Eve

J.T. gets fed up with the long hours Shelly is working during the holidays; Donovan's ex-girlfriend visits.

J.T. calls Shelly's bluff and agrees to let her pay for dinner; Nick duplicates Donovan's stylish wardrobe.

After J.T. quits, Shelly continues salsa lessons with a handsome instructor (Cris Judd); Rita moves into a studio apartment.

Shelly struggles to win the respect of J.T.'s disapproving mother (Daphne Maxwell Reid) after she walks in on J.T. and Shelly in bed together.

J.T. is put in the middle when Nick tells Shelly she has overstayed her welcome at the townhouse.

J.T. cancels a romantic getaway with Shelly in order to play in a basketball tournament with his friends.

J.T. feels as though his privacy has been invaded when Shelly shares an intimate detail about their sex life with her friends.

Shelly resorts to snooping through J.T.'s stuff to get to know him better; Donovan sends Nick to the best tattoo artist (DMX) in Miami.

Shelly relives her overshadowed childhood when her successful sister visits. Guest star: Queen Latifah.

J.T.'s ex-girlfriend rouses Shelly's competitive spirit; Donovan trains his boss' incompetent son to be a manager at Z Lounge.

J.T. and Shelly talk about dating exclusively after a party stirs up jealousy. Carmen Electra, Corey Reynolds and Julio Iglesias Jr. guest star.

On St. Valentine's Day Shelly and J.T. reminisce about the events that lead up to their first meeting.

When Shelly and Rita's competition for the affections of Joe (Carlos Ponce), a handsome bachelor, gets out of control, Janie steps in to save their friendship.

Rita and Janie warn Shelly about sleeping with J.T., but Shelly ignores them until she realizes that she is behaving as if she and J.T. were still together.

When Shelly turns to J.T. for help with a knee injury, she ends up getting a date with a doctor and making J.T. jealous.

Shelly questions her relationship with J.T. when he does not let her borrow money; Rita and Donovan share a surprising kiss.

After Shelly and J.T.'s bickering ruins a night at a movie, she turns to her new friend, Claudia (Danica McKellar), for advice.

Shelly's hairstylist, Coleman (Phil LaMarr), bans her and J.T. when J.T. voices dissatisfaction with his haircut; Nick flirts with a beautiful UPS driver (Jazsmin Lewis).

DivaStyle finds itself in a publicity nightmare when fashion commentator Robert Verdi slams one of its dresses, worn by Brooke Burke to a televised awards show.

J.T. thinks he accepts Shelly dating other people until he meets her new beau, Adrian (Amaury Nolasco), a handsome boxer.

Just when Shelly thinks she and J.T. are making progress, she learns that his idea of compromise involves her changing who she is.

Shelly's friend from college causes a fight between Rita and Janie at work with her late-night antics.

Rodney P (Morris Day) calls his lawyers Sugar-Free and Comfort (Jerome Benton and The Arch Bishop Don Magic Juan) when Shelly refuses to do business with him.

J.T. turns to Shelly for advice on how to ``break up'' with his clingy new pal, Cedric the Entertainer.

J.T. feels that Shelly undermines his masculinity when she ends a bar fight for him; Donovan breaks up with his latest girlfriend.

Shelly reads a self-help book that encourages her to spend time with herself in order to get over her breakup.

Shelly feels left out when Rita, after being evicted, comes to stay with Janie and the two rediscover their Cajun roots together.

Shelly takes the advice of a self help book and sends an e-mail to J.T. asking for her stuff, sparking petty attempts at payback that spiral out of control.

After J.T.'s parents see Shelly in a racy reality video, he admits to her his doubts about marrying her.

Shelly wears ``falsies``, and when men start giving her special treatment, she considers getting breast implants.

Janie gives Shelly relationship advice after spying a box of condoms in J.T.'s shopping cart.

Shelley breaks the ``no dates'' rule and invites her new boyfriend to the New Year's Eve party, and everyone swaps stories about past dates.

When Shelly and Rita's stepmother (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe) fight, it is up to Shelly to swallow her pride and apologize.

Shelly and Rita take a martial arts class, but a rivalry ensues when Rita proves to be more adept.

Shelly and Rita discover that Janie had a secret high-school fling, and decide she can no longer lecture them on right and wrong.

Eve agrees to a ``mercy date'' when a younger man (Sharif Atkins) asks her out, but the evening turns into a romantic attraction.

Shelly, desperately trying to impress Grant (Sharif Atkins) by cooking for him, asks for everyone's help in the kitchen.

When Coleman's hair salon gets shut down, Shelly and the girls let him work out of their store temporarily.

J.T. turns to his parents for advice after he spots Janie helping Grant (Sharif Atkins) shop for an engagement ring.

A surprise camping trip causes Shelly to question whether Grant's (Sharif Atkins) simple, down-to-earth sensibility is right for her.

When Shelly's new boyfriend, Grant (Sharif Atkins), asks her to get tested for HIV/AIDS, her friends decide to support her by getting tested as well.

Shelly pretends to be disabled when a potential buyer in a wheelchair (Daryl ``Chill'' Mitchell) catches her using a handicapped parking spot.

Friends of a young woman (Eve) provide perspectives on male/female relationships; Shelly finds herself drawn to J.T. (Jason George) during a night out with her friends.

Arriving home for the holidays, Shelly discovers that one of her mother's favorite students has taken over her bedroom.

After learning of his former relationship with Shelly, J.T.'s new girlfriend Rochelle (Kim Fields) feels threatened and demands that J.T. choose between her and Shelly.

Rita threatens to leave the partnership when Shelly and Janie refuse to let her be the new face of DivaStyle.

During an interview with a local news reporter, the women learn that the manufacturer of their new clothing line runs a sweat shop.

Shelly questions her maternal instincts after she drops Janie's baby cousin and must rush the frightened child to the hospital.

J.T. and Grant (Sharif Atkins) both propose to Shelly at her birthday party.

When Janie vents about her mother-in-law on a popular radio show, she ends up revealing more information than she intended.

Janie becomes convinced that Marty secretly has a crush on Shelly.

Just as business begins to boom at DivaStyle, creating windfall profits, Janie's husband decides to quit his job.

Shelly and Janie learn their former partner will be modeling for their biggest competitor as they prepare to unveil their new clothing line.

When Janie's baby brother Paul (Ruben Studdard) comes to visit, Shelly discovers that his long-time crush on her still exists.

Shelly realizes she misses her relationship with Grant, but when they meet for lunch she finds that he has moved on.

Nick realizes he is in love with Lynn and learns that she is married.

As Shelly starts making plans for the wedding, her mother, Beverly (Penny Johnson Jerald), visits and tries to convince her that marriage is a bad idea.

Unable to fit into her own dress, Shelly decides to wear a customer's dress to the Black and White Ball with Jalen, only to be caught by the client.

Shelly and Janie argue over lottery winnings, putting their longstanding friendship at risk.

A personal and professional feud with Shelly erupts when Janie and Rita decide to start their own line of items at DivaStyle.

After he flunks his anatomy exam, J.T.'s mother (Daphne Maxwell-Reid) goes to the school to beg his professor (Robert Picardo) to allow him to take a makeup test.