The Neighborhood has a few surprises in store for viewers ahead of the series finale - including a guest appearance from Holly Robinson Peete. Us Weekly can exclusively reveal that Peete, 61, will appear on the Monday, December 8, episode of the hit CBS series. According to the character description, Peete is set to play "Tina's fun new friend from the hair salon and, we come to find out, Calvin's girlfriend from long ago." "The Butler's anniversary plans take an unexpected turn when a blast from the past, Calvin's ex-girlfriend, resurfaces," the official synopsis for the episode reads. "Meanwhile, Malcolm's meeting gets hijacked, Marty makes a big move toward commitment, and Gemma finds herself caught in a holiday misunderstanding." In Us' first look, Peete's character is all smiles while visiting Tina (Tichina Arnold) for the holidays. Everyone is in a festive mood as Dave (Max Greenfield) and Gemma (Beth Behrs) join the group over the holidays in matching sweaters. TV Shows Ending in 2025: See the Complete List Peete's surprise guest appearance comes ahead of the show's final episode. The Neighborhood, which premiered in 2018, follows a white Midwestern family adjusting after moving into a predominantly Black neighborhood in California. In addition to Cedric the Entertainer and Greenfield, the show stars Arnold, Behrs, Sheaun McKinney and Marcel Spears. Monty Brinton/CBS CBS confirmed earlier this year that The Neighborhood was renewed for an eighth and final season. Greenfield later spoke to Us about choosing to look at the positive side of the situation. "The truth of the matter is this will be our eighth and final season. When you look around, there's so few ... there's no shows that go eight seasons anymore and there may never be another one. We might be the last one," Greenfield told Us in April. "So I'm genuinely not sad at all that this is ending and feel so grateful for the eight seasons that we were given. We've been through so much together. This show has made it through a pandemic. This show has made it through multiple writers and actor strikes. It's been a real roller-coaster." Fall 2025 TV Schedule: See When Your Favorite Shows Will Air Greenfield teased at the time that The Neighborhood is going out on a high. "To have made it this far and to be in the position we're at is just such a wonderful gift," he continued. "And the ability to say goodbye in the way that we all want to, it is great. So I'm really excited to have a fun last season where everybody knows what the fate of the show is and have a good time with the people that I have already had such a good time with for the last seven-plus years." The cast of The Neighborhood is focused on delivering the best possible ending for their fans. "We do know that we want to have something that feels final for the audience, that the audience that loves the show, that loves us coming into their house every week. We want them to really enjoy this," Greenfield added. "We don't want to have that kind of Game of Thrones ending where everybody is like, 'That's some bulls***.' That's the biggest thing we working on, is a good finish so that our audience goes, 'That was good.'" The Neighborhood airs on CBS Mondays at 8 p.m. ET before streaming the next day on Paramount+. The holiday special will air Monday, December 8, at 8:30 p.m. ET.