The following is a list of the first season episodes of the FOX sitcom Martin.
Series overview[]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | August 27, 1992 – May 13, 1993 | |
| 2 | 27 | August 22, 1993 – May 15, 1994 | |
| 3 | 27 | September 1, 1994 – May 18, 1995 | |
| 4 | 27 | September 9, 1995 – May 2, 1996 | |
| 5 | 24 | September 5, 1996 – May 1, 1997 | |
Season 1 (1992-1993)[]
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| No. overall | No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Beauty And The Beast" | Stan Lathan | John Bowman | August 27, 1992 | 9201 |
| Martin has an argument with Gina after Janet 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, Shawn, 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 | 2 | "The Gift Rapper" | Stan Lathan | Billy Van Zandt | September 3, 1992 | 9202 |
| At work, Martin realizes it is his anniversary and he forgot to get Gina a present. Shawn suggests something practical, like jars, and Stan says get her "the gift that keeps on giving", scanty lingerie. Martin says to both Stan and Shawn a true gift comes from the heart. However, at home when Gina gives Martin a nice gift, he rushes out to a lingerie store before quitting time. Martin has doubts, until he sees something that may be of value based on Gina's earlier recollections. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Things I Do For Love" | Tony Singletary | Lisa Rosenthal | September 10, 1992 | 9203 |
| 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, Janet makes insensitive remarks and, as a result, receives numerous calls from his listeners stating that he isn't romantic enough. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Boys 'R Us" | Tony Singletary | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | September 17, 1992 | 9204 |
| 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 | 5 | "Dead Men Don't Flush" | Chuck Vinson | David Wyatt | September 24, 1992 | 9205 |
| Martin’s toilet gets clogged, and Gina persuades Martin to call a plumber to fix it. However, the guy dies in the bathroom while on the job....or does he? | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Forever Sheneneh" | Chuck Vinson | Bentley Kyle Evans | October 1, 1992 | 9206 |
| 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 two House Party films.) | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Parents Are Coming" | Chuck Vinson | Billy Van Zandt | October 8, 1992 | 9209 |
| 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, Shawn and Cole. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Woman With A Past" | Tony Singletary | John Bowman | October 15, 1992 | 9208 |
| Martin becomes jealous after learning that his recent radio show guest, Keith Washington, once dated Gina when they were younger. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Baby It's Cole'd Here" | Tony Singletary | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | October 22, 1992 | 9212 |
| Cole's parents interrupts Cole's evening with his girlfriend to demand back rent from their son. Following Martin's advice, Janet stands up to Cole's parents but finds Cole homeless when he is thrown out of the house. He is forced to move in with Martin, but soon drives Gina insane with his bad manners and disgusting habits. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Night He Came Home" | Gerren Keith | Billy Van Zandt | October 29, 1992 | 9215 |
| 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 | 11 | "The Great Payne Robbery" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | November 5, 1992 | 9211 |
| When Martin's elderly neighbor's apartment is robbed, Martin holds a neighborhood crime watch meeting. When his own apartment becomes the next target, he devises a plan to catch the burglar. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Three Men And A Mouse" | Tony Singletary | David Wyatt | November 12, 1992 | 9210 |
| 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. Martin and Gina go to Gina’s apartment until the mouse is removed, while Martin hires an exterminator (Little Richard). The exterminator tries to get rid of the mouse, but the mouse proves too smart for him, so Tommy, Shawn, Cole, and Martin take it into their own hands. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Radio Days" | Tony Singletary | Lisa Rosenthal | November 19, 1992 | 9213 |
| Stan decides to hire Monica ([[Kim Fields]), a new female co-host for Martin's show to boost the station's ratings. As they work together, Martin finds that he has taken a liking to Monica, and tries to resist the temptation to be with her. Guest appearances by Russ Parr and Wendy Williams.
Note: Martin's voice can be heard in the opening credits from this episode during the show's final two seasons, which was performed by Take 6 singer Joey Kibble. | ||||||
| 14 | 14 | "I've Got A Secret" | Tony Singletary | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | December 3, 1992 | 9216 |
| Martin reveals a secret on WZUP about Pam that Gina tells him. When Pam, Janet, Tommy and Cole are angry at both of them when they hear it, Martin and Gina find themselves with only two friends left: Martin’s boss Stan and his girlfriend. | ||||||
| 15 | 15 | "I Saw Gina Kissing Santa Claus" | Tony Singletary | Jane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt | December 17, 1992 | 9218 |
| Cole was supposed to play Santa Claus for the Big Brother Christmas party, but an emergency at the airport held him up. With the kids getting restless, Martin decides to dress as Santa and tell the kids the "first Christmas story", in which Martin and his friends are imagined reenacting the birth of Christ. | ||||||
| 16 | 16 | "Do The Fight Thing" | Gerren Keith | Bruce Ferber | January 14, 1993 | 9217 |
| 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 | 17 | "Blackboard Jungle Fever" | Gerren Keith | Jane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt | January 21, 1993 | 9214 |
| Martin returns to his elementary school to participate in Career Day, where he sees his favorite third grade teacher, Ms. Trinidad. They decide to go out to eat and catch up on old times, but Ms Trinidad (Beverly Johnson) is more interested in putting the moves on Martin. | ||||||
| 18/19 | 18 19 |
"The Break-Up: Part 1"
"The Break-Up: Part 2" |
Gerren Keith | John Bowman Jane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt |
February 11, 1993 | 9219 9220 |
| Part 1: Martin and Gina fight over Gina's unusual Valentine's Day 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. Part 2: With Martin and Gina now broken up, they start dating new people. By coincidence, the two 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 | 20 | "The Break-Up: Part 3" | Gerren Keith | John Bowman | February 18, 1993 | 9221 |
Martin and his new girlfriend Nicole (Lark Voorhies) 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.
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| 21 | 21 | "I'm Not Your Superwoman" | Gerren Keith | Myra J. | February 25, 1993 | 9207 |
| Martin gets the flu and he expects Gina to stay at home and take care of him. However, Gina gets fed up with him acting like a baby and comparing her with his mother. | ||||||
| 22 | 22 | "Credit Card Blues" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | March 18, 1993 | 9222 |
| Martin and an old friend get arrested for committing credit card fraud. Gina and the gang quickly scramble to come up with bail money. | ||||||
| 23 | 23 | "Jerome's In The House" | Gerren Keith | David Wyatt | April 1, 1993 | 9223 |
| 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 Janet out. | ||||||
| 24 | 24 | "Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With Martin" | Gerren Keith | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | April 22, 1993 | 9224 |
| Tommy's new girlfriend Shannon has an ex-lover (Bushwick Bill) that won't let her go. Eventually, he and his gang of thugs confront Tommy and beat him up. Martin and Cole go after these grumpy midgets to avenge Tommy's beating, by throwing their weight around and attempting to bully the patrons in the little people's bar. It is up to Tommy to tell everyone that violence produces nothing except more violence. | ||||||
| 25 | 25 | "Variety Show" | Terri McCoy | Story by : Martin Lawrence, John Bowman, Bentley Kyle Evans & David Wyatt Teleplay by : Myra J. & Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. & Jane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt | April 29, 1993 | 9226 |
| 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 tyrannically on the set, and alienates everyone around him, even Gina. In the end, Martin is left to do the whole show by himself, but he fails miserably. | ||||||
| 26 | 26 | "Baby You Can Drive My Car" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | May 6, 1993 | 9225 |
| 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 | 27 | Checks, Lies and Videotape | Terri McCoy | Bill Braunstein | December 5 2022 | 9227 |
| Martin and Gina and Pam and Tommy and Cole have a house party in Detroit at home at night and they invite everybody to the party to have fun. | ||||||