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Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

Season 1

  • Air date:2016-01-03
  • User score:
    7.0
  • Number of episodes:13

List of Episodes

The Engagement
S1E1
8.0

Air date: 2016-01-03

Runtime: 25 min

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, much to Bud’s delight.

Borderwall
S1E2
8.5

Air date: 2016-01-10

Runtime: 25 min

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 .

MegaChurch
S1E3
8.2

Air date: 2016-01-17

Runtime: 25 min

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 church, and the reverend schemes to bring over all the other Mexican residents by “Hispandering,” to Bud’s horror. Bud and Ernesto team up to restore the status quo, but their plan backfires.

High School Football
S1E4
7.0

Air date: 2016-02-14

Runtime: 25 min

Bud becomes the high school football coach after the previous coach is forced out of the job by the local redneck fans.

Groundhog Day
S1E5
5.5

Air date: 2016-02-21

Runtime: 25 min

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.

J.C. Strikes
S1E6
5.0

Air date: 2016-03-13

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Drug Lord
S1E7
0.0

Air date: 2016-04-03

Runtime: 25 min

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.

Santa Ana Winds
S1E8
0.0

Air date: 2016-04-10

Runtime: 25 min

Bud helps a Mexican “Bud” look-alike sneak over the border, so he can take a break from his own life.

Heart Attack
S1E9
0.0

Air date: 2016-04-17

Runtime: 25 min

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 repaired. Meanwhile, Ernesto and Maria put Pepito on medication that makes him behave, but they don’t like the side effects.

Wildfire
S1E10
0.0

Air date: 2016-04-24

Runtime: 25 min

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 agree to see other people.

La Fiesta Noche Show
S1E11
0.0

Air date: 2016-05-08

Runtime: 25 min

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 him to be called onto the stage. Much to everyone’s surprise, the audience loves him and he becomes a big star in the Mexican community in the all-new “La Fiesta Noche Show”

American Doll
S1E12
0.0

Air date: 2016-05-15

Runtime: 25 min

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 plan to get her fired, while Gert seeks revenge on the American Gal company.

Viva Coyote
S1E13
0.0

Air date: 2016-05-22

Runtime: 25 min

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 to regain the top slot on the list. Meanwhile, Ruiz wants to free El Coyote so that an attractive waitress will see him as "more Mexican."

Top Cast

Zach Villa

Zach Villa

Carlos Sanchez

Judah Friedlander

Judah Friedlander

Sanford Buckwald

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Bud Buckwald

Missi Pyle

Missi Pyle

Gert Buckwald

Jacqueline Pinol

Jacqueline Pinol

Pepito Gonzalez

Efren Ramirez

Efren Ramirez

Ruiz

Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Becky Buckwald

Nicholas Gonzalez

Nicholas Gonzalez

Ernesto Gonzalez

John Viener

John Viener

Steve Hernandez

Alex Borstein

Alex Borstein

Janice Buckwald

Mark Hentemann

Mark Hentemann

Zeet

Mark Hentemann

Mark Hentemann

Bryce

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