Meanwhile, in an attempt to make an impression on a pretty girl he's interested in, Calvin claims that Curtis and Ella's house is actually his, and that the real owners are merely his employees.When Jazmine arrives home from school shaken after a particularly intense anti-drug presentation, CJ tries his best to be tiptoe around the facts regarding Janine's situation but eventually ends up spelling it out in relatively clear terms. [Tyler] Perry's best work comes when he's willing to render his morality tales with a dash of absurdity. Repeatedly assured by Ella and CJ that this is not the case, Curtis subsequently attempts to get his old friend back out and about by offering CJ a bit of his retirement fund as a down payment on a new place.CJ has accepted Curtis' generous offer to help his family get back on their feet, but just as the bags are being packed Janine shows up with news that she's been completely sober for forty-eight hours. When Curtis arrives at a conference with the school principal to discuss the matter, he is taken aback to find out that the thuggish lunch money thief is actually a young girl named Nikki. Perry should unleash Madea on the Payne household. As fate would have it, the house that is burning belongs to CJ. Meanwhile, in an attempt to make an impression on a pretty girl he's interested in, Calvin claims that Curtis and Ella's house is actually his, and that the real owners are merely his employees.When Jazmine arrives home from school shaken after a particularly intense anti-drug presentation, CJ tries his best to be tiptoe around the facts regarding Janine's situation but eventually ends up spelling it out in relatively clear terms.
Upon meeting Nikki's foster mother Madea, Curtis immediately begins to understand where the young girl's attitude problems originated. Due to the fact that everyone was involved with the rescue effort, the purchase doesn't sit well with Curtis' coworkers though. Malik's best friend Kevin gets intimate with a promiscuous girl who happens to be the source of a The Paynes have dinner at the Hernandez home; at the barbershop, Dana's falsehoods catch up with her, when her parents pay her a visit. Later, when Curtis dashes off to work, Ella and the rest of the family begin preparing for the big surprise birthday party. As fate would have it, the house that is burning belongs to CJ. Rate. Rate. Striving to lose weight, Ella enters a health-and-wellness ranch---with Curtis in tow. We want to hear what you have to say but need to verify your account. So why, when he's working in the most conventional comedic format of all, is he afraid to make people laugh?How he got the cabler to pony up for 100 episodes of such an uncharacteristically unfunny sitcom as House of Payne is worthy of a sitcom on its own.There's undeniable talent among the cast, but the characters are flat, the stories are weak, and the humor gets repetitive and predictable. As the classes get underway and the flamboyant instructor comes to the conclusion that he and Curtis will need some serious one-on-one time in order to truly resolve the issues at hand, news arrives that Janine has been found. Rate.
Meanwhile, as the family gathers to pray for Janine's recovery, Curtis buys a new massage chair with the reward money he received for rescuing a poodle from a locked car. Determined to get to the bottom of the issue, CJ sets out to find the truth when the insurance company calls claiming he's months behind on his payments.As Janine's finances completely bottom out, Calvin attempts to remedy his own money woes by selling imitation purses. Later, after Janine breaks out of rehab and disappears, Calvin attempts to help CJ prepare to break the news concerning the non-refundable loan to Curtis.