Good Lord! Another Uncle Ruckus-centric episode! That can’t be good (in a good way). For those of you that have been keeping score, Uncle Ruckus has had two centric episodes in the past. One episode for each season (“The Passion of The Ruckus” for Season 1 and “The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show” for Season 2) satirized the racist perception of a self-hating Black man and they probably rank as one of the most cringe-worthy episodes in all of television. “The Story of Jimmy Rebel,” however, kicks it up a notch.

And it’s that damn good (and frightening).

Uncle Ruckus takes a liking into a rising (and very controversial) country western singer by the name of Jimmy Rebel (an obvious spoof of the notorious singer Johnny Rebel who, thankfully, is nowhere near as popular). He sings songs about hating African Americans and his music touches Ruckus’ soul (assuming he has one). Inspired, Ruckus makes his own racist recordings and sends them to Rebel’s recording studio base. Rebel decides to meet with the man who sent him the music and to his surprise, it’s a Black man. Ruckus tries to cover up his identity by assuming the role of a house servant called "Toby" (gee, we wonder where he got that from? Probably from his historical “roots”) and, as expected, hi-jinks are involved.

First off, let us just say that this is probably the darkest episode the Boondocks have produced just yet (and that’s saying a lot). McGruder does not hold back from using racism as his personal satirical prank on the media. Great voice acting is presented through Gary Anthony Williams who invokes all of Ruckus’ emotions in this episode, especially with his hilarious breakdown.

Other great moments include Robert “Grandad” Freeman realizing that he may have found a surprising, yet extremely unorthodox, friendship in Ruckus; a factor that leaves both Huey and Riley (who only appear once in the episode) stunned, and also the conclusion of the episode where Ruckus and Rebel find a new group of minorities to hate (let’s just say Arizona could use them as mascots for the immigration bill).

Overall, a great episode, but just shy of being perfect. 4/5