As Thanksgiving approaches, Bernie is certain Vanessa has chosen him as the subject of a school paper focusing on the person she’s most thankful for. He grows doubtful when Vanessa seems more interested in the teacher who gave her the assignment.

Bernie wires the house with hidden cameras when he grows concerned about Vanessa’s behavior.

The school labels Bryana a special-needs student after she injures her jaw in a bicycling accident, forcing Bernie to play chaperone on Bryana’s field trip.

As Bernie prepares for a big comedy show on HBO, the kids prove an unexpected distraction.

Bernie and Wanda clash when Bernie insists that he’s the only one capable of teaching Vanessa how to drive a car.

Bernie builds a new addition to the house after realizing Bryana needs privacy.

Bernie clashes with his brother when his sister Benita gets married at the house; and Wanda ends up planning the wedding she never got to have.

As Halloween approaches... Bernie and Wanda transfer Bryana to Jordan’s school after she does poorly in state standardized testing; and Jordan discovers that everyone thinks he’s a nerd.

One of Wanda’s friends tells Bernie that Wanda wants a diamond for her birthday; and Bernie shows Jordan the ins-and-outs of poker.

When Bernie grows worried about Vanessa’s choice of friends, he enrolls her and the kids in an organization dedicated to the enrichment of African-American youth; but his initial optimism evaporates after Vanessa gets arrested for shoplifting.

Bernie is charmed by Vanessa’s boyfriend… until he discovers the boy is raising a baby.

Vanessa is chosen for the high school’s spirit squad, but Bernie is shocked by the team’s risqué dance routine; and Jordan joins Junior Achievement and enlists cute girls to help sell his product.

When a little girl injures her arm during Bryana’s birthday party, Bernie finds himself facing a lawsuit, and being labeled a negligent parent.

Vanessa accuses Bernie of using a double standard after he prevents her from going to a rap concert filled with girl-hungry boys, yet teaches Jordan to be aggressive with his new girlfriend.

Tensions mount when Bernie shares an assistant with Wanda; and Jordan uses Bernie’s Rolodex to phone a celebrity wrestler.

Bernie discovers that Vanessa is a talented singer, but his efforts to improve her self-confidence backfire.

Bernie is shocked to discover that Jordan is dating a cheerleader; and in order to have some free time for herself, Wanda lets Bryana hang around Vanessa.

Complications ensue when Wanda’s little sister Valerie throws Wanda a 1970s-themed skating party.

Bernie and Wanda try to help Vanessa improve her SAT scores, but Vanessa seems more interested in working at the coffee shop; and Jordan improves his physique.

After an electric shock sends him to a hospital, Bernie makes an effort to teach the children everything he knows; and Bernie gets on Vanessa’s nerves when he attempts to use his status as a celebrity to get her into Stanford.

When Wanda says that her parents are having money problems, Bernie decides to buy her father a car… only to find that no good deed goes unpunished.

When Jordan complains that he has no past, Bernie gives the boy a keepsake and tells him it once belonged to Jordan’s father; but the lie soon snowballs until Vanessa stops speaking to Bernie.

Bernie pulls Bryana out of the private school she’s attending after he observes the teachers in action and deems their lessons worthless; and Wanda tries to stop Vanessa and Jordan from fighting.

Comedian Bernie Mac becomes guardian of his sister’s three children, only to realize how much constant attention and love they need.

Despite his valiant efforts to stay healthy, Bernie gets very sick from germs passed around at Bryana’s birthday party and misses his Vegas trip.

When Bernie tries to teach Jordan to defend himself, Jordan turns into a bully, causing Bernie to almost mend his own bullying ways.

Bernie Mac’s genius with crafts and homemaking qualify him as a new breed of manly-man.

Bernie’s scheme to "church" the kids backfires when the church puts too many demands on him.

Bernie comes to appreciate Vanessa, Jordan, and Bryana as family rather than mere boarders in his house.

An angel, in the form of a dog named Buddy, visits the Mac household during the Christmas season and sparks selflessness and thankfulness in the children.

After much struggle, Bernie gets the kids off to their first day at school.

On a hot winter day, tempers flair and Bernie is locked out of the house... until an all-out water fight cools everyone down.

Bernie initially shuts down Wanda’s case of baby fever, but eventually changes his flat “no” to a lukewarm “maybe.”

Vanessa’s budding young womanhood rocks the Mac household.

Jordan risks his future manhood to get into the Mac Hall of Fame.

When Bernie uses family issues as material on a morning radio show, he gets a taste of his own medicine and vows never to do it again.

When signs of age afflict Bernie Mac, he fights back and loses.

When an intruder breaks into his house, Bernie goes to extreme measures to keep the family safe both at home and in public.

When he realizes that the kids are falling behind in cultural and intellectual advancement, Bernie imposes enrichment programs that backfire.