Synopses

April 10, 2024

Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show, Season 1 Episode Synopses

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Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show

Season 1

Episode 1: “Emmys”   

Debuts: FRIDAY, MARCH 29 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

As his experiment in radical honesty begins, Jerrod confronts his crush, avoids his mother, and scrambles to find a date to the Emmys.  

  

Episode 2: “Mike”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, APRIL 5 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

As Jerrod falls in love with his new boyfriend, he learns he has a problem with fidelity.   

  

Episode 3: “Friendship”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, APRIL 12 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

When his childhood best friend Jessica moves in to try to make it in NYC, Jerrod struggles to make up for years of being a terrible friend.   

  

Episode 4: “Road Trip”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, APRIL 19 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

Jerrod clumsily and poignantly tries to reconcile with his father by having every difficult conversation in one four-day road trip.  

  

Episode 5: “Jamar”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, APRIL 26 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

Jerrod pushes his friend Jamar Neighbors to confront his childhood traumas onstage.   

  

Episode 6: “Homecoming”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, MAY 3 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

Jerrod brings his boyfriend Mike home to meet his Christian mother.

  

Episode 7: “Opening”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, MAY 10 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

After opening his relationship with Mike, Jerrod struggles with jealousy and the rules of non-monogamy.   

  

Episode 8: “Cynthia in NY”  

Debuts: FRIDAY, MAY 17 (11:00-11:30p.m. ET/PT)  

When his mother comes to visit, Jerrod is haunted by echoes of childhood… and torn between the impulse to reconcile or confront her.