4.96[48] |
Morenike tells Kemi that she is willing to marry Chukwuemeka only to please her family, who don't know that she is gay. Kemi and Abishola inform Gloria that homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria. Later, Abishola advises Morenike to stay closeted for her own safety. When Morenike decides to cancel the marriage plan, Abishola and Kemi support her decision. At MaxDot HQ, Bob hijacks Christina's marketing idea, which is the last straw for her, so she decides to leave the company. Goodwin expects to be promoted to Christina's job, but Bob gives it to Kofo. Goodwin announces he's quitting, too, but then he decides to stay because he needs to pay his kids' private school tuition. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Kemi, talking about touching other girls when she was in an all-girls boarding school. | |||||||
46 | 8 | "Light Duty" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Dave Pilson Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Marla Dumont & Jamarcus Turner | November 29, 2021 | T12.17308 | 4.88[49] |
Upset over Kofo's promotion, Goodwin collapses on the shop floor. When he awakes in the hospital, Abishola tells him he had a panic attack. Goodwin pleads with her to record the incident as a heart attack because mental issues are looked down upon in Nigerian culture. Bob puts Goodwin on light duty in the shop, saying that the company's insurance requires it. Later, Bob informs him that only the two of them know how to do every job at MaxDot; therefore, he plans to appoint Goodwin to run the company when he retires. Kemi and Abishola convince Christina to see a Yoruba priest, who uses his powers to deduce that she is being held back by a being with "hair of yellow and the voice of a crow." (Christina: "Mom!") Christina then confronts Dottie, who surprisingly tells her daughter that she believes in her and supports her decision. Absent: Travis Wolfe Jr. as Dele Title quotation from: Bob, informing Goodwin that he must be placed on light duty work following his panic attack. | |||||||
47 | 9 | "I'm Not Edsel" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Kelly Farrell Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson | December 6, 2021 | T12.17309 | 5.08[50] |
Bob brings Abishola to Uncle Tunde and Auntie Olu's apartment, where he has a surprise for her: he has flown Dele home from Nigeria for a visit. Abishola's elation is short-lived when she sees her mother, Ebunoluwa, has come, too. Soon, Ebunoluwa is criticizing everything and everyone, even mocking Bob for having only one factory. Later, Abishola tells her mother to stop insulting Bob, which leads Ebun to decamp to Olu and Tunde's apartment. Title quotation from: Bob. While the family visits the Henry Ford Museum, Ebunoluwa compares him to the Ford family's least successful son. | |||||||
48 | 10 | "Tunde123" | Bayo Akinfemi | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Jamarcus Turner | January 3, 2022 | T12.17310 | 5.21[51] |
While Dele is cooking a meal, Abishola discovers that he bought the ingredients using a credit card from his father, Tayo. After railing at Tayo in a video chat, Abishola cuts up the credit card. Bob goes behind Abishola's back to buy Dele a video game, which they enjoy playing together (Bob: "This will be our thing"). Meanwhile, Olu and Tunde scheme to get Abishola and Ebunoluwa to make up, hoping the latter will move out of their apartment and back into Bob's house. Finally, Bob makes a point Abishola listens to: Dele is a great kid, and she has done a superb job raising him, but if she continues to treat him the way her mother treated her, then Dele will cut off contact with her and lead his own life in Nigeria. This leads Abishola to apologize to Ebunoluwa, and in turn, Ebun is impressed for the first time by Bob's standing up to his wife. She then browbeats Abishola, telling her to listen to her husband. Title quotation from: Ebunoluwa, who easily figures out Tunde's internet password. | |||||||
49 | 11 | "Cats in a Bathtub" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Marla Dumont & Dave Pilson | January 17, 2022 | T12.17311 | 5.49[52] |
While talking to Chukwuemeka, Bob accidentally reveals that Morenike is gay. Soon, the news spreads through the church community and leads to an "intervention" from the horrified and homophobic church elders. Bob is crestfallen when Morenike tells him that nothing he can say or do will undo the damage he has caused. She is worried because her parents in Nigeria haven't answered her phone calls. Olu and Tunde decide that Morenike will stay with them, as she is family. Later, they enter church services arm in arm with her to show their solidarity. To impress Olivia the bus driver, Douglas claims to be a low-wage warehouse worker, but eventually, he tells her the truth. Absent: Maribeth Monroe as Christina Title quotation from: | |||||||
50 | 12 | "Your Beans are Flatlining" | Kristy Cecil | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang Beneche Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Carla Filisha & Jamarcus Turner | January 24, 2022 | T12.17312 | 5.86[53] |
Ebun scolds Abishola for her “low” MCAT score, insisting that she re-take the test, that a higher score will improve her chances of getting into Johns Hopkins medical school in Baltimore. Despite pushing Abishola to study more, Ebun criticizes her for not finding time to cook for Bob. Abishola is plagued by nightmares in which she performs surgery while simultaneously cooking a meal. During her physical therapy session, Dottie shows Abishola that her recovery has progressed to the point that she can stand. Bob and Abishola discuss their future and agree that the first step is to send Ebun back to Nigeria. Afterward, Abishola has her first peaceful sleep in a long time. Absent: Maribeth Monroe as Christina Title quotation from: Gloria's warning cry in Abishola's frenetic dream. | |||||||
51 | 13 | "One Man, No Baby" | Rhiannon O'Harra | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Marla Dumont Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson | February 28, 2022 | T12.17313 | 5.50[54] |
Bob and Abishola feel trapped sharing their home with their overbearing mothers. Bob asks them to give him and Abishola one night of privacy a week. Ebun assumes that they are trying to have a baby, and the news spreads quickly through the Nigerian community and to MaxDot. Abishola insists that she is not pregnant, but no one listens. Bob begins to wonder if having a baby might not be a bad idea. When she realizes that Bob is not opposed to it, Abishola tells him that she is no longer “a hard no.” Title quotation from: Tunde, declaring his excitement for the prospect of a new baby in the family: “I have always wanted to change a diaper ever since I saw the movie ‘Three Men and a Baby.’ I was one man with no baby.” | |||||||
52 | 14 | "Every Subpoena is a Tiny Hug" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Jamarcus Turner Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Marla Dumont | March 7, 2022 | T12.17314 | 5.71[55] |
Christina has found a job at a small competitor, Toesey Woesies. None of the Wheelers takes this seriously until they discover than the company has far more sales than MaxDot. Dottie tries to get Christina to sign an agreement that all ideas that she had at MaxDot are property of MaxDot. When Christina refuses, Dottie hands her a “cease and desist” order. Olu and her sister, Ebun, butt heads over Olu’s housekeeping, cooking, and bringing home fast food for dinner. Olu convinces Ebun to go out with her for a relaxing day. While they are in a movie theater, Ebun confides that her husband has not called her a single time since she has been away from Nigeria. The two sisters share a moment of understanding and empathy. Title quotation from: Christina, who thanks her mother for suing her: “This lawsuit shows you respect my talents. … Every subpoena is a tiny hug.” | |||||||
53 | 15 | "Compress to Impress" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Al Higgins & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson | March 14, 2022 | T12.17315 | 5.71[56] |
Noting that MaxDot's last advertising campaign was 30 years ago and involved Dottie posing in a leotard, Kofo suggests that they make a commercial. Filming it is fraught with difficulties, from Abishola's self-consciousness over her accent to the estrangement between Christina and Dottie. After some soul baring and rewrites, the commercial is filmed with the Wheelers, Abishola’s family, MaxDot workers, and hospital nurses performing a musical number: “MaxDot socks, socks that rock.” | |||||||
54 | 16 | "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Ibet Inyang Beneche Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Carla Filisha & Marla Dumont | March 21, 2022 | T12.17316 | 5.40[57] |
As a result of the infomercial, MaxDot is overwhelmed with orders. What's good for business is not good for Bob: in addition to working crushing hours and wrangling with overseas suppliers, he becomes a mean boss who scares the floor staff into putting in huge amounts of overtime. While Abishola’s family is proud of Bob’s work ethic, Abishola is unhappy that she sees so little of him. Eventually, the couple find a moment to comfort each other, just in time to grapple with the news that Ebun is looking into dual citizenship so that she can stay with them permanently. . | |||||||
55 | 17 | "Inappropriate Nakedness" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Jamarcus Turner Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Dave Pilson | March 28, 2022 | T12.17317 | 5.13[58] |
Bob and Abishola want Ebun to go back to Nigeria, but there’s no respectful way to tell her that. Kemi suggests making "the ghost call": Abishola should call her mother in the guise of her late grandmother and order her to return home. During the phone call, Abishola is surprised and moved when Ebun talks of her loveless marriage. Ebun decides to fly back to Lagos that night. During the car ride to the airport, Abishola suggests that her mother need not stay in her miserable marriage. Ebun comes back to stay, to the barely-hidden dismay of everyone but Abishola. While Tunde and Dele are painting Ebun’s bedroom, Tunde educates Dele on the history of rap music. Title quotation from: Kemi, to Abishola, listing one of many ways that she could get her mother to leave. | |||||||
56 | 18 | "Greasy Underdog" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont | April 18, 2022 | T12.17318 | 4.97[59] |
When Bob and Abishola take Kemi and Chukwuemeka on a dinner date to Bob's favorite hot dog stand, they are shocked to see Morenike working there. Her family in Nigeria disowned her after learning that she is gay, so she had to find a job while still going to school. Bob asks Chukwuemeka to hire Morenike as a pharmacy tech. When she is hired, Morenike thanks Kemi and Abishola for getting her the job, and the two friends are happy to take credit for Bob's covert action. Title quotation from: Bob, over Kemi's objections to eating at the hot dog stand: "[Abishola] gave that greasy underdog a chance and fell in love." | |||||||
57 | 19 | "Who Raised You" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Jamarcus Turner | May 2, 2022 | T12.17319 | 5.40[60] |
Douglas decides to introduce his girlfriend Olivia to his extended family. At dinner, she charms everyone, until both of them joke about Douglas’ incompetence at cooking and cleaning. Dottie takes offense, seeing this as criticism of her parenting skills. Christina tells Douglas that their mother destroyed all of her relationships, and if he wants Olivia, he will have to fight for her. On the bus, Douglas declares his love to Olivia, and they pointedly leave his angry mother behind at the bus stop. At the hospital, Gloria tells Abishola and Kemi that her husband has spent their entire nest egg on their grown children, so there’s no money for retirement and travelling the U.S. Title quotation from: Olivia, while teasing Douglas about his messy habits. | |||||||
58 | 20 | "Wrangling a Greased Pig" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson | May 9, 2022 | T12.17320 | 5.14[61] |
While Chukwuemeka is away, his mother, Ogechi, falls in the bathtub and breaks her hip. Back in Detroit on school break, Dele goes with his mother to help out at the hospital. When Abishola takes him to observe Ogechi’s hip replacement surgery, he becomes sick at the sight of blood. She realizes then that her son might never become a doctor. Back home after surgery, Ogechi needs Kemi to care for her. Surprisingly, the former antagonists begin to enjoy one another’s company, bonding over reality TV and bossing around Chukwuemeka. | |||||||
59 | 21 | "A Little Slap and Tickle" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Jamarcus Turner | May 16, 2022 | T12.17321 | 5.33[62] |
With Dele's medical career over before it started, the family discusses new career plans for him: software designer? lawyer? politician? engineer, like his father? Upset at the plans made for him without his input, Dele runs away to his aunt Christina’s apartment. When his mother arrives, Dele stands up to her, demanding that the family stop making plans for him. Abishola agrees to give him a break. Title quotation from: Dottie, telling Bob why she made herself an online dating profile: "I'm in it only for..." | |||||||
60 | 22 | "Beard In Her Pulpit" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont | May 23, 2022 | T12.17322 | 5.70[63] |
The church gets a charming new leader, Pastor Joseph Falade, who charms Abishola's mother Ebun as well. At MaxDot, Dottie gives bonuses to upper management, including Kofo. Although he is not part of management, Goodwin protests that he deserves a bonus for his hard work. Feeling overlooked and unappreciated, he applies for a job at MaxDot competitor Toesey Woesies. End of Season 3. Title quotation from: Kemi, suggesting that the pastor is doing more than flirting with Abishola's mother |
Season 4 (2022–23)
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No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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61 | 1 | "Touched by a Holy Hand" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche | September 19, 2022 | T12.17801 | 4.44[64] |
Abishola and Kemi try and fail to stop the budding romance between Ebunoluwa and Pastor Falade. Through blackmail, Ogechi gets to run the potluck luncheon; puts her son on the board of deacons; and arranges for Tunde to become head deacon. Goodwin leaves MaxDot for a better job at competitor Toesey Woesies. Dottie declares that Bob will take on Goodwin’s duties, as he has always been MaxDot’s workhorse. Taken aback, Bob walks out and heads off on a long drive. Title quotation from: Ogechi's spiteful description of Ebun's flirtation with Pastor Falade: "I have no doubt that she has been touched by a holy hand." | |||||||
62 | 2 | "Bibles to Brothels" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Al Higgins & Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Gloria Bigelow & Dave Pilson & Jamarcus Turner | September 26, 2022 | T12.17802 | 4.73[65] |
While Bob drives aimlessly and ponders his future, his deceased father, Max, appears to him. Max admits that he worked 24/7, so he never saw his children, and that he drank heavily to fill the void in his life. Bob decides that he will not make the mistake of giving his life to his job. At Toesey Woesies, Christina is forced to lay off Goodwin just as he has settled into his new office. Bob finds a solution to his problem: he makes Goodwin president of MaxDot, and himself the CEO. Title quotation from: Bob, telling the vision of his late father that he was such a good salesman he could sell Bibles to brothels. | |||||||
63 | 3 | "Americans and Their Dreams" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | October 3, 2022 | T12.17803 | 5.08[66] |
Having become MaxDot's CEO and a "stay at home Bob", the eponymous Mr. Wheeler busies by making Abishola's morning into a time to remember thanks to a gourmet prepared lunch for her work and two separate rounds of lovemaking. However, when Tunde joins Bob for a morning trip to the supermarket, he isn't happy that Bob is not using his gifts of creating and managing. Somehow, this leads Bob to purchase a luxury speedboat, which he brings by the hospital to show his wife--and she thinks he's completely lost his mind. Bob parks the boat in his driveway and has Abishola join him for afternoon cocktails there. She starts to realize Bob bought this frankly ridiculous item to catch up on the life of fun he never got to have. Olu, Tunde, and Dele later join them to hang out in the boat, where Abishola's enthusiasm for getting the boat out on the lake immediately dissipates when Bob reveals he doesn't know how to swim. At MaxDot, Goodwin is running the place in great fashion (and enjoying his supervisor status over Kofo), and earns an admiring profile from a Lagos-based podcaster. However, Dottie feels very irrelevant as Goodwin wins over Douglas with praise and everyone else with competence. She calls Christina while her daughter's having a "my feet are ruined from living in a commune" manicure, and they bond over feeling left out while Christina once again declines Dottie's plea for her to return to MaxDot. When a triumphant Goodwin prepares to leave one night, he doesn't see Dottie is still in her office, reading the podcaster's news story about how Goodwin "saved a failing company." They share warm stories and promise to work well together. But that's a sham: Goodwin wants Dottie to retire and head to Florida ASAP, while Dottie is planning to take back full control of the family business. Title quotation from: Tunde's disgusted sotto voce response when Bob happily talks about following his dreams. | |||||||
64 | 4 | "Inner Boss Bitch" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Dave Pilson & Jamarcus Turner | October 10, 2022 | T12.17804 | 4.79[67] |
Christina is continuing to thrive as a decisive and downright adored boss at Toesy Wosey's, and when a seemingly meek employee named Jared (Adhir Kalyan) tells her he loves a memo she wrote, she's both giddy that anyone read it and so taken by Jared's adoration that she declares herself to be his new mentor. That night, Christina is dining alone at a local restaurant and feeling lonely when guess who shows up...Jared! They share life stories and eventually get completely hammered. Jared takes his shot and asks Christina is she wants to come home with him; she initially says that the personal and professional don't mix, but does end up sleeping with him and finding out to her horror that he lives at home with his mom before fleeing the scene (she later reveals Jared's mom did make them delicious pancakes for breakfast). The next day, Christina's good mood is shattered when the company's HR department calls her up. It seems Jared reported her for "sexually coercing" a subordinate, and she gets fired. A drunk Christina shows up at the hospital, where Abishola, Kemi, and Gloria give her off-the-books care (mostly to sleep it off, though Gloria notes that Christina has high blood pressure). Christina laments her mistakes, while Abishola sort-of consoles her by saying she's made mistakes and will make more but will come through them stronger than ever. Christina appreciates this, and even the initially horrifying arrival of Dottie (called in by Abishola) turns genuinely sweet when Dottie gives her daughter full support; she thinks that employees who like each other having sex should be allowed and even encouraged, and says that she'll help Christina get back on track. Elsewhere, Abishola becomes weary of Bob's constant attention and his involvement in the margarita/hot tub/gossip sesh with her hospital friends, and tells him to give her some time to herself. He responds by taking his new boat out on the lake alongside Tunde, but Bob didn't check the fuel gauge carefully and they end up stranded in a dry-tank vehicle. With Tunde's gentle prodding, Bob realizes that he really does want to be back at the office and make MaxDot successful. After Tunde finds a full gas can stowed under a seat cushion, Bob tells Tunde he's going to do what really makes him happy: work hard. | |||||||
65 | 5 | "Kicked Outta the Dele Club" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont | October 17, 2022 | T12.17805 | 5.07[68] |
Bob takes Dele to get a haircut. Abishola's predictable reaction has her demanding Dele remove the twists in his new do, but Dele shocks her by saying he won't do that. Abishola grounds Dele sans phone and makes Bob sleep on the couch for deyfing her. At the hospital, Kemi unsurprisingly feels Abishola has gone soft (she even let Dele keep his bed!) while Gloria is irritated by Abishola claiming that Dele's haircut will offend white racists and those are just "the rules." Bob stays with Olu and Tunde to avoid Abishola's wrath, and later slips into the house to tell Dele that he'd have had his back if Dele had trusted him, and will have his back in the future if needed. When Bob lets Dele out of his prison-room to help with dinner, Ebunoluwa cites a punishment she meted out to Abishola over getting her ears pierced as a child, and Bob actually tells his mother-in-law to be quiet while he's talking to his wife. Later that night, Abishola goes to Dele's room after "agreeing" with her mom to shave his head, but she quickly assures him that's not why she's there. She relates to her son how she once snuck out of the house and was robbed at a nightclub in Nigeria, ending up in danger because she was terrified of her mom. She doesn't want that relationship with her son, and tells him to join them for dinner while giving him back his phone (albeit with all the contacts erased). Christina is feeling low after her firing and dubbing as the "Toesy Hoesy", and Dottie's plan to hire her back falls flat when Goodwin's bylaw-mandated board of directors meeting leads Bob, Douglas, and Kofo to agree with him not to re-hire her. Christina shows up at the meeting's end to plead her case, and it sort of works: she gets hired as the plant's new night shift janitor. | |||||||
66 | 6 | "Two Rusty Tractors" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | October 24, 2022 | T12.17806 | 5.45[69] |
As the day dawns in Detroit, Bob is excited about his new life of leisure (he plans to see a double-feature of John Wayne films) while Abishola is annoyed that he isn't headed back to work like she hoped. However, a real crisis brings Bob back to MaxDot, wearing the sharp suit his wife bought for him. It seems that a monsoon in Malaysia and generally awful weather in Asia has left the sock industry bereft of supplies, and none of Dottie's contacts are useful (though she loves the drama). Bob finds a miraculous solution in the form of a compression sock-filled shipping container at the Port of Baltimore. He and Goodwin, who has been denying and lying his way through not dealing with the problem, head off to save the day. While they stop overnight in Akron, Goodwin accuses Bob of being a spendthrift and Bob accuses Goodwin of fumbling as the new company President. But they mend fences in time to make a side deal and get the socks, saving MaxDot. Christina is constantly reminded that she's now a janitor, but shows she knows the ins and outs of the business and earns some grudging respect from Douglas. On the way back home, Bob proposes to Goodwin that they set up a manufacturing division of MaxDot, so they can avoid overseas disruptions and become both self-sustaining and dominant in the U.S. textile industry. Bob is excited about the plan, and Abishola is pleased that he's found passion at his job again...until she learns that Bob's plan requires a huge loan and he has to put up the Wheeler mansion as collateral. | |||||||
67 | 7 | "Your Father's Kingdom" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Marla DuMont & Dave Pilson | November 14, 2022 | T12.17807 | 4.59[70] |
As Abishola and Kemi face serious relationship issues with Bob and Chukwuemeka, respectively, Gloria listens to their complaints and provides a sane counterpoint to them, as she nearly threw her husband out over giving their retirement savings to their kids and finds his loss of memory addling but will stay with him because staying together is a conscious choice in a marriage. Abishola is pissed off that Bob is going through with his hugely expensive, long-term lease based plan to turn an abandoned factory into the new manufacturing hub of MaxDot--a feeling that becomes nastier when her demand Bob NOT move forward with the leasing option is followed by him following through on the leasing option. Kemi is feeling bereft because the sex train between her and Chukwuemeka has gotten stuck at the station, and the pharmacist plainly tells Kemi that devoting himself to her carnally has led to him being overtaken as the top pharma at CVS by another employee. But things work out for everyone: Kemi realizes she truly loves Chukwuemeka, and in turn her uncharacteristically supportive behavior leads him to resume their torrid physical activities, while Abishola makes the right demand when she tells Bob that he can put her mind at ease by becoming the most successful sock manufacturer in the world--which is what he wants to do as well. Title quotation from: Goodwin, to his family, describe the building that he and Bob owns. | |||||||
68 | 8 | "Estée Lauder and Goat Meat" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Gloria Bigelow | November 21, 2022 | T12.17808 | 5.13[71] |
Bob and Tunde are thrilled to be working together again when Bob enlists his uncle to be the point man for renovating the freshly purchased factory, but concerns about having family members share working space turn out to be validated by the disparate ideas each man has for the process: Bob wants to get it done as quickly as possible, while Tunde wants to take more than enough time to tear up and renovate the entire building's floor foundation, and when a fed-up Bob kicks Tunde off the project everyone is critical of Bob for doing that (even as most people later tell Bob privately they agree with his decision, to his frustration). Bob and Tunde mend fences when Tunde accepts a revised offer to take on a "senior consultant" role in the renovation, although it appears Tunde is mostly going to just agree with anything Bob or Goodwin decide to do going forward. Elsewhere, Abishola (who already had covert knowledge of Ebunoluwa's dead and loveless marriage in Nigeria) is affected when Ebunoluwa receives an anti-care package from home that includes cherished items from her home and her wedding ring. So Abishola throws her mom a party to cheer her up, which at least doesn't make Ebunoluwa any MORE miserable and unpleasant than she usually is. Title quotation from: Tunde to Olu, to note how much he loves the smell of his wife's perfume AND her delicious home cooking. | |||||||
69 | 9 | "Idle Nigerians" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Marla DuMont & Jamarcus Turner | December 5, 2022 | T12.17809 | 4.89[72] |
Bob and Abishola are both facing situations at work that are new for them, and not in good ways: Bob is left to fix a drain issue at the new manufacturing site because he's spending so much money on other issues (including a large bill to fix the roof) while Abishola is left without a job to do at all when the nurses go on strike. At the hospital, the Gloria/Kemi/Abishola friendship bloc have different views: Kemi isn't on strike herself because the cafeteria workers haven't walked out, but a discussion with a strike-breaking nurse converts her to being a full supporter of the nurses, while Abishola just wants to accept a pathetic management offer but Gloria's strong line on being treated fairly wins her over as well. Abishola finds out despite Bob's evasive efforts how badly the warehouse project is going. Initially, she is harsh with him about the problems. Bob tells her that her doomsaying is making things worse, and she secretly meets with Dottie to ask for help based on Bob's history of always being there for both her and MaxDot. Dottie finds a solution that enrages Douglas and Christina: she uses her considerable savings that she'd earmarked for their inheritance and puts that into a loan for Bob's new facility. | |||||||
70 | 10 | "An Afro and a Peugeot" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | January 16, 2023 | T12.17810 | 4.72[73] |
Bob and Abishola's latest point of conflict concerns Dele: Bob is eager to teach Dele to learn how to drive (the kid's turned 16 and is eligible for a limited license in Michigan) and Abishola does not want her son learning to drive because of both safety fears and her desire to keep controlling his life. After a discussion with Tunde about their warm memories of their first cars, Bob decides to just teach Dele to drive without telling his wife--only for Dele to admit that his father Tayo taught him how to drive in Nigeria and he's kept it a secret. Bob is upset because he wanted to be Dele's driving teacher and father figure, though he also notes Dele has some road rage issues. When Abishola finds out from Bob about her ex-husband's actions, she then figures out Bob's own Dele-driving plan and gets mad at him too. Tayo calls Bob and they briefly bond over both of them wanting Dele to learn to drive over Abishola's objections. To everyone's surprise, Abishola buys Dele a very yellow used car and sets conditions for him to drive (such as having passengers, a permit, and perfect grades) which he fully embraces. Dele is then tasked to drive around Dottie and Ebunowuola, which looks to be curing his driving yen right quick. Elsewhere, Douglas is worried Goodwin will be mad at him because a key vendor has been underpaying MaxDot for 5 years after a mistaken rate lock-in. Christina sympathizes with her brother and explains how he can "incentivize a re-initiation" with the vendor along the lines of how Christina has avoided unwanted extra fees from her cable company. At the meeting, Douglas impresses everyone with her idea and gives her almost no credit, leading her to leave the meeting for a janitorial task with more than a little bit of anger. She smushes a cheesecake in his face later when he makes a pathetic apology. When Goodwin later ignores Christina's good advice, Douglas finally tells Goodwin that Christina was behind the fix to the vendor problem, and Goodwin invites her to join them for celebratory Scotch. Title quotation from: Tunde reminiscing about his first French car and the hairstyle that wind would blow through when he drove it. | |||||||
71 | 11 | "Twerk O' Clock" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Gina Yashere & Jesse Jensen Teleplay by : Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont & Dave Pilson | January 23, 2023 | T12.17811 | 5.84[74] |
Bob is headed on a business trip to Malaysia, and at Abishola's curt insistence he convinces Dottie to go with him. At the hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Bob and Dottie are surprised to run into MaxDot's longtime sock supplier Wati, who invites them to stay with him and his family. Bob is uncomfortable because his MaxDot manufacturing plan means that he'll be ending his contract with Wati in six months, and he gets more uncomfortable as Wati and his wife relate all the ways that MaxDot has meant and still means everything to them. When Wati mentions that he's lost his all-powerful love for selling socks, Bob thinks he has an opening to disclose the manufacturing news, but Wati gets angry and throws him and Dottie out of the house. Dottie later goes back to see Wati and over a bottle of Jack Daniels' convinces him that he should move to Detroit so he can be near his daughter (now attending the University of Wisconsin) and have all the booze he wants. Bob is shocked by this plan, and when Dottie informs Goodwin, Douglas, Kofo, Christina and even Bob at the next staff meeting that her decisions are final and not subject to discussion, they all realize that Dottie's unrelenting business fury has returned. With Bob away on business, Abishola seeks new ways to spend time. But an attempt to bond with her mother fails because her mother is awful, and Olu and Morenike try to keep Abishola from joining them at a drag brunch where Abishola can't hide her discomfort. Gloria tells Abishola that she's homophobic because of how she was raised, and is about a 7 on a 1-10 prejudice scale. Abishola later encounters Morenike's cross-dressing friend on the city bus, who tells her he's a law student and that he could tell that she was uncomfortable at the drag brunch but also noted that she stayed for the whole thing. They get to talking and Abishola declares she's "down to a six." Title quotation from: The phrase used at Cheeseburger Sally's to indicate the start of the drag brunch. | |||||||
72 | 12 | "My Successful Lawyer Son" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Jamarcus Turner | February 6, 2023 | T12.17812 | 5.78[75] |
To the surprised discomfort of both Abishola and Gloria, Kemi brings her adult son Fenmbi to the hospital to meet them. That wouldn't be a surprise or uncomfortable in and of itself, but her friends are surprised that Kemi is dressed very conservatively and not acting at all like her normal (loud, rude, self-confident) person, and uncomfortable because Fenmbi is a stuffy prig of a Harvard law graduate who revels in being an attorney who represents misbehaving corporations. Also, the guy has zero sense of humor. But after Kemi blows off Chukwuemeka in front of her son when he tries to give her a romantic greeting, and tells Fenmbi that Chukwuemeka is her realtor and chiropractor but not her lover, Abishola asks Kemi what the hell is going on. Kemi tells her friend that Fenmbi hasn't come to see her in 15 years and she's desperate to gain approval from him, even as she's acting like someone she's not. After a chat with Bob about putting one's foot down, Chukwuemeka goes to the hospital and bluntly tells Kemi that either he's her man in public or he won't be her man at all. Kemi confides to Chukwuemeka that Fenmbi was always his father's son, and when Kemi went out on a date after her husband died Fenmbi saw her and cut off all contact with her. Chukwuemeka understands, they embrace, and before the next church service Kemi shows up looking and talking like her normal self. When she tells her son that Chukwuemeka is her love, Fenmbi tries to chastise her, but she tells him to shut up and either accept her as she is or get lost. This turns Fenmbi into something quite nice for him: silent. Elsewhere, Bob is getting fed up with the way that Douglas, Christina, and especially Dottie are pushing him to change things at the new manufacturing site according to their whims. After he blows up at a blameless Tunde, Bob apologizes and Tunde invites Bob to a Christian men's group: it turns out there is no prayer involved, and all of the guys including the Pastor are watching soccer and drinking alcohol. Bob ends up taking the same approach with his meddling family that Chukwuemeka took with Kemi, by telling them he's running the new facility show and they can either get on board or go away, and he doesn't need Dottie's money to make it work. Dottie caves in, and Bob's siblings also fall in line with him being the true CEO of MaxDot. Title quotation from: The way Kemi repeatedly introduces her son Fenmbi when he is visiting her in America. | |||||||
73 | 13 | "Happy People Are Lazy" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Gina Yashere & Matt Ross & Jesse Jensen Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Dave Pilson & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | February 13, 2023 | T12.17813 | 5.63[76] |
Bob prepares a special breakfast for Abishola before she takes the MCAT exam, but he's shocked along with Dele and Ebunowuola when she tells them she's not going to take the test today and isn't sure when (or if) she will do so later. Gloria and Kemi are angry at Abishola for passing up the chance to be a female, Black doctor, while Dele is chill and Ebunowuola is angry. Tunde tells Bob that Abishola has put her dreams on hold to support Bob's manufacturing site plans, as often happens for women in Nigeria. Abishola takes a "mental health day" with some prodding from her friends and Bob, and spends it plaintively watching the washing machines spin their work at a laundromat. Olu and Tunde show up, and they share the story of how they met (at a library, while avoiding Ebunowuola's evergreen rudeness) and tell Abishola that she feels strange and disconnected for a simple reason: she's happy. Abishola later half accuses Bob of ruining her with how wonderful he's made her feel and half reaffirms she loves him while also returning to her ass-kicking mode ahead of the MCAT date she's reserved. Elsewhere, Goodwin hurts Christina's feelings by erasing a very detailed marketing plan she drew on a whiteboard, but later calls her into his office to get her take on Kofo's plan to advertise via pictures of random feet. She says that it's a very bad and legally dangerous idea, and Goodwin says he wants her to come up with her own marketing plan to compete against Kofo's. Christina is thrilled but quickly figures out that if she does well, her escape from janitorial work will come via Kofo getting "taken care of." She eventually tells Kofo what's happening, and they agree to battle it out for the marketing position, even though Christina's threats are infinitely more convincing than Kofo's. Title quotation from: Abishola telling Bob why she's never welcomed or trusted the notion of being both happy and successful. | |||||||
74 | 14 | "Put that Toe on Ice" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont & Jamarcus Turner | February 27, 2023 | T12.17814 | 5.56[77] |
Between Bob's marathon working hours to get MaxDot Manufacturing up and running and Abishola's combination of hospital work and studying for the med school exams, there's little time for husband and wife to spend together or even communicate (Bob didn't even know Abishola was going to take the MCATs in two weeks until Chukwuemeka told him). Abishola shuns the idea of giving herself a little breathing room, but after she ends up working several extra hospital shifts because a flu outbreak has left most of the nurses sick at home, she finds herself struck by the flu--and Bob also has the flu. This turns into a needed respite for both of them as they recover together while Bob has Tunde fill in for him at the plant. Elsewhere, Goodwin tells Christina and Kofo that he chose Christina's marketing plan and that Kofo will report to her as they prepare it for rollout. Christina's happy about the news, but becomes increasingly dismayed by the cruel treatment Goodwin inflicts on Kofo, something that's so overt it's even noticed by DOUGLAS. Goodwin says that he wants the best out of Kofo and uses "tough love" to push him to succeed. Kofo echoes this, but eventually ends up nearly crying and being consoled by Christina as he fully absorbs how his cousin is abusing him. At a staff meeting, Kofo is treated rudely as usual by Goodwin and tells him off, stating that he doesn't deserve to feel the way Goodwin makes him feel, and he storms out of the office. Kofo then goes to the manufacturing plant to talk to Bob, and after Tunde explains his acting-CEO role he immediately grants Kofo's request to be transferred out of MaxDot's marketing office and into the Goodwin-free manufacturing site. | |||||||
75 | 15 | "Every Character Is the Villain" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Gina Yashere & Matt Ross & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Ibet Inyang Beneche & Dave Pilson & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | March 13, 2023 | T12.17815 | 4.99[78] |
After Kofo leaves MaxDot marketing to work in the new Manufacturing section because of Goodwin's awful treatment of him, Bob tries to get the two angry cousins to reconcile for the good of the company. He has them meet him at a pub for beers, and finally gives Goodwin a blunt "fix this or you're fired" ultimatum. Both fail, and Goodwin throws Kofo out of his house -- sending him to sleep on Bob's couch, and causing Abishola to get angry at Bob for being too nice. At the hospital, Kemi is upset with Abishola because she never wore a pair of silly scrubs Kemi bought her years ago. Abishola wears the scrubs the next day. | |||||||
76 | 16 | "Mmm, Fresh Baked Sock!" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Matt Ross & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Marla DuMont & Jamarcus Turner | March 20, 2023 | T12.17816 | 5.09[79] |
Ebunowuola relays the news that her cousin Yeti has died of a heart attack in Toronto. While Bob takes a long time to sort-of figure out how Ebunowuola, Olu, and Yeti were all somehow related, Abishola's main reaction goes from disinterested disgust to horror. It seems Yeti treated Abishola and Tayo poorly when they stayed with her after first leaving Nigeria, and since Ebunowuola's immigration visa only allows her to stay in the U.S. or return to Nigeria, it falls to U.S. citizen Abishola to attend the funeral of the aunt she loathed. Kemi encourages a stone-faced Abishola to prepare to have fun at the funeral per Nigerian customs, but Abishola can barely keep her true feelings at bay before railing to her mom, Olu, Tunde and Dele about what a miserable person Yeti was and how everyone was only at the reception for the free food--not realizing that Yeti's daughter Yinka heard her and is crushed. When Kemi points out that Yeti was not very different in life obstacles and toughness from her best friend, Abishola goes up to the coffin and finally makes peace with her feelings about Yeti. She then sincerely apologizes to Yinka and gets some dancing in at the funeral. Bob is not doing so well himself, after the very first sock off the line at MaxDot Manufacturing is not up to standards. He gets no help from a feuding Goodwin and Kofo or a useless Christina and Douglas, but Ebunowuola actually encourages him and gives him praise, which leads to Bob feeling triumphant when the next batch of socks are perfect. She hugs him and says after dinner, she'll go home and get drunk while he works marathon hours to "build our empire." Title quotation from: Christina expressing glee over the unveiling of that first product from MaxDot Manufacturing. | |||||||
77 | 17 | "I'll Never Play Banjo Again" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Dave Pilson | April 10, 2023 | T12.17817 | 4.55[80] |
Family interactions take center stage as Bob and Abishola consider how to reach out to Dele and Douglas, respectively. Abishola sternly rebuts Dele's mild inquiries about her life growing up in Nigeria, and Abishola and Kemi explain to Gloria that in Nigeria parents never let their children know anything personal about them. But after Gloria relates that her similarly closed-off dad ended up dying from prostate cancer that she didn't know he had until it was too late, Abishola does share some memories with Dele of how she met Tayo and had a motorcycle in her teenaged years in Lagos (though she makes it clear no motorcycle is in Dele's future). Bob is taken aback when he learns Olivia broke up with Douglas and everyone else has been helping Douglas get through the painful end of a relationship he really cared about. Bob tries to reach out to Douglas, who appreciates it but isn't very talkative, until Douglas suffers a severe hand injury working on a MaxDot Manufacturing sock weaver. Bob rushes him to the hospital and with Abishola's help gets him to surgery where his finger is saved. Bob then tells Douglas he's great at his job and the accident was 100% not his fault, which makes Douglas smile for the first time in a while before they bond anew over the incompetence of the Detroit pro sports teams. At the end of the day, Bob and Abishola curl up together on the couch as Abishola tolerates a taped pre-season Tigers game that Bob is watching. She offers to share some details on her post-Tayo, pre-Bob dating experiences, but Bob politely demurs. Title quotation from: Douglas bemoaning the end of his nonexistent musical career, or even the possibility of starting such a career, due to his mangled hand. | |||||||
78 | 18 | "A Hundred CCs of Handsome" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere & Sam Mohamed Elhindi Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont | April 17, 2023 | T12.17818 | 4.49[81] |
Bob encourages Chukwuemeka in his plan to propose to Kemi. Abishola is furious, telling Bob that Kemi has sworn never to remarry. When Chukwuemeka proposes, Kemi refuses and leaves. Later, she tells Abishola and Gloria that Chukwuemeka deserves a better wife, and that she was not a good wife to her deceased husband. Bob, Abishola, Gloria, and most of the hospital staff stage another proposal. Kemi warns Chukwuemeka that she will not be a traditional Nigerian wife, which he says is fine with him, so she accepts his proposal. Elsewhere, Kofo moves out of his garage apartment at Goodwin's house and into an apartment in Olu and Tunde's building. Title quotation from: Bob, describing Chukwuemeka as he wheels him into reception area of the hospital on a gurney to propose to Kemi. | |||||||
79 | 19 | "Keep That Under Your Gele" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Gina Yashere & Matt Ross & Gloria Bigelow Teleplay by : Ibet Inyang Beneche & Dave Pilson & Jamarcus Turner | May 1, 2023 | T12.17819 | 4.76[82] |
Everyone but Bob is happy that Dottie is going with them to church. As Bob can't hide his feelings from her, Dottie is offended, so she moves in with Christina. Though Christina is initially happy to have her mom there, Dottie quickly wears out her welcome. Elsewhere, Kofo is enjoying his new apartment until his landlord, Tunde, repeatedly shows up uninvited. Soon Tunde is joined by Bob and then Goodwin, and Kofo is left wondering if he can ever live in peace. | |||||||
80 | 20 | "The Genius Who Fell Out of My Womb" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere & Jamarcus Turner Teleplay by : Nathan Chetty & Carla Filisha & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | May 8, 2023 | T12.17820 | 4.41[83] |
Bob and Abishola take Dele to visit Bob's alma mater, Southern Michigan University. Abishola is sure that the place is not worth visiting. After they walk around the campus, she softens a bit: she now says that while Dele is still going to Harvard, she thinks Bob got a good education here. Back at home, Wati from Malaysia joins the management of MaxDot Manufacturing. Goodwin realizes that Wati's bottom-line approach is similar to his own: to streamline the factory staff, beginning with Tunde. | |||||||
81 | 21 | "Take Two Yellows and Go to Bed" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Gina Yashere & Matt Ross & Nathan Chetty Teleplay by : Gloria Bigelow & Marla DuMont & Dave Pilson | May 15, 2023 | T12.17821 | 4.35[84] |
Bob throws a lavish party to celebrate the official opening of the MaxDot Manufacturing division. Goodwin and newcomer Wati agree that Bob coddles his workers, although Goodwin defends Bob as a good man. Abishola doubts that Christina can take proper care of Dottie, which infuriates her. When Bob and his mother come back tipsy from lunch, Christina orders Dottie to take her medicine and go to bed. The tirade impresses Abishola, who decides that Christina may be able to handle Dottie after all. Title quotation from: Christina, upon seeing her mother tipsy. | |||||||
82 | 22 | "Uncharted Waters of Mediocrity" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Jamarcus Turner & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | May 22, 2023 | T12.17822 | 4.77[85] |
Waiting for the decision on Abishola's application to Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is stressing out both Bob and Abishola. Abishola is terrified of letting everyone down if she isn't accepted. Bob is worried about running MaxDot Manufacturing from afar, if he has to move to Baltimore. Worrying brings on another visit from his dead father, Max, who gets Bob to admit that he doesn't want to leave Detroit. Finally, Abishola learns that she has been accepted. Bob is thrilled for her, even though he's not excited about the move. They resolve to figure things out after they celebrate this great news. End of Season 4. Title quotation from: Kemi, describing where they will all be if Abishola is not accepted into JHU. |
Season 5 (2024)
[edit]No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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83 | 1 | "The Dead Eyes of a Respectful Son" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Beneche | February 12, 2024 | T12.18502 | 5.21[86] |
Dele confesses to his mother that he never sent his application to Harvard. Instead, he applied to the dance program at Juilliard. Furious, Abishola kicks him out for defying her. Dele goes to stay with Olu and Tunde. When Olu finds Dele weeping over his estrangement from his mom, she tells him that he has the intelligence and perseverance to achieve his goals. Eventually, Abishola decides to support her son. When Dele shows the family some of his more spectacular dance moves, everyone is impressed--although Abishola says she wants him to minor in dentistry once he's enrolled in Juilliard. Title quotation from: Abishola and Ebun, regarding a young relative who was shipped off to Nigeria and broken as described, leading to him becoming an accountant. | |||||||
84 | 2 | "Kill the Cat" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Carla Filisha | February 19, 2024 | T12.18501 | 4.81[87] |
Tunde is in a car accident. He tells the family that he swerved to avoid running over a cat and hit a telephone pole. At dinner, Tunde insists that he does not need glasses until Olu sends him a text that he cannot read without them. He then admits that the DMV took away his driver's license because he's had three car accidents (all involving cats in the street). Later, Tunde admits to Bob that there was no cat involved in his accidents, that he got confused and hit the gas instead of the brake. Now he must face decline as an aging man. Title quotation from: Bob, telling Tunde that it's better to run over a cat than to crash his car because "there's only one you -- there's lots of cats!" | |||||||
85 | 3 | "The Devil's Hot Tub" | Beth McCarthy-Miller | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Dave Pilson & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | February 26, 2024 | T12.18503 | 4.68[88] |
Worried about the age difference between herself and her Chukwuemeka, Kemi goes for advice to Bob ("because you are much older than Abishola"). Bob tells her that even if Chukwuemeka has never seen her without makeup or her wig, he loves her, and she should go ahead and marry him. Kemi then takes a risk and reveals her true grey-haired self to Chukwuemeka. He tells her that he loves her just as she is. Back at MaxDot, the factory workers strike for higher pay. Dottie retires so that Bob now has the money to raise wages and end the strike. Title quotation from: Kemi, who says that Abishola used this term in referring to Las Vegas (where Kemi plans to hold the wedding). | |||||||
86 | 4 | "The Heart Attack Boys" | Phill Lewis | Story by : Gina Yashere & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Kelly Farrell | March 4, 2024 | T12.18504 | 4.68[89] |
Christina tells Abishola that she plans to become pregnant and wants her help through the IVF process. Abishola tells Bob, who doubts that his sister could be a good parent, but he decides to support her decision. When Christina tells her mother, Dottie is delighted, but soon she takes over ("We're gonna be a great mom"). Separately, Abishola and Bob begin to think about having a baby, too. | |||||||
87 | 5 | "Tayo Time" | Phill Lewis | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Carla Filisha & Opey Olagbaju | March 4, 2024 | T12.18505 | 4.45[89] |
After 12 years in Nigeria, Tayo has moved to Detroit to take a promotion at his firm. Everyone is happy to see him except for Bob and Abishola. Bob's idea of "rubbing their happiness in his face" leads only to embarrassment. Kemi's international gossip network informs her that Tayo applied for the promotion only after his wife left him -- for his brother. Olu and Tunde turn down Tayo's rental application for their building, saying, "We are on Team Bob," but when Tayo offers a year's rent in advance, they decide to reconsider. | |||||||
88 | 6 | "A Tablespoon of Dad" | Phill Lewis | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Ibet Inyang Beneche & Jesse Jensen | March 11, 2024 | T12.18506 | 4.30[90] |
Now officially retired, Dottie packs up her office at MaxDot, including the urn that contains her husband Max's ashes. As president of "MaxDot 2.0," Goodwin decides that Kofo and Douglas will compete for the vacant office, but they reach an understanding that frustrates his plan. At home, Dottie places Max's urn in the living room, which upsets Abishola. Bob notes that Dottie went against her husband's wishes by not scattering his ashes. He disposes of some of them in a tavern that Max loved. Dottie accepts this gesture as honoring Max, and then she sings a love song to her husband's memory. Title quotation from: Bob, who tells his mother that he has tucked "a tablespoon of Dad" into Max's favorite booth. | |||||||
89 | 7 | "Worth the Cooties" | Rhiannon O'Harra | Story by : Gina Yashere & Jesse Jensen Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Marla DuMont | March 18, 2024 | T12.18507 | 3.73[91] |
Christina tries to get Abishola and Dottie to join her in a pre-pregnancy workout, but they are not interested. Instead, Dottie takes Abishola to an estate sale. Once home, Dottie discovers some prime marijuana in one of her purchases. They get high, and Dottie confesses that she fears being alone, which touches Abishola. Later, Abishola tells Bob that they should spend more time with his mother. Title quotation from: Abishola, who is at first wary of the estate sale but then decides that a $20 silver tray "is worth the cooties." | |||||||
90 | 8 | "My Michelle Obama" | Nikki Lorre | Story by : Matt Ross & Gina Yashere Teleplay by : Sam Mohamed Elhindi & Opey Alagbaju | March 25, 2024 | T12.18508 | 4.27[92] |
Ebun and Olu clash in a bitter rivalry over preparing meals for the family and for church. Abishola and Bob are stuck in the middle of the quarrel and try to keep the peace, even if it means having to eat two dinners in one night. Tunde is appointed deacon at church. He is so delighted with his new role (“I am Number Two to the Pastor’s Number One”) that he buys himself a new suit, so as to look the part. However, he quickly finds that being a deacon is basically meaningless. Ebun and Olu reconcile and become joint matriarchs of the kitchen. Title quotation from: Tunde. As they prepare to go to church, Tunde kisses Olu's hand and refers to her as "My Michelle Obama." | |||||||
91 | 9 | "Sad Cupcakes" | Nikki Lorre | Story by : Gina Yashere & Kelly Farrell Teleplay by : Ibet Inyang Beneche & Dave Pilson | April 1, 2024 | T12.18509 | 4.17[93] |
Bob doesn't want to sell MaxDot, despite a munificent offer and enthusiastic support from Christina, Douglas, and Goodwin. Bob talks with his dead father, Max, who helps him work through his fears about selling the company, leading him to change his mind. At the hospital, Abishola and Gloria snipe at each other after cutbacks in the nursing staff cause extra work for everyone. | |||||||
92 | 10 | "Diamonds Are Made to Sparkle" | Kristy Cecil | Story by : Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Ibet Inyang Beneche & Sam Mohamed Elhindi | April 15, 2024 | T12.18510 | 4.23[94] |
Bob and Goodwin negotiate with a Japanese company for the sale of MaxDot, but they end up refusing their generous offer because the prospective purchaser wants to fire the MaxDot employees. Goodwin finds another buyer who will keep MaxDot going -- himself. Ebun annoys Bob by bragging to her friends that the family is about to become filthy rich. Abishola splurges on some expensive items at her mom's urging. Title quotation from: Ebun, while encouraging her daughter to be the outwardly wealthy Abishola she wants the world to see and envy. | |||||||
93 | 11 | "These Giants Are Flexible" | Kristy Cecil | Story by : Gina Yashere & Matt Ross Teleplay by : Dave Pilson & Opey Olagbaju | April 22, 2024 | T12.18511 | 4.09[95] |
It's time for Dele's audition at Juilliard, so Bob and Abishola travel with him to New York City. Abishola is worried about Dele's audition and the fact that they're staying with her brother Ade, a musician who leads a free-spirited life. Dele does a great job auditioning. That night, Abishola dreams that Dele is a theatre star leading a Broadway number that celebrates her as "a hell of a mom." Unfortunately, Dele isn't accepted to Juilliard. He's devastated but decides not to give up on his dream. After seeing a matinee showing of "The Lion King", Abishola plans to take Dele to apply for the dance program at SUNY Purchase. Later, she and her brother have an impromptu jam session -- he on keyboard, she on guitar. When Bob and Dele walk in, Abishola declares that she wasn't playing the guitar, she was merely cleaning it. Title quotation from: Abishola. Seeing other performers warming up before their auditions, Abishola tells Dele to stretch because "these giants are flexible." | |||||||
94 | 12 | "Olu! I Popped!" | Bayo Akinfemi | Story by : Gina Yashere & Carla Filisha & Marla DuMont Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Sam Mohamed Elhindi & Opey Alagbaju | April 29, 2024 | T12.18512 | 4.25[96] |
As the Las Vegas wedding of Kemi and Chukwuemeka approaches, trouble emerges: Chukwuemeka's mother clashes with Kemi, leading to an angry standoff. Chukwuemeka laments to Bob and Tunde that he has taken care of his mother ever since his father died, and he is terrified to think what will happen if she lives alone. At home, Ogechi is overjoyed that Kemi is gone. Chukwuemeka lashes out at her, saying that she has made all the major decisions of his life, and now she wants to keep him from marrying the woman he loves. Appalled at his anger, she has a heart attack. At the hospital, Chukwuemeka tells Kemi that they should postpone their wedding until his mother can attend, but Kemi has another option: they get married in the hospital chapel. Kemi, Abishola, and Gloria boogie down the aisle to a tune by Fela Kuti, and Bob serves as best man. After the couple tie the knot, they hold the reception in the hospital cafeteria. Ogechi offers to let the newlyweds live alone, but Kemi surprises everyone but saying no. She asks only that she and her new husband enjoy a few weeks alone before Ogechi joins them. Title quotation from: Kemi. After Olu zips Kemi into the too-tight bodice of her wedding dress, the zipper gives way. | |||||||
95 | 13 | "Find Your Bench" | Rhiannon O'Hara | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Gina Yashere & Al Higgins Teleplay by : Matt Ross & Dave Pilson & Marla DuMont | May 6, 2024 | T12.18513 | 4.86[97] |
Seven years later, Abishola is one of the top pediatricians in Detroit. Christine has a daughter, Maxine. Goodwin makes his final payment to Bob, which makes him the sole owner of MaxDot; CFO Kofo and COO Douglas celebrate. Abishola and Gloria get lunch at “Kemi's Yummies,” a Nigerian specialty food truck run by Kemi and henpecked cook Chukwuemeka. Dele has become a successful actor in NYC. Now retired, Bob decides to write a book, but he barely gets started before Dottie plunges into writing her steamy tell-all memoir. Ebun is happily married to Pastor Falade. Tunde, now sporting a mustache, gives Bob advice: “At this point in your life, you should only be concerned with what makes you happiest” – and clearly, that is Abishola. For the first time in years, Bob and Abishola sit on “their” bench outside the hospital. Bob suddenly realizes what his book should be about: in the midst of our busy lives, we all need a place where we can pause and reflect. The book’s title will be "Find Your Bench." |
Ratings
[edit]Season 1
[edit]No. | Title | Air date | Rating/share (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Pilot" | September 23, 2019 | 0.9/4 | 5.89[4] | 0.3 | 1.56 | 1.2 | 7.45[98] |
2 | "Nigerians Don't Do Useless Things" | September 30, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 5.36[5] | 0.2 | 1.50 | 0.9 | 6.87[99] |
3 | "A Bird May Love A Fish" | October 7, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 5.30[6] | 0.3 | 1.44 | 1.0 | 6.74[100] |
4 | "Square Hamburger, Round Buns" | October 14, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 4.87[7] | 0.2 | 1.51 | 0.9 | 6.38[101] |
5 | "Whacking the Mole" | October 21, 2019 | 0.7/4 | 5.27[8] | — | 1.43 | — | 6.70[102] |
6 | "Ralph Lauren and Fish" | October 28, 2019 | 0.8/4 | 5.71[9] | 0.3 | 1.54 | 1.1 | 7.25[103] |
7 | "Tough Like a Laundromat Washing Machine" | November 4, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 5.62[10] | 0.3 | 1.51 | 1.0 | 7.14[104] |
8 | "Useless Potheads" | November 18, 2019 | 0.8/4 | 6.02[11] | — | 1.60 | — | 7.62[105] |
9 | "We Were Beggars, Now We Are Choosers" | November 25, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 5.65[12] | 0.3 | 1.72 | 1.0 | 7.37[106] |
10 | "Ice Cream for Breakfast" | December 9, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 5.99[13] | 0.3 | 1.57 | 1.0 | 7.56[107] |
11 | "Splitting the Hairs" | December 16, 2019 | 0.7/3 | 6.15[14] | 0.3 | 1.67 | 1.0 | 7.81[108] |
12 | "There's My Nigerians" | January 6, 2020 | 0.8/4 | 6.66[15] | — | 1.59 | — | 8.25[109] |
13 | "The Canadians of Africa" | January 20, 2020 | 0.7/3 | 6.50[16] | — | 1.60 | — | 8.10[110] |
14 | "Full-Frontal Dottie" | February 3, 2020 | 0.7/3 | 5.85[17] | 0.3 | 1.67 | 1.0 | 7.52[111] |
15 | "Black Ice" | February 10, 2020 | 0.7/3 | 6.00[18] | 0.3 | 1.66 | 1.0 | 7.67[112] |
16 | "Where's Your Other Wives, Tunde?" | February 17, 2020 | 0.7/3 | 6.12[19] | 0.3 | 1.60 | 1.0 | 7.73[113] |
17 | "A Big, White Thumb" | March 9, 2020 | 0.7/4 | 5.81[20] | 0.3 | 1.71 | 1.0 | 7.52[114] |
18 | "Sock Wife!" | March 16, 2020 | 0.9/4 | 6.89[21] | 0.3 | 1.68 | 1.2 | 8.57[115] |
19 | "Angry, Happy, Same Face" | April 6, 2020 | 0.8/4 | 6.73[22] | 0.3 | 1.47 | 1.1 | 8.20[116] |
20 | "Randy's a Wrangler" | April 13, 2020 | 0.8/4 | 6.81[23] | — | 1.43 | — | 8.24[117] |
Season 2
[edit]No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "On a Dead Guy's Bench" | November 16, 2020 | 0.7 | 5.22[24] | 0.2 | 1.50 | 0.9 | 6.72[118] |
2 | "Paris is for Lovers, Not Mothers" | November 23, 2020 | 0.6 | 4.90[25] | — | — | — | — |
3 | "Straight Outta Lagos" | November 30, 2020 | 0.6 | 4.92[26] | 0.2 | 1.40 | 0.8 | 6.32[119] |
4 | "Camp Bananas" | December 7, 2020 | 0.6 | 5.28[27] | 0.2 | 1.35 | 0.8 | 6.63[120] |
5 | "Sleeping Next to an Old Boat" | December 14, 2020 | 0.5 | 4.85[28] | — | — | — | — |
6 | "A Tight Ass is a Wonderful Thing" | January 4, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.63[29] | 0.2 | 1.22 | 0.8 | 6.85[121] |
7 | "The Wrong Adebambo" | January 18, 2021 | 0.7 | 5.55[30] | — | — | — | — |
8 | "Honest Yak Prices" | January 25, 2021 | 0.8 | 5.96[31] | — | — | — | — |
9 | "Tunde the Boy King" | February 8, 2021 | 0.8 | 5.54[32] | 0.2 | 1.35 | 1.0 | 6.89[122] |
10 | "The Cheerleader Leader" | February 22, 2021 | 0.7 | 5.56[33] | — | 1.47 | — | 7.04[123] |
11 | "I Did Not Raise Him to be a Teenager" | March 8, 2021 | 0.7 | 5.20[34] | — | 1.39 | — | 6.60[124] |
12 | "We Don't Rat on Family" | March 15, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.10[35] | — | — | — | — |
13 | "A Big African Bassoon" | April 12, 2021 | 0.5 | 4.74[36] | — | — | — | — |
14 | "A Tough Old Bird" | April 19, 2021 | 0.6 | 4.93[37] | 0.2 | 1.45 | 0.8 | 6.38[125] |
15 | "TLC: Tunde's Loving Care" | April 26, 2021 | 0.5 | 4.69[38] | 0.2 | 1.44 | 0.7 | 6.13[126] |
16 | "Sights and Bites" | May 3, 2021 | 0.6 | 4.91[39] | 0.2 | 1.37 | 0.8 | 6.04[127] |
17 | "The Devil's Taste Buds" | May 10, 2021 | 0.5 | 4.90[40] | 0.2 | 1.36 | 0.7 | 6.26[128] |
18 | "God Accepts Venmo" | May 17, 2021 | 0.7 | 5.39[41] | 0.2 | 1.33 | 0.9 | 6.72[129] |
Season 3
[edit]No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Welcome to Lagos" | September 20, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.43[42] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
2 | "Bowango" | September 27, 2021 | 0.6 | 5.49[43] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
3 | "Dud" | October 4, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.21[44] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
4 | "Old Strokey" | October 11, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.12[45] | 0.2 | 1.46 | 0.7 | 6.58[130] |
5 | "Greasy Badge of Honor" | October 18, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.05[46] | 0.2 | 1.34 | 0.7 | 6.38[131] |
6 | "The Devil's Throuple" | November 1, 2021 | 0.5 | 4.98[47] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
7 | "Fumble in the Dark" | November 8, 2021 | 0.5 | 4.96[48] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
8 | "Light Duty" | November 29, 2021 | 0.5 | 4.88[49] | 0.2 | 1.34 | 0.7 | 6.22[132] |
9 | "I'm Not Edsel" | December 6, 2021 | 0.5 | 5.08[50] | 0.1 | 1.33 | 0.6 | 6.40[133] |
10 | "Tunde123" | January 3, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.21[51] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
11 | "Cats in a Bathtub" | January 17, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.49[52] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
12 | "Your Beans are Flatlining" | January 24, 2022 | 0.6 | 5.86[53] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
13 | "One Man, No Baby" | February 28, 2022 | 0.6 | 5.50[54] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
14 | "Every Subpoena is a Tiny Hug" | March 7, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.71[55] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
15 | "Compress to Impress" | March 14, 2022 | 0.6 | 5.71[56] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
16 | "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead" | March 21, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.40[57] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
17 | "Inappropriate Nakedness" | March 28, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.13[58] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
18 | "Greasy Underdog" | April 18, 2022 | 0.4 | 4.97[59] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
19 | "Who Raised You" | May 2, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.40[60] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
20 | "Wrangling a Greased Pig" | May 9, 2022 | 0.4 | 5.14[61] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
21 | "A Little Slap and Tickle" | May 16, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.33[62] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
22 | "Beard In Her Pulpit" | May 23, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.70[63] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Season 4
[edit]No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
DVR (18–49) |
DVR viewers (millions) |
Total (18–49) |
Total viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Touched by a Holy Hand" | September 19, 2022 | 0.4 | 4.44[64] | 0.1 | 1.40 | 0.6 | 5.84[134] |
2 | "Bibles to Brothels" | September 26, 2022 | 0.4 | 4.73[65] | 0.1 | 1.34 | 0.5 | 6.08[135] |
3 | "Americans and Their Dreams" | October 3, 2022 | 0.4 | 5.08[66] | 0.1 | 1.28 | 0.6 | 6.37[136] |
4 | "Inner Boss Bitch" | October 10, 2022 | 0.4 | 4.79[67] | 0.1 | 1.23 | 0.5 | 6.02[137] |
5 | "Kicked Outta the Dele Club" | October 17, 2022 | 0.4 | 5.07[68] | 0.1 | 1.19 | 0.6 | 6.27[138] |
6 | "Two Rusty Tractors" | October 24, 2022 | 0.5 | 5.45[69] | 0.1 | 1.16 | 0.6 | 6.61[139] |
7 | "Your Father's Kingdom" | November 14, 2022 | 0.4 | 4.59[70] | 0.1 | 1.15 | 0.5 | 5.74[140] |
8 | "Estée Lauder and Goat Meat" | November 21, 2022 | 0.4 | 5.13[71] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
9 | "Idle Nigerians" | December 5, 2022 | 0.4 | 4.89[72] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
10 | "An Afro and a Peugeot" | January 16, 2023 | 0.3 | 4.72[73] | 0.1 | 1.14 | 0.5 | 5.86[141] |
11 | "Twerk O' Clock" | January 23, 2023 | 0.5 | 5.84[74] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
12 | "My Successful Lawyer Son" | February 6, 2023 | 0.5 | 5.78[75] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
13 | "Happy People Are Lazy" | February 13, 2023 | 0.4 | 5.63[76] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
14 | "Put that Toe on Ice" | February 27, 2023 | 0.5 | 5.56[77] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
15 | "Every Character Is the Villain" | March 13, 2023 | 0.5 | 4.99[78] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
16 | "Mmm, Fresh Baked Sock!" | March 20, 2023 | 0.4 | 5.09[79] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
17 | "I'll Never Play Banjo Again" | April 10, 2023 | 0.4 | 4.55[80] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
18 | "A Hundred CCs of Handsome" | April 17, 2023 | 0.3 | 4.49[81] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
19 | "Keep That Under Your Gele" | May 1, 2023 | 0.4 | 4.76[82] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
20 | "The Genius Who Fell Out of my Womb" | May 8, 2023 | 0.4 | 4.41[83] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
21 | "Take Two Yellows and Go to Bed" | May 15, 2023 | 0.4 | 4.35[84] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
22 | "Uncharted Waters of Mediocrity" | May 22, 2023 | 0.4 | 4.77[85] | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Season 5
[edit]No. | Title | Air date | Rating (18–49) |
Viewers (millions) |
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1 | "The Dead Eyes of a Respectful Son" | February 12, 2024 | 0.5 | 5.21[86] |
2 | "Kill the Cat" | February 19, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.81[87] |
3 | "The Devil's Hot Tub" | February 26, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.68[88] |
4 | "The Heart Attack Boys" | March 4, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.68[89] |
5 | "Tayo Time" | March 4, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.45[89] |
6 | "A Tablespoon of Dad" | March 11, 2024 | 0.3 | 4.30[90] |
7 | "Worth the Cooties" | March 18, 2024 | 0.3 | 3.73[91] |
8 | "My Michelle Obama" | March 25, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.27[92] |
9 | "Sad Cupcakes" | April 1, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.17[93] |
10 | "Diamonds Are Made to Sparkle" | April 15, 2024 | 0.3 | 4.23[94] |
11 | "These Giants Are Flexible" | April 22, 2024 | 0.3 | 4.09[95] |
12 | "Olu! I Popped!" | April 29, 2024 | 0.3 | 4.25[96] |
13 | "Find Your Bench" | May 6, 2024 | 0.4 | 4.86[97] |
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