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In theory, group assignments promote cooperation.

But in practice, I found they mean I'm carrying someone else's dead weight.

Today, Mrs. Foley divided the class into groups and told us to act as state

legislators. I'm on the Appropriations Committee.

Our assignments spend a $32 million surplus.

Meet my colleagues.

There's Chris, environmental fanatic and an all -around pain in the...

Well, anyway.

And Jeremy, football captain and probable slacker.

And Haley, hard worker, wonderful human being, and an excellent student.

Time to get started.

Well, the bell hasn't rung yet.

Ding dong.

You have your assignments, and you know your groups. So get busy.

You too, Jeremy.

There are no benchwarmers in my class.

Here comes Captain Flacker.

Major cute.

Look, he won't get us an A. Is this the Appropriations Committee or an audition

for Clueless?

Hey, guys, I stopped at the library. I did a little research.

I think these statistics may help us.

I say we use the $32 million and build a couple of wildlife habitats.

The whole $32 million? We have to ensure the California condor can breed in

privacy and comfort.

Well, how much will your do -not -disturb signs cost at your little

resort? I don't factor that in.

We need more money.

Chris, we all care for the environment.

But what about child care for low -income mothers?

Yeah, what about more public transportation?

Then sell your Benz and buy a fleet of buses.

Electric, of course.

What about the kids in the L .A. Unified School District who don't have books?

Oh, sure. Cut down another four so El Nino can roll through.

Right through your house, I hope.

I like what you said about child care. Most people forget about that.

How can I forget about the people if I work for the people?

Sounds like you have a future in politics.

That's my plan.

All the way to the White House.

All you need now is a first lady.

And a second lady who won't press charges.

See that?

The 1980 Lakers. That's when basketball was basketball.

Yeah, but what's up with Magic wearing them Daisy Dukes?

Well, that's when shorts were short.

And men were men.

I don't know, Mr. Mitch. Looked like the WNBA to me.

It's going to be one more war. I'm telling you that, man.

Hey, uh, Dad, can you open this for me?

Oh, good.

Dee went shopping.

Miles, honey, when I said I needed help, I did not mean grab the potato chips

and run.

Oh, Dee, baby, let me help you with some of that.

Thanks, honey.

Yeah.

Sweetheart, what are you doing home so early from work?

Oh, well, things were a little slow at the dealership, so I figured I'd do my

paperwork at home.

Hurry up, Mr. Mitch, Mr. Mitch. The game's going at the overtime.

Oh, I just hit the pause button. It's the tape.

Hey, Mrs. Mitch, what's for dinner?

Honey, if you knew that you were going to be coming home early from work, why

didn't it occur to you to pick up Miles from school or do the grocery shopping

or at least clean up a little bit?

Oh, well, shoot, if I was going to do all that, Dee, I'd have stayed at work.

Well, I did stay at work all day, and now I feel like I'm here at my second

Oh, come on, baby. You're just exaggerating.

Oh,

good, T. You're home.

What time is dinner?

Dang, Mo.

Give her a break.

She's got to clean the kitchen up first.

That's it.

I am through. I am through being the maid, the cook, the lawyer. laundry

and the chauffeur. You know, from now on, you all are going to have to start

taking a little bit more responsibility for what goes on around here, because I

am not your superwoman.

Does that mean you're not taking me to Blockbuster?

Well, I guess I better get started on dinner.

What y 'all want on your pizza?

I cannot believe you call me one -dimensional just because you've only

side of me.

And it's one side too many. Come on, you guys. Let's stay focused.

We'll only have ten million more to allocate.

That's right. And, Moesha, I think you wanted something when you mentioned

corporate matching grants.

Thanks, Jeremy.

No, thank you.

So now we can fund the community arts program without dipping into the

transportation budget.

What good is your little art program if we're all dead from air pollution?

You're driving me to drink.

Mo, can I get some water? Yes.

Anybody else want some? Is it purified?

All right, enough for you, Jeremy.

Thank you for me, thank you.

I'll help.

Okay, how many bridges would it take to pour one glass of water?

I think Jeremy likes you.

Did you see the way he looked at you when you talked about solid waste

management?

Someone who put down the bean dip?

No.

It was like magic.

Kind of like when Anne Hesch first saw Ellen DeGeneres.

I don't like to be like that.

Well, not quite.

But all he needed was a little push.

I'll get Mr. Greenpeace out of here and give you two a little privacy.

How are you going to do this? Leave it to me.

Oh, my God, Chris, we just heard on the radio there's a beached well in Malibu.

What? No!

Hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. She wrote with me.

Oh, I'll take him. It's on my way home.

You gotta hurry before Fish World gets to him.

Bye, Mom. Bye, Jeremy.

Well, I guess that takes care of Chris for a couple of days.

Jeremy, do you mind helping me clean up? My stepmother's on a warpath.

No problem.

You know, Mom, it's really been fun working with you.

I've enjoyed working with you, too.

What's funny is that at first, I thought you were going to be dead weight.

That is so judgmental.

I don't feel that way anymore.

Actually, I thought maybe we should exchange numbers.

You know what? I was kind of thinking the same thing.

But then I realized, we only have two more days on this project, so what's the

point?

Yeah, right.

happened to knocking?

Whatever happened to Judge Watner?

Get your daddy's credit card, your keys, and let's go.

No, no, I'm really not in the mood.

That no sounds like a man problem, though. You still stuck on Q?

No, no, no, no, no, no. See, this vibe seems taller than Q.

This is a new man.

Who is he?

Jeremy. Oh, you guys, he's the finest, smartest, most intense brother. Brother

at Bridgewood.

Shoot, he's probably not. Only brother at Bridgewood.

Oh, tell Kim. Kim, you all about it?

We've been studying together every day this week.

And sometimes I think he likes me, but he hasn't even asked me for my phone

number. Well, have you been brushing after meals?

Yeah.

Why don't you just give him your number?

Are you crazy? And take a chance at playing myself?

No. If he wants my number, he's going to have to ask for it.

Hey. If I waited for a man to ask me, girl would never go out. Even when they

ask you out, they still don't take you anywhere.

Simone, you're not sending out the right signals. You gotta give them what I

call the make a man wanna slap his mama walk.

Oh, oh, and always laugh at their jokes even when they're lame.

Take note.

Jeremy, you are too funny.

And you are too available.

Where's the towel cleaner? Mr. Mitch said I can't have any leftovers until I

scrub the grout.

Look, why do we have something? He's a man.

Only if you get technical and everything.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, don't hate me because you can't have me.

Anyways,

you guys won't.

Well, how do you know if a guy likes you or not?

Well, if he invites you out on a date and you stand him up, then he calls you

night and day, then you stalker.

I mean, why do you want to know?

Well, there's this guy at school that I kind of like, but he hasn't shown any

interest. Man, homeboy's probably just shy. Why don't you just ask him out?

That's what I said. I'm not with that. Well, aren't you the one always

us about the modern woman?

Why don't you just practice what you preach? And why don't you eat at home?

And why don't you answer the question?

Boy, Dee is going to love these enchiladas.

See, Dad, I told you we didn't have to go to the supermarket.

Yeah, that's how me and Big Mama do it. We get creative with what we got.

Thank you, buddy.

Ooh, Mexican food.

Hola, senora, and welcome to Casa de Mitchell.

Muchas gracias, senor.

Yeah, and Doritos to you, too.

Thank you, honey.

Mr. Churchill, gentlemen.

Inchiladas?

In pita bread.

Yeah, they're Middle Eastern enchiladas.

Let's see.

Ooh.

Sour cream tastes a little sweet.

It's whipped cream.

Told you she liked it.

You know something, guys? I just remembered. I had Mexican for lunch.

Anybody feel like cereal?

Wait a minute, baby. I thought that you'd be happy that I was trying to help

out. Oh, honey, I appreciate it. Really, I do.

Where are the cereal bowls?

With the bowls in the bowl cabinet.

Baby, we don't have a bowl cabinet.

We do not.

Where's the cereal?

In the refrigerator next to the milk.

Yeah, see, I figured we'd save us all some time in the morning.

And where's the sugar?

Already mixed in with the cereal.

Honey, what have you done to my kitchen?

I improved it.

Oh, yeah, and we improved your closet, too.

I'll pulpitize your shoes.

Frank, I didn't need a whole new system. I just needed help with the one we

have.

Oh, you mean the one you have.

Yeah, you know that old saying, if you want things done your way, do it

yourself.

But, Frank.

Aha, Miles.

Well, looks like that shake and bake upside down cake is all ours.

Come on, Jeremy.

Dude, you'd rather stay here than cruise the Beverly Center?

All the babes are going to be there.

Forget that, dude.

I got babes coming here.

All right, I'll just park here then. No, no, no, no. It's not that kind of

party.

Hi.

I'm Mr. Wright. I heard you were looking for me.

Wrong.

Sorry. He's been sacked one too many times.

So, uh... What are you reading?

Another Country by James Baldwin. Oh, really?

I'm into him, too.

You ever read The Fire Next Time?

Actually, it's one of my favorites.

You know, I wonder if there's any Baldwin in here.

Man,

I wonder what's keeping Haley and Chris.

You did tell him what time to be here.

I told Haley.

Knowing Chris, he's probably trying to talk Shamu back into the ocean.

Jeremy, you are too funny.

Oh, you okay?

Look, do you want to go out with me or what?

Yeah.

What do you want to do?

Look, I brought us this far. You take it from here.

Okay. I'll pick you up tomorrow at 7.

Where we going?

I'll surprise you.

Here comes revenge of the nerds.

Mega P .O. The bogus whale situation?

Not funny.

Jeremy, thank you for taking me to the concert. You know I love ushers.

Hey, Moesha. Hey, y 'all.

Oh, you know, don't mind us. You know, we don't want that truth.

Okay, I'll see you later.

Later, Belayla. We hear nothing.

I'm Kim. And I'm Nisa. And you are to you.

I'm embarrassed.

You guys, this is Jeremy.

So, Jer, Mo says he's the captain of the football team.

You must be good. Yeah, he's the best player.

Come on, Moe. You're giving me all the fun.

I ain't on that.

Football's a team effort.

Oh, I like this one.

Don't blow it like you did, Q.

Frazier. Oh, Haji.

Whitlock. Oh, and that white boy.

Ow!

Oops, closing me.

Hey, what's up, y 'all?

Hey, Hakeem Campbell. Meet Jeremy Davis.

Oh, what's up, Black?

Oh, yeah, you got it. You got it. Oh, Iron Man.

What's up with that?

Well, they call him that because he can play the whole game.

That's why fellas call me Iron Man. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, that's

right, baby.

Jeremy also wants to be a politician.

Oh, so you want to chill up in the White House, huh? Get all political.

Nah, man, I just say what I got to say to keep the teach from calling my mom.

You know what I'm saying?

Oh, yeah.

Jeremy is just being modest. He has a 4 .0 and juggling scholarship offers from

Michigan and Florida State.

So what's there to juggle? I mean, you just go with the one that's giving you

the new car.

And make sure my girl and her best friend to get first -class plane tickets

come see you play. I can get that and then some.

Oh. Oh. You got it like that, player?

Oh, I got you. So you were just frontin' like you was shy Samoa would ask you

out. No doubt, right. See, I just sit back and let the honeys come to me.

Oh. Okay.

Oh, so you some kind of player or something?

Come on, chill, baby. Just jokes.

Just jokes. Hi, hi, hi. I'm ready to go.

But we just got here, you know.

I'm enjoying kicking it with your peach. I'm ready to go.

Hey, I'll stay, but my recruiter's rolling through in the morning, so I got

be out.

Damn. Okay, never keep a man.

That feels good.

Oh, so I can do something, right?

Frank.

Honey.

You do a lot right.

Dee, I'm sorry, baby.

I mean, I was trying to help out, and I ended up making everything worse.

And I appreciate the effort, honey. I really do.

I apologize.

Maybe I wasn't clear about what I needed when I said I need help.

Well, look, if we just take the time to talk, we can always work it out.

Mm -hmm.

Why don't we start with my closet?

You're just trying to get me upstairs.

Mm -hmm.

Well, you've got a few things that need to be reorganized. Uh, yeah.

Like my dresses, my shoes. Oh, I know that. My lingerie.

Thanks for a lovely evening. Good night.

Come on, Moesha.

Oh, I made a bad joke.

You know what? I can handle a joke. I just don't want to go out with one.

What's up with that?

Your friends liked me, didn't they?

Well, I did too until you became a chameleon.

So I flipped the script a little bit.

A little bit?

I thought I was watching Face Off.

You know what's so funny?

I don't even think about it anymore.

I just adjust myself to fit whatever I think people expect of me.

What makes you think people expect anything of you?

Moesha, I'm just trying to keep it real.

Jeremy, the only way to keep it real is to be real. Good night.

Moesha.

That's right.

That's right.

I decided to give Jeremy another chance.

Wouldn't you?