Out-of-work musician Steve Hightower becomes an inner-city music teacher, and soon discovers someone from his past is also at the school. - - - With his career as frontman for music group ""Steve Hightower and the Hi Tops"" no longer supporting him, Steve Hightower arrives at Chicago's, Booker T. Washington High School. Steve's best friend, Cedric Jackie Robinson, the school's physical education teacher and coach, has arranged a teaching job for Steve. Steve enters the office and is greeted by a student, Stanley Kuzsnacki. Stanley tells Steve his friends call him ""Bullethead"" because he has a bullet in his head. Cedric enters the office to find Steve and introduces him to the principal, beautiful Regina Grier, explaining they are friends from college. Principal Grier is unimpressed and demands Steve enter her office. Attempting to break the ice with Regina, Steve jokes that the last time he was in the principal's office, he was being reprimanded for taping a sign to a fat girl's ba

Romeo's old-school father enrolls him in vocational-training classes, much to Romeo's dislike. Meanwhile, Steve and Cedric try to catch a mouse running loose in their apartment. - - - Cedric loses his composure when he discovers a mouse in the kitchen cabinet. Despite his brave front, Steve turns tail from the kitchen when the mouse jumps from the cabinet. To combat the unwelcome guest, Cedric and Steve agree to get a cat to take care of the problem. Cedric heads to his mother's house to pick up Freddy the Cat. Upon getting his best grade ever on an exam, Romeo's excitement is short-lived when Regina announces his father is moving him from the college prep curriculum into vocational training. While his friends are upset, Romeo convinces them wood shop classes aren't too bad. However, it is clear Romeo's carpentry skills leave much to be desired when no one can identify his project as a spice rack. In private, Romeo tells Steve he hates his new schedule and asks for help getting i

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

Steve agrees to date Regina's recently dumped, vulnerable friend. Lovita helps Ced with his taxes, and discovers receipts that show he has gone out with other women. And Romeo teaches his ""Mack-a-nomics"" class to teach the guys about how to get over on women.

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As Cedric asks Lovita to help with his income tax returns, Regina's college roommate, Tiffany, arrives for a visit following the discovery that her husband has come out of the closet.

Bullethead and Romeo go into business together, teaching nerds how to pick up girls. Romeo addresses a full house and lectures on the art of ""Mack-inomics."" As expected, they make money.

Regina stops by the apartment, looking for help from Steve. She begs him to ask Tiffany on a date to boost her confidence. But only after Regina agrees to a favor of Steve's choosing does he agree to the date.

As Romeo's former students take their lessons to heart, newly-confident nerds move in on girls. Apparently, the lessons work all too well as one former-

On their way to a conference, Steve and Regina get stuck in a snowstorm while traveling the back roads. Meanwhile, Lovita's country cousin puts the moves on Ced. - - -

As Steve and Regina prepare for a conference, Lovita arrives with her cousin, Ameetha, visiting from a small town. Lovita asks Cedric to drop Ameetha at home while she's at work; on the way, Cedric is surprised when Ameetha flirtatiously pinches his behind.

Meanwhile, Romeo borrows his father's pocket-sized television but, when he and Bullethead watch it during class, Steve confiscates it. As Steve and Regina load the car to leave for the conference, Romeo and Bullethead scheme to get the TV back. Enlisting Bullethead as lookout, Romeo tries sneaking into Steve's briefcase. But, he ends up trapped in Steve's car as he and Regina drive off. And when a snowstorm hits, Romeo is forced to hide as his principal and teacher settle in, awaiting rescue. As Steve and Regina enjoy the romantic mood, Romeo can't keep his presence

Steve, Cedric, Lovita and Regina attend a seminar on faculty relationships. Meanwhile, Romeo becomes jealous of all the attention that Bullethead is getting with his wooden puppet. - - -

When her college mentor is appointed the school's visiting psychologist, Regina signs everyone up for his seminars. While Steve and Cedric balk at attending, Regina insists Dr. Leland Powell is the smartest man she's ever known. As a result, Steve concludes she has a crush on her old professor.

Meanwhile, Bullethead's new ventriloquist's dummy, Arthur, suddenly makes him more popular than Romeo. As Bullethead and Arthur's popularity spirals, Romeo finds it difficult to handle.

Meanwhile, as Leland leads Steve and the others through an exercise designed to uncover the hidden thoughts about their colleagues, it doesn't take long for them to be at each other's throats. Additional role-playing exercises pit the staff against one another as they re-enact each other's personalities.

In an effort to undercu

After a fight with her mama, Lovita moves in with Cedric. But when Regina sympathizes, Lovita moves in with her. - - -

Following an argument with her mother, Lovita arrives to stay with Cedric and Steve, despite Steve's objections. But when Lovita's mother calls Cedric, Lovita is upset when Cedric appears to take her mother's side. And when Regina defends her, Steve suggests Lovita move in with Regina. Despite Regina's efforts to stop her, she does just that!

Meanwhile, in an effort to improve their grades, Steve assigns Lydia to spend time with Romeo and Bullethead. And though she begins adopting their street lingo, Lydia assures Steve it's just a way to gain the boy's confidence.

After just a few days, Regina realizes she isn't cut out to live with Lovita. And it's imperative she do something after catching Lovita and Cedric making love on her kitchen table. But when Steve refuses to help, Regina must break the news to Lovita herself. Meanwhile, in an effort to rid themselves of Ly

Winning an anti-drug public service announcement contest gives Steve, Cedric and their students an all-expense paid class trip to Universal's Islands of Adventure amusement park in Orlando, Florida. When the Florida trip conflicts with a surprise Tahitian honeymoon Cedric is giving Lovita, Regina snatches up his free ticket so she can go. When Cedric's big plans fall through at the last minute, however, Steve arranges for him and Lovita to spend their honeymoon in Florida, too. And while Cedric and Lovita end up being seated in first class, there's no way for Steve to join them during the luxury flight.

Unaware that they've been misidentified as an African prince and princess, Cedric and Lovita are whisked away to a first class resort in Orlando, while Steve and the others are sent to the low-budget Calypso Hotel. As Regina sets her sights on the Incredible Hulk Coaster, Steve and Romeo seek out the park's tamer rides. And after Lydia tries to realize her own dream by posing as a theme

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

The series concludes with Regina accepting a great job opportunity in California and asks Steve to leave his life in Chicago, and move with her. Steve has to decide whether or not to let the love of his life walk out of his life forever, or take a chance on love in a far away place.