Mike Estime

During the last week of school, Chris is informed that if he gets one more tardy he will have to repeat the 10th grade.

Julius finds $200 in food stamps but Rochelle is too embarrassed to let Sheila see them, so she dips into the family savings while at the store.

Chris' beloved grandfather (Jimmie Walker) dies while paying a visit to Rochelle and the family, and the extended family comes to town to pay their respects.

Rochelle decides to host a neighborhood watch meeting after Julius' truck is stolen, but her good intentions quickly turn competitive when her new neighbor, Louise, thinks she'd make a better block captain than Rochelle.

After finding his father's Playboy Magazine, Chris decides to bring it to school, where bully Joey Caruso steals it, but when Chris and Greg attempt to get it back before Julius knows its missing, things go from bad to worse when the school principal confiscates it.

Chris must raise cash for the school trip by selling cookies. Meanwhile Julius regrets sending Rochelle to Dreamgirls while he looks after Tonya and Drew who have chicken pox