Guest starring: Oliver Muirhead as Mr. Taylor, Venus DeMilo Thomas as Mariah, Michael J. Cutt as Coach Co-starring: Joseph Ashton as Eldin, Phil Buckman as Barry, Jill Jaress as Receptionist, Jennifer Lyons as Celia, Kimberly S. Newberry as Mrs. Neiter T.J. finds himself being ostracized after he tattles on Mo for smoking in the bathroom, going against "The Code", a rule in which friends are not supposed to rat another friend out if they do something wrong.
Meanwhile, Principal Dowling enlists T.J. to look for a new computer system for Piedmont High, and he ends up getting wooed by two companies, who offer him cool presents in order to sway his opinion.
Guest starring: Tia Mowry as Rochelle, Tamera Mowry as Roxanne, Marsha Warfield as Principal Dowling Co-starring: Kenya Moore as Vivian Kennedy, Jack Tate as Hank, Granville Ames as Gary Title Reference: Fellow ABC/WB sitcom Sister, Sister When the keyboard player in Marcus' band Mackadocious breaks his finger and gets sidelined, T.J. steps in to save the day, but Marcus is not willing to let T.J. play during their big gig at the school's "Battle of the Bands" competition.
Guest starring: Gabrielle Union as Lydia, Christopher "Kid" Reid as Ernie Tracy Co-starring: Sean Parhm as Keyboard Player, Justin Urich as Goose, Terrence Paul Winter as Ace, Ken Lawson as Tiko, Jeanine Michele as Pianist, Christina Milian as Kiki, Amarillis as Natasha Title Reference: The 1996 music-comedy film That Thing You Do!
Guest starring: John O'Hurley as Hugh Sterling, Ashley Tisdale as Amy, Kristopher Kachurak as Travis Co-starring: Noreen Reardon as Amy's Mom, Brian Kaiser as Travis' Dad, Natasha Pearce as Kimmy, Martin Maurice Davis as Craig Absent: Omar Gooding as Morris Tibbs As the school prom looms, Floyd, Marcus and Yvette wish to ensure that T.J. has a date, even though T.J. claims that he does not want to go -- and they set him up with a girl his own age.
Simms, Bianca Lawson as Shirley, Lauren Robinson as Andrea Co-starring: Venus DeMilo Thomas as Mariah, Naya Rivera as Tanya, Christine Miller as Tina T.J. begins to set up a campaign to run for school president, believing that it would take nothing to win.
Guest starring: Monica McSwain as Shannon, Esteban Louis Powell as Sheldon Co-starring: Marvin Jones as Cyrus, Nicole Brown as Michelle, Shaun Cozzens as Brock Slaney Title Reference: Primary Colors Marcus, Mo and T.J. get jobs as part of a school assignment.
However, T.J. abuses his power in the new position, pushing the team players a little too hard, forcing Floyd to pull T.J. during halftime of a crucial game, and teach T.J. a lesson on how to be a leader.
Guest starring: Dann Florek as Coach Gerber, Liz Torres as Principal Maldonado Co-starring: Fred Applegate as Mr. LeBeau, June Christopher as Mrs. Lang, Joe Colligan as Referee, Sebastian Tillinger as Terry, Jamal Hamilton as Opposing Player, Joshua Levey as Student #1, Maya Elise Goodwin as Valerie Feeling that it's time for his dad Floyd to start dating again, T.J. uses a computer dating service to hook Floyd up with a beautiful woman.
However when T.J.'s intelligence reappears while in class one day, he decides to continue acting dumb, realizing the benefits as he is no longer getting picked on by classmates and fits in with Marcus and Mo.
Walsh as Mackey, Sebastian Tillinger as Terry, Charity Hill as Mia, Love Barnett as Farrah T.J.'s teacher Mr. Delk begins to reprimand him due to the fact that their constant rounds of back-and-forth about various school subjects are disrupting the class from learning anything.
Guest starring: Jack Blessing as Mr. Delk To stop Deion from following her and asking her for dates even though she is not interested, Yvette agrees to T.J.'s plan to dissuade him and pretends to be Mo's girlfriend.
Guest starring: Reagan Gomez-Preston as Nina Duperly Co-starring: Dwayne Winstead as Spike T.J. challenges a supercomputer named Socrates, to a game of chess in order to win computers for the school.
Guest starring: Steve Bean as Kenny Bell, Hattie Winston as Felicia Vanowen Co-starring: Jeff Blumenkrantz as Stage Manager, Matt McKenzie as Newscaster, Keaton Savage as Kid T.J. decides he wants to be a reporter, but since answering to Yvette as the editor of the school newspaper and being forced to do only puff pieces is more than he can take, he starts his own rival publication called The Weekly Veritas; though the stories in the paper do not catch the Piedmont High students' interest.
Walsh as Mackey, Stephanie Charles as Leslie, Roderick Garr as Delivery Man After hearing of tales of Floyd's Uncle Mert, a 1960s activist who staged a sit-in at a lunch counter in North Carolina after he was refused to sit in the lunchroom because he was African-American, T.J. becomes inspired.
Walsh as Mackey, Shawn Michael Howard as Mitchell Harrison, Stephanie Charles as Stacie T.J. is thrilled when he talks his friend Brandi into joining the basketball team -- until she replaces him as starting point guard, and he ends up being relegated to the bench.
Guest starring: Shar Jackson as Stacey, Ian Gomez as Art Bruno, Brook Kerr as Shakra, Aiysha Sinclair as Jasmine, Ashlee Turner as Kesha, Ross Leon as Lance Title Reference: The 1992 country hit song Achy Breaky Heart by Billy Ray Cyrus Yvette and Mo enter a contest at a mall to win a Volkswagen Bug, and go up against two other men for the car, with the last one sitting in the VW Bug declared the winner of the car.
When she makes a speech to the entire school cafeteria, that she is no longer ashamed that she is going out with him, Calvin drops a bomb and tells Yvette that he is now seeing a sophomore -- who attends Howard University.
Guest starring: Dann Florek as Coach Gerber, Tinsley Grimes as Nina, Chad Haywood as Calvin Co-starring: Vanessa Rice as Rosalinda, Jarrett Lennon as Student T.J. is forced to take wood shop and finds out it's not as easy as he thought.
Walsh as Mackey, Taraji P. Henson as Leslie, Haylie Johnson as Hannah, Carmen Filpi as Janitor Title Reference: The 1992 romantic comedy film Boomerang When Floyd tells the kids to get jobs to pay for things they want, Yvette gets a job at a clothing store at the mall that her friend Nina is also working at, and they both discover that the manager is racist after Ms. Hendra tells Nina to follow black customers around to make sure that they don't steal.
Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo get a late night shift at a radio station as hosts of their own talk show, but after they end up falling asleep in the kitchen just before going to school one day, Floyd finds out what is going on.
Walsh as Mackey, Tinsley Grimes as Nina, Janice Kent as Ms. Hendra Co-starring: Tony Winters as R.J. Reese, Debra D. Holt as Delores Absent: Tahj Mowry as T.J. Henderson Marcus, T.J., Yvette and Mo all auditioned for a role as a backup dancer in a Destiny's Child music video.
When T.J. lands the role, and gets an offer to perform with the group on a world tour of the United States and Europe — his dad Floyd does not approve of the idea, and tries to convince T.J. that it is not the kind of life for a 12-year-old.
Guest starring: Dann Florek as Coach Gerber, Joshua Gibran Mayweather as Cordell Ross Co-starring: LaKeisha Penn as Jasmine, Christina Milian as Pretty Girl, Ashlee Turner as Paula, Ronald Robinson as Jonathan Title Reference: The 1987 drama film Can't Buy Me Love While at the mall with Floyd, Marcus catches Mo's new girlfriend Tracy out with another guy, but he cannot decide how to tell Mo.
Guest starring: Bianca Lawson as Tracy, David Michael as Will Co-starring: James K. Ward as Mr. Militich, Richard Simms as Mr. Baser, Ethan Young as Kid Title Reference: The 1988 hip-hop hit song It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock Marcus scores a date with Danita "The Hammer" Mills, the star player of the girls' volleyball team, but plays second string socially.
Guest starring: Brian Doyle-Murray as Pete Gilroy, Keone Young as Ted Shaw T.J. finds out that Colonel Bubble soda has raised their price from 80¢ to $1.10.
Walsh as Mackey, Lou Felder as Mr. Breslin Co-starring: James K. Ward as Mr. Militich, Robert Briscoe Evans as Axler, Mary Kate McGeehan as Secretary Note: This is the only episode of the series to show a blooper reel during the closing credits.
Walsh as Mackey, Dann Florek as Coach Gerber, Tinsley Grimes as Nina, James K. Ward as Mr. Militich Title Reference: The 1967 drama film The Graduate T.J. sulks about having to go to a 12-year-old's birthday party —— and discovers that he has a hard time fitting in with kids his age.
Meanwhile while on cafeteria duty after they accidentally hit Vice Principal Militich with a piece of bread pudding, Marcus and Mo become disgusted with the slop lunch lady Mrs. Tudjman serves and decide to cook some real food, which doesn't go over well with the students.
Walsh as Mackey, Vincent Berry as Rich, Mitchah Williams as Kevin Co-starring: Naya Rivera as Kelly, James K. Ward as Mr. Militich, Brandon Gilberstadt as Josh, Antoinette Picatto as Sarah, Natalie Marston as Randy, Nathan West as Paul