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The Best Episodes of The Parent 'Hood Season 4

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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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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 1 - House Arrest
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #1 - House Arrest

    S4:E1

    16 year old TK tries tosteal from the Petersons and Jerri decides to save him from the criminal justice system. She brings him into the Peterson home as Robert thinks Jerri is trying to replace Michael, who left for college.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 2 - Curfew-sion
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #2 - Curfew-sion

    S4:E2

    T.K.'s stay is negatively affecting the younger kids: he's got Nicholas and Cece talking trash and flashing gang signs. Meanwhile, Wendell tutors the high school basketball star Big Mo, hoping the student will turn professional and repayWendell's kindness with a generous sum of money.

    Director:Loretha C. Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 3 - No Soul on Ice
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #3 - No Soul on Ice

    S4:E3

    Nicholas faces off against a racist hockey coach who believes that the game is ""not the sport for (black) people."" Meanwhile, Zaria to impress members of the art club to get a scholarship, and T.K. looks for an easy way to succeed in school by having a girl in class write his history paper.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 4 - Beauty Call
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #4 - Beauty Call

    S4:E4

    Zaria tries to become part of an elite, all-girls social group at school, but the price of admission may be too much for her conscience to bear: as part of an initiation rite she must date a nerd. Meanwhile, Nicholas and Cece try to help Wendell get a line on his love life by hooking him up with a dial-a-date service they saw advertised on TV.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 5 - Wendell and I Spy
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #5 - Wendell and I Spy

    S4:E5

    After Robert hesitates to call T.K. on his need to have a personal pager, he overhears the boy making a deal to have some ""stuff"" delivered to the Peterson house. Meanwhile, Zaria takes a job as her mother's legal aide, and Jerri discovers that Nicholas and Cece have sorted her legal briefs with sticky finger.

    Directors:Gerren Keith, Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 6 - Father Wendell
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #6 - Father Wendell

    S4:E6

    Robert and Jerri smell a rat when Wendell's former lover show up claiming he's the father of her 10-year-old son. Meanwhile, T.K. attempts to protect Zaria when she expresses a romantic interest in his oversexed friend Devaughn.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 7 - Zaria Peterson's Day Off
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #7 - Zaria Peterson's Day Off

    S4:E7

    Zaria recruits T.K. to help spy on her father, whom she suspects is having an affair. Meanwhile, after learning that with weddings come bountiful gifts, Cece decides to marry her young friend Jesse.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 8 - The Play's the Thang
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #8 - The Play's the Thang

    S4:E8

    Nicholas writes a play for the school arts festival, but has problems with the star --Wendell -- who wants to make his role as a giant even bigger. Meanwhile, with Jerri away at a law seminar, much to the horror of her siblings Zaria must assume the cooking duties.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #9 - 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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  10. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 10 - Fast Cash
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #10 - Fast Cash

    S4:E10

    When T.K. gets a job at a pizza place, two of his old street homeys smell a target for a holdup, and try to get T.K. to cut them in for a slice of the action. Also, aspiring magician Nicholas's assistants have a little something up their sleeves when he refuses to share with them the profits from his show.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #11 - 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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  12. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 12 - Me and Ms. Robinson
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #12 - Me and Ms. Robinson

    S4:E12

    Nick and T.K. have crushes on older women -- the former on Zaria's friend Jamie, the latter on Jerri's new intern.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 13 - Money Shot
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #13 - Money Shot

    S4:E13

    Racketeer Sony offers T.K. big money to throw the next basketball game; Nicholas tries to manipulate Cece and Jesse and profit from their cupcake-selling business.

    Director:Loretha C. Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 14 - Stand by Boo
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #14 - Stand by Boo

    S4:E14

    T.K.'s friend Boo, who's ""the smartest high-school dropout (he) knows,"" prepares for her general-equivalency diploma with help from Robert - but not from her skeptical dad. Meanwhile, Cece is promoted to a gifted class taught by substitute Wendell.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #15 - 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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  16. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 16 - Flaked Out
    7.1/10(12 votes)

    #16 - Flaked Out

    S4:E16

    Zaria's special 17th birthday outing turns into a real disaster - a natural one - after a blizzard hits, stranding her and her girlfriends at the Peterson house. The party is saved by a surprise visit from rap star Usher.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 17 - Color Him Father
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #17 - Color Him Father

    S4:E17

    TK doesn't want to attend the basketball team's Father & Son banquet because his father is in jail for the past 10 years. Meanwhile Zariah is considering going into music.

    Director:Loretha C. Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 18 - I Want My Z-TV
    6.3/10(11 votes)

    #18 - I Want My Z-TV

    S4:E18

    Zaria becomes ""the voice of teenage America"" as host of a New York-based TV talk show aimed at fellow high-schoolers. But success may be going to Zaria's head when she decides to drop out. Also, almost everyone in the house is missing money at the same time that T.K. starts showing up with new threads and jewelry.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 19 - An Affair to Forget
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #19 - An Affair to Forget

    S4:E19

    On an awards show telecast, a famous singer credits Robert with teaching her ""all about love and passion."" Meanwhile, flirtatious T.K. gives Zaria's socially inept friend Gordon lessons in dating.

    Director:Robert Townsend
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 20 - Hurricane Linda
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #20 - Hurricane Linda

    S4:E20

    Things get tense when Jerri's best friend Linda blows into town and meddles in everything about the Peterson household.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 21 - Here Comes Z Bride
    8.0/10(1 votes)

    #21 - Here Comes Z Bride

    S4:E21

    Zariah and her new boyfriend decide to get married. Meanwhile Nicholas wants to try boxing.

    Director:Loretha C. Jones
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Parent 'Hood Season 4 Episode 22 - 'Hood Sweet 'Hood (1)
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #22 - 'Hood Sweet 'Hood (1)

    S4:E22

    TK ponders violence after being assualted in front of Nicholas. He gets a gun and threatens to shoot Stone, but Robert talks him out of it. The two get ready to leave as Stone aims his gun at the both of them and fires. Meanwhile Cece fights with Skylar over the affections of Jesse.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"House Arrest" is the best rated episode of "The Parent 'Hood" season 4. It scored 8/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/1997. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Curfew-sion".