The BEST episodes written by Norman Vance Jr.

Saving Private Rita
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11.67
2 votes

#1 - Saving Private Rita

Moesha - Season 6 - Episode 18

Moesha, Hakeem and Niecy must help a troubled student named Rita who is contemplating suicide. Meanwhile, Dorian courts a minister's daughter.

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Run, Mo, Run
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11.00
2 votes

#2 - Run, Mo, Run

Moesha - Season 6 - Episode 13

Moesha fears for her life after openly criticizing a poet at ""Poetry Night at The Pendulum."" Meanwhile, Dorian starts a new job working at a recording studio, but Frank thinks that all of Dorian's long hours at work may affect his schoolwork. After an argument between Dorian and Frank, Dorian secretly tries to search for his birth mother. He asks for Moesha's help. After she reluctantly decides over night, Moesha agrees to help Dorian. By helping him, she retrieves Dorian's birth certificate stating his mother's maiden name: Barbara Dolores Lee.

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Fathers, Daughters, Sisters
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8.03
29 votes

#3 - Fathers, Daughters, Sisters

Our Kind of People - Season 1 - Episode 7

The family gathers around Teddy after his latest health crisis; Angela and Leah bond.

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For Colored Boys...
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8.03
33 votes

#4 - For Colored Boys...

Our Kind of People - Season 1 - Episode 6

Alex drops a bombshell on Leah about her former marriage to Raymond.

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Florida
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8.02
83 votes

#5 - Florida

Swagger - Season 1 - Episode 10

An injured Jace considers ignoring doctor’s orders, risking his health for the sake of Swagger DMV.

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The Robbing Hood
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8.00
3 votes

#6 - The Robbing Hood

Moesha - Season 5 - Episode 20

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.

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We Good?
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7.57
96 votes

#7 - We Good?

Swagger - Season 1 - Episode 4

As Swagger DMV go up against the G-Dubs, Jace will have to decide what’s most important—a personal win or a team win.

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Can't Stan Ya!
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7.40
10 votes

#8 - Can't Stan Ya!

Girlfriends - Season 2 - Episode 15

After an uncomfortable kiss, Maya realizes that she was wrong to get involved with Stan, and wants to stop seeing him. Stan, however, reveals that he has fallen head over heels, and refuses to give up on her. He seeks revenge by forming a friendship with Darnell and threatening to tell him about the affair. Meanwhile, William recuperates at Joan's house after being dumped by Yvonne.

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Handling Baggage
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7.33
9 votes

#9 - Handling Baggage

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 8

Maya's cousin Ronnie and his boyfriend, Peaches, tell Maya that they have spotted Darnell in a compromising position with a woman at the Red Lobster. It is the same woman that Joan once saw with Darnell years earlier. Maya confronts Cecily and learns that she is having an affair with Darnell. This leads the distraught Maya to declare that she and Darnell are now ""even"" and move back to the house, where she and Darnell make a decision about the future of their relationship. Meanwhile, William obsesses over the fate of a missing suitcase.

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You Ain't Gotta Go Home but...You Know the Rest
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7.31
13 votes

#10 - You Ain't Gotta Go Home but...You Know the Rest

Girlfriends - Season 4 - Episode 4

Toni's brother Antoine comes to town for a weekend rendezvous with Maya, but soon spooks her by declaring his love and announcing that he will not return to Boston. When she rejects him, he locks himself in the bathroom and refuses to leave. Meanwhile, William orders Lynn to leave his house, but continually sabotages her efforts to find a roommate. Toni agrees to help Joan clean out her house, but insists that Joan's love life is what actually needs to be purged.

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Single Mama Drama
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7.29
14 votes

#11 - Single Mama Drama

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 14

Maya befriends a fellow single mother, a janitor at the law firm's building. They quickly make a connection, but Joan finds the woman's attitude irritating; and fears that her example could negatively impact Maya's relationship with Darnell. Meanwhile, William pretends to work at Lynn's office because he misses the camaraderie of a workplace; and Lynn tries to scam her co-workers out of money by pretending it's her birthday.

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Good Catch or Bad Hop?
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7.13
8 votes

#12 - Good Catch or Bad Hop?

Girlfriends - Season 4 - Episode 15

Maya and her friends enjoy perks such as limo rides and entry to exclusive clubs, courtesy of her baseball player beau, Alex. She is reluctant to refer to him as her boyfriend, and bristles when he repeatedly makes up excuses to avoid spending time with her. She also objects when he surprises her with expensive new furniture. Alex convinces her to allow him to shower her with gifts, as he enjoys doing this and doesn't think of her as a groupie. However, when the girls show up at a party, Alex refuses to allow them to come inside. Toni forces Maya to face the fact that Alex only wants her as arm candy, to see when he sees fit while he continues to play the field. William continually bothers Alex for autographed memorabilia, while his friend Dan (who suddenly appears after learning that William knows a baseball star) can't seem to get the idea that Lynn isn't interested in him. Lynn, meanwhile, works on a documentary about single mothers. She pays them for their time by babysitti

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A Full Court Conspiracy
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7.00
14 votes

#13 - A Full Court Conspiracy

Girlfriends - Season 2 - Episode 3

Joan takes shots from her friends and is labelled a ""sell-out"" by the black community after she and William represent a beverage company suing a basketball star for accusing it of racism. Joan faces a larger moral dilemma after uncovering disturbing information about her client. Meanwhile, Lynn reluctantly takes a waitress job and moves with Vosco into a garage apartment managed by Maya's mother.

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Let's Talk About Sex
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7.00
2 votes

#14 - Let's Talk About Sex

Moesha - Season 5 - Episode 13

Moesha stays the weekend with Niecy in her dorm but she doesn't like the idea of Niecy inviting a stranger over who seems to what more from Niecy than just a new friendship. Meanwhile, Mo explains the facts of life to Dorian after catching him getting amorous with a girl while the rest of the family is away at a wedding.

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Getting Our Act Together
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6.85
13 votes

#15 - Getting Our Act Together

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 2

Maya and Darnell seek marriage counseling from their minister. They find the counseling pointless, but engage in an afternoon tryst that has an overly enthusiastic Maya convinced that they are going to reunite soon. Lynn finds work as a bartender, despite the fact that she has no idea what she's doing. William tries to prove to Swedelson that he has the toughness required to be a partner in the firm.

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Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning
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6.63
8 votes

#16 - Take This Poem and Call Me in the Morning

Girlfriends - Season 3 - Episode 12

Lynn finds herself extremely attracted to a poet, and is stunned to learn that he has been celibate for five years. Ellis refuses to leave the house after fans on the Internet trash him and label him a sellout. William tries to win back the girls' trust following the Christmas Eve debacle.

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You Say He's Just a Friend
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6.33
2 votes

#17 - You Say He's Just a Friend

Moesha - Season 6 - Episode 5

Hakeem and Niecy suspect that Moesha is creeping around with Jamal, her study partner. After going out on a date with Jamal, Moesha later stays the night with Jamal; leading to major suspicion between the two. Also, Moesha receives gifts from Q and a video-message from Khalib stating that he misses her and wants to keep in touch with her. Meanwhile, Dorian turns Frank's kitchen into a barbershop.