For the season finale, Aaron McGruder decided to go out with a bang. Literally. Woodcrest is the target of a terrorist attack. The prime suspect, Huey Freeman, learns that the feds are coming to apprehend him. He takes Ruckus hostage and flees in a school bus. The alphabet boys track down Huey’s whereabouts and dispatch a sinful amount of soldiers to go after him. Agent Jack Flowers is hot on the trail in order to bring law and order to the town. Outnumbered, Huey eventually throws in the towel.
They eventually realize that Ed Wuncler and his grandson are the real terror suspects. But rather than go after them, the feds decide that some people are above the law. Wuncler reasons that people want life to be like the movies with good guys going up against bad guys, but that what America really needs is a rallying cry – a reminder of why it’s great to be American.
“It’s Goin’ Down” ends with Granddad conceding that the world would be much better if everyone listened to Huey. Granddad even apologized for not listening to Huey. Huh? Granddad apologize for something? He must still be blazed from two episodes ago. Like I’ve said in earlier recaps, Huey is the voice of Aaron McGruder on The Boondocks and his message for Season 3 is clear: we can do better. But hey, don’t mind that pretentious sonamabitch and his lame cartoon characters, he’s just being his preachy self.
Recap by The Rap Up
It’s said that this might also be the series finale but I hope not especially since this most recent season was so great, almost as good as the classic first season.
8-16-2010
i missed the second half of the episode. can you tell me what happend after huey and ruckus got traped by the tanks?
8-17-2010
why is this the end:( i want more
8-19-2010
Im’ma let you finish but that was one of the shittiest Boondocks episodes of all time!
8-22-2010
i get wht it means the world is cuming to an end and no one can stop it but that episode was OVER CRAP NOT A GOOD WAY TO GOO?
8-24-2010
Be Gratefull Niggas, shutup, the season was just great, crying ass niggas.
9-6-2010
Was it me or did this episode seem short
2-7-2012
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2-19-2012
Ignore these whiny niggers on here. Boondocks is a great show and the only glimpse of black intellectualism in the modern world it seems. This episode was not a laugh a minute, but McGruder was attempting to wrap up loose ends and make a solid point that the government, corporations, and media feed off stupid American flag waving, along with being directly or indirectly involved.
Moreso, he unabashedly points out that Obama is part of the machine. With 95% of the same plans and policies of GW Bush, we see that politicians are just an extension of the same plan and propaganda of the wealthiest corporations, banks, and controlled media.
As for those that just want to bitch about McGruder being preachy or the episode being crap, I apologize for these niggers, ’cause lord knows they ain’t gonna apologize for themselves.