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Head cheerleader Ashli approaches Moesha with the opportunity to try out for the cheerleading squad but Moesha is not interested. Aspiring cheerleader Kim persuades Moesha to audition with her for moral support. But when Kim makes the cut and Moesha doesn't, Moesha becomes jealous. Meanwhile, Frank learns that Dee is slightly older than he and begins to ridicule her. Hakeem goes into a feeding frenzy in hopes of making it on the basketball team.

Moesha and Kim want to join the "Council of Concerned Youth," an all-male organization. Whitlock, the leader, does not believe in girls having the right to join and butts heads with independent Mo. But after Moesha provides good ideas for an upcoming fund-rasier, Whitlock reluctantly allows Moesha and Kim to join

Mother's Day approaches and Frank makes plans to treat Dee to a holiday brunch at The Den, but Moesha, still grieving over the loss of her mother, tries to resist a close relationship with Dee.

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 newcomer.

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 take the test for him. Mo declines, but encourages Terry to at least try taking the test. After Terry gets a high score 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.

Dee is fed up when Frank spends more time hanging out with his friends than he spends at home with her.

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.

Moesha, Kim and Hakeem steal oranges from Mrs. Moss' garden in retaliation for 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.

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 discussing it with Frank and Dee, they finally decide Myles can do a commercial. Myles gets into a fight at school because some kids said that he thought he was "all that", and he comes home with a bloody lip. Family and friends see him in his commercial, but he's only in a small portion. After a while, Myles starts to get a little tired of being in the entertainment business. Moesha gets angry when Frank and Dee have a hard time deciding who should go to Moesha's dance competition for the girls at the community center and who should go with Myles to film his next commercial. Later, Myles, Frank and Hakeem all show up at Moesha's dance competition.

Moesha's birthday surprise for Hakeem is getting his father back into his life, but it backfires when Hakeem finds out.

A party organized by Q at a teen club called The Bombay gets out of control after a rumor is spread that a big star is performing there. After getting arrested by the police, Andell holds a community meeting at The Den to discuss the differences between young adults and adults.

After leaving home, Moesha turns to Andell for the night. Although she promises Andell she'll go back home the next day, she surprises Andell by staying at The Den the following day. Upset that Moesha lied to her, Andell forces Moesha to talk to Frank, but nothing's changed between them forcing Moesha to move out permanently. Back at Andell's, Moesha becomes a bother to Andell and her new beau, Uncle Bernie.

With Moesha gone and the rest of the family bickering constantly, Myles is having a hard time dealing with the way things are at home. He hatches a plan to get the family back together. Meanwhile, Grandma Mitchell (Lynn Hamilton) and Uncle Bernie visit to help Frank celebrate his big day. In the end, he lets Moesha move back home and finish her senior year at Crenshaw.

With their Senior year nearing an end, Moesha throws a slumber party with her girls, Kim and Niecy, to reflect on the good times they've spent together before they leave for college.

With the help of Dee, Kim's mother Nikki (Mo'Nique) decides to complete her high school diploma, an opportunity she missed due to her pregnancy with Kim. But Kim is in for a shock when she learns that her mother wants to expand her education-- with her.

Note 1: This episode served as the backdoor pilot episode for the spin-off series The Parkers.

Musical guest: Silk; It's the Senior year Prom, but when Moesha's date lands in the hospital hours before the big night, Moesha has a Cinderella night encounter, and tries to find him via his custom made button.

Moesha's surprise 18th birthday is full of surprises when all of her exes show up one by one, wanting to get back together with her.

Special guest star: Fredro Starr as Quinton 'Q' Brooks

Moesha, Hakeem and Niecy go for a graduation day brunch in Beverly Hills, where an unexpected complication happens an hour before the big event. A post grad opportunity is offered to Moesha, but she has to make sacrifice in order to accept it.

Musical guest: Mary J. Blige; After deciding to foregoing Northwestern, Moesha is now working at "Vibe Magazine" She tries to play it off as she is doing great to impress her friends and family, but not hiding the fact she is still a gopher. Dorian, Frank's nephew and Moesha and Myles's troublesome cousin escapes Oakland and secretly move to Crenshaw to seek refuge.

When Moesha hears that Andell is losing The Den, she tries to save it and succeeds only for Andell to be displeased with her efforts. Andell tells Moesha that she wants a change from The Den and sells it. The gang say goodbye to The Den. Meanwhile, Dorian gets in a fight and ends up in the doghouse.

Dorian protests the elimination of the girls basketball team from the school budget to impress one of the players. Meanwhile, Moesha is having trouble in her chemistry class and is too proud to ask Niecy (who receives an "A" in the class) for help.

Dorian spends a weekend with Moesha, and all the residents in her dorm are robbed except for her who draws a conclusion that puts them at odds. Meanwhile, Myles doesn't appreciate his friends' comments about how "good" Dee looks.

Moesha and Hakeem hit the first bump in their romance when Hakeem spends more time away from Moesha. But a surprise visit from old boyfriend Q makes Hakeem realize that he could lose her. Meanwhile, Frank gives Dorian the opportunity to work with him at his job, but later he gets arrested by the police for stealing a car from the Saturn lot and also with carrying $5,000.

Moesha is faced with the dilemma of going on tour with Q or staying at home with her family and her boyfriend Hakeem. But Moesha and Hakeem have an argument over the fact that Hakeem only wants Mo to stay home so that she won't have to go on tour with Q. Hurt over the fact that her boyfriend Gabe broke up with her, Niecy finds comfort from Hakeem. But they get caught up in the moment and share a kiss, just as Moesha enters the room. Stunned and hurt, Moesha takes Q up on his offer and leaves with him for New York. Meanwhile, Dorian's involvement with Patience gets him in over his head, forcing Frank to make a tough decision by enrolling him into a boot camp.

Special guest star: Fredro Starr as Quinton 'Q' Brooks

Moesha prolongs her stay in New York and is enjoying her relationship with Q, but soon decides to return home and to college. Q decides to pop the question. Meanwhile, Dorian returns from boot camp and reverts to his old ways forcing Frank to produce an army contract which shakes Dorian's and Frank's relationship.

Special guest stars: Fredro Starr as Quinton 'Q' Brooks and Sheryl Lee Ralph as Dee Mitchell.

Moesha returns from New York with a secret that she wants to keep from her parents. Hakeem and Niecy attempt to make amends with her. After learning that Moesha and Q are now back together, Hakeem surprises Moesha with an emotional poem and a "promise ring" (in which he hopes that she'll forgive him again). Meanwhile, Dorian is still trying to earn Frank's trust when he dates one of Frank's mentors named Cleo who isn't the angel that she appears to be. Also, Dee prepares to leave for Jamaica for her education-consulting job.

Alicia hides an Internet camera in Moesha and Niecy's bedroom for profit; invading their privacy and showcasing them to the entire world. After Moesha receives a gift from Japan sent by Q, Hakeem tries to win her back with gifts as well. Meanwhile, Myles thinks he got a girl pregnant by dancing with her.

Moesha can't stand the nasty and rude habits of her suite mates Niecy, Alicia and Brenda. So she tries to organize a meeting to establish "the rules," but a nearby appearance by the singing group Boyz II Men hurts attendance. Meanwhile, Dee returns home from Jamaica but has to break the news to the family that she's decided to stay in Jamaica full-time to work on her education-consulting job.

In this hilarious Halloween episode, while trying to juggle studying, taking care of her family while Dee's away and planning for her Halloween party, Moesha, along with Niecy, starts using energy-raising vitamins to help her with mid-terms, but the vitamins cause some peculiar side effects. Meanwhile, Dorian becomes a dog trainer for a neighbor's dog named Frisky. But when he can't seem to keep the dog from barking and growling, things get ugly.

Moesha tells her father about her engagement to Q and furious he storms out. He later finds Dorian's date in their house wearing his robe. Dee calls from Jamaica to wish Frank a happy anniversary and he daydreams about what his life would like if they were the Huxtables.

After a three-month separation, Q comes to visit Moesha, along with Khalib, for Thanksgiving. Dee's father, Arthur Loving, visits as well and brings along with him his grudge towards Frank. As Moesha and Q make up for time spent apart, Q makes an odd request involving her engagement ring. (Q needs the ring to help finance some new rap group he's producing.) Khalib advises his help and concern for Moesha and offers to lend them the money. But when Moesha tells Q the news, he overreacts; leading to the end of their engagement.

Special guest stars: Fredro Starr as Quinton 'Q' Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph as Dee Mitchell, and Robert Guillaume as Dee's father Arthur.

Frank come to Moesha's dorm and confronts her about her help in finding Dorian's mother. They have a discussion about his marriage to her mother. Dorian goes to see his biological mother and ends up baby-sitting for her children who are more than a handful. Barbara and Dorian decide to take their relationship slowly.

It's Dorian's graduation and his family wants to throw him a party but he has other commitments. Meanwhile, Hakeem gets into trouble with Moesha.

In the series finale, Dorian gives Myles a tour around the recording studio when his former acquaintance, Lamont, arrives. Later, Lamont visits Dorian and demands his half of "What!." Dorian refuses again, and Lamont becomes even more threatening. That night, Frank and Dee are frantic when Myles fails to return home. Elsewhere, Hakeem makes Moesha a proposal and she can't decide what to do about it so asks her roommates for advice. One of the girls finds out she's pregnant.

Special guest star: Sheryl Lee Ralph as Dee Mitchell