Mark's cousin, Geneva (SAUNDRA QUARTERMAN), and her daughter, Nicole (RAVEN-SYMONÉ), move into Mark and Vanessa's house.
When Vanessa and Geneva get stranded in the middle of a forest due to a broken down car, Mark is forced to chaperone Nicole's slumber party by himself.
Mark gets in an accident with the school's drivers' education car and fears the tough, new principal, P.J. Moore, may discharge him. Sherman Hemsley and Don Cheadle guest star.
Nicole gets the part as the new crocodile kid on the "Lester the Lizard and Crocodile Kids" show. When Mark complains about being assigned as the Driver's Education teacher, PJ reassigns him to the Home Economics teacher position. He quickly discovers that this position is even more dangerous than the previous one when his eyebrows get burned off.
When Vanessa is not given the promotion she was promised, she takes Mark's advice to demand her rights and is promptly discharged from her job.
When Earvin tells Mark that his greatest wish is to see his long-lost father, Mark locates Earvin's dad and invites him to the Halloween dance with nearly disastrous results.
Mark Curry
Mark Cooper
Holly Robinson-Peete
Vanessa Russell
Marquise Wilson
Tyler Foster
Raven-Symoné
Nicole Lee
Saundra Quarterman
Geneva Lee