Stan Lathan

Entertainment reporter Robert James raises his young son while balancing the demands of his ex-wife with those of his girlfriend. In the opener, he receives the divorce papers from his…

The competition heats up between Neesee and Tia, who try to out-do each other by planning separate birthday parties for Bobby Jr., so Robert attempts to increase the peace between…

When Robert invites Tia to move into his closet space, she gets jealous when she discovers his old wedding video showing a happy Robert with his now ex-wife Neesee. Meanwhile,…

After Tia uses Neesee’s maiden name when forging her signature on one of Bobby Jr.’s permission slips, Neesee reveals that she intends to keep Robert’s last name even though they’re…

Tia finds that she can’t escape Robert’s ex-wife, Neesee, even in her own workplace, when Neesee volunteers to be the school’s newest kindergarten ””room mom”” and forms an instant bond…

When the station does a profile on Robert’s home life, he insists that both Tia and Neesee be included, but when Neesee is edited out of the version that airs,…

Tia moves into the house with Robert only to discover that Bobby Jr. doesn’t want her there, so when Robert and Dirk fail at making Bobby Jr. feel more comfortable…

When Jonny, a recently divorced college friend of Robert, Dirk and Neesee’s, comes to town, sparks fly after he and Neesee share a kiss, but Robert isn’t happy to learn…

Bobby Jr. catches his dad, who’s decked out like St. Nick, in a kiss with Tia—and comes away believing his dad is the real Santa. Also, Tia’s relationship with her…

Neesee contemplates quitting her burgeoning catering career when Bobby Jr. begins to act out both at home and at the TV station. Meanwhile, Dirk is surprised when he falls not…

Larry, one of Tia’s closest friends from childhood, pays Tia a visit which unsettles Robert when Larry admits that he wishes he was marrying Tia. Things go from bad to…

Stella, Shea and Martina assume Ethan is gay after they spot him at a male strip club; and Mike and Bob compete to see who’s more attractive to other men.

Sid and Furillo work to find out who is setting up Buntz while Daniels publicly vilifies him; LaRue decides to beat a TV crew doing a live broadcast from a…

Sid and Buntz wrestle with 80 lbs. of cocaine found in a suitcase at the site of a small plane crash; Goldblume looks into a suspected case of aspirin tampering;…

IAD Shipman continues investigating the Garfield shooting; Hill gets a nasty surprise when he and Renko draw duty delivering corpses to the morgue; Belker is kidnapped on the eve of…

Belker’s undercover at a bookie joint gets him involved in a protest against Nazis parading through the precinct; Furillo angers the chief and many others with his hard line pursuit…

Furillo’s corruption commission delivers its findings and antagonizes Daniels, who is willing to sacrifice a night shift cop involved in an off duty shooting that has incited public opinion; Alan…