Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 13 | January 11, 1995 – May 24, 1995 | |
| Season 2 | 22 | September 6, 1995 – May 15, 1996 | |
| Season 3 | 22 | September 4, 1996 – May 14, 1997 | |
| Season 4 | 22 | September 17, 1997 – May 20, 1998 | |
| Season 5 | 22 | September 18, 1998 – May 20, 1999 | |
Season 1 (1995)[]
| Season 1 episodes | |||||||
| No. in series | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Production
code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Goop-Hair-It-Is" | Shelley Jensen | Jane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt | January 11, 1995 | 456853 | |
| 2 | 2 | "First Class" | Joel Zwick | Boyd Hale | January 18, 1995 | 456851 | |
| 3 | 3 | "I'm Too Sexy for My Brother" | Shelley Jensen | Phil Beauman | January 25, 1995 | 456852 | |
| 4 | 4 | "Free Wally" | John Bowab | Adam Markowitz | February 1, 1995 | 456855 | |
| 5 | 5 | "My Fair Marlon" | John Bowab | David Wyatt | February 8, 1995 | 456856 | |
| 6 | 6 | "Pops Moves In" | Rob Schiller | Adam Markowitz | February 15, 1995 | 456857 | |
| 7 | 7 | "Afro Cab" | Rob Schiller | David Wyatt | February 22, 1995 | 456858 | |
| 8 | 8 | "The Shawn-Shank Redemption" | John Bowab | Matt Ember | March 1, 1995 | 456854 | |
| 9 | 9 | "ER" | Shelley Jensen | Matt Ember | March 15, 1995 | 456860 | |
| 10 | 10 | Spooky stories" | Joel Zwick | Phil Beauman | November 26 2022 | 456861 | |
| 11 | 11 | "It's Shawn! It's Marlon! It's Superboys!" | Joel Zwick | David Wyatt | May 3, 1995 | 456862 | |
| 12 | 12 | "Pulp Marlon" | Rob Schiller | Phil Beauman | May 10, 1995 | 456859 | |
| 13 | 13 | "Brazilla vs. Rodney" | Shelley Jensen | Charleen Easton & Kurt Schindler | May 24, 1995 | 456863 | |
Season 2: 1995-96[]
| Season 2 | |||||||
| No. in Series | Episode# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production
code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Shawn Takes a New Stand" | Shelley Jensen | Rick Hawkins | September 6, 1995 | 457701 | |
| 15 | 2 | "Fatal Subtraction" | Shelley Jensen | Devon Shepard | September 13, 1995 | 457702 | |
| 16 | 3 | "Blood is Thicker Than Watercolor" | Gerren Keith | Phil Beauman | September 20, 1995 | 457703 | |
| 17 | 4 | "Two Men and a Baby" | Glenn Casale | Maiya Williams | September 27, 1995 | 457705 | |
| 18 | 5 | "Loot" | Glenn Casale | Jim Evering | October 4, 1995 | 457706 | |
| 19 | 6 | "The Liar's Club" | Glenn Casale | Maiya Williams | October 11, 1995 | 457708 | |
| 20 | 7 | "Scared Straight" | Glenn Casale | Vince Cheung & Ben Montanio | October 25, 1995 | 457707 | |
| 21 | 8 | "Head of State" | Glenn Casale | Liz Sage | November 8, 1995 | 457709 | |
| 22 | 9 | "The Sting" | Tony Singletary | Xavier R. Cook & Devon Shepard | November 15, 1995 | 457710 | |
| 23 | 10 | "Think Fast" | Leonard R. Garner, Jr. | Linda M. Yearwood | November 22, 1995 | 457704 | |
| 24 | 11 | "Farmer's Daughter" | Tony Singletary | Maiya Williams | November 29, 1995 | 457712 | |
| 25 | 12 | "Psycho Santa" | Tony Singletary | Phil Beauman | December 20, 1995 | 457713 | |
| 26 | 13 | "Getting It" | Tony Singletatry | Manny Basanese | January 10, 1996 | 457711 | |
| 27 | 14 | "Who's In Charge Here?" | Tony Singletary | Barry Gold | January 31, 1996 | 457716 | |
| 28 | 15 | "The Odd Couples" | John Sgueglia | Manny Basanese | February 7, 1996 | 457715 | |
| 29 | 16 | "Hearts and Flowers" | Buzz Sapien | Maiya Williams | February 14, 1996 | 457718 | |
| 30 | 17 | "The Ghetto Gourmets" | Buzz Sapien | Devon Shepard | February 21, 1996 | 457714 | |
| 31 | 18 | "A Hero's Story" | Tony Singletary | Carrie Honigblum & Renee Phillips | February 28, 1996 | 457717 | |
| 32 | 19 | "It Takes a Thief" | Scott Baio | Alison Taylor | March 13, 1996 | 457721 | |
| 33 | 20 | "New Lease on Life" | Gerren Keith | Xavier R. Cook | May 1, 1996 | 457719 | |
| 34 | 21 | "Mama, I Wanna Act" | Gerren Keith | Devon Shepard | May 8, 1996 | 457722 | |
| 35 | 22 | "Trial and Error" | Buzz Sapien | Phil Beauman | May 15, 1996 | 457720 | |
Season 3 (1996-97)[]
| Season 3 episodes | |||||||
| No. in Series | Episode # | "Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production
code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | "Grandma's in the Hiz-House" | Gerren Keith | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | September 4, 1996 | 466101 | |
| 37 | 2 | "Unbrotherly Love" | Scott Baio | Josh Goldstein | September 11, 1996 | 466102 | |
| 38 | 3 | "Movin' On Up" | Scott Baio | Maiya Williams | September 18, 1996 | 466103 | |
| 39 | 4 | "Gots to Have a J.O.B." | Glynn Turman | Xavier R. Cook & Devon Shepard | September 25, 1996 | 466104 | |
| 40 | 5 | "Trippin'" | Rae Kraus | Buddy Johnson | October 2, 1996 | 466105 | |
| 41 | 6 | "Drama for Yo' Mama" | Scott Baio | Xavier R. Cook | October 9, 1996 | 466106 | |
| 42 | 7 | "Family Business" | Glynn Turman | Phil Beauman | October 16, 1996 | 466107 | |
| 43 | 8 | "An Officer and a Homegirl" | Buzz Sapien | Maiya Williams | November 6, 1996 | 466108 | |
| 44 | 9 | "The Return of the Temptones" | Gary Halvorson | Robert Bruce | November 13, 1996 | 466109 | |
| 45 | 10 | "Going to the Net" | Gary Halvorson | Dennis Snee | November 20, 1996 | 466110 | |
| 46 | 11 | "Do the Wrong Thing" | Rae Kraus | Robert Bruce | November 27, 1996 | 466111 | |
| 47 | 12 | "Boyz in the Woods" | Glynn Turman | Phil Beauman | January 8, 1997 | 466112 | |
| 48 | 13 | "Life Without Marlon" | Terri McCoy | Xavier R. Cook | January 15, 1997 | 466113 | |
| 49 | 14 | "Unusual Suspects" | Buzz Sapien | Buddy Johnson | January 22, 1997 | 466114 | |
| 50 | 15 | "Goodbye Mr. Gibbs" | John Bowab | Josh Goldstein | January 29, 1997 | 466117 | |
| 51 | 16 | "Risky Bid-ness" | Terri McCoy | Robert Bruce | February 5, 1997 | 466116 | |
| 52 | 17 | "Pops' Secret" | Glynn Turman | Maiya Williams | February 12, 1997 | 466115 | |
| 53 | 18 | "I Do..." | John Bowab | Maiya Williams | February 19, 1997 | 466119 | |
| 54 | 19 | "Dee's Baby Daddy" | Joel Zwick | Maiya Williams | February 26, 1997 | 466118 | |
| 55 | 20 | "The Black Widower" | Buzz Sapien | Robert Bruce & Buddy Johnson | April 30, 1997 | 466121 | |
| 56 | 21 | "Say It Ain't So, Marlon" | Buzz Sapien | Dennis Snee | May 7, 1997 | 466120 | |
| 57 | 22 | "Marlon Goes On the Road" | Glynn Turman | Xavier R. Cook & Devon Shepard | May 14, 1997 | 466122 | |
Season 4 (1997-98)[]
| Season 4 | |||||||
| No.in Series | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
Production
code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 1 | "Marlon's Return" | John Bowab | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | September 17, 1997 | 466402 | |
| 59 | 2 | "Prom Fright" | John Bowab | Xavier R. Cook | September 24, 1997 | 466401 | |
| 60 | 3 | "Pops' Daughter" | John Bowab | Josh Goldstein | October 1, 1997 | 466404 | |
| 61 | 4 | "Stand Up Guy" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman | October 8, 1997 | 466403 | |
| 62 | 5 | "Unspoken Token" | John Bowab | Buddy Johnson | October 15, 1997 | 466405 | |
| 63 | 6 | "Odd Man Out" | John Bowab | Robert Bruce | October 22, 1997 | 466406 | |
| 64 | 7 | "Pops' Last Hurrah" | Buzz Sapien | Robert Bruce | November 5, 1997 | 466407 | |
| 65 | 8 | "I Was En Vogue's Love Slave" | Glynn Turman | Josh Goldstein | November 12, 1997 | 466408 | |
| 66 | 9 | "Can I Get a Witness?" | Glynn Turman | Buddy Johnson | November 19, 1997 | 466409 | |
| 67 | 10 | "Ted's Revenge" | Buzz Sapien | Maiya Williams | December 10, 1997 | 466410 | |
| 68 | 11 | "All in the Family Feud" | Erma Elzy-Jones | Kenny Buford | January 14, 1998 | 466414 | |
| 69 | 12 | "Raging Marlon" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman & Craig Wayans | January 21, 1998 | 466411 | |
| 70 | 13 | "The Son of Marlon" | Aaron Speiser | Maiya Williams | January 28, 1998 | 466412 | |
| 71 | 14 | "Dee's Deelemma" | Buzz Sapien | Josh Goldstein | February 4, 1998 | 466413 | |
| 72 | 15 | "Independence Day" | Ted Lange | Buddy Johnson | February 11, 1998 | 466415 | |
| 73 | 16 | "Help a Brother Out" | John Bowab | Maiya Williams | February 18, 1998 | 466418 | |
| 74 | 17 | "The Rich Girl" | John Bowab | Xavier R. Cook | February 25, 1998 | 466417 | |
| 75 | 18 | "Busta Saves the Day" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman | March 4, 1998 | 466419 | |
| 76 | 19 | "Talk is Cheap" | Buzz Sapien | Robert Bruce & Buddy Johnson | April 29, 1998 | 466420 | |
| 77 | 20 | "Bringing It All Back Home" | John Bowab | Robert Bruce | May 6, 1998 | 466416 | |
| 78 | 21 | "Recipe for Success" | Fred Parker | Maiya Williams | May 13, 1998 | 466421 | |
| 79 | 22 | "Fire!" | John Bowab | Xavier R. Cook | May 20, 1998 | 466422 | |
Season 5 (1998-99)[]
| Season 5 episodes | |||||||
| No. in series | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production
code | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1 | "Brother Can You Spare a Dime?" | John Bowab | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | September 17, 1998 | 467951 | |
| 81 | 2 | "Six Degrees of Marlon" | John Bowab | Maiya Williams | September 24, 1998 | 467952 | |
| 82 | 3 | "Pops' Campaign" | John Bowab | Robert Bruce | October 1, 1998 | 467953 | |
| 83 | 4 | "Romeo & J'Leeta" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman | October 8, 1998 | 467954 | |
| 84 | 5 | "Ho's on First" | Buzz Sapien | Xavier R. Cook | October 15, 1998 | 467956 | |
| 85 | 6 | "Escorting Ain't Easy" | John Bowab | Mitchell Marchand & Craig Wayans | October 29, 1998 | 467958 | |
| 86 | 7 | "The Kiss" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman & Tom Bryant | November 5, 1998 | 467957 | |
| 87 | 8 | "The High Life" | John Bowab | Robert Bruce | November 12, 1998 | 467960 | |
| 88 | 9 | "Misery" | Buzz Sapien | Xavier R. Cook | November 19, 1998 | 467959 | |
| 89 | 10 | "Marlon Joins a Cult" | John Bowab | Buddy Johnson | December 10, 1998 | 467955 | |
| 90 | 11 | "A Country Christmas" | Buzz Sapien | Maiya Williams | December 17, 1998 | 467963 | |
| 91 | 12 | "Green Card" | Buzz Sapien | Buddy Johnson | January 14, 1999 | 467962 | |
| 92 | 13 | "Big Brother" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman & Craig Wayans | January 21, 1999 | 467963 | |
| 93 | 14 | "Saving Private Marlon" | Buzz Sapien | Charlie Bonomo & Buddy Johnson | January 28, 1999 | 467964 | |
| 94 | 15 | "Jump!" | John Bowab | Maiya Williams | February 4, 1999 | 467966 | |
| 95 | 16 | "Pops Gets Evicted" | Aaron Speiser | Eric Monte | February 11, 1999 | 467965 | |
| 96 | 17 | "Crazy 4 You" | Phil Kellard | Robert Bruce | February 18, 1999 | 467968 | |
| 97 | 18 | "Hip Hop Pops" | John Bowab | Esa Lewis | February 25, 1999 | 467967 | |
| 98 | 19 | "Everybody Loves Shawn" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman & Buddy Johnson | April 29, 1999 | 467971 | |
| 99 | 20 | "Dream Girl" | John Bowab | Maiya Williams | May 6, 1999 | 467969 | |
| 100 | 21 | "Three on the Couch" | Marlon Wayans | Robert Bruce | May 13, 1999 | 467970 | |
| 101 | 22 | "Rope-a-Dope" | John Bowab | Phil Beauman & Buddy Johnson | May 20, 1999 | 467972 | |