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The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25, 1999. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas. Originally to have been titled Father Knows

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    The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 15 - A Sister Scorned
    9.4/10(11 votes)

    #1 - A Sister Scorned

    S4:E15

    Jerri's now beautiful fashion-photographer sister Celeste develops a plan to get back at Wendell, who incessantly taunted her when she was a homely high-schooler. Meanwhile, T.K. promises to help the kids with a science project but gets sidetracked by Jesse's comely sister Vivica.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 9 - Don't Go There
    9.1/10(11 votes)

    #2 - Don't Go There

    S4:E9

    When Nicholas' best friend Drew is abducted from school, Nicholas refuses to leave the house for fear he will be next. Meanwhile, Zaria conducts a study of men for her psychology class using T.K. and Wendell as subjects.

    Director:Loretha C. Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 11 - Bad Rap
    9.0/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Bad Rap

    S4:E11

    Zaria's lovestruck friend Jasmine is making beautiful music with her new rap-star boyfriend, but his act hits a sour note with Zaria when he hits on her. Also, Robert and Jerri go on a game show to try and win a trip to Europe for the entire family, including ""Uncle"" Wendell.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Parent 'Hood Season 5 Episode 8 - Old Men Can't Jump
    9.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Old Men Can't Jump

    S5:E8

    Robert and Kelly resort to using a ringer to save themselves from almost certain defeat in an upcoming basketball match. Meanwhile, Jerri faces unintended consequences after telling Cece and Nicholas never to lie.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 16 - I'm O'Tay, You're O-Tay
    8.8/10(11 votes)

    #5 - I'm O'Tay, You're O-Tay

    S2:E16

    In observance of Black History Month, Nicholas must choose a famous African-American to portray at a school assembly. Nicholas shocks his family when he tells them he wants to be Buckwheat. Robert suggests to Nicholas that he choose an African-American figure with a more positive image. However, Nicholas is adamant about his choice so Robert decides to lend his son support. At the assembly, Nicholas comes out dressed in Buckwheat garb and speaks in the almost unintelligible style, which was Buckwheat's trademark. However, midway through his speech, Nicholas takes off his Buckwheat wig to explain that during Buckwheat's era, black actors had to portray stereotypical characters if they wanted to be in movies at all, and that we should honor these black film pioneers for making it easier for future generations of African-American actors. Meanwhile, Cece wants to be more like her big sister Zaria by emulating her.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 9 - Not With My Daughter
    8.7/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Not With My Daughter

    S2:E9

    Robert lends a helping hand to reformed gang member Ricky, but when Zaria takes a romantic interest in the young man, her father gets up in arms.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 1 - Ring Around the Nosey
    8.3/10(24 votes)

    #7 - Ring Around the Nosey

    S1:E1

    Michael and Zaria use reverse psychology to get their parents to let them have their grandmother's car by pretending Michael wants a tattoo and Zaria a nose ring, but the plan backfires. Robert and Jerri trick the kids by encouraging them and even driving them to the tattoo/piercing parlor. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wilcox dates a young man and asks Robert's advice on lovemaking -- and the disturbing images this arouses in Robert's mind affect his performance with Jerri.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 2 - The Rake, the Fake and the Gopher Snake
    8.3/10(18 votes)

    #8 - The Rake, the Fake and the Gopher Snake

    S1:E2

    Robert is concerned when Zaria goes on a date with Michael's shallow friend Troy, and resorts to hiring a woman from Derek's acting class to lure Troy away. When Jerri catches Robert in the closet with this woman, he's got a lot of explaining to do. Meanwhile, Nicholas's beloved pet snake gets loose in the house, and when he replaces it with a dummy snake, Jerri thinks it died due to her neglect.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 5 - Like Father, Like Hell
    8.2/10(15 votes)

    #9 - Like Father, Like Hell

    S1:E5

    Robert, who has been critical of Michael's former girlfriends, agrees to be nice to college sophomore Patrice when she comes to dinner. But Patrice makes a pass at a shocked Robert when they are alone -- and nobody believes his story. Later, Patrice suggests to Jerri that she and Michael accompany the young couple on a double date at a restaurant, where Jerri catches Patrice in action.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Valerie Ahern, Christian McLaughlin

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  10. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 6 - The Taxi Man
    8.1/10(13 votes)

    #10 - The Taxi Man

    S2:E6

    Nicholas thinks Halloween is going to be anything but a treat after he hears a local legend about a cab-driving ghost. Meanwhile, Michael tries come up with a brilliant way to scare Zaria.

    Directors:Leonard R. Garner, Jr.
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 4 - Crappy Anniversary
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #11 - Crappy Anniversary

    S1:E4

    Robert pretends to forget his anniversary, while all the while he's made special plans for a surprise romantic evening with Jerri; but when the evening arrives, he must first attend a lecture with special guest Jeffrey Osbourne. When an unexpected blizzard ruins Robert's special anniversary plans, he convinces the singing star to come to his house and help save his marriage. Meanwhile, when Michael is unable to repay a loan to Zaria, she forces him to perform humiliating tasks around the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 6 - The Paw That Rocks the Cradle
    8.0/10(15 votes)

    #12 - The Paw That Rocks the Cradle

    S1:E6

    Robert hopes a stray mutt will replace Nicholas' imaginary friend -- if they can keep the pup hidden from pooch-hater Jerri. The school psychologist convinces Robert than an imaginary friend is completely normal -- but when he relievedly tells Jerri about the dog, Jerri and the psychologist are convinced he's the delusional one.

    Director:Linda Day
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 7 - IQ, UQ, We All Q
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - IQ, UQ, We All Q

    S1:E7

    A dinner visit from Robert's classmate, now an arrogant Princeton professor who believes men are smarter than women, sparks a battle of the sexes when Jerri scores higher than Robert on an I.Q. test included in the professor's latest book.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 8 - Byte Me
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Byte Me

    S1:E8

    To avoid a sex chat, Robert puts Michael on-line with a health program, which the teen uses to access a computer sex line catering to swingers. Before Robert catches on, Michael makes a date with a female correspondent -- and is shocked when his date, LaWanda, turns out to be an elderly woman with a moustache.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 9 - Trial by Jerri
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #15 - Trial by Jerri

    S1:E9

    Robert charges Michael and Zaria with being too irresponsible to have a party---so the family holds a mock trial, with Jerri serving as the defense attorney.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 10 - Don't Be Alarmed
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #16 - Don't Be Alarmed

    S1:E10

    A series of burglaries, followed by Nicholas's bike being stolen, prompt Robert and Jerri to buy an alarm system. Robert doesn't want to pay for the high cost of installation so he hires Derek and Wendell to do the job. Derek and Wendell are complete amateurs and fail to install the system properly. That evening the alarm goes off several times waking the family and bringing police to the door. When the alarm is finally disabled, Robert and Jerri talk about what happened and decide they can feel safe without a security device.

    Director:David Steinberg
    Writer:Wayne Kline

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  17. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 11 - Nice Guys Finish Lust
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Nice Guys Finish Lust

    S1:E11

    Robert is so impressed with Zaria's new boyfriend, Daryl Cooper, that he actually envisions him as his future son-in-law. Zaria is not nearly as taken with Daryl and tells her father she intends to break up with him. Robert is crushed by the news. He believes that if Zaria spent more time with Daryl she would grow to like him. He lets Daryl use his Volvo to take Zaria to a concert. Zaria spends some quality time with Daryl and decides not to break up with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 12 - The Bully Pulpit
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #18 - The Bully Pulpit

    S1:E12

    When a bully picks on Nicholas, it brings back memories of Robert's own childhood nemesis---and he decides to track the man down and settle the score.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Valerie Ahern, Christian McLaughlin

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  19. The Parent 'Hood Season 1 Episode 13 - Trust a Move
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - Trust a Move

    S1:E13

    When 15-year-old Michael asks if he can attend a basketball game, Robert says ""yes."" But Robert denies 14-year-old Zaria's request for permission to go to a ""gangsta"" rap concert. Later, Jerri reminds Robert that their parents objected to the music they used to listen to and convinces him that he is too protective of Zaria. Robert relents and allows Zaria to go to the concert -- but he and Derek secretly follow her in what they imagine to be hip-hop attire.

    Directors:Joel Zwick, Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 1 - Robert in the 'Hood
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Robert in the 'Hood

    S2:E1

    Robert is accused of being out of touch when he voices objection to the lyrics of a rap song written by Michael and his posse, so he takes Michael to the ""hood"" to show him he hasn't forgotten his roots. Meanwhile, Zaria wants her own phone line after discovering Nicholas and Cece are listening in on her phone conversations, and Jerri insists she do chores in exchange; and Wendell fails miserably on his first day of substitute teaching.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 2 - A Kiss is Just a Kiss
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - A Kiss is Just a Kiss

    S2:E2

    It's a case of kiss and tell for Nicholas when he kisses a classmate and his teacher tells his parents that he is sexually harassing the girl. Meanwhile, after seeing Zaria kiss the son of a record company executive, Michael tries to get the executive to listen to his demo tape.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Carolyn Omine

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  22. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 3 - Don't Take My Wife, Please
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #22 - Don't Take My Wife, Please

    S2:E3

    Jerri's new study partner is funny, smart, handsome -- and a male dancer. Robert becomes even more jealous after Jerri, due to time constraints, agrees to meet her study partner at the dance club where he works, and follows Jerri only to find himself thrust on stage as the MC, with Wendell as a supposed erotic dancer. Jerri, busy backstage studying, has no interest in seeing the show until she hears Robert's voice. Meanwhile, Michael and Nicholas scheme to sell the family collection of baby teeth to the neighborhood kids, who in turn use them to get money from their parents/the tooth fairy.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 4 - Track Dreams
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - Track Dreams

    S2:E4

    Zaria runs into trouble when her parents discover she's received preferential treatment from her track coach -- and her grades start to slip. Meanwhile, Wendell tries to earn extra money selling cosmetics to Jerri and her friends.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 5 - Wendell and Muriel's Wedding
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #24 - Wendell and Muriel's Wedding

    S2:E5

    Robert and Jerri finds themselves stuck in the middle when Wendell proposes to a woman he met at Cece's fourth birthday party after a 24-hour whirlwind courtship - and then proposes that the Peterson hold the reception at their house.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Parent 'Hood Season 2 Episode 7 - Papa Was a Rolling Stone
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Papa Was a Rolling Stone

    S2:E7

    Robert is overwhelmed when the kids throw him a surprise party. Unable to cope with the surprise, Robert leaves the party. Jerri explains that Robert's father left him and his family on his eighth birthday and never returned. The kids put an ad in the newspaper trying to track down their missing grandfather. Their grandfather eventually responds to the ad. Jerri encourages Robert to confront his father to mend their relationship so that the kids can know their grandfather. Robert attempts reconciliation, but they end up butting heads. Robert contemplates the negative cycle of fathers leaving their families and decides to break the cycle. He returns to his father's house with his kids to celebrate his birthday and their reunion.

    Director:Shelley Jensen
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Sister Scorned" is the best rated episode of "The Parent 'Hood". It scored 9.4/10 based on 11 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/1/1998. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Don't Go There".