J.J. agrees to paint a portrait of the flashy neighborhood hustler's girlfriend, but chaos ensues when she finds the final product completely unflattering.

Michael's paper on communism causes the family to become the focus of an FBI investigation, which leads James and maybe even J.J. to lose their jobs.

Theo and Cockroach decide to be pilots after a member of the Tuskegee Airmen makes a speech at their school; Rudy bosses around her new boyfriend.

When Vanessa invites two popular girls home, they spread the word about her family's wealth, causing a fight at school when some girls call her stuck-up.

Denise's continual low performance in school prompts organizational advice from Clair; Cliff convinces Rudy of the importance of her small role in a recital.

Cliff and Rudy make the acquaintance of a lost dog during a stroll and decide to take care of the dog until the owner shows up; Vanessa wants to go to a party.

Synclaire tells Overton that they have to take a compatibility test before they can get married, but the idea of the test falls apart even before they take it .

Khadijah makes a date with a doctor on her way out after her surgery but becomes embarrassed when she realizes he helped in her hemorrhoid surgery.

Kyle and Overton head up to Cleveland for a high school reunion, when Kyle runs into his bully from back in the day whom he begins to confront.

Max finds it hard to believe that her new boyfriend is a virgin, but she finally opens up to the idea and begins to question if she should change that.

After finding a beloved football coach's grisly remains in his home, the local detectives and the coach's loved ones go on their own quests to find answers.

A pair of high school sweethearts were about to get everything until one of them disappears and leaves behind a dark secret in the woods.

When a high school freshman meets an edgy troublemaker, she believes she has found her first love and is determined to prove her love to him.

A young woman who is devoted to her faith discovers that the one she fell for is not a man of God, but a man with a history of crime, abuse and destruction.

When a bartender and an up-and-coming rapper go out for a fun night, she makes a choice that puts everything on the line in order to protect her man.

Walter asks Jaleesa to marry him and she says yes despite her misgivings, but they come to their senses during the ceremony and call it off.

Kim is forbidden to spend homecoming weekend at a music festival in D.C., but her policeman dad finds out she went anyway and punishes her.

Kim receives word that her father has been shot in the line of duty and Whitley, Dwayne and Freddie drive her to Ohio to be with him.

Whitley's petulant behavior causes the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to visit her in her dreams to show her what may be in store for her.

Theo and Cockroach decide to be pilots after a member of the Tuskegee Airmen makes a speech at their school; Rudy bosses around her new boyfriend.

When Vanessa invites two popular girls home, they spread the word about her family's wealth, causing a fight at school when some girls call her stuck-up.

Denise's continual low performance in school prompts organizational advice from Clair; Cliff convinces Rudy of the importance of her small role in a recital.

Cliff and Rudy make the acquaintance of a lost dog during a stroll and decide to take care of the dog until the owner shows up; Vanessa wants to go to a party.

The intimate lives of some of today's top personalities are explored as the celebrities themselves provide first-hand accounts of their road to stardom.

Denise Huxtable moves into Gilbert Hall at Hillman College and has issues with her roommate, Jaleesa, due to her sordid past; Denise tries to avoid Dwayne.

Denise learns a lesson in responsibility after facing eviction and becomes an employee in the cafeteria, with Jaleesa as her boss.

Jaleesa addresses the dormitory litter problem by making the offenders wear a pig nose, and of course, Denise is the first offender.

Dwayne tutors Denise in calculus late into the night and falls asleep at the all-female dormitory, and he tries to leave the locked building.

Maggie receives some surprising news when her boyfriend shows up at her school and she gets flustered while competing in a debate with Whitley.

Rudy visits Denise at school but she feels left out when Rudy begins spending all her time with Whitley; Jaleesa's sister has dinner with her ex-husband.