Moesha (season 2)
| Moesha Season 2 | |
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| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
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| Original network | UPN |
| Original release | August 27, 1996 – May 20, 1997 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of Moesha, an American situation comedy created by Ralph Farquhar Sara V. Finney, Vida Spears, premiered on UPN on August 27, 1996. Moesha was produced by Regan Jon Productions, in association with Big Ticket Television. The season contains 24 episodes and concluded airing on May 20, 1997.
Plot
The second season focused on the life of a middle class African-American family through the eyes of a typical girl: Moesha Mitchell (Brandy) and follows her through her daily life as an adolescent in South Central Los Angeles.. Her father Frank (William Allen Young), a widower and Saturn car salesman, has married Dee (Sheryl Lee Ralph), the vice-principal at Moesha's school, much to Moesha's and her brother Myles' (Marcus T. Paulk) dismay. Outside of the house, Moesha relies on a group of friends like Kim (Countess Vaughn), Niecy (Shar Jackson) and Hakeem (Lamont Bentley), who frequently hang out at The Den, where she seeks life advice from its owner, Andell (Yvette Wilson).
Cast and characters
Main cast
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Recurring cast
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Episodes
| Series # | Season # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date | Production code |
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| 15 | 1 | "The List" | Henry Chan | Mara Brock Akil | August 27, 1996 | 6496-018 |
| The boys' annual "list" comes out and Moesha isn't pleased to discover that she's been named as having the "biggest booty". (Kim is named as having the "biggest mouth" and Niecy is named as having the "smallest chest".) When they try to discover the list's author, all roads turn to new student Quinton Brooks from New York. Moesha confronts Q and he denies it. He later invites her to see him perform at a club, and Moesha soon becomes intrigued by the new comer. | ||||||
| 16 | 2 | "Credit Card" | Henry Chan | Fred Johnson | September 3, 1996 | 6496-017 |
| After passing on the Saturn, Moesha now receives her Jeep, but she already regrets it. After her car runs out of fuel, being short on money and bothering her parents for money and a ride, Frank and Dee reluctantly agree to let her have her own credit card for emergencies only. Then on her way to a party, Q is locked up and the only way to bail him out is by using her credit card. | ||||||
| 17 | 3 | "Mama Said Knock You Out" | Henry Chan | Silvia Cardenas | September 10, 1996 | 6496-019 |
| Kim becomes jealous when Moesha begins to hang out with her new friend Teresa. Then, when Teresa gets along well with Q too, Kim talks Moesha into believing that Teresa wants to steal him. A fight is the result, but it's Teresa and Kim who meet in the squared circle. | ||||||
| 18 | 4 | "Basket Case" | Henry Chan | Sara V. Finney and Vida Spears | September 17, 1996 | 6496-020 |
| It's the annual Basket Auction at Crenshaw High. (The boys put together a basket, which is auctioned off to raise money, the girls then gets a date with the boy behind the basket they bought.) Moesha manages to get a list, but it's wrong and she ends up with Hakeem instead of her dream boy. Later, after hanging out together, Moesha and Hakeem accidentally kiss. | ||||||
| 19 | 5 | "The Whistle Blower" | Henry Chan | Ron Neal | September 24, 1996 | 6496-021 |
| Terry Hightower (special guest star Kobe Bryant) , Crenshaw High's star basketball player, asks Moesha for help on the upcoming S.A.T. He asks her to write the test for him. Mo declines, but encourages Terry to at least try taking the test. After Terry scored big on the test, everyone believes Mo took it for him and Terry is subsequently forced into taking it again. Meanwhile, Dee urges Frank take do a fertility test. | ||||||
| 20 | 6 | "Labels" | Henry Chan | Demetrius Andre Bady | October 1, 1996 | 6496-022 |
| When Hakeem shows up with his cousin Omar (Chris Lobban) at the Mitchell's, everyone fears he could be another Hakeem. Instead he seems to be nice and responsible. Moesha, still grieving about her break-up with Q, goes out on a date with Omar. After attending a movie, they meet Omar's friend, Tracy, leading Moesha to believe that Omar may be gay, Moesha later tells Kim and Niecy he suspicions and it doesn't take long until everyone in school knows the latest gossip. When Hakeem hears the news, Moesha realises that she may have jeopardized their friendship. Later, Tracy tells Hakeem that Mo's suspicions about his sexuality is true. | ||||||
| 21 | 7 | "Women Are From Mars, Men Are From Saturn" | Henry Chan | T. Smith III and James E. West II | October 15, 1996 | 6496-016 |
| Dee is fed up when Frank spends more time hanging out with his friends than at home with her. | ||||||
| 22 | 8 | "Ichi, Ni, San, Shi Look -- Clarkzilla!" | Henry Chan | T. Smith III and James E. West II | October 29, 1996 | 6496-023 |
| Mo's nerdy cousin Clark (Shawn Harrison) stops in for a visit and turns everyone's lives into nightmares. | ||||||
| 23 | 9 | "A Concerted Effort(1)" | Henry Chan | Fred Johnson and Ron Neal | November 5, 1996 | 6496-025 |
| Moesha wins four tickets to a concert but finds herself a ticket short after reuniting with Q . | ||||||
| 24 | 10 | "A Concerted Effort(2)" | Henry Chan | Fred Johnson and Ron Neal | November 5, 1996 | 6496-026 |
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Moesha tries to make Q jealous when she meets Montell Jordan but they eventually talk over their differences and she takes him to meet Frank. Kim and Nicey try to gain access to the concert and continually fail. Eventually Q's cousins fulfil their dreams by performing for Kim and Nicey. Note: This episode features musical guest stars (Soul For Real, Xscape, MC Lyte, Nancy Wilson, Montell Jordan and 112 | ||||||
| 25 | 11 | "The Regulations of Love" | Henry Chan | Silvia Cardenas | November 12, 1996 | 6496-027 |
| Moesha hosts a dinner party for her friends. Kim tries to get Hakeem to notice her by using her how-to-book called "The Regulations of Love," but Hakeem isn't interested. After ruining everyone's night and realizing that Hakeem doesn't want her, Kim tries a different approach by making Hakeem jealous. To do so, she asks Michael out but doesn't know that Michael has a crush on her. Meanwhile, Frank and Myles drive Dee crazy with their new Nigerian drums. | ||||||
| 26 | 12 | "There's No Place Like the Mitchell Home" | Henry Chan | Felicia D. Henderson | November 19, 1996 | 6496-028 |
| Andell drives the Mitchells crazy while recuperating in their home from an inline skating accident. | ||||||
| 27 | 13 | "Road Trip" | Henry Chan | Mara Brock Akil | November 26, 1996 | 6496-024 |
| Moesha and the girls find help from an American Indian store owner when their car breaks down in the snow. | ||||||
| 28 | 14 | "Guess Q's Coming to Dinner" | Erma Elzy-Jones | T. Smith III and James E. West II | January 7, 1997 | 6496-031 |
| Moesha's grades and duties at home suffer when she sneaks dates with Q. | ||||||
| 29 | 15 | "Mentor" | Mary Ellen Jones | Sara V. Finney and Vida Spears | January 14, 1997 | 6495-013 |
| Moesha, Kim and Hakeem steal oranges from Mrs. Moss' garden to pay her back or her grumpy behavior. Moesha later gets punished and has to work for a week for Mrs. Moss. Moesha and Mrs. Moss clash, but Mo begins to appreciate her time with Mrs. Moss after learning that Mrs. Moss lived during the Harlem Renaissance-era. | ||||||
| 30 | 16 | "Break a Leg" | Henry Chan | Ron Neal | January 28, 1997 | 6496-033 |
| Moesha starts volunteering at the community center giving dance lessons to some girls. While Myles is helping her demonstrate some moves to the girls, a commercial agent (guest star Estelle Harris) is interested in having Myles do some commercials. After lots of talking with Frank and Dee, they finally decide Myles can do the commercial. Myles gets into a fight at school because some kids said that he thought he was "all that" and comes home with a bloody lip. Family and friends see him in his commercial but only a small portion. After a while, Myles starts to get a little tired of being in the entertainment business. Meanwhile, Moesha gets angry after Frank and Dee are having a hard time to decide who goes to Moesha's dance competition for the girls at the community center, OR go with Myles to film his next commercial. Later, Myles, Frank and Hakeem end up all showing up at Moesha's dancing competition. | ||||||
| 31 | 17 | "Who Moved the Charity Stripe?" | Henry Chan | Felicia D. Henderson | February 4, 1997 | 6496-034 |
| Dee instructs Coach Vines (Dwight Woody) to suspend Q and two other star players from the basketball team until their grades improve, putting Crenshaw High's championship hopes in jeopardy. | ||||||
| 32 | 18 | "Back in Africa" | Henry Chan | Mara Brock Akil | February 11, 1997 | 6496-029 |
| Moesha is excited about a school trip to Africa, until she learns she may not be able to go because of money problems. | ||||||
| 33 | 19 | "Strike a Pose" | Jimmy B. Frazier | Felicia D. Henderson | February 18, 1997 | 6496-035 |
| Moesha is inspired after meeting Ladonna, but she must reconcile her newfound feminism when she is asked to model. | ||||||
| 34 | 20 | "Songs in the Key of Strife" | Henry Chan | Sherryll Atkins | March 18, 1997 | 6496-037 |
| A French exchange student (China Moses) staying with the Mitchells sings backup on a rap demo with Kim. | ||||||
| 35 | 21 | "Hakeem's Birthday" | Ted Lange | Kenneth Nowling | April 29, 1997 | 6496-036 |
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Moesha's birthday surprise for Hakeem is getting his father back into his life, but backfires when Hakeem finds out. Note: Michael Ralph guest stars. | ||||||
| 36 | 22 | "For Better or Worse" | Shirley Jo Finney | Silvia Cardenas | May 6, 1997 | 6496-032 |
| Niecy gets engaged, but backs out of it when she learns her fiance wants her to stay home and have babies. | ||||||
| 37 | 23 | "Cold Busted" | Henry Chan | Fred Johnson | May 13, 1997 | 6496-038 |
| Moesha's parents catch her and Q kissing on her bed while they were out and decide they may send her to a private school. | ||||||
| 38 | 24 | "Prom Fright" | Henry Chan | Felicia D. Henderson | May 20, 1997 | 6496-039 |
| Still on punishment for having Q in her bedroom, Moesha faces a complete remission if she agrees to a blind date of the son of one of Frank's frat brothers at his prom. When Q finds out that she has been "released" and soon dates someone else, he isn't very pleased; leading to a break-up. | ||||||
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