Joan objects when Andre purchases a beeper. Although he insists that he needs it to keep his social life in order, Jo...

Embarrassed by the prospect of going on welfare, Andre takes a loan from a gangster who was friends with his older br...

After Andre brings home a terrible report card, Joan orders him to attend a session with his mentor, Ray. Andre goes ...

While working as a cashier at the local co-op market, Joan appears in a television news segment about black-owned bus...

Joan and Isaiah meet up again at the co-op, and have a much more pleasant encounter than their first meeting. Sweets...

Tasha is overjoyed when her father, James, unexpectedly shows up for her 14th birthday party; but her mother and brot...

Nicole and Andre continue to see each other behind her parents' backs. Tired of being pushed around and threatened, A...

Andre pulls his gun on a boy who bumps into him at a party. A mortified Nicole decides that her parents were right ab...

Deion becomes enchanted with a stray dog that begins hanging around the house. The usually emotionless boy smiles, la...

In the hopes of having the house to herself for a date, Joan sends Deion to Disneyland with Sweets. She also pushes T...