The Goode Family

Overview

Meet Gerald and Helen Goode, a couple who live by the motto WWAGD ("What Would Al Gore Do?"). Gerald, a college administrator, and Helen, a community activist, are determined to obliterate their carbon footprint on the planet: They're zealous vegans, they drive a hybrid, and they recycle everything possible.

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Episodes

S01E01 Pilot

May 27, 2009 30 min
Bliss takes drastic action and joins an abstinence group after hearing more than her fair share of safe sex talk from her mother. Ubuntu wants to learn to drive now that he's turned sixteen.

S01E02 Pleatherheads

June 3, 2009
Ubuntu becomes a star on his high-school football team, and Helen and Gerald struggle with being a football family. Meanwhile, Bliss tries to improve her college prospects using unorthodox methods.

S01E03 Goodes Gone Wild

June 3, 2009
Helen sees a way to win Charlie's approval when he takes a shine to one of the rescues at her pet adoption. Unfortunately, it's a disgusting animal of unknown origin named Gutterball who has to...

S01E04 Helen's Back

June 12, 2009
The Goodes' chances of being featured on the all-important organic garden tour is threatened when Helen injures her back. Help in form of a Latino gardening crew comes their way, along with a former Burmese...

S01E05 A Tale of Two Lesbians

June 19, 2009
Gerald and Helen offend a lesbian couple so must seek out new lesbian friends in order to prove they aren't being offensive.

S01E06 Freeganomics

June 26, 2009
Helen gets the support of 'Freegan' Heinrich in order to get more people to come to the Eco Festival. After realising what sort of person he is, they have difficulty getting him to leave their...

S01E07 Graffiti in Greenville

July 3, 2009
Helen becomes a grafitti artist in order to make Bliss do some actual work, because she has been lying to her about the work she's been 'doing'. When her work begins to get noticed, Helen...

S01E08 A Goode Game of Chicken

July 10, 2009
Gerald eats a meal that contains chicken even though it's not supposed to. He decides to take on Cranky (a chef) to protest what happened. Elsewhere, nobody can find Che so they assume he's missing.

S01E09 After-School Special

July 17, 2009
While Helen and Gerald tutor some at risk kids after school, their own children are left to their own devices. Ubuntu joins an ecoterrorist group unknowingly, and Bliss begins a business of selling fake ID's.

S01E10 Public Disturbance

July 24, 2009
In an effort to bring public radio to the town, Gerald tries to get the other residents to become involved as well.

S01E11 Trouble in Store

July 31, 2009
Helen is banned from One Earth on the day of Gerald's big meal, after 'stealing' something from the store.

S01E12 Gerald's Way or the Highway

August 7, 2009
Gerald adopts a highway.

S01E13 A Goode Man Is Hard to Find

August 7, 2009
Gerald thinks Mo and Trish want him to be the sperm donor for their next child; Charlie decides to teach Ubuntu how to be a man.

Cast

Mike Judge
Mike Judge
Gerald Goode (voice)
Nancy Carell
Nancy Carell
Helen Goode (voice)
David Herman
David Herman
Ubuntu Goode (voice)
Linda Cardellini
Linda Cardellini
Bliss Goode (voice)
Brian Doyle-Murray
Brian Doyle-Murray
Charlie (voice)

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