Thea

1. E1. Pilot

   Sep 8, 1993 · 30m

   We are introduced to Thea's hectic routine, working at the supermarket checkout by day, dressing hair by night, and supervising her four demanding children. James gives his mother $25 which he earned delivering sandwiches during his school lunch hour, but she insists that he keep the money and eat his own lunch in the cafeteria henceforth. Danesha returns from taking Jerome clothes shopping, but Jerome blabs that he had to try on endless badly-fitting clothes while she talked on the phone to her new boyfriend Leonard, who is meeting her at the library later to study, and Thea insists that Jerome pick her up at home so she can inspect him. Meanwhile, Jarvis is supposedly at a friend's house doing a geography assignment, but Thea has found his geography book and knows that he has been at the video arcade instead, and grounds him before she leaves to attend a memorial service. It's the night of a big video game competition, and Jarvis sneaks out to it despite James' attempts to keep him a

2. E2. Jerome Makes the Grade

   Sep 15, 1993 · 30m

   Jerome is failing English because of his desperate attempts to make the school basketball team. When Thea forces him to finish his book report on ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", he doesn't make the team - but gets an A on his report. Meanwhile, Danesha attempts to submit a video to America's Funniest Home Videos.

3. E3. Dirty Laundry

   Sep 22, 1993 · 30m

   The kids are not pleased when the washing machine breaks down, which means endless trips to the laundromat. Meanwhile, Danesha's boyfriend is in hot water after he kisses another girl, and Thea puts him through the wringer before he can come clean with Danesha.

4. E4. How I Got Over

   Sep 29, 1993 · 30m

   Thea gets a chance to train for manager; but Jerome plans a boxing match party while Thea is at her night school class.

5. E5. To Tell the Truth

   Oct 6, 1993 · 30m

   Jarvis lets his younger brother drive and they get into an accident; but it's no accident that the boys don't tell their mom who was behind the wheel. To punish them, she cooks up a scheme with Lynette, who pretends to have lost her wedding ring in her trash, now at the bottom of a very fragrant dumpster.

6. E6. Artie's Party

   Oct 13, 1993 · 30m

   Conflict brews when Arthur plans his bachelor party and invites Jerome, whom Thea thinks is too young to attend.

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