Whitley's father reduces her allowance forcing her to ask Jalessa to let her stay with her. Freddie thinks Kim needs a break from studying and tricks her into going to Ron's frat party.

Whitley tries out for the academic decathlon team, where she comes face to face with her rival Kinu. Matthew asks Kim out on a date.

Cliff and Clair are concerned when they find a marijuana cigarette in Theo's schoolbook. Theo is upset that someone has planted the joint in his book, so he goes out of his way to find the culprit who set him up.

Vanessa is confident that her science project will bring her the usual top honors she expects, until she discovers that the other students in her new advanced-placement class are much more competitive than she thought.

After Sondra is ripped off by a conniving auto mechanic, an incensed Clair goes to court to right the wrong. While Clair is preparing her court case, Cliff plays family chef and cooks up some rather bizarre concoctions for dinner- leaving the kids hungering for Mom’s cooking.

Cliff is excited to join his former teammates from Hillman College in a grudge match against Norton University, until he discovers he is 25 years out of shape. Josh Culbreath, 1956 Olympic bronze medalist, guest stars as Sanford B. "Tailwind" Turner, the only man ever to beat Cliff "Combustible" Huxtable.

Kyle and Overton return to Cleveland for a reunion at their high school, which is about to be demolished due to asbestos. Kyle has a run-in with Lester Tate, the bully who tormented him throughout his youth, and finally stands up to the man. He points out that many of Lester's victims are successful, while he is a loser. When Lester reveals that he is homeless, everyone turns against Kyle. Kyle tries to apologize to Lester, but catches him stealing shoes from kids' lockers. Lester taunts and threatens Kyle, who tells him his attitude is the cause of his problems. Kyle locks Lester in a janitor's closet and calls the police. After Synclaire is mistaken for class cut-up Helen Robinson, she impersonates the woman and keeps her admirers entertained. The real Helen finally approaches and thanks Synclaire for letting her have a night of peace and quiet. Max publicly insults the garbage workers' union. The men begin dumping trash outside her apartment until Khadijah and Regine force her to apologize.

On her way out of the hospital following hemorrhoid surgery, Khadijah makes a date with a doctor named Charles. When she learns that he was her anesthesiologist, she becomes embarrassed and is unable to show any physical affection toward him. After he makes a fool of himself in the batting cage at the hospital's charity carnival, Khadijah's mind is eased and she kisses him. Regine begins moonlighting as a wedding coordinator. Her first clients are a spooky couple with bizarre supernatural powers, such as the ability to call Regine over a disconnected telephone. They wish to hold their ceremony in a cemetery, and are thrilled by Regine's suggestion of throwing the bouquet into an open grave.

Max is stunned to learn that her boyfriend, Gary, is a virgin. She has serious doubts as to whether she should deflower him, but eventually goes through with it. She is saddened when Gary heeds her advice and decides not to crowd her, but maintains her bravado in front of her friends. Kyle sees through her act and realizes that she is hurt, and she confesses that she can no longer simply chew men up and spit them out. Kyle takes her to dinner to talk things over. Khadijah, following Regine's suggestion, "borrows" some ski clothing for a weekend with Charles. Her plan goes awry when the store burns down before she can get a refund.

Synclaire lucks into a starring role in a play when the star drops out a day before the opening. (Synclaire had memorized all the lines while serving as an usher as a teenager.) However, the director offers the opinion that Synclaire stinks, and is certain that the play will end both of their careers. A jittery Synclaire flubs her lines and strikes one of the other actors in the face with a door. When the audience responds favorably, Synclaire begins ad-libbing and turns the play into a comedy. It proves to be a huge hit and is held over. Thanks to a camera in a hat invented by Overton, the play had been recorded and Synclaire's lines can be written down. An IRS agent who is auditing Kyle agrees to go easy on him if he can teach him how to pick up women. However, the man ends up getting more than he bargained for…namely Max.

A young mom had finally gotten life on track after years of finding love in the wrong places. When she’s found strangled to death, detectives wonder if her past came back to haunt her, and a shocking witness may hold the key to the killer’s identity.

When a young college student is gunned down in a fast-food restaurant, police initially suspect that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but the shocking truth soon reveals that he was the target in a feud turned deadly.

In the shadow of love, Amber Hunter conspires with her beau, Javontae Wakefield, in a gruesome plot against her own mother, Tiffany Hunter, driven by a harrowing cash crunch. In Detroit, a mother's unconditional love meets a deadly betrayal.

Love blinds Dequanna Bates as she falls deeper into Joshua Nickens' vendetta against Alan Moore. In Suffolk, a romantic entanglement leads to a sinister trap, spiraling into a deadly confrontation over a bitter grudge.

A flirtatious comment at a club leads Gina Conway and rapper boyfriend Max B into a deadly setup in Fort Lee. Their love story twists into a grim plot, culminating in the tragic murder of David Taylor over jealousy and betrayal.

Whitley's father reduces her allowance forcing her to ask Jalessa to let her stay with her. Freddie thinks Kim needs a break from studying and tricks her into going to Ron's frat party.

Whitley tries out for the academic decathlon team, where she comes face to face with her rival Kinu. Matthew asks Kim out on a date.

Walter narrates in Twilight Zone fashion, the struggles the Hillman gang faces during mid-terms.

Dwayne can't stop thinking about Whitley which puts a strain on his relationship with Kinu. Ron hires Whitley as a housekeeper hoping it will drive Kinu crazy.

Cliff and Clair are concerned when they find a marijuana cigarette in Theo's schoolbook. Theo is upset that someone has planted the joint in his book, so he goes out of his way to find the culprit who set him up.

Vanessa is confident that her science project will bring her the usual top honors she expects, until she discovers that the other students in her new advanced-placement class are much more competitive than she thought.

After Sondra is ripped off by a conniving auto mechanic, an incensed Clair goes to court to right the wrong. While Clair is preparing her court case, Cliff plays family chef and cooks up some rather bizarre concoctions for dinner- leaving the kids hungering for Mom’s cooking.

Cliff is excited to join his former teammates from Hillman College in a grudge match against Norton University, until he discovers he is 25 years out of shape. Josh Culbreath, 1956 Olympic bronze medalist, guest stars as Sanford B. "Tailwind" Turner, the only man ever to beat Cliff "Combustible" Huxtable.

Helen is all excited for Tom when he plans on starting his own publishing firm. However, her happiness turns to anger when she gets into a fight with George and then later finds out Tom is going to get George to co-sign a loan. Meanwhile, Louise accidentally drops her wedding ring down the sink and George tries to retrieve it.

George and Louise's have a houseguest, George's nephew, Raymond. Raymond is staying with them for six weeks and proves to be a handful. When George's attempts to entertain the tyke fail, George takes him horseback riding, but when that fails, Raymond runs away.

Jenny needs a topic for a thesis that she's writing. However, her idea could lead her into danger when she decides her topic will be street gangs. This leads her to go to Harlem and meet Marcus. Unknown to her, Tom and George are following her.

On a lazy day for George and Louise, Helen talks Louise into attending an art class with her. George is all for her attending the class at first, that is until he discovers that she's been sketching models who pose in the nude. After discovering this, George tries to get Louise to stop going and soon finds he has two other people on his side, Florence and Tom.

Workaholic George falls asleep in his office, one evening, and has a dream that takes him to the year 1996. In the dream Louise is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of George's business, who isn't there celebrating, since he passed away a few years earlier.

George decides that he needs a cleaning factory and sets out to find a place for it. Meanwhile, Alan Willis returns to New York and learns that he has inherited a warehouse from his grandfather. Seeing that the warehouse would be perfect for his factory, George goes all out to try to get it, even allowing Alan to move in with the Jeffersons due to squabbling between Alan and Tom.

Alan moves in with the Jeffersons and George continues efforts to get the warehouse for himself. Meanwhile, battles with the landlord prompt Louise and Helen to try to find a better place for the Help Center.

Louise has been trying to get a permit for the Help Center but she hasn't been able to get anywhere with the bank. This leads George to go down to the bank and discovers that the banker is an old navy pal of his, one who still holds a grudge over some navy day trickery.

Helen gives Louise the news that both of them have been invited to California to attend a convention, however, the planned trip coincides with the date of her wedding anniversary. Meanwhile, George mistakenly plans a business meeting on his anniversary and later at home happily allows Louise to go to California but his joy arouses suspicions in her.

Harry practically moves into the Jefferson's apartment to avoid his annoying house guest, Felicia. George tries to help him out by giving him tips to throw her out but this results in Felicia thinking that Harry is proposing.

On the evening of her class reunion, Louise discovers in George's will that all of his money would go to her on the condition that she never remarries. This obviously prompts yet another argument resulting in Louise attending her reunion without George.

George's new stockbroker is quite a ventriloquist, after he introduces the Jeffersons to his dummy, J.P. However, George has second thoughts about him after he learns that he has spent time in a mental institution. Meanwhile, Florence has second thoughts as well, since he asked her out on a date.

George is being considered for a position on a bank's board of directors and when a banker comes over to interview him, Alan and the banker's daughter hit it off. This leads George to worry that because Alan is half black this will jeopardize his chances of getting the position.

At the last minute, George's speaker at a benefit cancels which leaves him scrambeling to find a celebrity to speak. He sets out to rope Billy Dee Williams into speaking even considering getting a celebrity look-alike. However, George passes himself off as Alex Haley, and Billy Dee agrees to speak. Meanwhile, an excited Florence is let down when she mistakes Billy Dee, her idol, for an impersonator.

Starting as a childhood friendship in Dallas, Texas, Yarbrough & Peoples were about smooth harmonies and catchy grooves, and their chemistry was palpable on stage and off – marrying after years of making music together. But despite their success, the couple ultimately pulled back from the music industry in search of a different kind of life. On this episode of Unsung, the Yarbroughs, along with family and friends, tell the story of a journey that that travels far beyond music.

Dre is determined to have his family feel more connected, but he creates trouble when he falls short of Bow's expectations.

Dre campaigns to be the new Santa at the office Christmas party. Bow is tired of competing with Ruby over who cooks the big Christmas Eve dinner.

Things begin to fall apart in more ways than one when Dre faces the big four-oh.

While Dre thinks Rainbow is questioning his machismo, Pops and Ruby reignite their love affair.