Episode
Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Reality Check
Overview
The firehouse becomes the subject of a new reality series about firefighters, but the producer of the show tampers with everyone's interviews by showing them in a not-so perfect image. Meanwhile, C.J. and Ella are at odds when Ella decides to takes the children to see their mother without C.J.'s consent.
Details
- Series
- Tyler Perry's House of Payne
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 44
- Air date
- 2008-01-09
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Reality Check is Episode 44 in Season 1 of Tyler Perry's House of Payne. It aired on 2008-01-09. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 43: Trial by Fire: Part 3
As C.J. fights for his life, he regains consciousness while awaiting the help from the other firefighters.
Episode 45: Piece of Mind
The family visits a therapist and after a group session degenerates into a shouting match, the therapist sees them in individual sessions.
More episodes from this season
Episode 42: Trial by Fire: Part 2
When a raging house fire is reported in the neighborhood, Curtis and the other firefighters rush to the scene. Calvin believes that he has finally found the right opportunity to prove to himself what he can do in a perilous situation. An uncalculated move results in Calvin rushing to safety and C.J. remaining trapped inside underneath the rumble.
Episode 46: There's No Place Like Home
Janine comes to Ella after getting out of rehab and she moves into the house causing the rest of family to become upset. Curtis fails the fireman physical but is in denial about eating better or exercising.
Episode 41: Trial by Fire: Part 1
When a raging house fire is reported in the neighborhood, Curtis and the other firefighters rush to the scene. Calvin believes that he has finally found the right opportunity to prove to himself what he can do in a perilous situation. An uncalculated move results in Calvin rushing to safety and C.J. remaining trapped inside underneath the rumble.
Episode 47: Mommie Dearest
C.J. is at odds with the family as they continue to allow Janine to live with them. The Payne family ties are once again tested when Malik becomes embarrassed by Janine's arrival as he wants to avoid being taunted by his classmates because of his troubled mother.
Episode 40: The Wench Who Saved Christmas
Christmas has arrived and everyone is excited...except for Curtis. When he learns that Ella decided to cancel their holiday vacation to help celebrate C.J. and the kids spending Christmas without Janine, Curtis throws a Scrooge-like tantrum. He returns to reality after being in a dream state where Madea haunts him into realizing the true meaning of the holiday season.
Episode 48: You Big Dummy
Janine and C.J. are at odds when she takes the children out to an amusement park without C.J.'s consent. But the drama ensues when C.J. discovers that Calvin has been dating Tracie behind his back. Meanwhile, Curtis guides the firehouse into a mandatory CPR certification.
Episode 39: Home Alone
Just as C.J. and the kids adjust to their new surroundings, an unexpected break in changes everything. Meanwhile, Curtis and Ella are thrilled to have their home all to themselves again.
Episode 49: It's a Boy
Tracie gets frustrated when Calvin won't stop playing video games with Malik and Kyle.Tracie tells him that if he wants to be with her, he has to be more mature.
Episode 38: A House is Not a Home
C.J. thinks they he may have found the perfect new apartment for he and the kids, but he soon learns that his dream home is too good to be true. Curtis is ecstatic that C.J. and the kids are finally getting out of his house. Meanwhile, Ella has had enough of Janine once she learns that she has been taking advantage of her.
Episode 50: No Payne, No Gain
Jazmine is scheduled for surgery when she has an appendix attack, and she milks it for all she can. Even Malik is forced to abide by her wishes. Meanwhile, Curtis is on the hunt for a pesky rat which is roaming the firehouse.