Episode
Moesha: The Rite Stuff
Overview
Moesha and her friends participate in The Ladies of Eminence Debutante Ball, but Moesha has second thoughts because she's not interested in ""high-class society."" But she changes her mind when she learns that her former classmate Mary Ellen Hobbs is banned from the affair after getting pregnant.
Details
- Series
- Moesha
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1999-02-23
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
The Rite Stuff is Episode 14 in Season 4 of Moesha. It aired on 1999-02-23. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 13: Ohmigod, Fanatic
Musical guest: LeAnn Rimes
Moesha and Kim have a fight over Kim's unprepared college plans. Later, MTV's ""FANatic"" picks Moesha to escort Kim to meet country singer LeAnn Rimes. LeAnn Rimes gives Kim and Moesha some good advice on how to remain good friends. Meanwhile, Hakeem accidentally sees Dee naked.
Episode 15: I Love Moesha
Moesha's singing dilemma is illustrated in a 1950s-style sitcom episode, a la ""I Love Lucy,"" about an audition for a Broadway revue.
More episodes from this season
Episode 12: Life Imitating Art
During Black History Month, Moesha and students divide along racial lines after a protest over the lack of black representation in Antonio's mural of Mexican-American migrant workers. Meanwhile, Myles tries to win a new bike in a contest.
Episode 16: Home is Where the Car Is
Moesha is envious of a gifted, yet reclusive, classmate who is named valedictorian but she also learns that he's homeless and cleans tables in the school's cafeteria. Meanwhile, Frank thinks Myles is ready for the ""talk.""
Episode 11: Barking up the wrong tree
Hakeem takes a job instead of pursuing college.
Episode 17: Girls' Night In
Moesha throws a slumber party with her girls, Kim and Niecy, to reflect on the good times they've spent together before they leave for college.
Episode 10: The Crush
Andell holds a tutoring program at The Den, and Moesha decides to write an article about the tutoring sessions in hopes of winning a newspaper's journalism contest. One of Myles' friends named Justin reveals a story that he has trouble reading (only so he can be around Moesha). So, Moesha decides to write a story on Justin's illiteracy but she forgets one important thing-- she didn't check the facts after Justin lied about not being able to read. Meanwhile, Frank goes on a diet after he becomes slightly overweight.
Episode 18: It Takes Two
In this Parker's spin off episode, Kim's mother returns to high school with her after leaving 18 years ago. Nikki is looking to receive her high school diploma and head to college with Kim.
This episode serves as a back-door pilot for the spin-off series "The Parkers" (1999) focusing on Kim Parker (Countess Vaughn James) and her mother Nikki (Mo'Nique).
Episode 9: A Class Act Christmas
Moesha and Hakeem are bummed to learn that Eddie have them working on Christmas Eve. She tries to find a good excuse so that she can finish her last-minute shopping. An elder man visits the store to apply for a job, but Eddie tells him that they haven't hired anyone new in awhile. Later, the unemployed man is now dressed as Santa Claus and holds the entire store hostage.
Episode 19: Had to be You
Musical guest: Johnny Gill
After Andell thinks her relationship with Bernie is headed nowhere, Earl Thomas, Andell's college boyfriend, returns to rekindle the flame by proposing to her. Meanwhile, Frank overreacts to Dee's urge to keep a picture of a young man from her past.
Episode 8: Birth Control
Now that they're a couple again, Moesha tries to discover what true love is all about. Niecy reveals that she's the first out of the group to have sex; prompting a curious Moesha with various questions about love and sex. Moesha and Kim visit the health clinic where Moesha prescribes for birth control pills. Later, Dee finds the pills in Moesha's purse; leading to a serious conversation about sex. Dee promises Moesha that she won't tell Frank about the pills. Moesha meets Aaron but her anticipation for a romantic evening turn into a nightmare when she learns that he has had many sexual partners. Upset, Moesha walks out of his life for good.
Episode 20: The Prom
Moesha meets the boy of her dreams at her prom and shares a romantic dance until he dashes off mysteriously. She spends the next day combing through yearbooks to find this mystery man who turned out to be an employee at the hotel where the prom was being hosted.