The following is a list of the episodes aired during Season 3 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 3 (1994-1995)[]
| No.
overall |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | 1 | "In Search of... Martin" | Gerren Keith | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | September 1, 1994 | 9401 |
| 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 under the name "Shaquille Sunflower". | ||||||
| 56 | 2 | "Martin Returns" | Gerren Keith | Cheryl Holliday | September 8, 1994 | 9402 |
| Martin escapes from the cult 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. Martin decides maybe it is time to be mature and go along with Gina's plans. | ||||||
| 57 | 3 | "I've Got Work to Do" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | September 15, 1994 | 9403 |
| Martin goes looking for a good job, but the only work available are a series of low-paying jobs. Martin believes that his former reputation as the WZUP DJ should have opened more doors for him and he cannot fathom the thought of people seeing his in lower status work. With bills piling up, Gina is adamant Martin join the workforce, and he finally accepts the only job opening: buffing the floors. | ||||||
| 58 | 4 | "Martin Gets Paid" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | September 22, 1994 | 9404 |
| 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 | 5 | "Break Up to Make Up" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | September 29, 1994 | 9405 |
| 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 | 6 | "The Closer I Get to You" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | October 6, 1994 | 9406 |
| 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 | 7 | "Movin' On In" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | October 20, 1994 | 9407 |
| Martin and Gina finally decide to move in together. However, the apartment gets rather crowded when all of Gina's friends get there. The two clash on what to keep, and they end up with two of everything. | ||||||
| 62 | 8 | "Momma's Baby, Martin's Maybe" | Gerren Keith | Samm-Art Williams | November 3, 1994 | 9408 |
| Martin is excited when Gina's mother (Judyann Elder), 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 named Marvin (Marcus T. Paulk) shows up, claiming to be Martin's long lost son. After a DNA test though, Marvin apologizes to Martin for lying to him, admitting he just didn't want to go to Arizona. | ||||||
| 63 | 9 | "Whole Lotto Trouble" | Gerren Keith | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | November 10, 1994 | 9409 |
| Martin wins the Michigan Lottery. He celebrates by going out and buying tons of expensive luxury items and gives money away to his friends, BEFORE picking up his lotterymoney. But when he does, he finds out that the winning ticket is split - 300 ways! | ||||||
| 64 | 10 | "Get a Job" | Gerren Keith | Cheryl Holliday | November 17, 1994 | 9410 |
| 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 | 11 | "Feast or Famine" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | November 24, 1994 | 9411 |
| 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. Guest appearance by R&B/Soul singer Millie Jackson as Florine. | ||||||
| 66 | 12 | "Lockin' Boots" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | December 8, 1994 | 9412 |
| 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 | 13 | "Go Tell It on the Martin" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | December 15, 1994 | 9413 |
| 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. Guest appearances by Shirley Hemphill, BeBe Winans and CeCe Winans. | ||||||
| 68 | 14 | "'Xpress Yourself" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins | January 5, 1995 | 9414 |
| 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 | 15 | "Sophisticated Ladies" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | January 19, 1995 | 9415 |
| 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 | 16 | "Ain't Nuttin' Goin' on But the Rent" | Gerren Keith | Doreen Spicer | February 2, 1995 | 9416 |
| Martin becomes angry when his landlord, Mr. Lopez (Luis Antonio Ramos), 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 | 17 | "The Ex-Files" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | February 9, 1995 | 9417 |
| 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. Guest appearances by Vivica A. Fox, Angelle Brooks and Joseph C. Phillips. | ||||||
| 72 | 18 | "All The Players Came" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | February 16, 1995 | 9418 |
| Martin organizes a fund-raiser to save a neighborhood theater. Guest appearances by Outkast, Coolio, Rudy Ray Moore, Antonio Fargas, Pam Grier, Ja'net Dubois, Whitman Mayo and Dick Anthony Williams. | ||||||
| 73 | 19 | "Best and Bester" | Gerren Keith | Cheryl Holliday | February 23, 1995 | 9419 |
| 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, Laquita and Pam search for a bridesmaid dress. | ||||||
| 74 | 20 | "High Noon" | Gerren Keith | Diane Burroughs & Joey Gutierrez | March 9, 1995 | 9420 |
| 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 | 21 | "Mother of the Bride" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | March 23, 1995 | 9421 |
| Martin hires a cut-rate wedding planner to compete with his mother-in-law to be's lavish choice. | ||||||
| 76 | 22 | "C.R.E.A.M." | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | March 30, 1995 | 9423 |
| Martin and his old friend Stan (Garrett Morris) invest in a restaurant but they bite off more money than they can chew. Guest appearance by MC Hammer. | ||||||
| 77 | 23 | "Girlfriend" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins & Teri Schaffer | April 13, 1995 | 9424 |
| Gina's conceited college friend, Monique (Merrin Dungey) 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 | 24 | "The Romantic Weekend" | Gerren Keith | Matt Diamond & Guy Torry | April 27, 1995 | 9422 |
| Gina is envious when Tommy and Pam plan to celebrate their six month anniversary of being together by going to 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 | 25 | "The Bachelor Party" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | May 4, 1995 | 9425 |
| A nervous Martin and Gina try to enjoy their respective bachelor/bachelorette parties, but instead find themselves victims of their friends' bad advice and both imagine married life five years down the road. | ||||||
| 80 | 26 | "Wedding Bell Blues" | Gerren Keith | Phil Kellard & Tom Moore | May 11, 1995 | 9426 |
| As Martin and Gina are making final preparations for their wedding, a visit from Martin's wacky relatives and Gina's conservative parents and overweight sister results in both families constantly bickering & fighting. At the last minute, Martin and Gina decide to elope. | ||||||
| 81 | 27 | "Love is a Beach" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds & Cheryl Holliday | May 18, 1995 | 9427 |
| Martin and Gina flee to the Bahamas from their bickering families with Tommy and Pam to elope. Cole was expected to join them, but he got on the wrong flight. 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. Guest appearance by Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds. | ||||||