Richie did not bring anything to the show in the episodes he appeared in until 1997 but he was a good spirited kid which is rare to see on TV Show's but why come the producers dropped him from the show for the 1998 episodes on CBS, It's funny how characters like Estelle,Judy was dropped in season 4 1994 way before the show was even thought of to be off the air lol, Rachel she brought nothing to the show but she was still candy eye for men,Richie was annoying but him and 3J had good chemistry, why would the producers the Richie character out of the show without giving him a goodbye episode ???

Maybe because when Rachel visit Richie, she probably took Richie with her to Detroit since she lived there for a while. Estelle was a married woman, so she will not be there as often anyway, but they should've at least have her in some 1998 episodes. What I'm very disappoint about is when the new Harriette came about. That was the most upsetting to me.

Yeah their are thousands of woman they could have found that look like the first dark skinned Harriet in this world, what were they thinking finding a woman that looked nothing like the first Harriet she was light skinned and she was too nice, the first dark skinned Harriet was sassy and had attitude lol, this is just like them replacing Jaleel White and have a guy thats 6 foot 5 that looks nothing like him play Steve Urkel the producers would be crazy if they think people woudent notice the change lol.