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  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 28, 2000
  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 28, 2000
Soul Food

Summary A talented, eclectic ensemble cast reunites the Joseph family in the hour-long family drama, Soul Food, an Edmonds Entertainment/State Street Pictures production in association with Paramount Network Television for Showtime. Soul Food was the first original Showtime series to receive a second season order from the network. Based on the c...

  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 28, 2000
  • SHOWTIME
  • Jun 28, 2000
Soul Food
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5 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jun 28, 2000
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
69
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Summary A talented, eclectic ensemble cast reunites the Joseph family in the hour-long family drama, Soul Food, an Edmonds Entertainment/State Street Pictures production in association with Paramount Network Television for Showtime. Soul Food was the first original Showtime series to receive a second season order from the network. Based on the c...

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Episode 1 • Jun 28, 2000
The More Things Change
Episode 2 • Jul 5, 2000
The More Things Stay the Same
The girls take their father's business partner, Hardy Lester, to court. Lem takes dangerous measures to address his money problems and Teri blows it with Damon.
Episode 3 • Jul 12, 2000
Heart of the Matter
Teri struggles with her feelings about Damon and Miles, the girls meet Hardy Lester to avoid a trial and Lem's cousin, Jack, saves him from jail.
Episode 4 • Jul 19, 2000
What Women Want
Episode 5 • Jul 26, 2000
The Watermelon Theory
Ahmad catches his parents in an awkward position
Episode 6 • Aug 2, 2000
Claiming
Lem helps Kenny face some aggressive competition for his tow truck business and Teri meets Damon's family. Meanwhile, Maxine makes a new friend.
Episode 7 • Aug 9, 2000
Truth Be Told
The family finds out that Hardy Lewis has cancer and the news impacts everyone differently. Also, Teri and Damon are mugged by Teri's old classmate.
Episode 8 • Aug 16, 2000
Bad Luck
Episode 9 • Aug 23, 2000
Anything You Can Do
Episode 10 • Aug 30, 2000
Samurai Secrets
Maxine is upset to learn that Kenny took Teri to a concert when he was also dating her. Lem's involvement with Jack continues to cause him difficulties.
Episode 11 • Sep 6, 2000
Man Trouble
Teri confronts her friend Brian over his relations with Heather and the double standard for women in the work place. Maxine catches Ahmad with a condom and fights with Kenny over giving him the sex talk.
Episode 12 • Sep 13, 2000
The Language of Life
Episode 13 • Jan 3, 2001
Ordinary Pain
The sisters learn from their Uncle Melvin that they have a half sister named Nina and she wants part of the inheritance. Ahmad would rather hang with his friends than take his PSAT classes.
Episode 14 • Jan 10, 2001
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Teri's anger continues over not making partner then she lands a big client and has two attractive job propositions offered to her. Bird asks Lem to move back in yet not resume their physical relationship but he declines.
Episode 15 • Jan 17, 2001
Little Girl Blue
Teri learns she didn't make partner at the same time she believes Damon is having an affair with Christine. Lem has trouble with a cookie salesman. Kenny is concerned that Ahmad is spending time with Steve, a gay man.
Episode 16 • Jan 24, 2001
This Crazy Life
Ahmad gets upsets, running away to Damon's house. A quarrel between a couple at Bird's salon escalates, a gun is produced and Bird with Lem find themselves being by held hostage.
Episode 17 • Jan 31, 2001
Sometimes You Win, Sometimes You Lose
Teri goes to court for Global Airlines, Bird and Lem take baby steps toward reconciliation and Kenny hires an assistant.
Episode 18 • Feb 7, 2001
Everything Is Unfolding Perfectly
Ahmad wants to impress a girl named Keisha. Bird and Lem work on co-parenting plus their communication skills. Maxine tries to get speed bumps installed but finds her meeting with an Alderman sabotaged by a family member.
Episode 19 • Feb 14, 2001
A Clear and Present Stranger
Kennys father comes to visit
Episode 20 • Feb 21, 2001
Take Me to the Water
Ahmad takes baptism class and Teri tries to reconnect with her religion just as most of the family is involved in a catastrophic car crash.
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Generally Favorable Based on 20 Critic Reviews
69
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15% Mixed
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0% Negative
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15% Mixed
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88
Jun 10, 2014
To its credit, "Soul Food" doesn't stop to explain everything to us. The decision to let viewers pick things up as the show proceeds keeps it from getting bogged down in obvious, clumsy, drama-killing exposition. The result is truer and more natural dialogue, better pacing, events that unfold slowly to engage viewers more completely, and characters whose personalities are revealed by what they do and say in the context of their immediate situations. [27 Jun 2000]
By Eric Mink FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 10, 2014
"Soul Food" arrives at full boil. It's a cross between "Sisters" and "Providence" and better written than both.
By Rob Owen FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 10, 2014
Plenty spicy series “Soul Food” dishes up even more sex and drama than the 1997 hit movie it is based on, while retaining the look and feel that made the saga of the Joseph family so appealing on the bigscreen.
By Laura Fries FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 10, 2014
"Soul Food" shows us the range of the African-American experience within the confines of a single family, and most of the time it works well. [23 Jun 2000]
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70
Jun 10, 2014
"Soul Food" has its share of soap-opera moments and predictable story threads. ... But the moments in "Soul Food" that bode best for the series' future are the ones that don't try so hard, that show the Josephs struggling to remain a family despite the forces pulling them apart. It's moments like those that give their story strength and should keep viewers anxious to find out what happens next. [28 Jun 2000]
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
63
Jun 10, 2014
"Soul Food" the series differs from the film in that it replaces romance with nudity and sex. The actors were good and the premiere episode was believable, but let's leave something to the imagination. [26 Jun 2000]
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40
Jun 10, 2014
There are things to like about the new Showtime series "Soul Food" ... It's just that the writing, the editing and the camera work are not chief among them. ... The series's aims are laudable. But ultimately, it's the execution, not the intent, that will make it a meal. [28 Jun 2000]
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