Sep 1993 - Feb 1994
5.0
Too few ratings to show graph
Browse episode ratings trends for Thea. Simply click on the interactive rating graph to explore the best and worst of Thea's 20 episodes.
Not enough show information to display best episodes.
Not enough show information to display worst episodes.
S1 Ep1
1.0
8th Sep 1993
We are introduced to Thea's hectic routine, working at the supermarket checkout by day, dressing hair by night, and supervising her four demanding children. James gives his mother $25 which he earned delivering sandwiches during his school lunch hour, but she insists that he keep the money and eat his own lunch in the cafeteria henceforth. Danesha returns from taking Jerome clothes shopping, but Jerome blabs that he had to try on endless badly-fitting clothes while she talked on the phone to her new boyfriend Leonard, who is meeting her at the library later to study, and Thea insists that Jerome pick her up at home so she can inspect him. Meanwhile, Jarvis is supposedly at a friend's house doing a geography assignment, but Thea has found his geography book and knows that he has been at the video arcade instead, and grounds him before she leaves to attend a memorial service. It's the night of a big video game competition, and Jarvis sneaks out to it despite James' attempts to keep him a
S1 Ep2
15th Sep 1993
Jerome is failing English because of his desperate attempts to make the school basketball team. When Thea forces him to finish his book report on ""To Kill a Mockingbird"", he doesn't make the team - but gets an A on his report. Meanwhile, Danesha attempts to submit a video to America's Funniest Home Videos.
S1 Ep3
22nd Sep 1993
The kids are not pleased when the washing machine breaks down, which means endless trips to the laundromat. Meanwhile, Danesha's boyfriend is in hot water after he kisses another girl, and Thea puts him through the wringer before he can come clean with Danesha.
S1 Ep4
29th Sep 1993
Thea gets a chance to train for manager; but Jerome plans a boxing match party while Thea is at her night school class.
S1 Ep5
6th Oct 1993
Jarvis lets his younger brother drive and they get into an accident; but it's no accident that the boys don't tell their mom who was behind the wheel. To punish them, she cooks up a scheme with Lynette, who pretends to have lost her wedding ring in her trash, now at the bottom of a very fragrant dumpster.
S1 Ep6
13th Oct 1993
Conflict brews when Arthur plans his bachelor party and invites Jerome, whom Thea thinks is too young to attend.
S1 Ep7
27th Oct 1993
Thea acquires an unwanted admirer.
S1 Ep8
3rd Nov 1993
On her birthday, Thea's treasured gift of hot tickets to a Motown reunion concert goes flat when her boss calls her in to work a replacement shift.
S1 Ep9
17th Nov 1993
When Danesha's romance with Leonard disrupts the household, Jarvis and Jerome hatch a plan to split up the lovebirds.
S1 Ep10
24th Nov 1993
Thea must work at the market on Thanksgiving, so she entrusts Danesha with the cooking of the family feast.
S1 Ep11
1st Dec 1993
Jerome finds he has a knack with stocks which leads Thea to lend him a real investment stake.
S1 Ep12
15th Dec 1993
Synopsis needed.
S1 Ep13
22nd Dec 1993
Danesha has a social studies project on single parents to do for school with the help of her classmate, Cliff Croverd, who just happens to be the most popular guy in school. Guess who they choose to interview about the experience of single parenthood?
S1 Ep14
12th Jan 1994
Thea finds herself in a hairy situation when she can't afford mandated improvements to her in-home salon and an inspector wants to close it down.
S1 Ep15
16th Jan 1994
Marcella uses Jerome to make her boyfriend, Dwayne, jealous while Jerome uses the relationship to meet his own needs. Meanwhile, Thea decides to fix her own plumbling after Clark refuses to make time to do it for her.
S1 Ep16
29th Jan 1994
Danesha is paired with a basketball star for a school project, but finds that he could use a lesson in teamwork when he tries to pass all the work off on her.
S1 Ep17
5th Feb 1994
Thea takes a day off, leaving the kids to do the household chores, and visits her favorite barbecue restaurant, Mickey's, only to discover that Mickey has died and new owner Roy's cooking is awful. Enter new head chef Thea.
S1 Ep18
11th Feb 1994
This is presumably the episode where Thea really takes over the diner.
S1 Ep19
19th Feb 1994
Jarvis needs space and privacy to study for his college SATs. Meanwhile, Thea is outraged when she learns that Mitch Mallard, the banker who holds the mortgage on the diner, eats there for free -- while Thea's kids have to pay.
Thea is an American sitcom that premiered September 3, 1993 on ABC, and last aired on February 14, 1994, for a total of 19 episodes. Starring comedienne Thea Vidale, the series marked the first time an African American female comedienne was the star of a series named after her.
The first episode of Thea aired on September 03, 1993.
The last episode of Thea aired on February 19, 1994.
There are 20 episodes of Thea.
There is one season of Thea.
No.
Thea has ended.
