black-ish
Hope
Season 2, Episode 16 · Aired 2016-02-24
Synopsis
When the kids ask some tough questions in the midst of a highly publicized court case involving alleged police brutality and an African-American teenager, Dre and Bow are conflicted on how best to field them. Dre, along with Pops and Ruby, feel the kids need to know what kind of world they're living in, while Bow would like to give them a more hopeful view about life. When the verdict is announced, the family handles the news in different ways while watching the community react.
In the series
This episode is part of black-ish (2014–2022) on ABC.
Upper-middle-class Black family sitcom that smuggled essays into multi-cam comfort.
Key cast
- Anthony Anderson as Dre Johnson
- Tracee Ellis Ross as Rainbow Johnson
- Yara Shahidi as Zoey Johnson
- Marcus Scribner as Andre Jr.
- Miles Brown as Jack Johnson
- Marsai Martin as Diane Johnson