Calvin teams up with his ex-wife Miranda to get to the bottom of why Laura broke off their engagement; Calvin works with Ella to repair his relationship with Calvin Jr.; Curtis and Floyd attempt to get publicity for their barbecue sauce brand.
When Ella sponsors the membership of the new wife of a longtime dea-con into her social club, Incomparable Crowns, she begins to suspect something may be going on behind closed doors in the new marriage.
Jazmine reminds a forgetful C.J. about his first wedding anniversary; Curtis and Ella bring over a cake called No Bueno to celebrate, only to learn there is no celebration to be had.
Malik is thrilled when he lands an interview with councilman he idolizes, but he finds out that getting the job is only half the battle; Curtis fails a health inspection, forcing him to modify his barbecue recipe to disastrous results.
Calvin, worried about his son Calvin Jr.'s math struggles, recruits his eccentric friends Pookie and Peanut to help.
Curtis searches for reasonably priced eggs in the middle of a city-wide egg shortage; Lisa attempts to gain professional work experience by going to work with the Paynes.
Calvin Jr.'s mom can't take him to the mother-son dance; Miranda and Laura compete to be her replacement.
Ella organizes the women to plan a special Father's Day for the men in their lives; Floyd and Glo have their first argument as a couple.
Calvin wants Calvin Jr. to play football, but Ella thinks football is too dangerous and pushes him to play tennis instead.
Jazmine gets caught up in a cheating scandal at school; Curtis enlists the help of a vlogger to promote his food truck.
House of Payne is the hilarious comedy about Retired fire chief Curtis Payne and his lovely wife Ella. Together the loving couple navigate the problems of life with their quirky modern day family.
Curtis and Floyd go on a popular TV show where they pitch their BBQ sauce to potential investors, but their nonstop arguing puts their prospective deals in jeopardy.
Curtis suspects his food truck was blown up intentionally, and he starts investigating the incident; Calvin must get to the bottom of Calvin Jr.'s mischievous deeds.
The family has trouble adjusting to Jazmine's new found independence. Miranda gets an offer that Calvin would like for her to refuse.
Curtis becomes infuriated when his sauce gets bootlegged; Malik orchestrates a date night to rejuvenate his relationship with Lisa.
Calvin's domineering side rears its ugly head when he begins coaching his son's soccer team; Miranda has everyone up in arms regarding a novel she's selfpublished.
Curtis is involved in an accident that alters his personality; C.J. takes over the twins' school project and strives for excellence.
Calvin hosts a dinner to meet Laura's parents for the first time; C.J. struggles with failing the physical aptitude test.
When Miranda asks Calvin to switch weekends with the boys, he agrees, totally disregarding the fact that he and Laura have plans; when Curtis and Floyd have a fight about business, Floyd decides to open his own food truck.
Ella decides to go against the grain and use technology instead of paying someone to do repairs; Malik and Lisa's argument causes discord between C.J. and Janine.
Malik and family get introduced to Lisa's mom, Deena; Miranda attempts to produce a vlog for Ella.
Jazmin wants to create a Bible study on campus and enlists Ella to help her organize the service; Calvin and Laura request that Miranda return her emergency key to Calvin's condo.
Curtis is convinced that a technologically advanced gift is determined to ruin his life; a local photographer approaches Lisa, but he may not be all he seems.
An argument between Malik and Lisa trickles down to C.J. and Janine. Ella chooses technology over a traditional handyman for home repairs.
Calvin attempts to plan a bachelor party against Laura's will; Malik struggles with putting together a toy for his daughter.
Calvin feels some type of way when Miranda gets swept off her feet, causing him to make an epic mistake; a chain letter changes C.J. and Ella's fortune.
The unfortunate news about a young firefighter forces C.J. to have a transparent conversation with Malik and Jazmine; Miranda discovers she's missing more than just the companionship of a man.
Jazmine becomes a social media influencer and considers leaving college; CJ accidentally steals her thunder, revealing the fickle nature of internet fame; Calvin and Christian come down with a cold and Laura steps up to take care of them.
Curtis becomes the neighborhood watch Captain and the power goes to his head, much to the demise of the family. Meanwhile, Jazmine tries to convince CJ and Malik that they can enjoy the games with healthy food.
Calvin and Laura debate the merits of traditional aspects of marriage versus creating new traditions; Ella presents them with the broom she and Curtis jumped over at their wedding.
Curtis gets upset when Calvin and Laura don't want him to cater their wedding; CJ and Jazmine help Jayden get over his stage fright when he and Hayden have parts in the Black History Program at school.
C.J. hosts his first ever poker night at him and Janine's place; Ella expresses her disappointment with the idea of gambling and how it negatively affects the community.
With Lisa and Malik home with the new baby and Janine's plane status still unknown, tensions are very high; Ella and Miranda welcome the couple and the newborn home while Curtis, C.J., and Calvin are elsewhere.
Lisa struggles with what classes to take in college and is afraid she may make the wrong choices.
Curtis uses his street resources to acquire a beat-up food truck for his barbeque business, only to learn the truck was used for something other than food; Malik and Lisa fight over roles.
Curtis is planning a block party to launch his food truck and business, Sauce Bosses, when Gloria, a new neighbor, and the new H.O.A. president, shows up and enforces violation codes, shutting down the party; Curtis declares war.
After Calvin has a bout of writers' block, he is inspired to use footage of Curtis having violent outbursts for a new ad campaign; when Curtis learns he's become a viral sensation he takes advantage of his internet audience.
CJ and the others begin sucking up to Curtis when they discover that he is updating his will following the sudden death of a friend.
When Calvin, CJ, and Malik clean out Curtis and Ella's garage, they stumble upon Ella's secret diary filled with love poems she wrote to another man; thinking Ella is cheating on Curtis, they all start questioning their own relationship.
Curtis is ecstatic when one of the hottest online Atlanta news magazines wants to interview him about his BBQ sauce; but when he freezes up, Ella comes to the rescue causing the show to become more interested in her.
When Christian wins Student of the Year, Laura gets him an autographed football jersey from a popular NFL player; Miranda takes umbrage with the gesture, citing the player's history of domestic violence.
After a much-needed night on the town with his boy, Calvin finds himself in a sticky situation when he drunkenly sends sexual text messages to Miranda and invites her over.
Curtis shows Ella how much he appreciates her by re-creating their first date and planning a sweet surprise for their anniversary; Laura takes offense to Calvin's constant teasing.
When Ella learns Curtis went behind her back and put Miranda on a $500 budget to plan their wedding renewal, she debates whether she should marry Curtis all over again.
It looks like someone is occupying the old Caskey house; Curtis enlists C.J. to help him investigate it; when Curtis alerts C.J., Lisa overhears and adds fuel to the fire, stating she saw some suspicious activity happen outside that house.
Someone breaks into Curtis' food truck, and a much-loved family heirloom, an old Hokie pot used to make his father's special sauce, is stolen.
Everyone is excited for Malik when he finally gets a good-paying job, until they find out it's for a weed dispensary; Malik tries to educate them on all the benefits of marijuana as a medicinal drug.
When CJ brings home a new drone for the fire department, it is stolen in what he believes to be a burglary; to ward off any further intrusions, CJ installs a high-tech home security system with audio-visual capabilities.
Curtis wants to build his Sauce Boss brand and Ella needs to get women to register for the church's help center to receive a much-needed grant.
When Curtis throws a fit about all the money he and Ella are spending, he implements drastic cost-cutting measures; things backfire when Ella follows his direction and begins cutting back on the things he enjoys.
Calvin and Miranda enter the world of hysterical parenting when Christian is having problems at school; they find out he is bullying which brings to the forefront their own tempers and issues.
After Glo exchanges harsh words with Curtis she gives him 210lbs of pork that a butcher-friend gave her; Curtis is suspicious of the gesture and begins piecing together an unlikely tale of matricide and cannibalism.
Malik steps into his destiny when he gets the opportunity to campaign across Georgia for issues in the state; he hires Sauce Bosses as the official food truck and becomes Curtis' boss.
The Payne family becomes concerned while searching for C.J. after learning he ran into a burning building.
Calvin goes out of his way to show Laura how wonderful their marriage will be despite what went wrong in his previous marriage.
During a routine mammogram, a lump is found in Ella's breast; Malik may lose his scholarship while helping take care of the family.
C.J.'s recurring back problem forces him to face an even bigger issue.
Floyd gets an offer to buy out he and Curtis's barbecue sauce after winning a contest, but C.J. raises concerns about the family's legacy.
Curtis puts Ellas' big day in peril, and Malik takes a class that doesn't go over well with the family.
Calvin and Laura put their engagement to the test, joining pre-marital counseling.
Calvin becomes a victim of social injustice when he's accused of stealing car tags.
Family game night at the Paynes' is crashed by a surprise guest.
Ella is hesitant to tell Lisa what she thinks about her jewelry line.
Calvin wants his son in his wedding, but Miranda might not be on board.
Tension arises between Curtis and C.J. as they face off in a contentious local election; and Ella tries her hand as a life coach to Lisa.
Malik and C.J. are having trouble adjusting to a pregnant Lisa.
Ella's online shopping gets her in trouble; Lisa challenges Malik to stay off his phone.
Calvin and Miranda are in uncharted waters as they begin navigating co-parenting; Ella and a reluctant Curtis work on their intimacy.
Lisa helps Miranda set up her online dating profile.
Miranda demands answers when Calvin leaves their son alone with Laura for the first time, and things don't go very well.
Following Curtis' medical checkup, Ella wants Curtis to improve his diet, prompting the Payne family to learn an important lesson in compromising.
As Ella is spun into Laura's web of wedding plans, Calvin realizes he may not be as ready to get married as he thought.
While Calvin and Laura make wedding plans, Miranda has made plans of her own.
As the family prepares for Janine's return, everyone and everything goes awry.
Malik is hesitant to give the news to his family about Lisa's pregnancy.
Malik confesses to Curtis that he thinks Lisa is pregnant.
C.J and Janine find out that Lisa is pregnant; C.J and Janine decide to stand by Malik's side; Ella and Curtis are shocked that C.J and Janine are being so lenient.
Jazmine believes that Janine may be expecting again; Jazmine learns that Malik is having a baby; Kaleb wants to have sex with Jazmine for the first time.
Jazmine gets a lesson on servitude from Ella; Jazmine is pressured to have sex before she is ready; Ella finds out that Curtis may have slept with her sister back in the day.
Miranda confides in Janine about her own frustrations with the court proceedings.
Miranda has second thoughts about her and Calvin's divorce; Calvin runs into Miranda while visiting Janine; Calvin doesn't want Miranda around his family.
Miranda takes Calvin to court for more child support; CJ has had it with Lisa; Calvin and Miranda have mixed feelings about their divorce.
Miranda's interested in giving Calvin a second chance; after his divorce, Calvin decides to date again; Miranda and Calvin's new woman know each other.
Calvin and Miranda's divorce drama grows; Jazmine gets candid with Ella about wanting to have sex for the first time; Calvin doesn't want anybody talking to Miranda, including Ella.
Curtis upsets Ella and must change his tune; Calvin confronts Miranda about talking to Laura; Miranda tells Calvin how she feels.
Curtis revisits old habits; Laura and Calvin explore their new romance.
Miranda decides to turn the page with Calvin; Ella doesn't completely believe her; Curtis pursues a goal of his own concerning Miranda's friend.
Curtis rallies Calvin and CJ in planning a surprise birthday party for Ella; Ella takes charge of her birthday; Janine tells CJ she found a vape pen.
C.J. and Janine try to get to know Jazmine's new boyfriend, Kaleb, but C.J. suspects that Kaleb is becoming a bad influence on Jazmine.
She calls Floyd to help Curtis; Ella finds the vaporizer; Curtis and Ella try cannabis.
After taking a hit from a vape pen, Curtis seems to think he is now an addict.
Ella claims she didn't smoke although her lipstick was found on the vape pen.
Kaleb is putting extreme pressure on Jazmine to have sex with him for her first time but Calvin comes in and rains on their parade.
Malik and Lisa have different must-watch television shows airing at the same time, but only one television; CJ and Malik suspect that Miranda is going on a date only to make Calvin jealous.
Miranda visits Ella with secret hopes of running into Calvin; Lisa goes to Curtis and Ella after her argument with Malik seeking advice; Curtis cuts down Ella's flower bed by accident.
Miranda implores Curtis to babysit her son, C.J. pressures Malik to join the workforce, and Lisa and Malik get an unexpected crash course in parenting.
Ella finds that Malik and Lisa have deep-rooted issues; Ella reaches a new threshold with Curtis.
CJ is forced to put his Aunt Ella in her place regarding how he runs his household.
Ella prepares to open a battered women's home in the church's unused classrooms, but it is shut down when C.J. cites dangerous fire code violations.
Calvin discovers Miranda is missing; Claretha moves in with Curtis and Ella.
Miranda's mother confronts Calvin; C.J., Janine, and Jazmine return to town.
Miranda returns with shocking news for Calvin; Claretha decides to start a home business.
Curtis protests his retirement and the fact that C.J. will be taking over his job; Ella battles with a new pastor.
Calvin comforts Miranda, thinking she had an abortion; Malik is cast in the school's production of Othello.
C.J., Janine and the kids move out of the Payne house; Jazmine decides to run away.
The couples go on a marriage retreat, which ends with Miranda asking Calvin for a divorce; Claretha and Floyd babysit.
Calvin and Miranda get stuck in an elevator together.
Curtis is offered a fire chief job in Los Angeles, but Ella does not intend to move; Tanya's friend is too aggressive for CJ.
Newly single CJ has many prospective dates; an HIV-positive woman volunteers at the Help Center.