This article is a list of episodes of the 1995-1997 NBC (and later The WB) sitcom, Brotherly Love. The original air dates are listed.
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Season | Episodes | First air date | Last air date | |
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1 | 16 | September 16, 1995 | April 1, 1996 | |
2 | 24 | September 15, 1996 | May 18, 1997 |
Series # | Season # | Episode title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Terry Hughes | Jonathan Schmock & Jim Vallely | September 16, 1995 | 001 |
Joe's parents are divorced and he moves away with his mom and his dad starts a new life with his new wife Claire. His dad and Claire have two sons named Matt and Andy, and after their dad dies in a racing accident, Joe goes to them to collect his share of his dad's garage. Guest starring: Melissa Clayton as Andrea, Jerry Lambert as Mitch |
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2 | 2 | "Such A Bargain" | Terry Hughes | Jim Halkett | September 17, 1995 | 003 |
Lou makes an art sculpture that catches the interest of an art dealer who comes by, but Joe does not trust the man. Meanwhile, Matt becomes so interested in a female classmate that he does everything in his power to impress her, including ordering a limo for the school dance. Guest starring: Bryan Cranston as Russell, Mike Starr as Gus |
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3 | 3 | "The Liberty Bell Show" | Terry Hughes | Craig Hoffman | September 24, 1995 | 005 |
Matt has a crush on his forensics teacher, Debbie, and arranges to have her busted car fixed for free at the garage. But, when Joe meets Matt's teacher, Matt and Joe end up having a thing for Debbie and the half-brothers fight over which one should take the teacher out for a date. Meanwhile, Andy visits the Liberty Bell and fears that he accidentally damaged the Liberty Bell. Guest starring: Hiram Kasten as Tour Guide, Tyler Layton as Debbie |
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4 | 4 | "A Midsummer's Nightmare" | Terry Hughes | Pamela Eells | October 1, 1995 | 006 |
Matt gets a part in a school play and Joe keeps teasing Matt about his role in the school's production of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This ends up hurting Matt's confidence, but Joe needs to build confidence himself when he agres to be a nude model for Lou's art class. Guest starring: Justine Johnston as Mrs. Maguire, Jonathan Charles Kaplan as Ira Stoltzer |
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5 | 5 | "Uptown Girl" | Terry Hughes | Michelle J. Wolff | October 8, 1995 | 002 |
Andy makes a new friend after taking Joe's advice. Matthew also takes Joe's advice but this makes him uncool at school. Joe deserts his responsibilities when he meets a free-spirited woman. Guest starring: Terry Bradshaw as Himself, Mathea Webb as Christy, Jonathan Charles Kaplan as Ira Stoltzer, Victor Raider-Wexler as Mr. Levenstein |
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6 | 6 | "The Comic Con" | Terry Hughes | John Levenstein | October 25, 1995 | 008 |
Lloyd meets a woman on the internet and he is so interested in her, that he lies about his appearance to make the woman like him. Meanwhile, Matt gets a pimple and tries everything to hide it in time for his first date. Guest starring: George Takei as Himself, Megan Cavanaugh as Lotus |
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7 | 7 | "The Sleepover Show" | Terry Hughes | Eddie Gorodetsky | October 29, 1995 | 004 |
An old girlfriend from high school visits Joe and he invites her to spend the night. Matt accidentally sees the girl get out of the shower, causing Claire to tell Joe he is setting a bad example for the younger boys. Andy, meanwhile, can't tell his mom that he isn't ready to go to a sleepover party at a neighbor's house and winds up sneaking downstairs to Joe's room to avoid his mother, ending up spending the evening with Joe's old girlfriend instead. Guest starring: Wendy Benson as Bridget, Jonathan Charles Kaplan as Ira Stoltzer |
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8 | 8 | "Witchcraft" | Terry Hughes | Jonathan Schmock | October 30, 1995 | 007 |
A fortuneteller gives Joe a Halloween scare, as well as Andy's "disappearance"; Claire goes to a party on her own, while Matt endures the taunts of college-age trick-or-treaters. And Lloyd watches the "scariest movie ever made": The Sound of Music. Special guest star: John Kassir as the Cryptkeeper |
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9 | 9 | "Bait and Switch" | Terry Hughes | John Levenstein | November 12, 1995 | 010 |
A conspiratorial Lloyd locks up Joe and Lou in the storeroom on a day that Lou has arranged a blind date to get them to fall in love. But he couldn't have chosen a worse day because Joe has promised to aid Matt in a date with destiny -- a fight with a school bully. Co-starring: Joey Herman as Bill Fody, Randy Herman as Buck Fody |
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10 | 10 | "Outbreak!" | Terry Hughes | Craig Hoffman | November 19, 1995 | 011 |
Claire, Andy, and Lloyd have the chicken pox, because of this Claire can't do her work leaving Joe in charge. Joe makes an executive decision to expand Roman Customizing by signing a new account -- one that Claire had turned down. Co-starring: Sid Melton as Messenger, Michael Lowry as Josh, Dustin Voigt |
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11 | 11 | "A Roman Holiday" | Terry Hughes | Jim Vallely | December 18, 1995 | 013 |
Christmas morning is coming and Andy told Lloyd to tell Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Lloyd promised Andy that Santa would come through for him but finds himself in a bind when he is unable to pull it off. Note: There are no guest stars in this episode. |
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12 | 12 | "Once Around the Block" | Terry Hughes | Jonathan Schmock | March 4, 1996 | 012 |
Matt hopes to shed his boring image by catching the action at a salsa dance club. When his mom and Lou suddenly show up, as does Lloyd, he doesn't know what to do. Andy is thrilled when Joe works on a car that is oddly similar to the Bat-Mobile. Guest starring: Jonathan Charles Kaplan as Ira, Gina Gallego as Lupe, Stephen Lee as Cop |
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13 | 13 | "Remember" | Terry Hughes | Pamela Eells | March 11, 1996 | 016 |
Matt gets a job at Lucky Burger as the restaurant's mascot, he only does this for the money. Meanwhile, Claire becomes worried about Joe, when he decides that he wants to race just like his dad. Guest starring: Nestor Carbonell as Eduardo, Tom Kenny as Doug, Jonathan Charles Kaplan as Ira |
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14 | 14 | "Big Brotherly Love" | Terry Hughes | Jonathan Schmock & Jim Vallely | March 18, 1996 | 018 |
Matt and Andy think that Jack, a man who Claire enlisted to be a mentor to Matt and Andy as part of the Big Brothers program, is great but to Joe, Jack is trying to replace their dad. Guest starring: Tom Arnold as Jack, Billy West as Billy, Jimmy Briscoe as Jimmy |
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15 | 15 | "Bride and Prejudice" | Terry Hughes | Michelle J. Wolff | March 25, 1996 | 015 |
Lou's boyfriend proposes to her and now she has to make a difficult decision: accept or try to make it work with Joe. Matt's new friends make fun of Lloyd. Co-starring: Melody Kay as Robin, Jeremy Linson as Dave, J.R. Ross as Jeff, Michael Lowry as Josh |
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16 | 16 | "Double Date" | Jonathan Schmock | John Levenstein | April 1, 1996 | 014 |
Joe and Lou are both dating other people when they dislike their dates, they suggest to double date and they hope their dates while fall for each other. Guest starring: Adam Consolo as Lance, Peter Krause as Tom, Lisa Rieffel as Amy |
Series # | Season # | Episode title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
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17 | 1 | "Lord of the Guys" | Art Dielhenn | Mark McClennan & Bill Vallely | September 15, 1996 | 020202 |
Lou takes Claire away from the house for a girl's weekend at a spa and the boys have to look after themselves. Luckily for Joe and Andy, Matt knows what to do. Guest starring: Maya Turley as Annica |
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18 | 2 | "Joe at 21" | Art Dielhenn | Eddie Gorodetsky | September 22, 1996 | 019201 |
It's Joe's 21st birthday, he spends the night in a bar thinking about his dad. The rest are planning a party for him, when Joe gets home he is drunk. Guest starring: Blake Clark as Mickey |
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19 | 3 | "Claire's First Date" | Art Dielhenn | John Levenstein | September 29, 1996 | 022204 |
Claire prepares for her first real date since her husbands death and she is really nervous but so are the boys who fear that a new man will take over their dads place. Guest starring: Sid Melton as Delivery Man |
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20 | 4 | "Other People" | Art Dielhenn | Jim Vallely | October 6, 1996 | 30212 |
Joe and Lou agree to be "just friends" and date others, but Joe fumes when Lou's "other person" is someone he doesn't know -- and then he unwittingly asks out Lou's best friend. Guest starring: Marc Weiner as Himself, Jennifer Aspen as Melanie Marcos |
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21 | 5 | "Viva la Fraternite" | Jonathan Schmock | Jonathan Schmock | October 13, 1996 | 023205 |
Both Joey and Matt ask Andy's new baby sitter for a date. Meanwhile Lloyd gets a really big wig which everone is scared of. Meanwhile, Lou looks forward too seeing her father but once again he does not show up -- or would he come after all? Guest starring: Veena Bidasha as Ava, Neena Bidasha as Eva, Linden Chiles as Chuck |
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22 | 6 | "Big Mike" | Art Dielhenn | Craig Hoffman | October 20, 1996 | 021203 |
The boys are really excited when their grandfather comes by for a visit, they all have a great time, but Grandpa Mike makes some promises he can't keep. Guest starring: Gil Gerard as Big Mike, Blaire Baron as Millie |
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23 | 7 | "Motherly Love" | Art Dielhenn | Mark McClennan & Bill Vallely | November 3, 1996 | 024206 |
Lloyd's RV-driving mom visits the garage. At the same time, Joe is pushing Andy to enter in a pine-box derby -- to prevent a business rival's son from beating Matt's previous winning record. Special guest star: Estelle Getty as Myrna Burwell |
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24 | 8 | "Kernel of Truth" | Art Dielhenn | Ricky Blitt | November 10, 1996 | 025207 |
Andy figures he won't get into any more trouble in school if Joe dates his teacher. Claire meets a potential date at the supermarket and psychology student Matt fears he may have obsessive-compulsive disorder. Guest starring: Tricia Leigh Fisher as Miss Harper, Tony Carreiro as Jimmy |
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25 | 9 | "Downtown Girl" | Art Dielhenn | Nicole Avril & Sue Kolinsky | November 17, 1996 | 025208 |
Joe meets an old classmate who is heading towards stardom, this makes him think about the decisions he has made. Guest starring: Jodie Sweetin as Lydia Lump, Andrea Bendewald as Phoebe D. |
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26 | 10 | "The Great Indoors" | Art Dielhenn | Nicole Avril & Sue Kolinsky | November 24, 1996 | 025209 |
Andy is proud of getting his wilderness badge, he wants to wear this on the camping trip that his pioneers group was planning. Thanks to a storm the trip would be cancelled, but they end up having the camping trip in the garage. Guest starring: Jennifer Lyons as Patty, Portia Dawson as Suzie |
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27 | 11 | "The Driving Lesson" | Terry Hughes | Eddie Gorodetsky | December 8, 1996 | 009 |
A merciless driver's-ed teacher may have Matt's future in mind when he passes out grades, but Joe has only revenge in mind when he rallies Matt, Lloyd and Lou in playing a prank on the man in order to get back at him. Guest starring: Keene Curtis as Mr. Hangarter |
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28 | 12 | "Power of Love" | Art Dielhenn | Michelle J. Wolff | December 8, 1996 | 029211 |
Lloyd sees a self-help video and decides to quit his job at the garage to try and fulfill his dream. Guest starring: Luigi Amodeo as Eduardo, Sid Melton as Captain Speedy |
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29 | 13 | "Party Girl" | Jonathan Schmock | Jim Vallely | January 12, 1997 | 029214 |
There is a new girl in Matt's life. Everyone around him agrees that the girl is out of his league because the girl drinks and goes to rave parties. Guest starring: Rebecca Herbst as Kristin, Phil Proctor as Art Dealer |
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30 | 14 | "Skin Deep" | Paul Miller | Ricky Blitt | January 19, 1997 | 029215 |
Matt and Kirsten are still hanging out together. Matt starts hanging out with a depressive girl who wants Matt to get a tattoo. Guest starring: Rebecca Herbst as Kristin, Elisabeth Harnois as Carly |
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31 | 15 | "Paging Nell" | Jonathan Schmock | Anita Michetti & Matt Schmidt (Teleplay) Liz Sagal (Story) |
February 2, 1997 | 029213 |
Joe is reunited with his old friend Nell Bascombe, who needs a new kidney. Special guest star: Nell Carter as Nell Bascombe |
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32 | 16 | "The Comet" | Joey Lawrence | Jonathan Schmock & Jim Vallely | February 9, 1997 | 029210 |
Matt hopes to reinvent himself for a newcomer visiting her grandfather in the neighboorhood; Andy fears getting hit by a comet. Guest starring: Al Ruscio as Harry Gibbs, Lauren Woodland as Julia |
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33 | 17 | "Stealing Beauty" | Paul Kreppel | Nicole Avril & Sue Kolinsky | February 16, 1997 | 029217 |
Kristin gets Matt a job at a music store, but his future there looks bleak when the manager collars a shoplifter. Guest starring: Jonathan Schmock as Chip, Rebecca Herbst as Kristen |
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34 | 18 | "Art Attack" | Jonathan Schmock | Craig Hoffman | February 23, 1997 | 029218 |
Lou has some modern art she wants to take to the museum. So Joe helps her carry her work. A woman sees the artwork and thinks Joe did it. So he impresses her by doing some last minute art with help from Andy. Then Joe confesses that the artwork's Lou and not his and that all of these masterpieces were nothing at all. Also, Matt takes up playing the guitar and wants to write a song. Matt tries to find inspiration by his surroundings. When their garbageman Leo pays a visit, Andy tells him he's got a pigeon on his car. Then Matt comes up with a very bad song. Guest starring: Holly Gagnier as Fiona, Chuck E. Weiss as Leo |
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35 | 19 | "Pizza Girl" | Terry Hughes | Jim Vallely | March 30, 1997 | 029219 |
Romance is in the air at the pizza parlor as Matt's co-worker falls for Joe and Andy falls for a young girl who doesn't think his jokes are funny. Guest starring: Sarah Silverman as Rosa, Daniella Garcia-Lorida as Marissa |
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36 | 20 | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Mark Cendrowski | Eddie Gorodetsky | April 20, 1997 | 029216 |
Andy becomes Joe's good luck charm on a trip to Atlantic City -- for a while. Meanwhile, bad luck crashes the scene when Matt throws his first big party. Guest starring: Rip Taylor as Himself, Rebecca Herbst as Kristen |
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37 | 21 | "I Scream, You Scream (Part 1)" | Joey Lawrence | Arthur F. Montmorency | April 27, 1997 | 029220 |
Joe moves in for the kill after Matt claims he's "just friends" with Kristin; an ice-cream vendor is a real treat for Andy and for Claire. Guest starring: Rebecca Herbst as Kristen, Kevin Meaney as Ken, Karl David-Djerf as Silent Jim |
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38 | 22 | "We All Scream (Part 2)" | Rich Correll | Michael Rowe (Teleplay) David Wolf (Story) |
May 4, 1997 | 029221 |
Matt and Joe nearly come to fisticuffs over Kristin, who's unable to handle the truth when she hears it; and Lou receives an e-mail message from an admirer. Guest starring: Rebecca Herbst as Kristen |
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39 | 23 | "Mother's Day" | Mark Cendrowski | Craig Hoffman | May 11, 1997 | 029222 |
Mother's Day brings a surprise visit from Joe's hippie mom, who's pregnant and married to an "aura-photographer". Guest starring: Tom Kenny as Lucien, Jane Fleiss as Amber |
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40 | 24 | "Girl Crazy" | Joey Lawrence | Eddie Gorodetsky | May 18, 1997 | 029219 |
Julia returns hoping to strike up a relationship with Matt again, but his friends aren't part of her plans. Meanwhile, Andy "sells his childhood" at a garage sale. Guest starring: Rebecca Herbst as Kristen, Lauren Woodland as Julia |