Home Alone

Uncle Ruckus, the self-hating elderly neighbour whose worldview is a running joke of the series, is a disastrous choice of guardian. Putting him in charge of the Freeman boys — one a radical intellectual, the other a street-obsessed troublemaker — sets up the episode's comedy of failed authority. Ruckus, who despises the very idea of supervising Black children, is the worst possible babysitter for this household.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "he leaves Huey and Riley home with Uncle Ruckus as their chaperone")

The coordinated chaos the boys produce to drive Ruckus out is a callback to the series' recurring theme of children outwitting incompetent adults. Huey and Riley, rarely aligned in their goals, briefly cooperate to rid themselves of their unwanted supervisor. The episode's comedy depends on the escalating absurdity of their methods.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "The boys cause enough havoc to chase Uncle Ruckus away")

The inversion of roles is the episode's core: Huey, the radical-minded activist who usually opposes authority, becomes the enforcer of household rules. The shift from supervised child to acting guardian forces Huey into a position of responsibility that he treats with the same seriousness he brings to politics. The comedy comes from watching a child apply adult authority with bureaucratic precision.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "which leaves Huey in charge")

Riley's impulsiveness with money versus Huey's sense of order and punishment. The grounding — a domestic punishment normally administered by a parent — is now being enforced by a sibling, which raises the question of what happens when a child's authority is not backed by actual power. The episode leaves the conflict unresolved in a way that is typical of the series' willingness to let its endings be uncomfortable.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode summary: "when Riley spends all the money Granddad left them, Huey 'grounds' him")

The title shares its name with the 1990 Chris Columbus film Home Alone, in which a child is accidentally left behind during the holidays and must defend his home from burglars. The Boondocks episode inverts the premise: the children are not left alone by accident but are deliberately left with a guardian whom they then drive away. The echo of the film title signals the episode's premise to the audience.

Source: Home Alone — Wikipedia (1990 film title)

The episode carries production code 214, one of the later-produced episodes of the season. Dan Fausett directed, and the teleplay was written by Rodney Barnes, a regular contributor to the series who wrote or co-wrote several season-two episodes.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode list credits)

"Home Alone" was the tenth episode of season two, airing in the run-up to the Christmas holiday. The episode's premise — a vacation that leaves the children unsupervised — is loosely seasonal, though the episode does not centre on Christmas itself. It aired as part of Adult Swim's second-season broadcast schedule.

Source: The Boondocks season 2 — Wikipedia (episode air date and order)