The other sub is locked. Basically I played Season 3-4 of this show because it looked like something low effort I could use as background noise while I was doing other things.

I honestly liked the show even though I highkey couldn’t stand any of the characters LOL.

I don’t really want to watch S5/6 because Zoey isn’t on the show anymore and I found a new background noise show but I want to know what happens between Aaron and Zoey!

When I google it, it says Zoey ends up with Luca but at the end of S4, she’s with Aaron?

Also does Vivek come back, he was my favorite & I felt so sad when his dad died :(

Do Ana/Nomi/the twins come back and do we see what happens or their stories?

Thanks :)

For example, episodes where Bo and Dre are competing against each other in the stupidest things. Or episodes about race, where you get those cutaways / animated sections.

There was an episode that dealt with the "bootstrap myth" which involved Andre learning that his mom got him some help regarding educational or career choices unknown to him. Anyone recall the name of this episode?

My boyfriend and I love this show. We laugh, we cry, we love everything about it. We feel like we are part of their family. However, we are finishing season 4 (first time watching) and we are so sad about Dre & Bow’s separation that we stopped watching a few days ago and haven’t resumed. It’s close to home for us since we went through a hard chapter a few years ago but regardless of that the investment I have in the Johnson’s fictional relationship is significant 🥲 I don’t want to skip these eps because I’m assuming they’re relevant to the overall plot but I am truly so sad trying to get through them. I’m also assuming they get back together considering the show goes on to have multiple seasons but I need to know!! Can I skip (if so how far should I go) or is it worth trudging through the heartbreak that ends season 4? 😞

the part where zoey sees luca with jillian, that but they stopped when he was putting his shirt on and highlighted, what is that sound, is it part of a song? or it is just a. sound they made for the show, because they also used the sound when doug dissed jazz for having sex with the track teammate while they were on “break”.

I’ve realized this on all shows on disney+ but the captions in blackish actually make me sad. Why are they constantly misspelling something it’s so annoying currently rewatching my 4th or 5th time I don’t remember.

I mean he's okay but he's kind of "abusive" to Junior, neglectful, doesn't think about others, is only interested in his own wants and needs, constantly throws Rainbow under the bus, ignores her and listens to his mother who he let's verbally degrade and abuse Rainbow regularly. He's also a huge hypocrite. He's kind of a bad person.

A lot of his behaviour tracks when compared to the description in the DSM-V. For example, the symptoms when has generalized anxiety disorder include, among other things, fatigue, restlessness, irritability, and concentration problems. Those are all behaviours Dre regularly exhibits on the show and honestly i’d even go as far as to say Junior inherited his anxiety from him as well as his borderline incestous relationship with his mother. that’s a story for another time tho. anyway, Dre has GAD in my opinion. Does anyone else think he has it or is my judgement wrong?

My son and I are debating. Help us!

Like I said I never watched blackish, her stuck up attitude made me immediately dislike the show as teen. Reminded me of stuck up girl at school, I don’t watch shows to see things I dislike now😭… she did a great job conveying that nasty teenage attitude lol. The pure definition of DISGUSTED with everything at least in the first season which I’m currently on.

But I’m now watching blackish as an adult and I now can tolerate her character. But sometimes you just wanna scare Zoey straight 😂

Ps. I haven’t watched grown ish since the original cast left, It’s not junior I find him relatable it’s his supporting cast or lack of…

Big Night, Big Fight (1.13)

Logline: Dre and Bow start Valentine’s Dinner off on the wrong foot, and it only escalates from there. Meanwhile, the kids try to teach Diane how to be kinder.

Review: Stylizing a Valentine’s Day fight as an escalating world war is fantastic. Stage One: The Inciting Incident (Dre asks if Bow is changing before they head out to dinner.) Stage Three: Evasive Maneuvers (Dre pays the maitre d to get them a last minute table while Bow is in the bathroom.) Stage Five: The War Council (Dre gets advice from other men fighting with their wives in the bathroom.) Stage Seven: Mutually Assured Destruction (Reviving old, ugly argument.) Stage Eight: Naked Peace Talks. Dre and Bow come together over the bickering of smaller, annoying countries (AKA their children), and agree that it’s healthier to air their grievances. There is so much incredible specificity - from Bow being mad at him for buying gas station flowers to Dre pronouncing the holiday as “Valentime’s” - that makes the whole episode sing.

Dreamgirls and Boys (5.12)

Logline: Diane is cast as the male lead in the school play over her crush, but Bow and Dre have different opinions on whether she should take the part. Dre and Pops worry Junior isn’t being the man in his relationship.

Review: I loved Diane’s journey, and how Bow says she made a precedent of choosing herself first. This show brought such a contemporary parenting approach to the network sitcom landscape. The B-plot of Junior’s Valentine’s Date with his girlfriend is more attuned to the holiday. Dre and Pops are disturbed when Junior lets his girlfriend drive. He lets them get in his head and overcompensates - (over)ordering for his girlfriend, taking an attitude with the server, insisting on paying for a meal he cannot afford. In the end Junior and Dre meet somewhere in the middle - Dre was won over by Diane’s performance, and Junior admits not all old-school moves are bad.

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More sitcom holiday episodes here!

Black Santa / White Santa (1.10)

Dre campaigns to be the office’s first black Santa, inspiring his boss to pick a Hispanic woman to be Santa at the office Christmas party and toy drive. Meanwhile, Bow decides to take over Christmas dinner, usually the domain of her mother in law. 

It’s a Christmas only Dre Johnson could bring! When the chubby white man who usually plays Santa passes away, Dre talks to his boss about thinking outside the box when selecting the next Santa. Unfortunately for Dre, his boss goes further outside the box than Dre anticipated, and selects a Latinx woman to be Santa. When Dre hears her “ho ho ho” has an off inflection, instead of just telling her, he gets her kicked out of the job. In retaliation, she “forgets” to tell him that whoever plays Santa is in charge of the toy drive, so at the event, Dre’s debut as Santa is lacking in Christmas spirit. Dre and his kids go on a shopping spree and deliver gifts to all the kids’ houses, saving Christmas, albeit after ruining it first. Meanwhile, Ruby cooks Christmas dinner every year, which everyone raves over, and this year Bow wants the praise, so she cooks her own version. Her kids think Bow’s dinner is a punishment, and Ruby swoops in to make her usual Christmas feast in three hours. Bow comes home from the office party early to help and learns Ruby’s secret: it’s a catered meal. Ruby confesses that Christmas is too much pressure, and Bow helps her replate and dirty up the kitchen, so the family will be none the wiser. (My favorite detail: the kids asking why there is gravy on the ceiling. My least favorite detail: Dre sitting down to eat dinner with his Santa beard only pulled down to his chin, not taken off.) This is a lovely holiday episode that is totally unique to the show’s premise.

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Just Christmas, Baby (3.10)

Dre wants to create the perfect Christmas for Zoey’s last holiday before leaving for college. Junior tries to keep the twins in line with Elf on the Shelf’s replacement: Bear in a Chair. Pops and Grandma try to find the perfect Christmas song. Bow struggles with contemporary baby raising expectations.

Elf on the Shelf is an absurd Christmas tradition. Expanding the lore to include Bear on the Chair is gold. Similarly, Ruby lists a number of her favorite Christmas carols, including The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting), which someone points out were all written by Jewish songwriters. This motivates Pops to make his own holiday playlist, classics from his childhood, including All I Want for Christmas. Dre says it’s not from Pops’ childhood - Mariah Carey wrote it in 1994, but Ruby insists she consummated her marriage in 1977 to the song. This was everything you’d want a Christmas episode to be, then it hits you with a very honest discussion about the impossible standards mothers are held to. A pregnant Bow struggles while babysitting a friend’s baby, having so many gadget that didn’t exist when she was last pregnant a decade ago, leaving her feeling insecure. The friend (played by the singular Tyra Banks, childhood friend of black-ish’s creator) confesses she buys every doodad hoping it will make motherhood feel more natural. This gave me “Christmas special” vibes in the best way possible.

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Stuff (2.10)

When the kids seem spoiled and unappreciative around the holiday season, their grandfather Pops brings back the Old Fashion Christmas of their dad’s childhood: one present each.

I loved the conversation between Dre and his father at the emotional climax - when Pops explains that their Christmas traditions - one gift, fast food fried chicken for dinner - stem from him not having the means to provide them with more. Pops oversold what they had because he couldn’t get them anything better. However, the meat of the episode was about Dre’s kids being spoiled, and while the Christmas setting makes sense for the storyline, it does feel like you could put the story beats in a non-holiday episode without too much finessing.

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12 Days of Christmas Episodes here!

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One of the thing I've loved the most about this show (besides how it's written of course), is the styling of the characters. Especially Dre's sweater collection. God, I wish I had his wardrobe. Went on wornontv (thanks for posting the link) to have a look at the gallery... The stylists of the show are pretty talented and probably had a lot of fun dressing them up.

I noticed this after several romantic scenes between which would usually involve a kiss. Then in the S8 episode when she comes to the house and they just hug.

Did Junior kiss any of his other girlfriends? Are there kissing in Grown-ish? Do any of the other kids have kisses with their dates/couplings?

Might be one of my favourite episodes. Not for the subject matter or anything but the chemistry and dialogue in general.

I remember this show getting a lot of shit but I find season three to be quite entertaining and a lot of genuinely good comedic lines.

Kind of a shame that the cast start dropping like flies later on.

I am in Season 7 at the moment. And yes sometimes he is mentioned, but there is never an interaction with him... it is somehow annoying...

Ruby finally apologizing to Bow for her treatment of her over the years after reflecting on being bullied because of her complexion.

lol does anybody know who’s the big booty woman at the funeral??Season 3,Episode 5 “The Purge”she fire lol😂😍🍑🔥

Okay, quick story first, but I was a jobbing extra around 2014-2016. I wound up on this set in a Black Friday scene where Anthony Anderson is standing at the door of a shopping center, looking at his watch and counting down the seconds until it opens. Then the crowd around him tramples him. I'm not normally all that interested in seeing myself on screen, but I've occasionally looked and I suspect it might have never made it in. Possibly because they kept pushing me forward until I was standing next to Anderson and I have no idea how to act for the camera, so they might have looked at me and said, "Nah." It didn't help that this was filmed in a hangar that was completely green screened and that the only real objects were the mall doors and the mattress that Anderson threw himself onto.

So if anybody knows that this scene exists and where it is, that would be great. Thanks, guys.

Oh yeah, two notes of anybody's interested. Anderson has a reputation for getting scenes done quickly so he can go hang out with his family, and he's pretty nice to people. I remember him talking to one of the older extras and joking, "You know you can look me in the eye. I don't mind when people do that."

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I understand that Dre has a bit of issue when it comes to understand things, but I just never understood why this man constantly disrespects Bow because of her background and her mixed race culture. There are even times when his parents insult Bow white side. Dre doesnt like her white relatives, which make no sense because he dated her before marrying her. If that was clearly a problem, why marry her?

Even Junior sort of called him out on it during the colorism episode when Dre insults her because she is half white, and Junior has to call him out on it.

I saw on wiki that Grownish Season 6 (and the series as a result) is ending after 9 episodes. Why such a short season for the final season?

Not in order

1.Ruby

2.Dre

3.Johan

4.Diane

5. Junior and Pops for a tie

Honorable mention: Zoey and Charlie

I love all the characters lol this was a little bit hard for me

I’m new to this sub, so please don’t get angry at me.

Not even gonna lie to you. Yes, Junior looked & seemed like he was a geek and a weird kid. But.. Andre reaaaaaaally should’ve treated him like a son. He didn’t name his son Andre Johnson Jr. for nothing, did he?

Did something happen in terms of writing or something around then? We lost interest in all 3 shows pretty much simultaneously.

Mixed-ish we didn't finish season 2

Grown-ish we could not get through season 3

Black-ish lost us in season 7

I took no notice of this till today when I noticed at each point it was all around 2020-2021. Loved the shows upto that point but then it feels like all 3 dropped off a cliff.

Viewer numbers seem to reflect this (minus black-ish that has seen an uptick in the latest season but I haven't watched it).

I am genuinely curious what changed around this time that made it less funny and more cringey.

Side-note: still waiting for Charlie's spin-off.