Season 8
2012
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Aug 10, 2012
Season 8
Episode 62
All's Well
Before a fancy anniversary dinner, Miranda confesses to Janine that she doesn't see any reason to celebrate her marriage to Calvin, and she later walks out on him.
Aug 10, 2012
Season 8
Episode 61
The Call Back
Harboring resentment since his forced retirement, Curtis balks at C.J.'s request for him to return to the fire department, while Floyd finds out he has royal lineage.
Aug 3, 2012
Season 8
Episode 60
Trial and Tribulation
After Travis Harris's trial for the attempted murder of Calvin, the Paynes anxiously await the verdict and worry about the content of Calvin's victim impact statement.
Aug 3, 2012
Season 8
Episode 59
Payneful Realization
With Calvin and Miranda constantly arguing, Calvin plans a special night to reconnect with her, however their marriage may be past the point of saving.
Jul 27, 2012
Season 8
Episode 58
The Invention of Trust
Floyd lists himself as the sole inventor of a product that Curtis helped him with, and Calvin discovers that Miranda has funds she intentionally hid from him.
Jul 27, 2012
Season 8
Episode 57
The First Dance
While Janine is away, Jazmine is asked by a boy to the school dance, and it's up to protective C.J. and Curtis to put him through an interrogation to earn their approval.
Jul 20, 2012
Season 8
Episode 56
Amazing Matriarchs
Ella shows great composure when her mother Eunice passes away, but she is stunned when Evie discloses a long-held family secret that affects their inheritance.
Jul 20, 2012
Season 8
Episode 55
All Work and No Play
Spending a day in C.J. and Janine's office, Jazmine is bored until she watches them handle a crisis, while Calvin and Miranda struggle to find a new place.
Jul 6, 2012
Season 8
Episode 54
Not in the Cards
Hired by Ella to buff the floors of the Help Center, Floyd uses it as an opportunity to host a casino night, as C.J. and Janine teach Jazmine a lesson about talking in class.
Jul 6, 2012
Season 8
Episode 53
Payneful Distance
Janine is in disbelief when C.J. gives her below-average scores on her annual performance evaluation, as Miranda worries that Calvin is no longer the man she married.
Jun 29, 2012
Season 8
Episode 52
Dodging Bullies
Jazmine's friend sends out email blasts with hurtful jokes about their classmate, while a pregnancy scare causes Miranda and Calvin's anger towards each other to surface.
Jun 29, 2012
Season 8
Episode 51
Bake, Rattle and Roll
As Ella works with Jazmine to improve her baking skills, the family stages an intervention when Calvin's addiction to painkillers comes to light.
Jun 22, 2012
Season 8
Episode 50
Keep It Moving
Curtis replaces C.J. as coach of Jazmine's winless soccer team, guides them to defeating the toughest team in the league and sets his sights on the state championship.
Jun 22, 2012
Season 8
Episode 49
House of OMG
Mobile technology overtakes the family, when Jazmine communicates only in text speak, Curtis discovers the functionality of his tablet, and Ella becomes glued to her laptop.
Jun 15, 2012
Season 8
Episode 48
Payneful Pop In
C.J. and Janine are fed up with Curtis and Ella's unannounced visits, and Jazmine is caught with a cheat sheet at school.
Jun 15, 2012
Season 8
Episode 47
House of Sabotage
Janine and Miranda's clash of egos puts an important church sponsorship presentation in jeopardy, while Malik has trouble moving past his failed marriage to Summer.
Jun 8, 2012
Season 8
Episode 46
Up to the Challenge
Curtis gets a new appreciation for Ella's management of the Help Center when he covers for her, as Malik gets hopped-up on caffeine pills to manage work and studying.
Jun 8, 2012
Season 8
Episode 45
Payneful Divorce
Malik is devastated when Summer acts evasive and insists they end their marriage, while Miranda makes Janine jealous with her overachieving temp skills in the PR office.
Jun 1, 2012
Season 8
Episode 44
The Loan Ranger
When Ella borrows $200 from Curtis, he makes the dubious claim to C.J. and Calvin that she'll pay it back, and Malik is shocked to find out his longtime friend Rashard is gay.
Jun 1, 2012
Season 8
Episode 43
Right Turn
Curtis's lackluster community service work at the Help Center aggravates Ella, while Janine is disappointed when Miranda chooses Calvin to go to a concert.
May 25, 2012
Season 8
Episode 42
What You Know About Me
As C.J., Janine and Miranda throw a house party and agree to exclude Curtis and Ella, college newlyweds Malik and Miranda realize they don't know each other well.
May 25, 2012
Season 8
Episode 41
Payneful Matrimony
Curtis and Ella grow tired of Calvin and Miranda taking advantage of them, while C.J.'s advisement to Malik and Summer not to have premarital sex has an unexpected result.
May 18, 2012
Season 8
Episode 40
Batter Up
Unathletic Janine is thrilled to play on C.J. and Curtis's softball team, as Miranda fundamentally disagrees with Ella's philosophy of physically disciplining children.
May 18, 2012
Season 8
Episode 39
Payneful Injection
Malik is arrested while leading a student demonstration to prevent the execution of an arsonist, whom C.J. helped convict 12 years earlier.
May 11, 2012
Season 8
Episode 38
No Pass, No Play
A television reporter twists Curtis's on-camera statement about C.J.'s job performance, while Malik tutors an illiterate football player and is asked to take a test for him.
May 11, 2012
Season 8
Episode 37
Stop, Drop, and Roll
Believing Janine's PR event idea doesn't have merit, C.J. overrides it with his own plan, and Ella is offended when Malik thinks critically about creationism and faith in God.
Mar 9, 2012
Season 8
Episode 36
Down for the Count
While Curtis bonds with Miranda over man-centric activities, C.J.'s college buddy gives him a sports car and event tickets, expecting a significant favor in return.
Mar 9, 2012
Season 8
Episode 35
Neighborhood Crisis
Curtis hopes to be honored by the mayor for his neighborhood patrolling prowess, as Malik works his school's crisis hotline and fields a call from a suicidal student.
Mar 2, 2012
Season 8
Episode 34
If It Ain't Broke
The opening of Ella's shelter for battered women is threatened when C.J. finds multiple fire code violations, while Curtis has Calvin at his beck and call for denting his car.
Mar 2, 2012
Season 8
Episode 33
House of Force Closure
As Calvin and Miranda are evicted from their condo due to bank foreclosure, Floyd sells Curtis on a home security system, concealing the fact that it's not legitimate.
Feb 17, 2012
Season 8
Episode 32
Guess Who Came to Breakfast
When Malik brings his college girlfriend Summer home, the family has difficulty accepting her New Age energy-reading ways and Malik's plan to travel with her to Africa.
Feb 17, 2012
Season 8
Episode 31
Payne vs. Payne
When Curtis runs for president of the neighborhood watch, he's challenged by C.J., while Malik uses his emergency credit card irresponsibly to buy gifts for his girlfriend
Feb 17, 2012
Season 8
Episode 30
Scars of Payne
During a gun buyback program at the Help Center, Ella diffuses a potentially fatal situation, and Calvin works up the courage to speak about his recent experience being shot.
Feb 17, 2012
Season 8
Episode 29
Pills and Thrills
Lethargic and unmotivated, Calvin gives in to Miranda and C.J.'s demands to return to work, and Curtis is convinced Floyd's new girlfriend is a former male firefighter.
Feb 10, 2012
Season 8
Episode 28
Daddy Day Scare
Back in the condo with Miranda, Calvin doesn't have the heart to tell Ella she's no longer needed, while Curtis, C.J. and Floyd watch the twins during a big game.
Feb 10, 2012
Season 8
Episode 27
Payback
Now remembering who shot him, Calvin plans to take the law into his own hands, as Curtis fakes illness to attend a baseball game instead of going to a brunch with Ella.
Feb 3, 2012
Season 8
Episode 26
In Payne
Curtis and Ella are deeply concerned when despondent Calvin states he would have been better off dying, while DeShawn makes the decision to live with his mother again.
Feb 3, 2012
Season 8
Episode 25
House of Nightmares
With Calvin in pain, unable to remember his assailant and having nightmares about being shot, Curtis and Ella believe they are better equipped than Miranda to care for him.
Jan 27, 2012
Season 8
Episode 24
Payneful Recovery
Calvin regains consciousness and begins his slow recovery, as Curtis and Ella's coverage of his astronomical medical bills forces them to give up moving into their new house.
Jan 27, 2012
Season 8
Episode 23
Payne-ful Survival
Calvin is still unconscious from being shot, but his gap in health insurance places the family in a financial dilemma, while a detective begins investigating Travis Harris.
Jan 20, 2012
Season 8
Episode 22
R.I.P. - Rest in Payne
As Calvin fights for his life in the hospital, Ella has had enough of Miranda's behavior, and Curtis and C.J. meet with the police to begin searching for the perpetrator.
Jan 20, 2012
Season 8
Episode 21
Do or Die
Unaware that Calvin has been shot, Miranda takes out her fury on Curtis and Ella for Calvin missing Christian's christening and being unreachable.
Aug 10, 2012
Season 8
Episode 20
All's Well
CJ and Calvin plan an anniversary celebration for the girls. Miranda struggles with all the events that have occured in the past year.
Aug 10, 2012
Season 8
Episode 19
The Call Back
Harboring resentment since his forced retirement, Curtis balks at C. J.'s request for him to return to the fire department, while Floyd finds out he has royal lineage.
Aug 3, 2012
Season 8
Episode 18
Trial and Tribulation
Calvin is struggling in court as he faces his shooter, Travis, during trial. The family is worried about Calvin's state of mind.
Aug 3, 2012
Season 8
Episode 17
Payneful Realization
Calvin and Miranda continue to fight. Ella suggests Calvin plan a special evening for Miranda to help their marriage.
Jul 27, 2012
Season 8
Episode 16
Invention of Trust
Miranda borrows money and doesn't tell Calvin. Floyd has an invention and cuts Curtis in.
Jul 27, 2012
Season 8
Episode 15
First Dance
While Janine is away, Jazmine is asked by a boy to the school dance, and it's up to protective C. J. and Curtis to put him through an interrogation to earn their approval.
Jul 20, 2012
Season 8
Episode 14
Amazing Matriarchs
Ella shows great composure when her mother Eunice passes away, but she is stunned when Evie discloses a long-held family secret that affects their inheritance.
Jul 20, 2012
Season 8
Episode 13
All Work and No Play
Spending a day in C. J. and Janine's office, Jazmine is bored until she watches them handle a crisis, while Calvin and Miranda struggle to find a new place.
Jul 6, 2012
Season 8
Episode 12
Not in the Cards
Jazmin gets in trouble at school. Floyd throws a party at the help center.
Jul 6, 2012
Season 8
Episode 11
Payneful Distance
$500 goes missing for Mirandas account. CJ gives Janine her yearly review.
Jun 29, 2012
Season 8
Episode 10
Dodging Bullies
Miranda thinks she may be pregnant. Jazmins friend is being made fun of. Things are tense in the Payne household.
Jun 29, 2012
Season 8
Episode 9
Bake, Rattle and Roll
As Ella works with Jazmine to improve her baking skills, the family stages an intervention when Calvin's addiction to painkillers comes to light.
Jun 22, 2012
Season 8
Episode 8
Keep It Moving
Curtis replaces C. J. as coach of Jazmine's winless soccer team, guides them to defeating the toughest team in the league and sets his sights on the state championship.
Jun 22, 2012
Season 8
Episode 7
House of OMG
Electronic devices have taken over the Payne family and CJ gets fed up.
Jun 15, 2012
Season 8
Episode 6
Payneful Pop In
C.J. and Janine are fed up with Curtis and Ella's unannounced visits, and Jazmine is caught with a cheat sheet at school.
Jun 15, 2012
Season 8
Episode 5
House of Sabotage
Janine and Maranda help chair an event at the help center. Malik still wears his wedding ring.
Jun 8, 2012
Season 8
Episode 4
Up to the Challenge
Curtis gets a new appreciation for Ella's management of the Help Center when he covers for her, as Malik gets hopped-up on caffeine pills to manage work and studying.
Jun 8, 2012
Season 8
Episode 3
Payneful Divorce
Malik and summer get a divorce. Miranda temps at Janine's office.
Jun 1, 2012
Season 8
Episode 2
The Loan Ranger
Curtis gives Ella a loan.
Jun 1, 2012
Season 8
Episode 1
Right Turn
Curtis does community service.