The following is a list of the episodes aired during Season 2 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 2 (1993-1994)[]
| No. overall | No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 1 | "Do You Remember the Time?" | Gerren Keith | Sandy Frank & Matt Wickline | August 22, 1993 | 9303 |
| 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 at a party. As they go around the room, each of them has a different remembrance of the events that day, with Gina imagining Martin as a shy nerd, Cole imagining Pam madly in love with him, Martin imagining himself as a super fly guy who wowed everyone on the sax, and Pam reimagining the party hijacked by gunmen and Martin holding Gina hostage. Tommy, the only one who has nothing to prove, tells the full story about how he, Cole, Shawn and Martin crashed the school with Young Pam and Gina in attendance. Gina gets to know Martin through this but his saxophone was stinky. | ||||||
| 29 | 2 | "Really, Gina Is Not My Lover" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | August 29, 1993 | 9301 |
| 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 appear to all his old schoolmates that he is rich and famous, and has a beautiful fashion model girlfriend. Guest appearances by Miguel A. Nunez, Jr. and Wendy Raquel Robinson. | ||||||
| 30 | 3 | "Got to Be There" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | September 5, 1993 | 9302 |
| When Martin finds out that Gina has to go out of town on business, he, Tommy, Shawn & Cole decide they will go out and have some fun while she is away, Meanwhile, Gina & Pam are having some fun of their own at a company party in her hotel room, complete with a surprise male stripper. | ||||||
| 31 | 4 | "Beat It" | Gerren Keith | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | September 12, 1993 | 9304 |
| 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 | 5 | "Baby, It's You" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins | September 19, 1993 | 9305 |
| 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 | 6 | "Workin' Day & Night" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | September 26, 1993 | 9306 |
| Martin decides to become more macho after Stan, as well as Tommy, Shawn 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 | 7 | "Control" | Gerren Keith | Cheryl Holliday | October 3, 1993 | 9307 |
| 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. After she gets the tickets, she discovers they're Martin's. | ||||||
| 35 | 8 | "You've Got a Friend" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | October 10, 1993 | 9308 |
| 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 | 9 | "To Kill a Talking Bird" | Gerren Keith | John Ridley | October 17, 1993 | 9309 |
| 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 | 10 | "Fat Like Dat" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | October 24, 1993 | 9310 |
| 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 | 11 | "Hollywood Swinging: Part 1" | Geren Keith | Sandy Frank & Matt Wickline | November 7, 1993 | 9311 |
| After Gina and Pam get promotions, Martin realizes his job is going nowhere. One of his assignments is to interview Varnel Hill (Tommy Davidson) -- a successful TV talk-show host who had been a former deejay at WZUP. Martin decides to chase his dream of having a successful career by quitting his job, and heading to Hollywood. | ||||||
| 39 | 12 | "Hollywood Swinging: Part 2" | Gerren Keith | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | November 14, 1993 | 9312 |
| In Los Angeles, Martin takes steps to ensure that he gets on Varnel Hill's talk show. Meanwhile, Pam chases after a limo believing Denzel Washington is inside. After a disastrous attempt to crash the stage on Varnel's talk show, Martin and his friends learn that Varnel is not who he makes himself out to be to the public, and Martin is back in Detroit groveling to Stan for his job back, having learned that there is no royal road to success, especially not if it comes at the cost of one's integrity. | ||||||
| 40 | 13 | "Thanks for Nothing" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | November 21, 1993 | 9314 |
| Martin wants to keep his relatives away from Thanksgiving dinner, and with good reason, as they are two boors who leer at Pam and Gina and insult Gina's straightlaced parents and Gina's overweight sister. The friction nearly leads to fighting, until Gina plays peacemaker. | ||||||
| 41 | 14 | "Whoomp! There It Ain't" | Gerren Keith | Cheryl Holliday | December 12, 1993 | 9313 |
| 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 | 15 | "Holiday Blues" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | December 19, 1993 | 9315 |
| 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 city bus station gets snowed in. | ||||||
| 43 | 16 | "No Justice, No Peace" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | January 9, 1994 | 9316 |
| 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 | 17 | "Suspicious Minds" | Gerren Keith | John Ridley | January 16, 1994 | 9317 |
| 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 | 18 | "Love is in Your Face: Part 1" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | February 6, 1994 | 9319 |
| 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, Laquita and Sheneneh, decides to leave on the assumption that Martin will stop her from leaving and ask her to marry him. | ||||||
| 46 | 19 | "Love is in Your Face: Part 2" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | February 13, 1994 | 9320 |
| 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 | 20 | "Arms Are for Hugging" | Gerren Keith | Cheryl Holliday | February 20, 1994 | 9321 |
| 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 | 21 | "Guard Your Grill" | Gerren Keith | Martin Lawrence | February 27, 1994 | 9318 |
| After winning a charity boxing match, Martin thinks he is as good a fighter as anyone. Thomas Hearns, who was a celebrity judge at the fight, is friendly to Pam and Gina but Martin thinks Hearns is making a pass at Gina and trash talks him. After Hearns is not heard from after the party, Martin thinks Hearns has brushed it off and left town, only to get a surprise in the ring. | ||||||
| 49 | 22 | "Yours, Mine and Ours" | Gerren Keith | Sandy Frank & Matt Wickline | March 13, 1994 | 9322 |
| 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 | 23 | "I Don't Have the Heart" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | March 27, 1994 | 9323 |
| Pam starts dating an older, wealthy man (Steven Williams) who eventually asks her to marry him. Initially, the gang makes jokes about her old fuddy boyfriend. But soon they all start to enjoy the perks that go along with being in the entourage of a wealthy industrialist, as he is a minority owner in the Detroit Pistons. However, Pam has second thoughts when she learns he puts ex-wives out to pasture. | ||||||
| 51 | 24 | "Crunchy Drawers" | Gerren Keith | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | April 17, 1994 | 9325 |
| Martin is dreaming that he is attracted to Pam. | ||||||
| 52 | 25 | "No Love Lost" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | May 1, 1994 | 9324 |
| Martin and Gina fight just before going to their engagement party, which Snoop Doggy Dogg has crashed. | ||||||
| 53 | 26 | "The Hoe Down in Motown" | Gerren Keith | John Ridley | May 8, 1994 | 9326 |
| The IRS demands Stan pay 20 years worth of back taxes, which Stan does.....by selling WZUP. A new owner buys the station and changes the format to country music. Martin tries to adapt to the new format.
Special Note: Garrett Morris was absent in this episode due to being hospitalized as a result of a mugging. A videotape of him as Stan was filmed while Morris was actually on his hospital bed. | ||||||
| 54 | 27 | "Martin's on the Move" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | May 15, 1994 | 9327 |
cMartin gets fired from his job at the new country radio station. He tries ways to make ends meet, but nothing seems to work out. Feeling hopeless, he decides to leave town to get his life back on track.
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