Homeboys in Outer Space

S01E04: Behold a Pale Planet or, What If God Was One of Us

Overview

Homeboys in Outer Space is an American science fiction/fantasy sitcom that aired on UPN from 1996 to 1997. The series stars comedian Flex and Darryl Bell.

Episodes

S01E01 There's No Space Like Home, or Return of the Jed Eye

August 27, 1996 30 min
Ty and Morris are two wacky space cadets hustling jobs in the 23rd century, waiting for the contract that will pay off big. When famous and notorious bounty hunter Jed Eye, who seems to be...

S01E02 The Pleasure Planet Principle, or G Marks the Spot

September 3, 1996 30 min
It's Morris's birthday and Ty has forgotten, yet again, to get him a birthday present. Ty's tickets for his vacation to the pleasure planet Fallopia arrive on the Hoopty, and Ty pretends that he bought...

S01E03 Papa's Got A Brand New Old Bag or, That's No Lady, That's My Grandma

September 10, 1996 30 min
Ty and Morris meet a relative when they transport cryogenic chambers. Android Lloyd Wellington III becomes a regular character after this episode.

S01E04 Behold a Pale Planet or, What If God Was One of Us

September 17, 1996 30 min

S01E05 Loquatia Unplugged or, Come Back, Little Cyber

September 24, 1996 30 min
Loquatia's singing career forces the guys to install a new computerized navigator.

S01E06 House Party or, Play That Funky White Music Droid

October 1, 1996 30 min
After the Jupiter Too fails a routine intergalactic inspection by Inspector 17, Vashti puts Ty and Morris in charge of cleaning up and keeping an eye on the place while he's on vacation. Ty and...

S01E07 Dog Day Afternoon, or When the Going Gets Ruff

October 15, 1996 30 min
As Mo and Ty are bringing Vashti's poodle back from a grooming, they pass through an energy field that tranfers Morris's consciousness into the dog.

S01E08 Devil in Miss Jones or, Dismember of the Wedding

October 29, 1996 30 min
While Vashti plans for his little sister's wedding, Ty and Morris discover that the dreaded Lucifer virus has possessed Loquatia.

S01E09 Trading Faces or All the King's Homeys

November 5, 1996 30 min
Synopsis not available.

S01E10 A Man's Place is in the Homey, or The Stepford Guys

November 12, 1996 30 min
When the Hoopty conks out in outer space, it's towed to a planet run by women, where Ty and Morris discover they'll have to work off the repair bill in a strip club.

S01E11 Homeboys in Wonderland or, Hoopty Doopty

November 19, 1996 30 min
Ty and Morris are offered up as guinea pigs for a new transporter machine that Vashti has purchased. When the guys emerge from the machine, they step into a world that is 180 degrees opposite...

S01E12 Super Bad Foxy Lady Killer or Ty and Morris Get the Shaft

November 26, 1996 30 min
An homage to '70s blacksploitation flicks with a take-off on that era's popular ""Shaft"" series. Ty and Morris bend the rules of quantum physics when they are sucked up into an antique motion picture -...
Brother's Got No Soul, or I Love Lucifer

S01E13 Brother's Got No Soul, or I Love Lucifer

January 7, 1997 30 min
When a shady character appears in the Jupiter Too, everyone is smart enough to steer clear of the sly little guy, except for Ty who is easy prey for the devil, a.k.a. ""Mr. Tan."" Ty...

S01E14 El Voyage Fantastico, or I've Got You Under My Skin

January 14, 1997 30 min
When Amma falls ill with the fatal tropical disease pina colitis, Andy shrinks the Hoopty, Ty and Morris, and injects them into her bloodstream to battle the virus.

S01E15 The Longest Yard and a Half or, The Shawshank Redemption Center

January 28, 1997 30 min
When Ty and Morris are caught smuggling sugar, they're sent to prison--but they plan to break out during a football game with a rival prison.

S01E16 An Officer and a Homeboy or, Full Metal Jackass

February 4, 1997 30 min
When the Ebolatollah threatens the galaxy, Ty and Mo enlist in the military, where Ty is thrown out of boot camp and Mo is sent on a hazardous mission to find a way to successfully...

S01E17 Happy Happy, Droid Droid, or Amma Sees Red

February 11, 1997 30 min
Andy is successful in finding the sacred orb, and the guys realize he has proven himself to be a Soldier of Fortune. When they discover that he has no emotions, they try to find him...

S01E18 The Naked and the Dred, or The Toast of the Town

February 18, 1997 30 min
Ty inherits the planet ""Indabuff"" from his uncle, inhabited by all naked people and where the law forbids clothing. Morris joins a rebellious group of the planet that wants to wear clothes, and is sentenced...

S01E19 Tales From the Dark Side or, Ty Takes the Redeye

April 29, 1997 30 min
Ty takes an offer to become a Redeye Knight, but he finds himself lured to the evil Dark Side; meanwhile, Vashti has trouble with the I.R.S.

S01E20 How the West Was Lost or, Daddy's Home

May 6, 1997 30 min
The Hoopty crashes on the Fantasy Planet, where Mr. Dork and Snafu accommodate Mo's cowboy fantasy and Ty's desire for a perfect sitcom family.

S01E21 The Adventures of Ratman and Gerbil or, Holy Homeboys in Outer Space

May 13, 1997 30 min
Ty and Mo purchase the Ratman and Gerbil superhero franchise; little realizing the evil Rhymer has a villainous coalition ready to destroy them.

Cast

Flex Alexander
Flex Alexander
Tyberius Walker
Darryl M. Bell
Darryl M. Bell
Morris Clay
Rhona Bennett
Rhona Bennett
Loquatia
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson
Vashti
Paulette Braxton
Amma

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