BIG DEE DEE TALKS DEE DEE INTO THROWING A "LEGENDS BALL" TO LIFT HER SPIRITS, ON "HALF & HALF," MONDAY, DEC. 12 ON UPN

Lamman Rucker ("All My Children") Guest Stars as Chase

"The Big Sweet Smell Of Excess Episode" -- When her acting career begins to fail, Big Dee Dee enlists Dee Dee to throw her a big holiday themed "Legends Ball" to make her feel better, but when Dee Dee can't secure any celebrities to attend, she has to get creative, on HALF & HALF, Monday, Dec. 12 (9:30-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on UPN. Ellen Gittelsohn directed the episode from a script by Carla Banks Waddles.

Meanwhile, Mona begins to worry that her new relationship with Chase (guest star Lamman Rucker) is only about sex.

Mona Thorne: Rachel True
Dee Dee Thorne: Essence Atkins
Phyllis Thorne: Telma Hopkins
Big Dee Dee Thorne: Valarie Pettiford
Spencer Williams: Chico Benymon
Adam Benet: Alec Mapa
Charles Thorne: Obba Babatunde
Kai Owens: Lana Moorer AKA MC Lyte
Chase: Lamman Rucker
Joanne: Marion Calvert
Guest: Andy Forrest
Photographer: Jason Delane

RATING: To Be Announced