The Parent 'Hood - Season 4
Season 4
Network
Episodes22
DatesSep 7, 1997 - May 17, 1998
Episodes
Season 4Episode 130 min
House Arrest
16 year old TK tries tosteal from the Petersons and Jerri decides to save him from the criminal justice system. She brings him into the Peterson home as Robert thinks Jerri is trying to replace Michael, who left for college.
Sep 7, 1997
Season 4Episode 230 min
Curfew-sion
T.K.'s stay is negatively affecting the younger kids: he's got Nicholas and Cece talking trash and flashing gang signs. Meanwhile, Wendell tutors the high school basketball star Big Mo, hoping the student will turn professional and repayWendell's kindness with a generous sum of money.
Sep 14, 1997
Season 4Episode 330 min
No Soul on Ice
Nicholas faces off against a racist hockey coach who believes that the game is ""not the sport for (black) people."" Meanwhile, Zaria to impress members of the art club to get a scholarship, and T.K. looks for an easy way to succeed in school by having a girl in class write his history paper.
Sep 21, 1997
Season 4Episode 430 min
Beauty Call
Zaria tries to become part of an elite, all-girls social group at school, but the price of admission may be too much for her conscience to bear: as part of an initiation rite she must date a nerd. Meanwhile, Nicholas and Cece try to help Wendell get a line on his love life by hooking him up with a dial-a-date service they saw advertised on TV.
Sep 28, 1997
Season 4Episode 530 min
Wendell and I Spy
After Robert hesitates to call T.K. on his need to have a personal pager, he overhears the boy making a deal to have some ""stuff"" delivered to the Peterson house. Meanwhile, Zaria takes a job as her mother's legal aide, and Jerri discovers that Nicholas and Cece have sorted her legal briefs with sticky finger.
Oct 5, 1997
Season 4Episode 630 min
Father Wendell
Robert and Jerri smell a rat when Wendell's former lover show up claiming he's the father of her 10-year-old son. Meanwhile, T.K. attempts to protect Zaria when she expresses a romantic interest in his oversexed friend Devaughn.
Oct 12, 1997
Season 4Episode 730 min
Zaria Peterson's Day Off
Zaria recruits T.K. to help spy on her father, whom she suspects is having an affair. Meanwhile, after learning that with weddings come bountiful gifts, Cece decides to marry her young friend Jesse.
Oct 26, 1997
Season 4Episode 830 min
The Play's the Thang
Nicholas writes a play for the school arts festival, but has problems with the star --Wendell -- who wants to make his role as a giant even bigger. Meanwhile, with Jerri away at a law seminar, much to the horror of her siblings Zaria must assume the cooking duties.
Nov 2, 1997
Season 4Episode 930 min
Don't Go There
When Nicholas' best friend Drew is abducted from school, Nicholas refuses to leave the house for fear he will be next. Meanwhile, Zaria conducts a study of men for her psychology class using T.K. and Wendell as subjects.
Nov 9, 1997
Season 4Episode 1030 min
Fast Cash
When T.K. gets a job at a pizza place, two of his old street homeys smell a target for a holdup, and try to get T.K. to cut them in for a slice of the action. Also, aspiring magician Nicholas's assistants have a little something up their sleeves when he refuses to share with them the profits from his show.
Nov 16, 1997
Season 4Episode 1130 min
Bad Rap
Zaria's lovestruck friend Jasmine is making beautiful music with her new rap-star boyfriend, but his act hits a sour note with Zaria when he hits on her. Also, Robert and Jerri go on a game show to try and win a trip to Europe for the entire family, including ""Uncle"" Wendell.
Nov 23, 1997
Season 4Episode 1230 min
Me and Ms. Robinson
Nick and T.K. have crushes on older women -- the former on Zaria's friend Jamie, the latter on Jerri's new intern.
Dec 7, 1997
Season 4Episode 1330 min
Money Shot
Racketeer Sony offers T.K. big money to throw the next basketball game; Nicholas tries to manipulate Cece and Jesse and profit from their cupcake-selling business.
Jan 11, 1998
Season 4Episode 1430 min
Stand by Boo
T.K.'s friend Boo, who's ""the smartest high-school dropout (he) knows,"" prepares for her general-equivalency diploma with help from Robert - but not from her skeptical dad. Meanwhile, Cece is promoted to a gifted class taught by substitute Wendell.
Jan 18, 1998
Season 4Episode 1530 min
A Sister Scorned
Jerri's now beautiful fashion-photographer sister Celeste develops a plan to get back at Wendell, who incessantly taunted her when she was a homely high-schooler. Meanwhile, T.K. promises to help the kids with a science project but gets sidetracked by Jesse's comely sister Vivica.
Feb 1, 1998
Season 4Episode 1630 min
Flaked Out
Zaria's special 17th birthday outing turns into a real disaster - a natural one - after a blizzard hits, stranding her and her girlfriends at the Peterson house. The party is saved by a surprise visit from rap star Usher.
Feb 8, 1998
Season 4Episode 1730 min
Color Him Father
TK doesn't want to attend the basketball team's Father & Son banquet because his father is in jail for the past 10 years. Meanwhile Zariah is considering going into music.
Feb 15, 1998
Season 4Episode 1830 min
I Want My Z-TV
Zaria becomes ""the voice of teenage America"" as host of a New York-based TV talk show aimed at fellow high-schoolers. But success may be going to Zaria's head when she decides to drop out. Also, almost everyone in the house is missing money at the same time that T.K. starts showing up with new threads and jewelry.
Feb 22, 1998
Season 4Episode 1930 min
An Affair to Forget
On an awards show telecast, a famous singer credits Robert with teaching her ""all about love and passion."" Meanwhile, flirtatious T.K. gives Zaria's socially inept friend Gordon lessons in dating.
Mar 1, 1998
Season 4Episode 2030 min
Hurricane Linda
Things get tense when Jerri's best friend Linda blows into town and meddles in everything about the Peterson household.
Apr 26, 1998
Season 4Episode 2130 min
Here Comes Z Bride
Zariah and her new boyfriend decide to get married. Meanwhile Nicholas wants to try boxing.
May 3, 1998
Season 4Episode 2230 min
'Hood Sweet 'Hood (1)
TK ponders violence after being assualted in front of Nicholas. He gets a gun and threatens to shoot Stone, but Robert talks him out of it. The two get ready to leave as Stone aims his gun at the both of them and fires. Meanwhile Cece fights with Skylar over the affections of Jesse.
May 17, 1998
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