Malik's invitation to appear on the children's television show of his childhood hero, Mookie, is rescinded after the Sabers decide his involvement in "outing" his teammate, Clay, is bad publicity for the organization. Jason enlists the help of Kelly and the Sunbeams to welcome Clay's boyfriend, Derek, into their football family.

Tasha finds out that Rick's job is in jeopardy so she does everything in her power to prevent that from happening. Malik is obsessed with learning everything there is to know about his father (Boatman) and why they were apart all of these years. Melanie comes to the conclusion that the only reason Derwin is back together with Janay is to teach Melanie a lesson.