Overview: Marcus overlooks other girls to get the most popular one to ask him to the dance. Meanwhile the mothers are going to be escorts for the dance.
Overview: Cathy gets in trouble after writing a letter to the President of the United States.
Overview: Marcus tries to fake his report card grades.
Overview: During a Halloween party at home, Dolores gets stuck in a box while helping Cathy perform a magic trick.
Overview: Marcus admires his new friend, ""Smoke,"" for his sexual exploits, until Smoke decides his next conquest will be Nikki.
Overview: When Cathy loses her job, Dolores believes the way to end Cathy's depression is for her to meet her idols, The Temptations.
Overview: Marcus gambles away his money playing pinball and Cathy must try to win it back.
Overview: Cathy, Dolores and Julie help Nikki with her job at a fast food restaurant when Marcus and Darren undermine her efficiency.
Overview: Cathy, Dolores and her boyfriend, Wes, are forced to hide on the balcony of a corporate apartment when Wes' married boss unexpectedly arrives with a girlfriend.
Overview: When Cathy invests her life savings in a ""miracle"" product, Dolores is suspicious. Marcus borrows a camera to video embarrassing family incidents for a TV show.
Overview: When Marcus fails to pass his driving test, Dolores is convinced he'll steal her car to take a girl out on a date.
Overview: When Darren and Marcus' girlfriend, Yolanda, are cast in the lead roles in the school play, Marcus gets jealous. Cathy is romantically interested in the drama teacher, Niles.
Overview: When Cathy's purse is stolen, Marcus and Darren impersonate girls in order to trap the thief.
Overview: After Dolores stops dating her boyfriend, Wes, she meets a billionaire and must choose between love or money.
Overview: When Marcus wants to move out on his own, Dolores puts him in the garage.
Overview: Marcus plays practical jokes on substitute teacher Cathy.
Overview: Cathy tries to discourage an infatuated suitor.
Overview: Dolores' cousin Herbert comes to Chicago to become a professional boxer -- until Cathy discovers that he is also a talented cellist.