| # |
Airdate |
Title |
Overview |
| 1 |
August 27, 1992 |
Beauty And The Beast |
Martin has an argument with Gina after she listens to Martin’s radio show, and hears his womanizing remarks. When Martin gets home she calls him into the room, and tells him about what she heard, and Martin gives her an attitude, so she threatens to leave him. Martin gives in. Martin and Gina make an agreement to make up in front of Martin’s friends (Cole, Tommy), and make it look like Martin won the argument. But there’s a catch, Martin has to agree to go to a dinner with her that night. |
| 2 |
September 3, 1992 |
The Gift Rapper |
Martin accidentally forgets to get Gina a gift for their anniversary. Martin tries to stall Gina, while he says he’s going to his car to get the present, but he really goes to a Lingerie store to get Gina’s some lingerie, but ends up getting her a foot stool. |
| 3 |
September 10, 1992 |
Things I Do For Love |
Tommy's new relationship with his new girlfriend Danice prompts Martin to take Gina out for a romantic evening at a dance club, called the Savoy club. Meanwhile, Martin makes insensitive remarks and, as a result, receives numerous calls from his listeners stating that he isn't romantic enough. |
| 4 |
September 17, 1992 |
Boyz 'R Us |
When Martin finds out that Gina makes more money than he does, he becomes irate and has major ego problems once the entire city finds out. Now he has to prove to the whole city that he is really the "man" in the relationship. |
| 5 |
September 24, 1992 |
Dead Men Don't Flush |
Martin’s toilet gets clogged, and Gina persuades Martin to call a Plummer to fix it. But the guy dies in the bathroom while on the job. |
| 6 |
October 1, 1992 |
Forever Sheneneh |
Sheneneh wins a date with Christopher "Kid" Reid on Martin's radio show. Kid arrives at Sheneneh's apartment and learns that she is his biggest fan but her hospitality towards Kid makes him uneasy when she serves malt liquor and makes sexual advances at him. Ultimately, Kid flees out of the apartment and resurfaces at Martin's place where Gina convinces Kid to go back and finish the date. [Christopher "Kid" Reid, Martin Lawrence and Tisha Campbell all starred in the first three House Party films.] |
| 7 |
October 8, 1992 |
The Parents Are Coming, The Parents Are Coming |
Gina wants Martin to meet her conservative parents but Martin's feeling nervous. Wanting to make a good first impression, he takes advice from Tommy and Cole that causes him to act like an idiot. |
| 8 |
October 15, 1992 |
Woman With A Past |
Martin becomes jealous after learning that his recent radio show guest, Keith Washington, once dated Gina when they were younger. |
| 9 |
October 22, 1992 |
Baby, It's Cole'd In Here |
Cole's mother interrupts Cole's evening with his girlfriend and demands back rent from her son. Following Martin's advice, Cole stands up to his mother but finds himself homeless when he is thrown out of the house. So he is forced to move in with Martin but soon drives Gina insane with his bad manners and disgusting habits. Martin informs Cole to persuade his mother to let him move back home. He comes to a mutual agreement with his mother and returns home. |
| 10 |
October 29, 1992 |
The Night He Came Home |
On Halloween, Martin and his friends gather at his apartment to share scary ghost stories. But they all get scared out of their wits after they perform a séance to communicate with the dead and call forth the spirit of old man Ackerman. |
| 11 |
November 5, 1992 |
The Great Payne Robbery |
When Martin's elderly neighbor's apartment is robbed, Martin holds a neighborhood crime watch meeting. But then his apartment soon becomes the next target. So he devises a plan to catch the burglar. |
| 12 |
November 12, 1992 |
Three Men And A Mouse |
When Gina is sleeping over at Martin’s house, she hears noises in the middle of the night, thinking it’s a robber she sends Martin to investigate and finds out it’s a mouse. So Martin and Gina go to Gina’s apartment until the mouse is removed. Martin hires an exterminator (Little Richard), who tries to get the mouse but the mouse is too smart. So Tommy, Cole, and Martin take it into their own hands. |
| 13 |
November 19, 1992 |
Radio Days |
Stan decides to hire a new female talk show host (Kim Fields) and place her as co-host of Martin's show, to boost the station's ratings. As the work together Martin finds that he has become very a liking to her to her. Even though he loves Gina, he still feels a strong attraction to Monica, and tries to resist the temptation to be with her. |
| 14 |
December 3, 1992 |
I've Got a Secret |
Martin reveals a secret on the Radio about Pam that Gina tells him. And things become a big mess when their friends hear. When the friends split up, Martin and Gina find their self with only two friends, Martin’s boss Stan and his girlfriend. |
| 15 |
December 17, 1992 |
I Saw Gina Kissing Santa Claus |
Martin reluctantly agrees to dress up like Santa Claus for Tommy’s “Big Brother” program. |
| 16 |
January 14, 1993 |
Do The Fight Thing |
Martin’s radio fans’ love it when Gina and Martin have an argument on the show. Stan sees how things get better when Gina is on the show. When Stan wants to permanently hire Gina as Martin’s co host, Martin goes against the idea. |
| 17 |
January 21, 1993 |
Blackboard Jungle Fever |
Martin returns to his elementary school to participate in Career Day, where he sees his favorite 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Trinidad. They decide to go out to eat and catch up on old times, but Ms Trinidad is more interested in putting the moves on Martin. When Gina walks in Ms. Trinidad tells Gina that Martin made the unwanted advance on her, and Gina runs out in anger. The next day, Martin returns to the school to confront Ms. Trinidad and she makes another move on him in the classroom, but this time Gina's watching and she's ready to defend her man! |
| 18 |
February 11, 1993 |
The Break Up, Part I |
Martin and Gina fight over Gina's unusual February 14 gift, and the fight escalates out of control until they finally break up. When they try and reconcile they discover that maybe they are just too different from each other. |
| 19 |
February 11, 1993 |
The Break Up, Part II |
With Martin & Gina now broken up, they start dating new people. By coincidence, the 2 couples happen to meet at a restaurant during dinner. Martin is extremely jealous of the fact that Gina is out with another man, and decides to 'help' him out when he begins choking on his food. |
| 20 |
February 18, 1993 |
The Break Up, Part III |
Martin and his new girlfriend Nicole realize that they both are still in love with their former lovers, and break up. Billy Dee Williams guest stars on Martin's radio show and convinces him that he'd be foolish to lose Gina. Martin barges in on Gina while she's with another man, and tries to win her back. |
| 21 |
February 25, 1993 |
I'm Not Your Superwoman |
Martin gets the flu and he expects Gina to stay at home and take care of him. But Gina gets fed up with him acting like a baby and comparing her with his mother. |
| 22 |
March 18, 1993 |
Credit Card Blues |
Martin and an old friend get arrested for committing credit card fraud. So, Gina and the gang quickly scramble to come up with bail money. |
| 23 |
April 1, 1993 |
Jerome's In The House |
After Pam gets dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to go out on a date with somebody 'different' out of sheer desperation. She decides to go out with Jerome, the player, even though Cole is trying to ask her out. |
| 24 |
April 22, 1993 |
Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With Martin |
Tommy's new girlfriend Shannon has an ex-lover that can't seem to let her alone. Eventually he and his gang of thugs confront Tommy and beat him up. Martin and Cole go after this angry group of little people to avenge Tommy's beating, by throwing their weight around and bullying the patrons in the little people's bar. But in the end, they almost get beaten up themselves. |
| 25 |
April 29, 1993 |
Variety Show |
Martin is chosen by his radio station manager to be the producer of a charity variety show for Aids. But in typical Martin Payne fashion, he lets the job go to his head, acts like a tyrant on the set, and alienates everyone around him, even Gina. In the end, Martin is left to do the whole show by himself, and bombs miserably. |
| 26 |
May 6, 1993 |
Baby You Can Drive My Car |
Everybody pools together to get a raffle ticket from Roscoe, and wind up winning a brand new SUV. They decide to share it, by assigning each of them to drive on a different day of the week. They all wind up running the vehicle into the ground and have to get rid of it. |
| 27 |
May 13, 1993 |
Checks, Lies, And Videotape |
Martin and Gina try to expose a crooked preacher, Reverend Leon Lonnie Love, as a fraud, after he cons thousands of dollars from his church members, including Mama Payne. To do so, they decide to have Gina lure him to her apartment so she can elicit a confession out of him and then capture it on videotape. |
| # |
Airdate |
Title |
Overview |
| 28 |
August 22, 1993 |
Do You Remember The Time? |
Martin struggles with coming up with a new topic for his show. In desperation, he finally accepts some ideas from the gang. Gina suggests that he talk about how they first met and fell in love. As they go around the room, each of them has a different remembrance of the events of that night. |
| 29 |
August 29, 1993 |
Really, Gina Is Not My Lover |
Martin is going to his high school reunion and he wants Gina to be ready for the big day. So he sends her on a day of beauty, but it ends disastrously. But Martin is determined to win the Man of the Decade award at his high school reunion that evening. His pride makes him want to brag to all his old schoolmates that he is rich and famous, and has a beautiful fashion model girlfriend. |
| 30 |
September 5, 1993 |
Got To Be There |
When Martin finds out that Gina has to go out of town on business, he, Tommy & Cole decide they will go out and have some fun while she is away. Meanwhile, Gina & Pam are having fun of their own at a company party in her hotel room, complete with a surprise male stripper. |
| 31 |
September 12, 1993 |
Beat It |
Martin invites a crowd of friends over to watch boxing on TV, but can never get to watch it, because he is constantly interrupted by his guests. |
| 32 |
September 19, 1993 |
Baby, It's You |
Martin agrees to help host a baby shower for some of Gina's expecting girlfriends at his apartment. But he doesn't expect one of the expectant mothers to go into labor. |
| 33 |
September 26, 1993 |
Workin' Day & Night |
Martin decides to become more macho after Stan, as well as Tommy and Cole, convince him that Gina has been controlling his life, and that he is 'whipped'. So to prove it, he decides to work double duty at the station just because Gina told him not to. |
| 34 |
October 3, 1993 |
Control |
Gina accidentally throws away Martin's tickets to a very important professional basketball game. She later finds out that Sheneneh also has a pair of tickets to the same game, and begs Sheneneh for them. She compels Gina to work off the debt in her beauty salon. |
| 35 |
October 10, 1993 |
You've Got A Friend |
Gina starts to hang around with a new male friend. Martin gets suspicious and drives him away. But after getting rid of him, Martin realizes he made a mistake when Gina drags him along to shop for ladies shoes. |
| 36 |
October 17, 1993 |
To Kill A Talking Bird |
Mama Payne leaves her beloved talking parrot at Martin's apartment for the weekend. The talking bird constantly insults Gina, which infuriates her. Gina tries to keep her cool, and cares for the bird anyway. But the bird dies and Martin believes Gina killed the bird intentionally. |
| 37 |
October 24, 1993 |
Fat Like Dat |
Gina convinces Martin that he's putting on weight. So he, Tommy and Cole go on a diet and attend Gina's aerobics class. Martin then decides that he will give up all the rich foods he used to enjoy, and in true Martin tradition, he takes his dieting and exercise to the extreme. Now Gina must figure out a way to bring the old Martin back. |
| 38 |
November 7, 1993 |
Hollywood Swinging, Part I |
After Gina and Pam get promotions, Martin realizes his job is going nowhere. Especially after he meets Varnel Hill -- the successful TV talk-show host. So Martin decides to chase his dream of having a successful career by quitting his job, and heading to Hollywood. |
| 39 |
November 14, 1993 |
Hollywood Swinging, Part II |
In Los Angeles, Martin takes steps to ensure that he gets on Varnel Hill's talk show. During the performance, he crashes the stage and embarrass himself. Meanwhile, Pam chases after a limo believing it is Denzel Washington. |
| 40 |
November 21, 1993 |
Thanks For Nothing |
Martin's crazy relatives and Gina's parents arrive at Martin's house for Thanksgiving dinner. When everyone arrives family arguments threaten to ruin Thanksgiving. |
| 41 |
December 12, 1993 |
Whoomp! There It Ain't |
After Pam catches Martin and Gina sneaking out of her party to have quickie sex, Pam challenges them to see if they can abstain from having sex for two weeks. Martin and Gina decide to make a bet to see who will be the first one to give in to their primal urges. |
| 42 |
December 19, 1993 |
Holiday Blues |
It's Christmas time and Gina is homesick. Pam convinces Martin to take Gina home to Philadelphia. But instead of flying out of Detroit, Martin decides to take the bus. While waiting to leave, the bus station gets snowed in. |
| 43 |
January 9, 1994 |
No Justice, No Peace |
Martin gets a simple traffic ticket for running a stop sign. But he turns it into a Federal case when he decides to fight it in court and accuses the officer of civil rights violations, etc. As usual, Martin ends up botching the case and tries to resort to an insanity plea. |
| 44 |
January 16, 1994 |
Suspicious Minds |
Martin's new CD Walkman disappears. Stan convinces him that one of his friends must have taken it since they all have keys to his apartment. Martin goes around to each of his good friends and accuses them. |
| 45 |
February 6, 1994 |
Love Is In Your Face, Part I |
Gina is offered a job in New York and Martin, taking advice from Stan, tells her to take it. Meanwhile Gina, taking advice from Pam and Sheneneh, decides to leave on the assumption that Martin will stop her from leaving and ask her to marry him. |
| 46 |
February 13, 1994 |
Love Is In Your Face, Part II |
With Gina out of his life, Martin reconsiders his decision to let her go to New York to move on with her life, and he sets out to win her back. |
| 47 |
February 20, 1994 |
Arms Are For Hugging |
Martin and Gina admit that they are fighting and arguing too much. So they seek the help of a church Minister for counseling to help them resolve their issues. |
| 48 |
February 27, 1994 |
Guard Your Grill |
After winning a charity boxing match, Martin thinks he is as good a fighter as anyone. And after Thomas Hearns, a professional fighter, makes advances towards Gina, Martin challenges the boxer to a 10-round grudge match, with potentially disastrous results. |
| 49 |
March 13, 1994 |
Yours, Mine And Ours |
When the small screen TV in the apartment needs to be replaced, Martin decides to use money from his and Gina’s combined checking account to buy a big-screen TV. This infuriates Gina, who makes him take it back, only to later be discovered buying items of her own in the same way. |
| 50 |
March 27, 1994 |
I Don't Have The Heart |
Pam starts dating an older, wealthy man who eventually asks her to marry him. Initially, the gang was concerned about Pam, because of the age difference. But soon they all start to enjoy the perks that go along with being in the entourage of a wealthy industrialist. And now they don’t want Pam to break it off. |
| 51 |
April 17, 1994 |
Crunchy Drawers |
Martin is dreaming that he is attracted to Pam. |
| 52 |
May 1, 1994 |
No Love Lost |
Martin and Gina fight just before going to their engagement party, which Snoop Doggy Dogg has crashed. |
| 53 |
May 8, 1994 |
The Hoe Down In Motown |
Stan gets busted by the IRS for 20 years worth of back taxes, so he must sell the radio station to pay them. The new owner takes over and turns it into a country & western station. Martin tries to adapt. He buys a big cowboy hat, boots and tight jeans, but he's just not good at country & western. |
| 54 |
May 15, 1994 |
Martin's On The Move |
Martin gets fired from his job at the new country radio station. He tries his hands at working odd jobs to make money to make ends meet, but nothing seems to work out. Sad and depressed, he leaves Detroit. But he doesn't tell Gina where he's going. He only says that he will return when he finds himself. |
| # |
Airdate |
Title |
Overview |
| 55 |
September 1, 1994 |
In Search Of ... Martin |
With Martin still missing, Gina continues searching for him. But a canceled check leads her and the gang to find him. Martin has joined a cult. |
| 56 |
September 8, 1994 |
Martin Returns |
Martin escapes from the Monastery after learning that the cult leader is a sado-masochist psycho who is just after his body, and returns to Detroit. But once home, he discovers that Gina has completely redecorated his apartment in his absence and Gina also has new plans for their relationship. |
| 57 |
September 15, 1994 |
I've Got Work To Do |
Martin goes looking for a good job, but his pride won't let him take just any job. He has his reputation to maintain. As the bills begin to pile up, and he begins to get more desperate for work, he lands a series of low-paying, part-time positions. |
| 58 |
September 22, 1994 |
Martin Gets Paid |
Martin auditions for a television job, but finds out he must have an audition tape of himself doing a TV show. So he hurriedly gets the gang together and hires audience members to put on a quick show. But his antics during the taping wind up alienating him from everyone. In the end, he is offered an associate producer's job and must bring in donuts for the staff every morning. |
| 59 |
September 29, 1994 |
Break Up To Make Up |
Martin feels his and Gina's relationship is becoming more strained. To remedy this he tries to spend more time with her. But she has a big presentation to do and needs to be alone to work. |
| 60 |
October 6, 1994 |
The Closer I Get To You |
After the host of the show Word On The Street, is arrested and dragged off the set right before airtime, Martin is pressed into service as a last-minute fill-in. And after his advice on the show brings an arguing couple back together, Martin begins referring to himself as the Love Doctor, and begins handing out relationship advice to everyone he meets. |
| 61 |
October 20, 1994 |
Movin' On In |
Martin and Gina finally decide to move in together. However, the apartment gets rather crowded when all of Gina's belongings get there. The two clash on what to keep, and they end up with two of everything. |
| 62 |
November 3, 1994 |
Momma's Baby, Martin's Maybe |
Martin is excited when Gina's mother, comes to visit them. This is his opportunity to impress Gina's mom and get to know her better. But things go awry when a young boy shows up, claiming to be Martin's long lost son. |
| 63 |
November 10, 1994 |
Whole Lotto Trouble |
Martin wins the Michigan State lottery. He celebrates by going out and buying tons of expensive luxury items and gives money away to his friends, BEFORE picking up his lottery money. But when he does, he finds out that the winning ticket is a tie, and must be split - thousands of ways! |
| 64 |
November 17, 1994 |
Get A Job |
Nobody knows what Tommy does for a living, so Martin and Gina attempt to find out. So they decide to go undercover and stake him out, only to discover him on the runway at an uptown strip club! Could this be what Tommy does for a living? |
| 65 |
November 24, 1994 |
Feast Or Famine |
Thanksgiving dinner ends up a battle of the sexes when the gang holds a contest to see which gender cooks the best Thanksgiving feast. It only takes a short time for the guys to realize they are over matched, so they resort to some sneaky tactics to win the contest. |
| 66 |
December 8, 1994 |
Lockin' Boots |
Gina and Martin agree to save money. But then Gina is forced to secretly make a withdrawal from their bank account in order to pay a parking ticket. Martin finds out about the secret withdrawal, and gets even by going on a wild shopping spree. |
| 67 |
December 15, 1994 |
Go Tell It On The Martin |
A deranged man who is distraught over losing his job and his woman, takes over the TV station during Martin's show, with a bomb strapped to his body. |
| 68 |
January 5, 1995 |
'Xpress Yourself |
Martin's TV show is doing well, and they are being prepped for nation-wide broadcast, but the show needs to be changed in order to appeal to a wider audience. Gina's company is hired by Martin's production company to advise new changes to for the show. But Gina’s new suggestions don’t sit well with Martin or his audience. |
| 69 |
January 19, 1995 |
Sophisticated Ladies |
Gina and Pam put their best feet forward to be accepted into an exclusive women's club, but their plans of impressing the women are jeopardized when Sheneneh and Laquita show up and turn their dreams into a nightmare. |
| 70 |
February 2, 1995 |
Ain't Nuttin' Goin' On But The Rent |
Martin becomes angry when his landlord, Mr. Lopez, increases his rent. As a result, Martin refuses to pay the rent which leads Mr. Lopez to send him an eviction notice, and also cut off the heat during a terrible blizzard. |
| 71 |
February 9, 1995 |
The Ex-Files |
After an argument about whether or not to invite their ex-lovers to the wedding, Martin and Gina decide to arrange a test to prove which one of them would be the most jealous of the other's ex. |
| 72 |
February 16, 1995 |
All The Players Came |
Martin organizes a fund-raiser to save a neighborhood theater. |
| 73 |
February 23, 1995 |
Best And Bester |
Martin must choose either Tommy or Cole as his best man for his wedding. They both want to be the one chosen, so they bribe Martin with gifts to influence his decision. Meanwhile, Gina and Pam search for a bridesmaid dress. |
| 74 |
March 9, 1995 |
High Noon |
An ex-convict "Mad Dog No Good"(Gary Coleman), Martin helped imprison comes looking for him. Martin tries to get encouragement from all his friends, but when they find out that Mad Dog No Good is coming to get him, they all desert him and run. |
| 75 |
March 23, 1995 |
Mother Of The Bride |
Gina's mother hires a high class wedding planner who promises to arrange the day of Gina's dreams. But Martin wants to seek out a more economical (cheaper) alternative. So he hires his own personal consultant -- Hustle Man. |
| 76 |
April 6, 1995 |
C.R.E.A.M. |
Martin and Gina invest in a restaurant co-owned by Stan. But Martin and Gina bite off more than they can chew. |
| 77 |
April 13, 1995 |
Girlfriend |
Gina's conceited college friend comes to town. She's so offensive that Martin and Pam call a truce in their never ending fights and team up to expose her lurid past. Later, Martin invites Monique to appear on his TV talk show, and he exposes her to all of Detroit. |
| 78 |
April 27, 1995 |
The Romantic Weekend |
Gina is envious when Tommy and Pam plan to celebrate their six-month anniversary at a luxurious resort. When she complains to Martin about why they never do anything special, Martin takes Gina on a vacation to Chilligan's Island, a dreadful and low-rate resort that was advertised on the back of a cereal box. As the two try to make the best of their stay, they inadvertently run into Tommy and Pam who also are vacationing at the resort. |
| 79 |
May 4, 1995 |
The Bachelor Party |
A nervous Martin and Gina try to enjoy their respective bachelor/bachelorette parties, but instead find themselves victims of their friends' advice and both imagine married life five years down the road. |
| 80 |
May 11, 1995 |
Wedding Bell Blues |
As Martin and Gina are making final preparations for their wedding, a visit from Martin's wacky relatives and Gina's conservative parents results in both families constantly bickering & fighting. At the last minute, Martin and Gina decide to elope. |
| 81 |
May 18, 1995 |
Love Is A Beach |
Martin and Gina flee to the Bahamas with Tommy and Pam to elope. As they prepare, Martin gets stuck in an elevator with Tommy, while Pam accidentally ruins Gina's wedding gown. After the disasters have passed, Martin and Gina are free to take part in their long-awaited Oceanside wedding. |
| # |
Airdate |
Title |
Overview |
| 82 |
September 9, 1995 |
Martin In The Corner Pocket |
Gina realizes the honeymoon's over when Martin spends their first night back home partying with Tommy and Cole, while she stays home. |
| 83 |
September 16, 1995 |
Kill Him With Kindness |
Mama Payne overhears Gina discussing life insurance policies and she assumes that Gina is plotting to kill Martin for his insurance money. Of course, Martin believes his mom, and now he must be very careful around Gina, and not let her get too close to him, or else! |
| 84 |
September 23, 1995 |
Blow, Baby, Blow |
Suddenly Gina, Pam and Cole can sing! But their talents are not appreciated by the Notorious B.I.G. (Biggie Smalls), who has asked for Martin's help in finding a new background vocalist. |
| 85 |
September 30, 1995 |
Ring A Ding, Ding, Gone |
Tommy and Cole explain to Martin that his wedding ring frightens off single women. After taking off his ring, and seeing all the attention he gets from beautiful women, he realizes they are right. But it's Martin who's running scared when he loses the ring and has to figure out how to tell Gina about it. |
| 86 |
October 7, 1995 |
Love T.K.O. |
Martin and Gina decide to have a quiet night at home to rekindle their love passion. But they are constantly being interrupted by their friends before the fun begins. |
| 87 |
October 14, 1995 |
He Say, She Say |
After breaking up with Big Shirley, Martin convinces Cole to get back into the dating scene. At the club, Cole falls for a pretty woman who has just appeared on "America's Most Wanted". |
| 88 |
October 21, 1995 |
Uptown Friday Night |
Tommy & Cole get robbed at Jerome's new club, the Shiznitz, after picking up Gina's birthday gift for Martin - an expensive ring. So they get with Jerome to track down the 3 female thieves at their hideaway. |
| 89 |
November 5, 1995 |
Old School Loving |
Martin meets with Gina's boss over her long hours, then gets her fired. Now that Gina is unemployed, she spends her time rearranging the house, and painting the walls. So Martin tries to convince her boss to take her back. |
| 90 |
November 19, 1995 |
Cole on Ice |
When Cole loses his job, Martin gets him a job working at the TV station. But Cole fouls it up. |
| 91 |
November 26, 1995 |
Housekeeper From Hell |
Martin and Gina decide to hire a maid. They both disapprove of the maids each other has chosen. They eventually settle on Miss Minnie (Marla Gibbs), a nice older motherly woman on the outside, but makes their lives unliveable with her domineering ways. |
| 92 |
December 3, 1995 |
Three Homies And A Baby |
Martin agrees to baby-sit his infant nephew Cameron, when his parents go out of town. But once they get snowed in, and can't return home & get their baby, Martin & Gina have to watch the baby. In the end, Gina has to leave for work, and Tommy & Cole come over to help out. However, even with the three of them, the baby still gets the upper hand. |
| 93 |
December 10, 1995 |
Headin' For Trouble |
Gina gets her head stuck in their new brass bed headboard while making love to Martin. They try everything to get her head unstuck; Tommy uses a welding torch to get most of it off. But Gina must still attend an important board meeting with the brass headboard, still stuck around her head, but hidden under a big wig and shawl! |
| 94 |
December 17, 1995 |
Swing Thing |
The Paynes’ are invited to attend a Christmas party, given by some influential people who may be able to help Martin in his career. But little does Martin realize that at the party, the guests are swapping more than Christmas gifts, and Martin may have both his hands full. |
| 95 |
January 7, 1996 |
The Bodyguard |
After Gina and Pam witness bank robbers leaving the scene of the crime, they must enter witness protection because the criminals are notorious for making their witnesses disappear. And since the police are afraid of the bank robbers, they arrange for Otis to be the girl's bodyguard. |
| 96 |
January 14, 1996 |
Green Card |
The Hispanic building super is about to be deported, unless he gets married in a hurry. Pam, who desperately needs cash, so she can pay her back taxes to the IRS, agrees to be the bride -- for a price. |
| 97 |
February 4, 1996 |
You're All I Need |
Gina gets a sexy make-over to rekindle her relationship with Martin. |
| 98 |
February 8, 1996 |
Kicked To The Curb |
Martin finds a bigger and better apartment for half the price they're paying now. So he decides to sublet his old place to a young couple, and move into the new place. But then the deal on the new place falls through, and it's too late to move back. |
| 99 |
February 15, 1996 |
The Best Of Martin |
Tisha Campbell hosts a special retrospective look back at the best of the last 99 episodes. |
| 100 |
February 18, 1996 |
The Love Jones Connection |
Sheneneh crashes a Love Connection show screening, then gets chosen! Chris Rock guest stars as Sheneneh's disrespectful date. |
| 101 |
February 25, 1996 |
Where The Party At |
Gina attempts to arrange a surprise birthday party for Martin. But she runs into some unexpected difficulties when all his friends, including Tommy and Cole say they're not interested because of Martin's rude and obnoxious attitude. But they then turn-the-tables on both Martin and Gina by throwing a huge surprise birthday party at Nipseys. |
| 102 |
February 29, 1996 |
Homeo & Juliet |
Gina & Pam have taken roles in an upcoming play to help raise money for needy kids. But an accident on set causes the leading man to fall and injure himself, leaving them without a leading man. Martin then has to improvise with his own "homeboy" interpretation of Romeo and Juliet. |
| 103 |
March 7, 1996 |
The Cabin Show |
The gang goes on a camping trip in the woods, and on a nature walk Pam sprains her ankle, and Martin has to help her back to the cabin. The two get lost in the woods, just as darkness falls, and nobody knows how to find them. |
| 104 |
March 28, 1996 |
The Tooth Will Set You Free |
After undergoing hypnosis at the dentist's office for an aching tooth, Pam becomes a different person whenever clapping occurs. She goes on a blind date with an artist, and nobody realizes that she is still under hypnosis. |
| 105 |
April 4, 1996 |
Martin, I Want To Sing |
After Pam's cousin wins an open mike contest with her powerful singing voice, Martin only sees dollar signs, and decides to become her manager. But things go awry when she looses her voice at her audition because of practicing all night. |
| 106 |
April 25, 1996 |
D.M.V. Blues |
After Martin's driver’s license expires, his insurance company cancels his policy. So he goes down to the DMV to renewed, and experiences first hand the horrors of a day spent waiting on long lines, filling out reams of paperwork, DMV clerks with bad attitudes, and meeting up with an assortment of strange characters. |
| 107 |
May 2, 1996 |
Why Can't We Be Friends, Part I |
An argument breaks out between Tommy and Martin over the condition of a loaned suitcase and results in Tommy and Martin end up not speaking to each other, and eventually deciding to end their life-long friendship. Martin is determined not to have Tommy in his life as a friend, until Cole comes by to deliver some bad news. |
| 108 |
May 2, 1996 |
Why Can't We Be Friends, Part II |
A car accident has put Tommy in the hospital. Martin and the gang rush to the hospital to check on their injured friend, but find the man in the room in a full body cast. Martin, now sorry for the feuding, sobs at his bedside and vows to renew the friendship. But can Tommy really hear his plea? |
| # |
Airdate |
Title |
Overview |
| 109 |
September 5, 1996 |
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't |
Gina thinks she might be pregnant and warns Martin to keep quiet. Within an hour, the whole city knows. |
| 110 |
September 12, 1996 |
Back In Trouble Again |
Gina is nominated for an advertising award, and she tells Martin not to play basketball with the boys because his back has been bothering him. He decides to play anyway and ends up disabled. With the help of Tommy and Cole, Martin goes to a chiropractor who helps him make it to the event in time. But once he's there, the pain really begins to set in. |
| 111 |
September 19, 1996 |
Sophomore Jinx |
After some misadventures with marriage counselors, bad advice from friends fouls things up even more for the constantly quarreling Martin and Gina. |
| 112 |
September 26, 1996 |
Working Girls |
Under pressure during her pitch for an underwear ad presentation, Gina is incoherent, forcing Pam to step in and save the day. The clients are so impressed that they put Pam in charge, causing Gina to feel betrayed. Pam struggles to pull it off, but in the end she has to rely on Gina to win the account. |
| 113 |
October 31, 1996 |
Boo's In The House |
The prospect of owning a home gets scarier when Martin and Gina buy their "dream house" on Halloween, but soon find that the place is a haunted, calamity-filled horror. |
| 114 |
November 7, 1996 |
Banging Hard In The School Yard |
When Martin announces on his talk show that any man can beat any woman at any thing, especially in sports, Gina and Pam challenge him to a girls-against-guys basketball game. Martin and the guys think it will be easy to beat the girls, until they discover the girl's secret weapon: the women's Olympic gold medal-winning basketball team. |
| 115 |
November 14, 1996 |
The Life You Save...Might Make You Rich |
While attending a dinner party, Martin saves the life of an African Prince. The Prince rewards Martin with lavish gifts and offers him a large sum of money for Gina's services. Martin agrees until he realizes the Prince wants Gina to be his Princess. |
| 116 |
November 21, 1996 |
Snow White |
When Tommy invites the gang for a ski vacation, they are all in for the ride of their lives when they realize Tommy's date Aquannetta is a white woman. After Martin discovers Tommy has a special announcement to make, he believes that Tommy is going to pop the question. |
| 117 |
December 5, 1996 |
Come On Over To My Place |
Cole attempts to entertain a girl at his Mom's house. But Mom shows up and ruins everything. Martin convinces Cole to get his own apartment. But it turns out to be a real dive. |
| 118 |
December 19, 1996 |
Scrooge |
Three ghosts bring Martin the holiday spirit. |
| 119 |
January 9, 1997 |
Waiting, Debating And Ovulating |
Martin and Gina are planning to have a baby. They plan to have a lunch-time rendezvous to get things going. But a trip to the courthouse with Cole, leads to them finding out that Martin has been ignoring jury duty since 1983. Now, forced to perform his civic duty as a juror, Martin presses for a quick verdict, so he can get home to his ovulating wife. |
| 120 |
January 23, 1997 |
You Play Too Much |
Martin helps a burglar rob his apartment, because he thinks its part of a scheme Pam put together, to get back at him for all his pranks. It's only after he's been robbed, that he realizes the awful truth. Tisha Campbell Martin departs the series from episodes 120-130 due to co-star Martin Lawrence, who she claims sexually harassed her off the set on the sitcom. Campbell and Lawrence scenes were filmed at different times, to prevent them from meeting each other. |
| 121 |
January 30, 1997 |
Ain't That About A Ditch |
Even with Gina's out of town on business, her mom comes to town for a weekend visit, and wants to spend all her time with Martin. But Martin has plans to hang out with Tommy and Cole at a new club that just opened up. Somehow he has to figure a way to get away from Gina's mom, so he can go out and have a good time. |
| 122 |
February 13, 1997 |
Goin' Overboard, Part I |
Martin and the gang shove off on a cruise, without Gina who misses the boat. Martin meets a beautiful woman named Ellen (Lynn Whitfield) who he believes is contemplating suicide. Martin convinces her not to kill herself, and she begins to develop a romantic interest in him. Cole hangs out with Pam at the bar, where they begin to drink heavily. The next day Pam & Cole wakes up in bed next to each other and believe that they’ve had sex. Ellen arrives at Martin’s door half dressed, to put the moves on him. |
| 123 |
February 13, 1997 |
Goin' Overboard, Part II |
Still on the cruise ship with his friends, Martin is stalked by a crazy woman who has a romantic interest in him. Tommy thinks that Pam is suddenly interested in Cole, after finding them in bed together. And to make it all worse, Cole attempts to marry Pam. |
| 124 |
February 20, 1997 |
Power To The People's Court |
Tommy decides to act as his own legal representative after Sheneneh sues him for hitting her car. |
| 125 |
March 6, 1997 |
I, Martin, Take Thee Pam? |
Martin takes Pam back to Jamaica where he married Gina when he learns that his marriage to Gina is invalid and that he's actually married to Pam. |
| 126 |
March 20, 1997 |
Auction |
Martin gives his cuckoo clock to Pam, who finds that it makes too much noise, and donates it to a charity auction. Later, Martin & Tommy realize that the clock he gave away might be a very valuable antique, and worth a lot of money. They then begin to come up with ways to get the clock back. |
| 127 |
April 3, 1997 |
Daddy Dearest |
Tommy's ex-marine father, Sgt. Strawn, shows up and tries to make his son a man by showing him up in front of his friends. |
| 128 |
April 10, 1997 |
Stake-Out |
The police want to use Pam's apartment for a stake-out, to keep surveillance on a suspect named Dynamite Willie. Martin comes up with an idea to capture the suspect himself, and cash in on the $100,000 reward. |
| 129 |
April 17, 1997 |
Goin' For Mine |
Pam gets fired from her job, and she gets the inside track to a newly open A&R position at Keep It Real Records. She finds a new talent Dante (Tyrese Gibson), and gets the job. This was a proposed spinoff for Tichina Arnold, but eventually, the spinoff never came to fruition. |
| 130 |
April 24, 1997 |
One Flew Over The Hoochie's Nest |
Pam's twin cousin Tammy (Tichina Arnold in a dual role) escapes from a mental ward and comes to stay at Pam's house, but eventually Pam is locked up in the mental ward after being mistaken for Tammy. Meanwhile everyone thinks Tammy is Pam. |
| 131 |
May 1, 1997 |
California, Here We Come, Part I |
Martin's talk show is picked up another network, and is slated to air to a nation-wide audience. The only problem is that he must move to L.A. where the show will be taped. Gina also has been offered a new job, that is also in L.A., but she doesn’t know how to tell Martin. |
| 132 |
May 1, 1997 |
California, Here We Come, Part II |
Martin and Gina must say good-bye to Detroit and all their friends including Tommy, Pam and Cole. New job offers in Los Angeles for both Martin and Gina, prompt them to move. As they prepare, they gather the gang and recall past good times. |
Total number of episodes: 132
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