Bird and Lem try to get Maxine and Kenny back together; Damon is haunted by the ghost of suicide victim Christine (Anais Granofsky); Teri accepts an offer from an N.Y.C. law firm. Ludacris appears as himself. Katherine: Faye Dunaway. Shauna: Star Jones.

After an intruder breaks into the house, Maxine considers arming herself with a gun; Ahmad believes that a teacher has violated his rights; Teri lands a high-powered media mogul (Rip Torn) as a new client; Damon grapples with the ghost of Christine.

Taking things slowly, estranged couple Kenny and Maxine decide to go on a date; Teri and Damon open up to each other; Bird learns some disturbing news about a former high-school teacher with whom she had an affair. R&B singer Musiq Soulchild performs.

Lem attempts to help an old friend (Charles Malik Whitfield) stay on the straight and narrow; Bird enters a hair-styling show and allows Ahmad to film the event for a class project; Brian's true feeling for Teri begin to come to the fore; and Maxine discovers that Damon's client likes to fool around. Marks: Michael Warren. Zeke: Scott McCord. Tucker: John-Patrick Mavrik.

Lem and Kenny bang heads over Lem's involvement with an auto-repair shop; Teri and Damon's relationship continues to be rocky; Maxine takes a job at a shelter for battered women and is upset when Kenny doesn't support her decision.

Maxine invites Kenny to move back home; Bird loses, then regains a makeover segment on a local Chicago TV show; Teri misreads between the lines of a suit that she's settled for a high-profile client. Eva: Terri J. Vaughn. Wayne: Christopher B. Duncan. Kinswood: Ken Pogue.

Ahmad witnesses a drug-related killing and worries that the shooters may have ID'd him; Damon's client (John-Patrick Mavric) crashes at Teri's when his wife evicts him. Alexis: Tulsi. Lynette: Debbi Morgan. Marks: Michael Warren. Lawrence: Derwin Phillips. Tony: Bobby Manning. Blue: Leon Amour. Blaylock: Edga George.

A visit to a marriage counselor plus some advice from Lem and Damon lead Kenny to propose to Maxine that they renew their wedding vows; and Bird and Lem get new neighbors: a white couple (J.D. Nicholsen, Wendy Lyon) with a houseful of pets and children and a penchant for causing a ruckus in the early morning hours.

Bird's plans to remodel the house hit a nerve with her two sisters. And Ahmad and Reggie (Kevin Grant) decide to try out for the high-school football team, but first must get the idea past their parents.