The BEST episodes of The Steve Harvey Show

Every episode of The Steve Harvey Show ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Steve Harvey Show!

Mixing it up with laugh-out-loud comedy, youthful appeal and a likable namesake lead, The Steve Harvey Show crackles with high school hijinks and teacher entanglements in a hip urban setting. The series' successes as a multiple NAACP Image Award winner and as one of The WB's hit flagship series underscore its enduring longevity, immense popularity and far-reaching influence. In the series, former R&B star Steve Hightower (Harvey) gives up his wild times for school ties, becoming an inner-city Chicago music teacher and eventually a vice principal with a ragtag bunch of classroom charges. Headlining the Hi-Tops soul group who opened for the likes of Gladys Knight and the Pips Hightower's touring career never quite hit the high note he expected. Down on his luck, and totally out of money, he decides to let go of his carefree lifestyle and pin down a "real" job. With an assist from his longtime friend and eventual roommate, the gym coach with the insatiable appetite Cedric Rob.

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Nightmare on Steve's Street
star
10.00
1 votes

#1 - Nightmare on Steve's Street

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1999

Cedric believes there's a spirit haunting the apartment, so he talks Steve, Lovita and Regina into having a seance. Meanwhile, after Bullethead saves Coretta's life, she returns the favor by protecting him from bullies. - - - As Steve prepares to be honored at the grand opening of Detroit's new Funk Café, Cedric notices some things missing around the apartment and concludes they have a ghost. While Steve doesn't believe him, Cedric tries to ward off the evil spirit. However, when they see the window blinds mysteriously moving by themselves, both Steve and Cedric bolt in terror. When Bullethead saves Coretta's life, she vows to protect him. As takes advantage by purposely creating problems, Bullethead pushes the limits of her patience. Meanwhile, to rid the apartment of the ghost, Cedric and Lovita want to hold a séance. And while Steve is against the idea at first, Cedric threatens to disrupt his trip to Detroit unless he agrees. When Regina agrees to let Lovita color her hair to rem

Directors: Stan Lathan
Writer: Andrea Wiley
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Let's Talk About Sax
star
8.75
4 votes

#2 - Let's Talk About Sax

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1997

Steve's audition with Teddy Riley hits a sour note when his saxophone is pawned by Romeo, who uses the money to buy a suit.

Writer: Joey Soloway
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Detention Peddler
star
8.50
4 votes

#3 - Detention Peddler

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1999

In the fourth-season opener, Steve applies for the vice-principal position at the school, much to the chagrin of Regina. Meanwhile, Cedric comes up with creative ways to propose to Lovita. - - - With a new vice principal position opening at the school, Regina suggests Cedric apply. Cedric declines but suggests Steve do so, despite Regina's reservations. Lydia is Steve's new teaching assistant while Romeo and Bullethead are the school's new audio/visual technicians. Cedric plans to surprise Lovita with a marriage proposal on the radio and enlists helps from Romeo, Bullethead and Steve. As Cedric readies to ask the question live on the air, Steve asks Lovita to help him win tickets in a radio trivia contest. The plan backfires when Lovita changes the station and misses the proposal. Cedric believes her screams of delight are in response to his question, but are really because she won the concert tickets. When Steve sees the other applicants' resumes, he concludes he isn't qualified to

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Here Comes the Judge
star
8.50
2 votes

#4 - Here Comes the Judge

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/2001

Romeo, Lydia and Bullethead sue Steve for damaging their pager and the case is heard on the Judge Mathis Show. Meanwhile, Cedric sends erotic e-mails to Lovita posing as a secret admirer, not realizing that she knows that the missives are from him. - - - When Judge Greg Mathis comes to the school's Career Day, Steve makes the mistake of having the television courtroom judge's new Mercedes Benz towed from his personal parking space. Then, as Judge Mathis is making a presentation to his class, Steve confiscates an electronic messaging device. However, insisting it is a computer and doesn't violate school policy, Romeo, Bullethead and Lovita protest. When Steve finally returns a broken messaging device, Bullethead, Romeo and Lydia decide to take their case to Judge Mathis' TV courtroom. Upon learning of the lawsuit, Regina insists on joining Steve to help defend the school's reputation. Meanwhile, when Lovita fails to acknowledge his erotic e-mail, Cedric is certain that she's having an

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Working Homegirl
star
8.50
2 votes

#5 - Working Homegirl

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1999

To impress her visiting great-aunt, Lovita tells a few lies where she makes her great-aunt believe that she and Cedric are married, she's the principal and Steve runs errands for the newlyweds. - - - Having told her aging Aunt Tulabett that she and Cedric are married and she's the school's principal, Lovita asks everyone to play along. Though Regina is reluctant, Lovita's claim that her aunt has a bad heart persuades Regina to cooperate for just one day. And not wanting to do anything to aggravate the condition, Steve is forced to pretend he's Lovita's personal assistant. Meanwhile, after Lydia oversteps her authority as hall monitor, Regina gives the job to Romeo hoping he will become more responsible. Unhappy with his performance, Aunt Tooly fires Steve and sends him packing to Regina's at 4:00 AM. And though both Steve and Regina assume things are about to return to normal, Lovita asks them to cooperate for one more week. Meanwhile, after threatening to turn in Romeo for taking a

Directors: Stan Lathan
Writer: Leslie Ray
African-American Me
star
8.00
3 votes

#6 - African-American Me

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/1997

On his way to play the piano at regina's church, Steve gets arrested and thrown in jail with Cedric. - - - Steve lets Regina down by failing to proofread the school's newsletter before it is printed. Remorseful, Steve must find a way to make amends. When her church pianist runs off on the eve of a performance, he offers to fill in. Yet, unwilling to trust him, Regina refuses and continues looking for someone else. Making matters worse, Cedric is angry with Steve because he won't share the apartment's lone parking space. After his 15th parking ticket, Cedric waits for Steve to move his car, then parks in the space. Unwilling to give it up, Cedric is reduced to walking, cabs and public transportation. Meanwhile, as part of a social studies project, the students pair off in a marriage experiment. Romeo is matched with Sara and Bullethead with Sophia. Desperate for a pianist, Regina finally asks Steve to cover at the church. He agrees. As Steve leaves for the church, only then does h

Directors: Stan Lathan
Writer: James Hannah
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Last Dance
star
8.00
3 votes

#7 - Last Dance

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/2001

Regina puts Cedric and Lovita in charge of planning Booker T's prom; Lydia thinks a boy she likes is going to ask her to the dance, but the teen has other plans. - - - Still depressed over her own disappointment years earlier, Regina delegates the planning of the Senior Prom to Cedric and Lovita. While Romeo looks to auction himself off as a date to the highest bidder, Lydia makes it perfectly clear she wants Arthur Rabinowitz to be her date. And with Arthur's help, Bullethead hopes his date will be a radio station contest's mystery celebrity. Meanwhile, as Cedric and Lovita secure the Grandview Hotel's main ballroom for the big event, Regina's prom memories continue to drag her down. Arthur turns to Steve seeking advice about how to ask the girl of his dreams to the prom. While Steve is certain the young computer whiz kid intends to ask Lydia, he's surprised when Arthur lands a date with classmate Julie Feldman. When Lydia learns the truth, she holds Steve responsible for ruining he

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Bully Call
star
7.67
6 votes

#8 - Bully Call

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1997

School tough Coretta "The Ox" Cox takes a liking to Romeo and scares off his regular honeys. - - - When Romeo can't find a date for the school dance, Bullethead and Aisha mention Coretta "The Ox" Cox, the toughest girl in school, has scared off the rest of the her classmates. When Coretta finally finds Romeo and asks for a date, despite his objections, he can't muster the courage to refuse her. Steve invites Regina to watch the Luther Vandross concert on cable and to dinner at his apartment. Overhearing, Lovita invites herself as well and informs Cedric of their new plans. With everyone now present, Lovita unveils her homemade chocolate chip cookies. They taste horrible. Having accepted the date, Romeo finds himself in an uncomfortable position: Coretta makes him carry her books and walk her to class. When Romeo asks Steve for advice on how to break the date, Steve simply encourages him to be honest with Coretta. Romeo then tells Coretta he doesn't want to go to the dance with her. A

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Fool and the Gang
star
7.67
6 votes

#9 - Fool and the Gang

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1997

For a fund-raiser, Steve tries to reunite the Hi-Tops, but learns they've formed a new band without him. So he decides to make some beautiful new music with Regina. Meanwhile, Bullethead decides to quit school to work full time at his new job in the mall. - - - Trying to earn $200 to buy a pair of basketball shoes, Bullethead offers to sell Steve some incense. Steve suggests he get a job. Needing entertainment for an upcoming charity banquet, Regina turns to Steve, who agrees to organize a Hi-Tops reunion. But after learning his old band has reunited without him, Steve takes up Cedric's offer to sing with him in the show. Cedric isn't content with a back-up role and quits, so Steve decides to do it solo. While fending off Lovita's criticism for his treatment of Cedric, Steve must also answer to Regina for his apparent lack of a band for the benefit. But he proposes she be his back-up singer and Regina agrees. Taking Steve's suggestion to heart, Bullethead gets a job at a shoe store.

Directors: Stan Lathan
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My Whole Left Side
star
7.67
3 votes

#10 - My Whole Left Side

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1999

While Cedric is away at a coaches conference, his grandmother stays at Steve's apartment and torments Lovita. Meanwhile, Coretta uses Romeo, Lydia and Bullethead as models to show off her own style of fashion after Steve ensures her that she has the potential to become a fashion designer. - - - Lovita is inconsolable when Cedric leaves for a three-day coach's conference. But her moping, as well as Steve's plans, are interrupted when Cedric's Grandma Puddin' arrives unexpectedly at the apartment. And though it means putting his own romantic plans for the evening on hold, Steve reluctantly agrees to let her stay. Meanwhile, Steve encourages Coretta to pursue her dream of becoming a fashion designer, while Regina's accomplishments in education will be honored by Essence magazine. In the wake of some harsh criticism, Lovita concludes Grandma Puddin' hates her. Worried that it could jeopardize Lovita and Cedric's engagement, Regina suggests appealing to the elderly woman's values by dress

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Everybody Loves Regina
star
7.60
5 votes

#11 - Everybody Loves Regina

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1998

Junior and Vincent, the two kids that Steve and Cedric mentored as "big brothers", return, and Junior asks Regina if she would go out on a date with his older brother. Steve dates a young coffee shop waitress. - - - As Steve prepares to date Sheila, a young employee at his local coffeehouse, he and Cedric are surprised by the return of their "Little Brothers," Vincent and Junior. While refusing Junior's request for a date, Regina does agree to go out with his older brother, Zack. And to make the blind date more comfortable, Steve offers to host a dinner party. Romeo and Bullethead are assigned a report on jazz musician Theolonius Monk. Meanwhile, Romeo and Bullethead agree to give Vincent and Junior lessons how to pick up girls in exchange for help on their music assignment. As the dinner party is getting underway, everyone is surprised by Sheila's age. But Regina has little room to complain after everyone meets the youthful Zack. To prove she's young a heart, Regina throws herself i

Directors: Stan Lathan
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The He-Man, Player-Hater's Club
star
7.50
4 votes

#12 - The He-Man, Player-Hater's Club

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/29/1998

Steve and Cedric are up for membership in a men's club, where they'll be "rubbing elbows with Chicago's business elite". Romeo and Bullethead use a new camera to meet girls. - - - A new camera appears to be just the magnet Romeo and Bullethead need to attract the school's most beautiful girls. Taking advantage of the situation, they plan to take pictures of the hottest girls under the guise of using them in the school newspaper. After they are invited to join the exclusive Onyx Club, Steve and Cedric are certain their stars are on the rise. Warned by Regina not to take their final interviews lightly, Steve and Cedric take care to impress the membership committee. And to celebrate their admission, they invite Regina and Lovita to the club's annual Charity Casino Night. As Romeo and Bullethead plan their photo shoots, they ask Steve - under the pretense of using it as a study hall - for access to his classroom. After a quick lesson on responsibility, Steve agrees. At Casino Night, Lov

Directors: Stan Lathan
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A Star Is Born
star
7.50
4 votes

#13 - A Star Is Born

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1999

Regina becomes obsessed with defeating an old high-school rival in a choir competition.

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Little Stevie Blunder
star
7.50
2 votes

#14 - Little Stevie Blunder

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1999

Steve pretends to be blind to impress a woman, and Bullethead enters the Miss Booker T. beauty pageant in the hopes of winning a new computer. Meanwhile, Lovita wants to know what's in a locked metal box she found in Cedric's closet. - - - Following a visit to the optometrist, Steve must wear dark glasses to protect his sensitive eyes. As a result, a lovely realtor, Ava, who's showing the apartment across the hall, mistakes him for being blind. And when she is enamored with his courage in the face of his disability, Steve doesn't do anything to dissuade her. Meanwhile, a locked box Cedric keeps inside his closet has Lovita curious and upset. When Bullethead enters the Miss Booker T. beauty pageant hoping to win a new computer, Lydia doesn't appreciate the additional competition, warning him to drop out. When Ava shows up at the school to see Regina, she goes on and on about a blind man for whom she's fallen. Realizing she's Regina's close friend, Steve makes a quick exit out the wind

Directors: Stan Lathan
Writer: James Hannah
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Roomies
star
7.50
2 votes

#15 - Roomies

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1999

Regina stays at Steve's apartment while her place is being fumigated, and she immediately annoys her new roommates with her bubbly and bossy disposition. Meanwhile, Lydia prepares for her belated Bat Mitzvah, and Regina wants to accompany Steve to a celebrity fund-raiser. - - - When Regina moves into her office as her apartment is being fumigated, Lovita offers Cedric and Steve's apartment until the job is done. Having just received a personal invitation to Michael Jordan's celebrity fundraiser, Steve is in a good mood that cannot be broken. And while he won't ask Regina to be his date, he does agree to let her stay. Meanwhile, Lydia's Bat Mitzvah is on the same night as Michael Jordan's big event, making it impossible for Steve to attend. Romeo and Bullethead, however, are more than willing to go, offering to serve as security officers for the party. After just a few days as roommates, everyone is convinced that life with Regina is just too hard. Even worse, she snores so loudly tha

Directors: Stan Lathan
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The Negotiator
star
7.40
5 votes

#16 - The Negotiator

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/2001

The annual faculty-student talent show brings out the worst in Steve, Regina and Cedric. - - - With the approach of the annual student-faculty talent show, Steve and Cedric are determined to find partners to help them to beat the defending champion, Regina. Though she feigns a lack of interest in the contest and its prize, Regina secretly scours the student body for someone who will help her win again. And upon learning Bullethead is performing with Cedric, and Romeo has been chosen for Regina's tap dancing act, Steve partners with Lydia. Meanwhile, Lovita complains about not being allowed to enter the talent show, too. Upon arriving for their first rehearsal, Romeo finds Regina just wants him for his looks and not his dancing skills. When Lydia wants to perform a duet made popular by Barbara Streisand and Neil Diamond, Steve balks. When Cedric insults Bullethead at their first rehearsal, the students complain about how badly they are being treated and decide to go on strike. And af

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Whatever You Want
star
7.38
8 votes

#17 - Whatever You Want

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1997

Cedric falls in love with Regina's new 'round-the-way' secretary Lovita Alizay Jenkins. As Steve's insensitivity upsets Regina, Romeo and Bullethead square off over a beautiful classmate. Romeo weighs his feelings for his once-heavy platonic friend Aisha who spent her summer at a weight-loss farm and now is lovely, fit and sexy. - - - With the beginning of the new school year, Steve believes it's finally time for him and Regina to get together. Intending to start off right, Steve greets her with a red rose and a ticket to the theater, asking for a date. She accepts. Romeo and Bullethead also enjoy the first day of class as an opportunity to check out the new girls in school. They notice one immediately, but don't recognize her as their classmate Aisha, who looks fantastic after a summer at weight loss camp. When she finally reveals her identity, both boys begin to hit on her. Meanwhile, Lovita Alizay Jenkins, an applicant for the position of Regina's administrative assistant, arri

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Shut Up and Kiss Me
star
7.33
3 votes

#18 - Shut Up and Kiss Me

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1997

With Regina dating a new guy, Steve tries to get something cooking with a caterer who's working his party. - - - Although she's been invited to Steve's upcoming party, Regina won't be able to attend because she's celebrating her birthday with wealthy, ex-football star boyfriend Warrington Steele. Bullhead and Romeo sign up their rap act for the school's talent contest. They tell Aisha she won't be the DJ in the group, but could instead be a dancer. Coretta, offended Romeo did not ask her to be part of the act, suggests she and Aisha put together their own act. Steve forges ahead with his plans, catching the eye of his attractive new caterer, Rachel Edwards. Meanwhile, Cedric tries to avoid wearing a sweatshirt bearing Lovita's picture. When Bullethead and Romeo see Aisha and Coretta's act, they know they face stiff competition. Romeo hatches a plan to help them win by asking Coretta for a date that evening. Aisha objects, needing to rehearse, but Romeo's plan appears to work when Cor

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I Believe I Can Lie
star
7.33
3 votes

#19 - I Believe I Can Lie

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/12/2000

Steve arranges for a celebrity to speak at the school's Entrepreneur Day, and when he learns that the guest can't make it, he's reluctant to tell everyone. Elsewhere, Cedric and Lovita discover an extra $8,000 in their bank account. - - - In order to secure bragging rights with her rival principals, Regina presses her staff to come up with an impressive guest speaker for Entrepreneur Day. Steve manages to land basketball superstar Michael Jordan. Meanwhile, as Romeo and Bullethead team up with Lydia to win the prize for Entrepreneur Day, a bank error leaves Cedric and Lovita $8000 richer. Although confident that no one but Regina knows of the Jordan invitation, Steve is stunned when he arrives at school to a hero's welcome. While Lovita insists on rectifying the bank's mistake, Cedric persuades her that the money was a gift from God. But even though they agree not to spend any of their windfall without discussing it first, both Cedric and Lovita cannot resist secretly buying themselv

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Ring Around the Piggy
star
7.25
4 votes

#20 - Ring Around the Piggy

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/13/1998

Rumors of a big announcement from Warrington has everyone thinking he's going to propose to Regina. Romeo and Bullethead send a strict teacher anonymous love letters hoping to help their grades. - - - While inviting everyone to help celebrate his parents' 40th wedding anniversary, Warrington says he also will make a surprise announcement at the party that will change both his and Regina's lives. Romeo and Bullethead plant an anonymous love note into Ms. Pittman's mailbox hoping to help their grades and soften the elderly, strict teacher at the same time. The note seems to have to right effect. Although Lovita believes Warrington is going to propose, Regina tries to convince herself, and Steve, otherwise. Steve is clearly uncomfortable with the thought of Regina's marriage. When Ms. Pittman recognizes Cedric's cologne as the very same as that sprayed on her love letters, she mistakenly thinks Cedric is trying to seduce her. Accompanying Cedric to an exclusive jewelry store, Steve sees

Directors: Stan Lathan
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Knit Picking
star
7.25
4 votes

#21 - Knit Picking

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/4/2001

Steve is confused by Regina's mixed signals when first she wants to keep their relationship casual, but then pulls out all the stops for their one-month anniversary including a romantic dinner, a hand-knitted sweater, and a bed covered in rose petals. Meanwhile, Steve allows the class members to each teach a lesson to the class.

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And Injustice For All
star
7.20
5 votes

#22 - And Injustice For All

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1998

When the television set Steve sold Lovita goes on a fritz, she sues him and they go before a judge he once courted -- and dumped. - - - When Regina shows off her latest prize - a basketball autographed by none other than Michael Jordan - Cedric wants to use it to inspire the school's losing basketball team. Though Regina refuses and locks it inside her file cabinet for safekeeping, Cedric won't take no for an answer and steals it. However, when her unexpected return to the office forces Cedric to stash the souvenir in the hallway, Bullethead and Romeo unwittingly donate it to the school's time capsule. When Steve purchases a new big screen television, Lovita begs him to sell the old one to her. Steve agrees. When the used TV doesn't work, Steve refuses to refund her money claiming the television was in working order when she took it. Realizing how much Regina treasures the ball, Cedric has no choice but to find or replace it before she discovers it's missing. And though Steve sugges

Directors: Stan Lathan
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My Two Big Daddies
star
7.20
5 votes

#23 - My Two Big Daddies

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1999

Steve pretends to be a single parent to impress an attractive member of a support group --and pays Romeo to portray his son. Meanwhile, Regina conducts employee evaluations and Bullethead romances a Catholic school student.

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Uncle Steve
star
7.17
6 votes

#24 - Uncle Steve

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1998

Lovita and Regina give a makeover to Steve's wallflower of a niece, who blossoms into a looker who gets more than a second look from Romeo. - - - When his boring sixteen-year-old niece, Allison, comes for a visit, Steve asks Romeo to give her a guided tour of the campus in exchange for a pair of concert tickets. When Steve is at a loss for how he can entertain Allison, he turns to Regina for help. They agree Regina will throw a slumber party. A smitten Allison arrives at the party and when the talk turns to boys, she suggests there's someone she likes but who would never give her a second thought. Meanwhile, in order to avoid her family reunion, Cedric butters up Lovita with romantic music mixes and picnic lunches. Lovita suspects he's up to something. After Lovita's makeover transforms Allison into a beautiful young woman, Steve shifts into a defensive mode to protect her from the boys at school. When Regina and Lovita assure him that he has nothing to worry about, Romeo asks Alliso

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Somebody's Sleepin' in My Bed
star
7.14
7 votes

#25 - Somebody's Sleepin' in My Bed

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1997

Steve and Cedric argue over Lovita making herself too much at home in the apartment, so Ced storms out and spends the night at Regina's. - - - As Lovita and Cedric spend more and more time together, Steve quickly tires of her constant presence at the apartment. Steve's fuse burns faster when he discovers Cedric and Lovita have eaten all his food and Lovita wears one of his shirts to work. Steve complains to Regina, who suggests Steve take a lesson from Cedric's loving relationship. Meanwhile, after she's asked on a date, Aisha needs help learning to dance. Romeo offers to assist her and, as they dance together, Romeo wonders why he isn't the one taking her to the event. Back at the apartment, Steve and Cedric discuss their problem. Steve still won't back down from his assertion that Lovita spends far too much time at their apartment. Cedric suggests Steve is simply jealous of his success with Lovita. Steve asks him to move out. Angry, Cedric leaves. After his mother refuses to have h

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