Season 4 of Moesha aired from October 6, 1998 to May 25, 1999.
Episode guide[]
This is Countess Vaughn's last season of the show.
The opening theme song received a complete overhaul which remained for the rest of the series' run.
Fredro Starr is no longer part of the main cast, and makes a guest appearance in one episode.
| Series # | Episode # | Title | Director | Writer(s) | Original air date | Production
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| 62 | 1 | "Moesha Meets Brandy" | Henry Chan | Sara V. Finney | October 6, 1998 | 6498-062 |
| Five months have passed, and Moesha still hasn't returned home. Kim forgets to purchase tickets to a sold-out concert. Moesha decides to spend the weekend with new boyfriend Aaron, a college student whom she met over the summer.
Guest Stars: Brandon Quinton Adams as Aaron and Ray J as himself. Note: Brandy appears as herself in a dual role. | ||||||
| 63 | 2 | "Homecoming" | Henry Chan | Vida Spears | October 13, 1998 | 6498-063 |
| Without Moesha around, Myles begins to miss his sister. Moesha helps her friends with their Homecoming preparations. Grandma Mitchell visits the family and stirs up a heated conversation over Moesha and Frank's disagreements. Myles tries to make an attempt to keep the family together (reminiscent to the 1997 movie Soul Food). After all the hostility dies down, Frank tells Moesha that he wants her to return home.
Guest Stars: This is Jon Huertas' first appearance as Hakeem's good friend Antonio Avalon, Lynn Hamilton as Grandma Ruth Mitchell, and Bernie Mac as Uncle Bernie. Note: Myles open and closes this episode by speaking his thoughts in a diary, rather than Moesha, and he closes his remarks at the end of the episode by saying he's turning the ritual back over to her. | ||||||
| 64 | 3 | "Hello, What's This?" | Henry Chan | Fred Johnson | October 20, 1998 | 6498-064 |
| When Frank and Dee find a marijuana cigarette in the house, all suspicion leads to Moesha. After wrongfully accusing Moesha, they are all shocked to learn that the joint belongs to Myles. | ||||||
| 65 | 4 | "Psyche Your Mind" | Henry Chan | Jacque Edmonds | October 27, 1998 | 6498-065 |
| Dee convinces the family to join Myles in a family therapy session, but Moesha decides to ditch the session to hang out with her friends. Frank reschedules the session so that everyone can attend and everyone begins to open up and express their feelings towards one another.
Guest Star: Vanessa Bell Calloway as Dr. Woods | ||||||
| 66 | 5 | "Teacher" | Henry Chan | Ralph R. Farquhar | November 3, 1998 | 6498-066 |
| A new teacher starts work at Crenshaw High School, and Moesha makes a bold move and kisses him. Worrying about the consequences involved between teacher-student relationships, Channing decides to leave Crenshaw High for good.
Guest Stars: Jon Huertas as Antonio Avalon and Jason W. George as Channing Lawrence | ||||||
| 67 | 6 | "I Know What You Did in the 3rd Grade" | Henry Chan | T. Smith III and James E. West II | November 10, 1998 | 6498-069 |
| Moesha, Kim and Hakeem think a bully named Devon Stamps, from their third grade class, is stalking them, due to a practical joke that turned ugly. | ||||||
| 68 | 7 | "A Terrible Thing Happened on My Tour of College" | Henry Chan | Calvin Brown, Jr. | November 17, 1998 | 6498-067 |
| Musical Guest: Big Pun; Moesha and her friends visit Charisse, Moesha's cousin, at Maynard University during Prospective Freshman Weekend. While there, they tour the entire campus and meet new friends (Iris and Mervin) as well as Moesha's ex-boyfriend Aaron. Old sparks flame again for Moesha and Aaron, but she becomes more interested in Mervin. Later, Mervin slips Moesha a drug in her drink, but Aaron comes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Myles has a slumber party.
Guest Stars: This is Kellie Williams' second appearance as Moesha's cousin Charisse, Jon Huertas as Antonio Avalon, Brandon Quinton Adams as Aaron and Big Punisher as Himself. | ||||||
| 69 | 8 | "Birth Control" | Erma Elzy-Jones | Mara Brock Akil | November 24, 1998 | 6498-068 |
| When Nicey reveals that she is the first one of the group to have sex, a curious Moesha visits a health clinic to find answers to her questions. She is prescribed birth control pills which Dee finds resulting in a talk about sex. Moesha meets Aaron for a romantic night but all doesn't go as planned.
Guest Star: Brandon Quinton Adams as Aaron | ||||||
| 70 | 9 | "A Class Act Christmas" | Shirley Jo Finney | Ron Neal | December 15, 1998 | 6498-070 |
| 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 a while. Later, the unemployed man is now dressed as Santa Claus and holds the entire store hostage.
Guest Star: Jon Huertas as Antonio Avalon and J. Anthony Brown as Eddie Belk. Note: This is J. Anthony Brown's final appearance as Eddie Belk.
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| 71 | 10 | "The Crush" | Ed Greenberg | Demetrius Andre Bady | January 19, 1999 | 6498-072 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 72 | 11 | "Barking Up the Wrong Tree" | Henry Chan | Silvia Cardenas | January 26, 1999 | 6498-071 |
| Moesha worries a lot about Hakeem that since he took the job as Assistant Manager for Clayton, he's not gonna go to college, so with no choice, Moesha decides to confront his mother Ms. Bernetta Campbell. Meanwhile, Myles gets a dog for his gift but realizes that it's a lot of responsibilities as he thought it would be.
Guest Stars: Jon Huertas as Antonio Avalon and Jo Marie Payton makes her first appearance as Bernetta Campbell. | ||||||
| 73 | 12 | "Life Imitating Art" | Henry Chan | Silvia Cardenas | February 9, 1999 | 6497-051 |
| 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.
Guest Star: Jon Huertas as Antonio Avalon | ||||||
| 74 | 13 | "Ohmigod, Fanatic" | Henry Chan | Mara Brock Akil | February 16, 1999 | 6498-076 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 75 | 14 | "The Rite Stuff" | Henry Chan | Fred Johnson | February 23, 1999 | 6498-073 |
| 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.
Special Guest Star: Tevin Campbell Note: This episode is Monica McSwain's final appearance as Mary Ellen Hobbs. | ||||||
| 76 | 15 | "I Love Moesha" | Henry Chan | Calvin Brown, Jr. | March 2, 1999 | 6498-074 |
| Moesha's singing dilemma is illustrated in a 1950s-style sitcom episode, of "I Love Lucy," about an audition for a Broadway revue.
Guest Stars: Jon Huertas as Antonio Avalon and Alexis Fields as Lola Vavoom | ||||||
| 77 | 16 | "Home is Where the Car Is" | Henry Chan | T. Smith III and James E. West II | March 9, 1999 | 6498-077 |
| 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." | ||||||
| 78 | 17 | "Girls' Night In" | William Allen Young | Tamiko K. Brooks, Njeri Njuhigu, and Wayne Stamps | March 30, 1999 | 6498-080 |
| 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. | ||||||
| 79 | 18 | "It Takes Two" | Stan Lathan | Ralph R. Farquhar, Vida Spears, and Sara V. Finney | April 27, 1999 | 6498-081 |
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Kim's mother Nikki, with the help of Dee decides to complete her high school diploma an opportunity she missed due to her pregnancy with Kim. Nikki manages to complete her diploma and tells Kim that she will be attending college with her. At registration, Kim is embarrassed of her mother and feels she is intruding on her life. Note: This episode was a backdoor pilot for the show's spinoff "The Parkers". Note 2: Brandy who plays Moesha Mitchell does not appear in the entire episode she appears in the beginning and the end of this episode to tell the story about Kim and Nikki. | ||||||
| 80 | 19 | "Had to Be You" | Henry Chan | Demetrius Andre Bady | May 4, 1999 | 6498-078 |
| 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.
Special Guest Star: Shemar Moore as Earl Thomas Note: This is Bernie Mac's final apperance as "Uncle Bernie". | ||||||
| 81 | 20 | "The Prom" | Tony Singletary | Lena D. Wilson | May 11, 1999 | 6498-082 |
| Musical guest: Silk; It's prom time, but just hours before Moesha's date pulls out due to an injury. She decides to go anyway as she has been waiting for so long. Her friends all have dates but they are all far from perfect. At the prom Moesha meets a mystery man but he runs off before she can get to know him. Later the girls try to find out who he is.
Note: This is Jon Huertas' final appearance as Antonio Avalon. | ||||||
| 82 | 21 | "Independence Day" | Erma Elzy-Jones | Jacque Edmonds | May 18, 1999 | 6498-079 |
| Moesha turns 18 and the gang decides to throw her a surprise birthday party but Kim spoils it by telling her. But the real surprise for Moesha is when all 4 of her former boyfriends, Ohagi, Q, Jeremy and Aaron, all stop by to show how they all want her back. But Moesha doesn't want to start over with any of them, except for her former teacher, Channing Lawrence. After realizing that a relationship between them wouldn't work, Moesha and Channing both decide to just remain friends.
Special Guest Stars: Merlin Santana as Ohagi, Fredro Starr as Q, Usher as Jeremy, Brandon Quinton Adams as Aaron, and Jason W. George as Channing Lawrence. Note: This episode marks the final appearances for Ohagi, Jeremy, and Aaron. Note 2: Fredro Starr's character Quinton "Q" Brooks was credited as a recurring character for the rest of the series. | ||||||
| 83 | 22 | "I Studied Twelve Years For This?" | Henry Chan | Calvin Brown, Jr. | May 25, 1999 | 6498-083 |
| Moesha, Hakeem and Niecy go across town for a graduation day brunch where Moesha's car breaks down an hour before the big event. After finding many solutions to finding a way to their graduation, Moesha, Hakeem and Niecy finally make it across the stage. But Moesha's post-graduation plans change when she gets a job offer with VIBE magazine.
Guest Stars: JoMarie Payton as Bernetta Campbell and Mo'Nique as Nicole "Nikki" Parker. Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Countess Vaughn as Kim Parker. | ||||||