The Wayans Bros Episode Guide

Episode Guide

The Wayans Bros: Season 5 (1998 - 1999)

• Season 5 Episode 24: Rope-a-Dope

  Shawn and Marlon get together to sell Pop's boxing memorabilia - and Pops is far from happy about it

• Season 5 Episode 23: Three on a Couch

  Shawn meets up with an old friend, who has been extremely successful in his career, and begins to think his family are holding him back

• Season 5 Episode 22: Dream Girl

  Marlon and Shawn compete for the attention of the same woman - a well-known singer

• Season 5 Episode 21: Everybody Loves Shawn

  Shawn accompanies Marlon to the set of his show and wins a bit role.

• Season 5 Episode 20: Hip Hop Pops

  Marlon and Shawn try to shake Pops out of a depression brought on by his 50th birthday, but end up creating a monster

• Season 5 Episode 19: Crazy 4 U

  Marlon and Shawn vie for the attentions of a beautiful psychiatrist (Shari Headley).

• Season 5 Episode 18: Pop Gets Evicted

  A real-estate mogul buys the building housing the newsstand and the diner.

• Season 5 Episode 17: Jump

  Following much teasing about her role as a security guard from Shawn and Marlon, Dee is suspended from her job

• Season 5 Episode 16: Pops Gets Evicted

  Shawn is offered the chance to run a new cafe, but it is in direct competition with Pops

• Season 5 Episode 14: Saving Private Marlon

  Marlon lands an acting role in a war movie and decides to do some research on a military base

• Season 5 Episode 13: Big Brother

  Shawn tries to be a role model for a young boy, but discovers that his charge is already a hardened criminal

• Season 5 Episode 12: Green Card

  Shawn marries an immigrant so that she can be granted citizenship, but he soon begins to regret it

• Season 5 Episode 11: Country Christmas

  Cousin Sheila invites Marlon, Shawn, Dee and Pops to spend Christmas with her on her farm, where they discover that she is in a lot of trouble

• Season 5 Episode 10: Marlon Joins a Cult

  Marlon becomes brainwashed by a sinister cult, after believing he was attending an acting seminar

• Season 5 Episode 9: Misery

  Marlon pursues a woman who becomes his biggest fan.

• Season 5 Episode 8: The High Life

  Shawn suspects Marlon of using drugs when he hangs around a movie star.

• Season 5 Episode 7: The Kiss

  Marlon finds a video tape of Shawn and Dee in bed together and threatens to send it to a television show

• Season 5 Episode 6: Escorting Ain't Easy

  The brothers worry that Pops is being influenced by an old flame

• Season 5 Episode 5: Ho's on First

  Shawn worries when Marlon starts dating a girl of questionable virtue

• Season 5 Episode 4: Romeo and J'Leeta

  Shawn provokes a family conflict when he starts dating the daughter of one of Pops' rivals

• Season 5 Episode 3: Pops' Campaign

  When Pops runs in the city council elections, Marlon and Shawn become his campaign managers

• Season 5 Episode 2: Six Degrees of Marlon

  While working on a sitcom, Marlon acts out a romantic scene with another man

• Season 5 Episode 1: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

  Shawn attempts to squeeze money out of Marlon after the loss of the news-stand

The Wayans Bros: Season 4 (1997 - 1998)

• Season 4 Episode 22: Fire

  The siblings are suspected of arson when the news-stand burns down

• Season 4 Episode 21: Recipe for Success

  Pops takes part in a chilli-making contest, little knowing that his entry has been made out of dog food

• Season 4 Episode 20: Bringing It All Back Home

  The boys devise a plan to prevent Pops from selling his house

• Season 4 Episode 19: Talk Is Cheap

  Marlon and Shawn appear on the Jerry Springer Show

• Season 4 Episode 18: Busta Saves the Day

  The brothers get into trouble with rap star Busta Rhymes for touting tickets outside a gig

• Season 4 Episode 17: The Rich Girl

  Shawn worries his family will let him down when he introduces them to his girlfriend's rich father

• Season 4 Episode 16: Help a Brother Out

  Marlon befriends a homeless man while researching an acting role

• Season 4 Episode 15: Independence Day

  Marlon's dreams of moving into his own place are crushed when his flat starts to fall apart and, to make matters worse, he's locked into an apparently watertight contract

• Season 4 Episode 14: Dee's Deelemma

  Marlon and Shawn hinder Dee's new relationship with a shy dentist

• Season 4 Episode 13: The Son of Marlon

  Shawn introduces Marlon to a beautiful woman but neglects to point out she has a son

• Season 4 Episode 12: Raging Marlon

  Marlon ends up in a boxing ring, forced to fight a former champion

• Season 4 Episode 11: All in the Family Feud

  The family appear on a quiz show - but are worried Marlon will show them up

• Season 4 Episode 10: Ted's Revenge

  Ted is released from a mental institute : and he has one thing on his mind : revenge

• Season 4 Episode 9: Can I Get a Witness?

  When Marlon witnesses a bank robbery, the family is placed under police protection

• Season 4 Episode 8: I Was En Vogue's Love Slave

  Marlon launches a $25million lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper which claims he was a 'love slave' to the members of pop band En Vogue

• Season 4 Episode 7: Pops' Last Hurrah

  The brothers get the wrong end of the stick and conclude that Pops only has weeks to live. Guest starring Gloria Gaynor

• Season 4 Episode 6: Odd Man Out

  Marlon discovers Shawn's old buddy (Casey Lee) is a deadbeat.

• Season 4 Episode 5: Unspoken Token

  Shawn is angry when he discovers he was hired by a company because he is black

• Season 4 Episode 4: Stand Up Guy

  Marlon becomes a stand-up comedian, but his jokes upset his family

• Season 4 Episode 3: Pops' Daughter

  Pops receives shocking news from a woman who has been hanging around the diner

• Season 4 Episode 2: Prom Fright

  Shawn deduces that his relationship problems can be traced back to a prom date who stood him up

• Season 4 Episode 1: Marlon's Return

  Shawn has to warn Marlon of the downside of fame when his brother's appearance in a successful musical causes his ego to balloon

The Wayans Bros: Season 3 (1996 - 1997)

• Season 3 Episode 22: Marlon Goes on the Road

  Marlon lands a part in a national musical. Comedy, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans

• Season 3 Episode 21: Say It Ain't So Marlon

  Marlon tries to even the score with an old sporting team-mate who he blames for ruining his chances of glory in Little League

• Season 3 Episode 20: The Black Widower

  The brothers introduce their grandma to a regular at the diner : only to discover he may be a wanted criminal

• Season 3 Episode 19: Dee's Baby Daddy

  Dee becomes maternal after delivering a baby. Comedy, starring Shawn Wayans

• Season 3 Episode 18: I Do

  Marlon is forced into a shotgun wedding by his girlfriend's brother. Comedy, starring Marlon Wayans

• Season 3 Episode 17: Pops' Secret

  The boys believe Pops has found a new girlfriend. Comedy, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans

• Season 3 Episode 16: Risky Bid-ness

  Shawn is given a job at an advertising agency, but is angry when his boss takes the credit for his slogan

• Season 3 Episode 15: Goodbye Mr Gibbs

  Shawn and Marlon play a prank on a teacher, but end up delivering his eulogy when he dies at his retirement party

• Season 3 Episode 14: The Unusual Suspects

  Marlon believes his friend TC burgled his apartment. Comedy, staring Shawn Wayans

• Season 3 Episode 13: Life Without Marlon

  Marlon's guardian angel reveals what the world would be like without him. Comedy, starring Shawn Wayans

• Season 3 Episode 12: Boyz in the Woods

  Pops makes the brothers go camping and is annoyed when he realises they would rather be partying with girls

• Season 3 Episode 11: Do the Wrong Thing

  Shawn becomes Marlon's agent and damages his career with his outrageous demands

• Season 3 Episode 10: Going to the Net

  Shawn falls for an older woman. Pam Grier guest stars

• Season 3 Episode 9: The Return of the Temptones

  Pops reunites with his old singing group and is surprised by how much one of the members has changed

• Season 3 Episode 8: An Officer and a Homegirl

  Natalie considers giving up her promising Air Force career to be with Marlon, angering her sister Dee

• Season 3 Episode 7: Family Business

  Marlon appears in a public information film : playing a crash test dummy. Featuring guest star Antonio Fargas

• Season 3 Episode 6: Drama For Yo' Mama

  The brothers make up an elaborate story in a bid to win a magazine contest, and have to stage a performance when a reporter checks up on them

• Season 3 Episode 5: Trippin'

  Marlon wins a holiday for two, and Shawn, Pops and Grandma fight over who should go with him

• Season 3 Episode 4: Gots to Have a J.O.B.

  Marlon becomes an instant celebrity when he stars in a series of commercials, but trouble brews when he portrays a stereotype

• Season 3 Episode 3: Movin' On Up

  Shawn starts hanging out with a yuppie crowd, pretending to be a business executive and spurning his old friends - until Marlon sets out to take him down a peg or two

• Season 3 Episode 2: Unbrotherly Love

  Shawn's girlfriend dumps him for Marlon but Shawn becomes convinced she's just trying to make him jealous

• Season 3 Episode 1: Grandma's in the Hiz-House

  Grandma moves in with Shawn and Marlon, but the brothers soon find that she cramps their bachelor lifestyle

The Wayans Bros: Season 2 (1995 - 1996)

• Season 2 Episode 23: Trial and Error

  Marlon sues Shawn after slipping in his brother's spilled coffee and breaking his leg, knocking him out of a dance contest.

• Season 2 Episode 22: Mama I Wanna Act

  Marlon considers an acting career but Shawn finds the idea ridiculous. Basketball star Brent Barry guests

• Season 2 Episode 21: New Lease on Life

  The landlady (Adrienne Barbeau) makes a pass at Shawn; with Pat Harrington.

• Season 2 Episode 20: It Takes a Thief

  Dee unwittingly falls for a con-man, leaving Marlon and Shawn to find a way to reveal the truth before the wedding goes ahead

• Season 2 Episode 19: A Hero's Story

  Marlon decides to take the credit when Shawn saves a boy's life

• Season 2 Episode 18: Ghetto Gourmets

  Comedy series about two very different brothers who share an apartment. Shawn Wayans stars

• Season 2 Episode 17: Love Letter

  Shawn ghostwrites a love letter to the new waitress at Pop's diner.

• Season 2 Episode 16: Hearts and Flowers

  Dateless Marlon steals Shawn's girl; Dee has a secret admirer.

• Season 2 Episode 15: The Odd Couples

  Tired of each other's bad habits, Shawn and Marlon get new roommates.

• Season 2 Episode 14: Who's In Charge Here?

  The boys decide to turn the diner over to the care of White Mike in the hopes it will drag Pops from his sick bed

• Season 2 Episode 13: Getting It

  Shawn believes he may have found the right girl for him, but he soon discovers possible complications

• Season 2 Episode 12: Psycho Santa

  A man dressed as Santa takes Pops and the guys hostage

• Season 2 Episode 11: Farmer's Daughter

  Shawn and Marlon's cousin visits from the country, but when they turn her into a hip-hop beauty they don't like the end result

• Season 2 Episode 10: Think Fast

  Shawn and Marlon argue over basketball strategies as they prepare to play their arch-rivals

• Season 2 Episode 9: The Sting

  Shawn gets carried away during a poker game and ends up betting the news-stand

• Season 2 Episode 8: Head of State

  Marlon learns the President is due to visit the diner and is determined to shake his hand

• Season 2 Episode 7: Scared Straight

  Strange things happen when the guys start to play with Pops's belief in the spirit of a dead woman

• Season 2 Episode 6: Liar's Club

  Monique tries to impress an old rival by pretending to be dating Shawn

• Season 2 Episode 5: Loot

  The guys discover a large amount of money, but Lou wants to find the real owner

• Season 2 Episode 4: Two Men and a Baby

  Shawn and Marlon find a baby on their doorstep. Both deny responsibility, but soon find themselves bonding with the infant

• Season 2 Episode 3: Blood Is Thicker Than Watercolor

  An important figure in the art world perceives hidden talent in Marlon and buys some of his work

• Season 2 Episode 2: Fatal Subtraction

  Shawn falls for a woman he believes to be his perfect match, but Marlon notices she has an obsession with his brother

• Season 2 Episode 1: Shawn Takes a New Stand

  Shawn hires Marlon to help him out with the news-stand, but his new employee would rather get to know a woman called Monique

The Wayans Bros: Season 1 (1995)

• Season 1 Episode 13: Brazilla vs. Rodney

  Marlon and Shawn decide to become children's entertainers, but things don't go smoothly when a rival gets involved

• Season 1 Episode 12: Pulp Marlon

  Marlon falls in love with a woman who's husband is a notorious thug

• Season 1 Episode 11: It's Shawn! It's Marlon! It's Superboys!

  A slum lord (Sherman Hemsley) hires the brothers as building superintendents.

• Season 1 Episode 10: The Poppa-Cabana

  Marlon causes chaos when Pops leaves him in charge of the diner for an evening

• Season 1 Episode 9: ER

  Marlon has an embarrassing operation, but fears it might not remain a secret when he finds out who the doctor is

• Season 1 Episode 8: The Shawn-Shank Redemption

  Marlon and Shawn get sidetracked on their way to pay a parking fine and end up in a prison cell with hardened criminals

• Season 1 Episode 7: Afro Cab

  The brothers start a cab company which is soon in financial trouble.

• Season 1 Episode 6: Pops Moves In

  Kicked out, Pops (John Witherspoon) moves in with Shawn and Marlon.

• Season 1 Episode 5: My Fair Marlon

  Shawn help Marlon win the woman of his dreams, but ends up causing problems in his own love life

• Season 1 Episode 4: Free Wally

  Marlon tries to make amends when he causes relationship problems for Shawn

• Season 1 Episode 3: I'm Too Sexy for My Brother

  Shawn muscles in on Marlon's new modelling career

• Season 1 Episode 2: First Class

  Marlon lives the high life when he is mistaken for a top-flight basketball player

• Season 1 Episode 1: Goop-Hair-It-Is

  Marlon and Shawn inadvertently cause a health alert when they sell a new hair product