The PJs

Thurgood Stubbs lives with his wife, Muriel, in the Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs housing project, where he is the superintendent. This animated comedy follows the adventures of the Subbs and their friends, while taking a satirical view of the ups and downs of life in a big-city housing project.

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Seasons

1. Hangin' with Mr. Super

Air Date: 1999-01-10

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

2. Bones, Bugs and Harmony

Air Date: 1999-01-12

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

3. The Door

Air Date: 1999-01-19

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

4. Journal Fever

Air Date: 1999-01-26

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

5. Rich Man, Porn Man

Air Date: 1999-02-02

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

6. Bougie Nights

Air Date: 1999-02-09

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

7. A Hero Ain't Nothing But A Super

Air Date: 1999-02-16

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

8. He's Gotta Have It

Air Date: 1999-02-23

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

9. Boyz' N The Woods

Air Date: 1999-04-06

When Calvin and Juicy miss the chance to go on a camping trip, Thurgood takes them on an overnighter in their neighborhood, and he loses track of the boys.

10. Operation Gumbo Drop

Air Date: 1999-04-13

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

11. U Go Kart

Air Date: 1999-05-04

After building a go-cart for Calvin and Juicy, Thurgood accidentally destroys it and buries the evidence, so it appears to have been stolen. Then he's put in charge of the investigation.

12. House Potty

Air Date: 1999-05-11

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

13. Haiti Sings the Blues

Air Date: 1999-05-18

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

14. How The Super Stoled Christmas

Air Date: 1999-12-17

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

1. Home School Dazed

Air Date: 2000-05-30

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

2. The Postman's Always Shot Twice

Air Date: 2000-05-30

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

3. The Preacher's Life

Air Date: 2000-06-06

Thurgood undergoes a religious transformation after receiving an electrical shock, followed by a vision of a black Jesus. So, he decides to become a preacher.

4. The HJs

Air Date: 2000-06-13

Thurgood revives the project's defunct radio station, and it takes off after he and Smokey inadvertently form a comedy team. But Smokey proves to be more popular, and that doesn't help Thurgood's ego.

5. Haiti and the Tramp

Air Date: 2000-06-13

Matchmaker Muriel pairs Haiti Lady with Walter. They fight like cats and dogs, which acts like a mutual aphrodisiac. But that may be the extent of their relationship.

6. Smokey the Squatter

Air Date: 2000-06-27

The law's on Smokey's side when he claims squatter's rights after Thurgood lets him spend a night in a vacant apartment to ride out a storm.

7. Weave's Have A Dream

Air Date: 2000-06-27

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

8. Let's Get Ready To Crumble

Air Date: 2000-07-04

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

9. Who Da Boss?

Air Date: 2000-07-04

Thurgood wants Jimmy hired to replace his late (and lax) supervisor. But a group effort to fill out the application backfires, and Thurgood's new boss is...bossy.

10. Fear of a Black Rat

Air Date: 2000-07-11

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

11. Ghetto Superstars

Air Date: 2000-07-11

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

12. What's Eating Juicy Hudson?

Air Date: 2000-07-18

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

13. The Jeffersons

Air Date: 2000-07-25

After Muriel finds he's a descendant of Thomas Jefferson, Thurgood decides to run for political office, but his ideals are compromised by some shady new "friends."

14. Robbin' HUD

Air Date: 2000-08-01

When HUD refuses to grant the building a new water filter, Thurgood and the tenants break into the office to steal one, but find something else even more valuable.

15. Cliffhangin' With Mr. Super

Air Date: 2000-08-15

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

16. The Last Affirmative Action Hero

Air Date: 2000-08-29

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

17. A Parole Officer and a Gentleman

Air Date: 2000-09-05

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

1. Boyz Under The Hood

Air Date: 2000-10-08

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

2. Scarthroat

Air Date: 2000-12-31

Sanchez lords over the distribution of victuals after New Year's Eve brings a power outage and food shortage to the Hilton-Jacobs Projects...from TV Guide.

3. Smoke Gets In Your High-Rise

Air Date: 2001-02-04

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

4. National Buffoon's European Vacation

Air Date: 2001-02-11

From TV Guide ""Thurgood balks at telling Muriel of Juicy's crush on her, since she thinks all of Juicy's thoughtful presents to her are from her husband.""

5. Cruising For A Bluesing

Air Date: 2001-02-18

From TV Guide ""Would-be bluesmen Thurgood, Walter, Jimmy and Sanchez get stranded in the urban wastelands of the South South Side on the way to the gig of their dreams.""

6. It Takes A Thurgood

Air Date: 2001-02-25

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

7. Miracle Cleaner On 134th Street

Air Date: 2001-04-29

From TV Guide: ""To warn Sharique of the dangers of being an entrepreneur in the projects, Thurgood tells her about a cleaning solution he invented, Formula Forty-O Nine, and how a big corporation tried to take advantage of his accidental brilliance.""

8. Survival: In Tha Hood

Air Date: 2001-05-06

From TV Guide: ""Residents of the Hilton-Jacobs Projects are split into two rival tribes--one led by Muriel and one by Thurgood--for a televised competition, Survival: In tha Hood, sponsored by H.U.D.""

9. Let's Get Ready To Rumba

Air Date: 2001-05-13

From TV Guide: Mrs. Avery's new zest for life after surviving a heart attack leads her to challenge champs Bebe and Jimmy in a local dance contest. Meanwhile, Thurgood refuses to enter the competition with Muriel.

10. A Race To His Credit

Air Date: 2001-05-20

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

11. Red Man's Burden

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

12. Clip Show

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

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Rating

6.9/10

Release Date

1999-01-10

Episodes

43 (3 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Production Companies

Imagine Television Studios

Will Vinton Studios

Eddie Murphy Productions

Touchstone Television

Warner Bros. Television