The following is a list of the episodes aired during Season 4 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 4 (1995-1996)[]
| No. overall | No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 1 | "Martin in the Corner Pocket" | Gerren Keith | Barry Vigon & Tom Walla | September 9, 1995 | 9501 |
| After coming home from the honeymoon, the newly married Martin spends his first night back playing pool with Tommy and Cole. The downside is he suddenly gets hustled by a female pool shark and has to come home late and explain to his new wife Gina. | ||||||
| 83 | 2 | "Kill Him With Kindness" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | September 16, 1995 | 9502 |
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Mama Payne overhears Gina discussing life insurance policies and she assumes that Gina is plotting to kill Martin for his insurance money. Of course, Martin believes his mom, and now he must be very careful around Gina, and not let her get too close to him.
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| 84 | 3 | "Blow, Baby, Blow" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins | September 23, 1995 | 9503 |
| The Notorious B.I.G. has asked for Martin's help in finding a new background vocalist. | ||||||
| 85 | 4 | "Ring a Ding, Ding, Gone" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | September 30, 1995 | 9504 |
| Tommy and Cole explain to Martin that his wedding ring frightens off single women. After taking off his ring, and seeing all the attention he gets from beautiful women, he realizes they are right. But it's Martin who's running scared when he loses the ring and has to figure out how to tell Gina about it. | ||||||
| 86 | 5 | "Love T.K.O." | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | October 7, 1995 | 9505 |
| Martin and Gina decide to have a quiet night at home to rekindle their love passion. But they are constantly being interrupted by their friends before the fun begins. | ||||||
| 87 | 6 | "He Say, She Say" | Gerren Keith | Michael Carrington | October 14, 1995 | 9506 |
| After breaking up with Big Shirley, Martin convinces Cole to get back into the dating scene. At the club, Cole falls for a pretty woman who has just appeared on America's Most Wanted. | ||||||
| 88 | 7 | "Uptown Friday Night" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | October 21, 1995 | 9507 |
| Tommy, and Cole get robbed at Jerome's new club, the Shiznitz, after picking up Martin's anniversary gift for Gina - expensive earrings. So they get with Jerome to track down the 3 female thieves at their hideaway.
Note: This is the final appearance of Jerome (played by Martin Lawrence). | ||||||
| 89 | 8 | "Old School Loving" | Gerren Keith | Samm-Art Williams | November 5, 1995 | 9508 |
| Martin meets with Gina's boss over her long hours, then gets her fired. Now that Gina is unemployed, she spends her time rearranging the house, and painting the walls. So Martin tries to convince her boss to take her back. | ||||||
| 90 | 9 | "Cole on Ice" | Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. | November 19, 1995 | 9509 |
| When Cole loses his job, Martin gets him a job working at the TV station. But Cole fouls it up. Special guest appearance by Charles Barkley. | ||||||
| 91 | 10 | "Housekeeper from Hell" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins | November 26, 1995 | 9511 |
| Martin and Gina decide to hire a maid. They both disapprove of the maids each other has chosen. They eventually settle on Miss Minnie (Marla Gibbs), a nice older motherly woman on the outside, but who makes their lives unliveable with her domineering ways. | ||||||
| 92 | 11 | "Three Homies and a Baby" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | December 3, 1995 | 9510 |
| Martin agrees to baby-sit his infant cousin-in-law Cameron when his parents go out of town. But once they get snowed in, and can't return home & get their baby, Martin and Gina have to watch the baby. In the end, Gina has to leave for work, and Tommy and Cole come over to help out. However, even with the three of them, the baby still gets the upper hand. Guest appearances by Victoria Dillard and Mushond Lee.
Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Reginald Ballard as Bruh-Man. | ||||||
| 93 | 12 | "Headin' for Trouble" | Gerren Keith | Michael Carrington | December 10, 1995 | 9512 |
| Gina gets her head stuck in their new brass bed headboard while making love to Martin. They try everything to get her head unstuck; Tommy uses a welding torch to get most of it off. But Gina must still attend an important board meeting with the brass headboard, still stuck around her head, but hidden under a big wig and shawl. | ||||||
| 94 | 13 | "Swing Thing" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | December 17, 1995 | 9513 |
| The Paynes’ are invited to attend a Christmas party, given by some influential people who may be able to help Martin in his career. But little does Martin realize that at the party, the guests are swapping more than Christmas gifts, and Martin may have both his hands full. Guest appearance by Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs. | ||||||
| 95 | 14 | "The Bodyguard" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | January 7, 1996 | 9514 |
| After Gina and Pam witness bank robbers leaving the scene of the crime, they must enter witness protection because the criminals are notorious for making their witnesses disappear. And since the police are afraid of the bank robbers, they arrange for Otis (played by Martin Lawrence) to be the girls' bodyguard. | ||||||
| 96 | 15 | "Green Card" | Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. & Michael Carrington | January 14, 1996 | 9515 |
| The Hispanic building super is about to be deported, unless he gets married in a hurry. Pam, who desperately needs cash, so she can pay her back taxes to the IRS, agrees to be the bride -- for a price. | ||||||
| 97 | 16 | "You're All I Need" | Marian Deaton | Kenny Buford | February 4, 1996 | 9517 |
| Martin flirts with a producer's wife (Kenya Moore) during a business dinner, leaving Gina starving for attention. | ||||||
| 98 | 17 | "Kicked to the Curb" | Gerren Keith | Samm-Art Williams | February 8, 1996 | 9516 |
| Martin and Gina find a bigger and better apartment for half the price they're paying now. So they decide to sublet their old place to a young couple (Kristoff St. John, Tembi Locke) and move into the new place. But then the deal on the new place falls through, and it's too late to move back. | ||||||
| 99 | 18 | "The Best of Martin" | William H. Brown | Paul Wales | February 15, 1996 | N/A |
| Tisha Campbell hosts a special retrospective looking back at the best of the last 99 episodes of the series. | ||||||
| 100 | 19 | "The Love Jones Connection" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | February 18, 1996 | 9518 |
| Sheneneh crashes a Love Jones Connection show screening (a parody of Love Connection), then gets chosen. Guest appearances by Chris Rock and Donnie Simpson. | ||||||
| 101 | 20 | "Where the Party At" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | February 25, 1996 | 9519 |
| Gina attempts to arrange a surprise birthday party for Martin. But she runs into some unexpected difficulties when all his friends, including Tommy and Cole say they're not interested because of Martin's rude and obnoxious attitude. But they then turn the tables on both Martin and Gina by throwing a huge surprise birthday party at Nipsey's. (Cameo appearances by Halle Berry, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., Brian McKnight, Donnie Simpson, Chris Rock, Salt-n-Pepa, Robert Townsend, Will Smith, and Shaquille O'Neal). | ||||||
| 102 | 21 | "Homeo & Juliet" | Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. | February 29, 1996 | 9520 |
| Gina, and Pam have taken roles in an upcoming play to help raise money for needy kids. But an accident on set causes the leading man to fall and injure himself, leaving them without a leading man. Martin then has to improvise with his own "homeboy" interpretation of "Romeo and Juliet". Guest appearance by Dorien Wilson. | ||||||
| 103 | 22 | "The Cabin Show" | Gerren Keith | Barry Vigon & Tom Walla | March 7, 1996 | 9521 |
| The gang goes on a camping trip in the woods, and on a nature walk, Pam sprains her ankle, and Martin has to help her back to the cabin. The two get lost in the woods, just as darkness falls, and nobody knows how to find them. | ||||||
| 104 | 23 | "The Tooth Will Set You Free" | Gerren Keith | Darcel "The Fat Doctor" Blagmon | March 28, 1996 | 9522 |
| After undergoing hypnosis at the dentist's office for an aching tooth, Pam has a split personality whenever clapping occurs. She goes on a blind date with an artist, and nobody realizes that she is still under hypnosis. | ||||||
| 105 | 24 | "Martin, I Want to Sing" | Gerren Keith | Jacque Edmonds | April 4, 1996 | 9523 |
| After Pam's cousin, Alesha (played by Nichole Gilbert of the R&B group Brownstone) wins an open mike contest with her powerful singing voice, Martin only sees dollar signs, and decides to become her manager. But things go awry when she loses her voice at her audition because of practicing all night. | ||||||
| 106 | 25 | "D.M.V. Blues" | Gerren Keith | Charles Proctor | April 25, 1996 | 9524 |
| After Martin's driver’s license expires, his insurance company cancels his policy. So he goes down to the DMV to get it renewed, and experiences first hand the horrors of a day spent waiting on long lines, filling out reams of paperwork, DMV clerks with bad attitudes, and meeting up with an assortment of strange characters. Guest appearance by Sherman Hemsley. | ||||||
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26 27 |
"Why Can't We Be Friends: Part 1"
"Why Can't We Be Friends: Part 2" |
Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. & Darice Rollins Michael Carrington & Teri Schaffer |
May 2, 1996 | 9525 9526 |
| An argument breaks out between Tommy and Martin over the condition of a loaned suitcase and results in Tommy and Martin ending up not speaking to each other, and eventually deciding to end their life-long friendship. Martin is determined not to have Tommy in his life as a friend, until Cole comes by to deliver some bad news.
Guest appearance by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. | ||||||