S01E01 The Engagement
Bud is enraged when he finds out that his daughter Becky is engaged to J.C., Ernesto’s nephew who just graduated from college. Meanwhile, a staunch anti-immigration law is passed which eventually leads to J.C.’s deportation,...
Bordertown
S01E04: High School Football
Bud becomes the high school football coach after the previous coach is forced out of the job by the local redneck fans.
Overview
The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.
Episodes
S01E02 Borderwall
Bud fights to get a border wall constructed using confiscated drug money, only to have the wall destroy the economy, leaving him jobless. He then begins smuggling immigrants under the wall to make ends meet...
S01E03 MegaChurch
The reverend of Bud’s megachurch asks Bud to lure Ernesto, the town’s biggest church donor, away from the local Mexican Catholic church, to help fill their coffers. Ernesto is seduced by the glitziness of the...
S01E04 High School Football
Bud becomes the high school football coach after the previous coach is forced out of the job by the local redneck fans.
S01E05 Groundhog Day
The Mexifornia population tips from white majority to Latino majority when Maria's sister has a baby, so Bud wants Janice to have another baby in order to even the shift.
S01E06 J.C. Strikes
Frustrated that J.C. still hasn't gotten a job, Ernesto hires him as part of his landscaping crew. When the job turns out too difficult, J.C. unionizes Ernesto's workers and begins a strike.
S01E07 Drug Lord
Bud unwittingly becomes drug kingpin Pablo Barracuda’s inside man at the Border Station, as he competes to be richer and more successful than Ernesto.
S01E08 Santa Ana Winds
Bud helps a Mexican “Bud” look-alike sneak over the border, so he can take a break from his own life.
S01E09 Heart Attack
Gert’s unhealthy eating causes her to have a heart attack during the Little Miss Mexifornia Pageant. Unable to afford the surgery in America, Bud takes her to Mexico to have her arteries unblocked and heart...
S01E10 Wildfire
Residents are ordered to leave Mexifornia when it is threatened by wildfire, but Bud stays put and his house catches fire, requiring Ernesto to rescue him. Meanwhile J.C. and Becky take a relationship break and...
S01E11 La Fiesta Noche Show
Ernesto and Placido are thrilled that their favorite TV show, “La Fiesta Noche,” will be filming in Mexifornia. The Buckwalds and Gonzalezes both get tickets to the taping, but Bud’s anger at the spectacle causes...
S01E12 American Doll
Janice secretly maxes out her credit card in the purchase of an American Gal doll and accessories and takes a job as Ernesto's housekeeper to earn some extra cash. Bud, however puts in motion a...
S01E13 Viva Coyote
When El Coyote is moved to the No. 1 spot on the "Most Wanted" list, Bud and Barracuda go gunning for him: Bud because he let him slip across the border; Barracuda because he seeks...
Cast
Zach Villa
Carlos Sanchez
Judah Friedlander
Sanford Buckwald
Hank Azaria
Bud Buckwald
Missi Pyle
Gert Buckwald
Jacqueline Pinol
Pepito Gonzalez
Efren Ramirez
Ruiz
Alex Borstein
Becky Buckwald
Nicholas Gonzalez
Ernesto Gonzalez
John Viener
Steve Hernandez
Alex Borstein
Janice Buckwald
Mark Hentemann
Zeet
Mark Hentemann
Bryce
