Louise is all excited that for once George has remembered her birthday after she sees him sneaking around with party favors. However, George, who overhears Helen and Louise, realizes that he has forgotten her birthday and scrambles to buy her a gift before it's too late.

Florence is all excited since she and her church choir are going to Ohio for a competition. However, Florence loses her faith in God when the Reverend steals the money they needed to enter the competition.

The snobby socialite that beat Louise out of a Volunteer of the Year award is back and brags about how her grandson is going to win a piano recital. This leads Louise to enter her granddaughter, Jessica in the recital with the intent of beating the snobby competition.

George and Louise's anniversary party comes to a screeching halt when they learn that Charlie, the bartender, has a drinking problem, which caused his separation from his wife.

After learning that Synclaire hasn't had a date for six months, Regine and Max devote their energies to remedying this situation. Synclaire accepts a date from a handsome veterinarian named Michael, much to Overton's chagrin. Max and Regine give her a make-over and offer tips. Regine explains the "date laugh," in which the woman puts one hand on her date and the other on her cleavage when the man says anything amusing. They decide to follow Synclaire to the restaurant to make sure things go smoothly. Although Khadijah feels they should mind their own business, she also tags along. Synclaire is furious at their interference, and asks them to leave. She and Michael have a nice time, but he is called away on an emergency, thanks to a phone call set up by Overton. Overton steps in and takes his place at the table, and later takes Synclaire bowling. Synclaire sends Overton into the stratosphere with a kiss on the cheek, and he excitedly tells Kyle that he is six months ahead of schedule in his pursuit of her.

Max receives several phone messages from her ex-boyfriend Greg, who had unceremoniously dumped her a year earlier. Max ignores Khadijah's advice and agrees to have dinner with Greg and his fiancée. She arranges for the meal to be held at the girls' apartment. Regine suggests that Max bring a date, but Khadijah believes that Max should be happy with who she is. When Greg arrives with his beautiful fiancée, Susan, a desperate Max begs Kyle to pose as her boyfriend. He accepts the role all too eagerly. Everyone begins inventing tales about the couple's courtship and Max's phenomenal professional success. Max can no longer stand the lying, and admits that it was all an act. Greg follows her to the kitchen, and she explains that she has realized the source of her bitterness; she knew that she and Greg weren't right for each other, but wishes that he had said good-bye. She kisses him and struts out of the kitchen, leaving Greg begging for more. Meanwhile, Overton struggles to correct the brownstone's water pressure problem.

Khadijah is disgusted by the girls' pathetic social life, so she suggests that they go out to a club and meet some men. Regine announces that she can get them onto the guest list at Club Zina. She dons her finest wig and "one of a kind" red dress, and is disgusted to spot two other women wearing the same dress. She douses them with drinks, but later gets a taste of her own medicine. Kyle and Overton have to sneak in the back door because the doorman dislikes Kyle, and Kyle has no luck with the female bar patrons. Overton convinces Synclaire to dance, and they show off a series of moves not seen since 1984. Max is hounded by a smarmy man with a gold tooth, while Khadijah is bored out of her skull. Her attitude improves when she meets Regine's friend Ty, the DJ. He gives her the chance to take the mic, and she brings down the house with "I Will Survive."

Khadijah, Regine and Synclaire are involved in a car accident with an old woman named Shirley Shortridge. Khadijah's jeep suffers $1500 in damage. Regine believes that they should sue, but Khadijah wants to settle and put the matter behind her. Khadijah and Max negotiate with Shirley and her sleazy lawyer, Jack Peabody. Khadijah ignores Max's advice and agrees to take an $800 settlement. Jack taunts Max, telling her she couldn't have beaten him in court. Max decides that the case should go to court. When Max becomes obsessed with victory, Khadijah decides to represent herself and ask for the settlement. Jack denies offering any money. Max comes to the rescue, taking over as Khadijah's lawyer and winning a $1500 settlement. Overton and Kyle take a trial membership at a gym, but suffer the consequences when they overdo it on the stair master and Kyle tries to impress two women with his weightlifting ability.

When J.T. fails an exam because of a stupid mistake, his overbearing mother tries to persuade the professor to give J.T. a retest; and Marty considers becoming a professional bowler. Shelly tries to help Rita set up her new apartment.

Shelly finds out that Janie's baby brother Paul still has a crush on her after all this time, but she doesn't know how to handle the situation now that Paul is an adult. Nick embarrasses the gang at Janie's church when he accidentally drops a $100 bill in the collection plate and then attempts to either get it back or at least, get his change

Nick finally finds a woman he wants to date exclusively, only to have her tell him she's married. Meanwhile, Shelly discovers that Rita thinks her apartment is haunted.

Shelly and Janie cajole Rita to pretend she wants to get back together with Brenda after learning she's the buyer for a department store where they hope to display their clothing line. Donovan enlists Nick's help to win the money he lost in an expensive bet with J.T., by playing poker.

A wrench is thrown into Lucious’ deeply personal music video about his mother, when Andre discovers a dark secret. Meanwhile, Hakeem and Jamal are compromised after pursuing secretive affairs. Then, Rhonda starts to suspect who her attacker was.

Hakeem feels the pressure of his underwhelming fiancé, Laura, as he struggles to find a place for her both in his family and his career. Cookie finally reveals to Jamal the truth behind what happened to Freda’s father, prompting Jamal to warn Freda of his family’s ulterior motives. Meanwhile, despite his frustration with the family, Jamal makes a sacrifice for Lucious from which it will be hard to recover.

Kim is getting married…over Nikki’s dead body.

Nikki and Veronica team up to break up Professor Oglevee’s new romance

Fred's toothache becomes an exercise in patience for Lamont when Fred refuses to see a dentist and instead tries Bubba's home remedy and a hypnotist. Finally, Fred decides to throw in the towel and visits a dentist but insists on a white dentist.

Lamont pays $50 for an antique gun and brings it home to show Fred. Fred begins re-enacting war stories and accidentally pulls the trigger not knowing it's loaded. The blast shoots through the next door neighbor's window, who suddenly drops from site just after having a heated argument with Fred. Fred jumps to the conclusion that he killed him.

Fred gets a new next door neighbor and is shocked to learn that he is Puerto Rican and planning on opening a junk business of his own. Fred gets upset about the competition and contrives a plan to get the city to condemn his property especially since, Julio has a pet goat.

Fred and Lamont take a tour through the NBC studios and Fred gets a kick out of seeing Johnny Carson's parking spot. However, what Fred really gets a kick out of is seeing Lena Horne's car and sneaks into her dressing room. After meeting her, he tries to trick her into visiting him at his home.

Neesee and Robert are both excited to learn that her new condo is ready, but Bobby tells them he doesn't want to go back and forth between houses. Robert and Neesee decide that the only solution is for Bobby to continue living at Robert's home while he and Neesee take turns living in her condo. Dirk is sent into a frenzy when Courtney develops a crush on an older man from his office.

Bobby cheats on his aptitude test and suddenly find himself in the gifted students' program. Robert and Neesee are thrilled with Bobby's book smarts and encourage him to participate in the school's annual academic competition. Meanwhile, Neesee's new friend and neighbor, Michelle, sets her up on a date with a guy who turns out to have a weird fetish.

Bobby tries to steal a pair of sneakers in order to try to fit in with the cool kids at school, but is caught by the store manager. Meanwhile, Neesee reluctantly agrees to help care for her neighbor, Michelle's newborn niece, but soon finds she enjoys being around an infant.

Neesee realizes she wants to have another baby and visits a fertility clinic to research potential sperm donors. When she finds the donor she prefers, she decides to meet the guy face-to-face. Meanwhile, Robert and Dirk spend an evening hitting on women, and Dirk finds success when he meets Jill. Tensions between Robert and Dirk escalate when Dirk is continuously late to work.

After working together a few years, Quinn and Velazquez are chosen to take on the case of Apriel Allen, a woman who was murdered in her apartment two years prior. The detectives start over with a clean slate and hope to bring some peace to the family and friends of Allen.

When immigrant Mamadou Berry is horrifically murdered, Quinn and Velazquez set out to find his killer. The yearlong investigation pits the detectives against the International Robbin Crew. A ruthless Atlanta gang that doesn’t hesitate to use deadly force on their targets.

When a 15-year-old girl vanishes from her home one night, the community is thrust into a manhunt to find her and whoever is responsible for her disappearance. However, it’s not until a startling discovery months later that police learn Candice had predicted who would do her harm…and possibly kill her.

The detectives take the case of a homeless man who was shot and killed thinking it will be a simple case. However, after reports come back matching the murder scene to other ongoing murder cases, Quinn and Velazquez realize they’re after a serial killer.

Clinton, Illinois, single mom Amanda Hamm turns a workplace fling into true romance. She will stop at nothing to protect her love, even if it means allowing her children to sink to a watery grave. Later, April Barber lights her whole life in flames to keep her baby and her man.

In Tennessee, Christa Pike knows little about love after her parents’ divorce. But when a man promises her the world she follows him into the heart of darkness. Later, Selena Hairston has grown up in the lap of luxury, but when she meets a man who makes her mouth water, she bites the hand that feeds her.

Brandon’s tries to become popular by befriending a highly recruited basketball player that attends his school. The player is accused by the school of cheating on his college entrance exam and is suspended from school. The friend says he is innocent and actually accuses the school of racism for questioning his intelligence. The story takes on national headlines. Brandon says that he is sure beyond a shadow of a doubt about his new friend’s innocence and in an effort to impress him, asks if Rickey will have his the player on his morning show to talk about the injustice and possibly clear his friend’s name which Rickey does. Later evidence comes out that the player really did cheat on the exam and was just using Brandon to get on his dad’s show. A very disappointed Brandon tells Rickey who talks to him about the importance of integrity. B STORY De’anna accidentally breaks one of Rickey’s trophies and has to get it fixed before any one finds out. De’anna pieces it together with glue. Aaron says it still looks bad. Aunt Sylvia is cleaning around and accidentally bumps it. When she catches it, it crumbles in her hand. Now Aunt Sylvia thinks she broke it. De’anna continues to let her think it so that she can go to a party this weekend. She has to convince Aaron to keep his mouth shut. At the end, De’anna confesses to Aunt Sylvia and when Rickey knocks the trophy over, Aunt Sylvia and De’anna decide to keep it to themselves.

Rickey’s ex wife, Monica returns home after losing her big case in LA. She is depressed about the case and spends more time with the kids in order to cheer herself up. She tells Rickey that she has missed the kids and wants to assume custody. She is shocked when Rickey says no. De’anna overhears this and thinks Rickey is being unfair. Rickey thinks De’anna just wants to spend more time with her mom because Monica doesn’t have as many rules as he does and is always buying them things out of guilt. He reminds her that the kids are on a good schedule, doing well and have adjusted to life as it is. He also tells Monica she can visit when ever and as often as she wants. That’s not good enough for her she wants the kids to live with her. This causes a huge fight between the former couple, resulting in Monica telling Rickey that she’s suing for full custody.