The Parent 'Hood

1997

5.0

8 reviews

TV-UNRATED

Rating

Eligible

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Season 4 episodes (22)

1 House Arrest

9/7/97

Season-only

Jerri tries to save a troubled sixteen-year-old street kid by taking him home. Zaria is startled by the reaction she gets when she dumps Shakim and Skye.

2 Curfew-sion

9/14/97

Season-only

Wendell tutors a student athlete, hoping to be remembered with cash if the star turns pro. T.K.'s bad habits are rubbing off on the little kids, who are talking trash and imitating his gang signs.

3 No Soul On Ice

9/21/97

Season-only

Nicholas encounters a racist hockey coach and T.K. tries to talk a girl into writing his history paper.

4 Beauty Call

9/28/97

Season-only

Zaria must date a nerd if she wants to join an elite social group; Nicholas and Cece connect lovelorn Wendell to a dating service.

5 Wendell And I Spy

10/5/97

Season-only

Robert suspects T.K. is dealing drugs. Jerri hires Zaria as her legal aide.

6 Father Wendell

10/12/97

Season-only

Wendell's ex-flame claims he's the father of her ten-year-old son. T.K. tries to protect Zaria from a predatory boy.

7 Zaria Peterson's Day Off

10/26/97

Season-only

Zarai suspects her dad of having an affair, and asks T.K. to help her prove it.

8 The Play's The Thang

11/2/97

Season-only

Nicholas writes a play for school but runs into production problems with his star, Wendell. Zaria becomes the family cook while Jerri's away.

9 Don't Go There

11/9/97

Season-only

Nicholas is shaken by the abduction of his best friend from school and refuses to leave the house.

10 Fast Cash

11/16/97

Season-only

T.K. is torn when old street friends want him to help them rob the pizzza parlor he's working at.

11 Bad Rap

11/23/97

Season-only

Zaria's friend Jasmine is in love with her rap-star boyfriend, but he's hitting on Zaria.

12 Me And Ms. Robinson

12/7/97

Season-only

Nicholas and T.K. fall for older women; Zaria's friend Jamie and Jerri's new intern.

13 Money Shot

1/11/98

Season-only

T.K. is offered cash to throw the next basketball game. Nicholas tries to con Cece and Jesse out of profits from their cupcake sale.

14 Stand By Boo

1/18/98

Season-only

Robert helps a dropout prepare for her equivalency exam, and Cece is promoted to a gifted class.

15 A Sister Scorned

2/1/98

Season-only

Jerri's gorgeous sister plots revenge on Wendell, who taunted her unmercifully when they were in high school. T.K. is distracted by Jesse's sister Vivica.

16 Flaked Out

2/8/98

Season-only

A blizzard spoils Zaria's 17th birthday until rap star Usher pays a visit.

17 Color Him Father

2/15/98

Season-only

T.K. plans to skip the team's father-son banquet since he hasn't seen his imprisoned father in ten years. The little kids fantasize about becoming a singing trio.

18 I Want My Z-TV

2/22/98

Season-only

Zaria decides to drop out of school when she becomes famous and popular as the host of a teen talk show. T.K.'s new wealth seems suspicious considering everyone is missing money.

19 An Affair To Forget

3/1/98

Season-only

Robert has questions to answer when a famous singer publicly credits him with teaching her 'all about love and passion.' T.K. teaches a social misfit how to flirt.

20 Hurricane Linda

4/26/98

Season-only

Jerri's best friend, Linda, creates tension when she pays a tempestuous visit and begins meddling in everyone's life.

21 Here Comes Z Bride

5/3/98

Season-only

Zaria and her new boyfriend want to marry after dating one month. Nick's interst in boxing takes a blow when he must fight his friend Alan.

22 Hood Sweet 'Hood, Part 1

5/17/98

Season-only

T.K. is robbed when he returns to his old neighborhood on his birthday. Despite Robert's praise for not resisting, an angry T.K. goes back the next day with a gun. First of a two-part episode.

About this show

Parenting has never been an easy task, and the possibilities for mayhem and laughter are endless in this freewheeling, comedic look at the joys and pitfalls of contemporary family life starring Robert Townsend (Hollywood Shuffle).

Ratings and reviews

5.0

8 reviews

Joshua Sutton

July 9, 2021

One of the most underrated, funny and clean family shows of the 1990s.

Kriselette Chopin (HBK)

November 3, 2020

Good Night

Daniel Garcia

November 9, 2019

Daniel Garcia 2222

4 people found this review helpful