The following is a list of the episodes aired during Season 5, the final 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 5 (1996-1997)[]
| No. overall | No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109 | 1 | "Is You Is or Is You Ain't" | Gerren Keith | Michael Carrington | September 5, 1996 | 9601 |
| Gina thinks she might be pregnant and is finding out if she is or not. | ||||||
| 110 | 2 | "Back in Trouble Again" | Gerren Keith | Barry Vigon & Tom Walla | September 12, 1996 | 9602 |
| Gina is nominated for an advertising award, and she tells Martin not to play basketball with the boys because his back has been bothering him. He decides to play anyway and ends up disabled. With the help of Tommy and Cole, Martin goes to a chiropractor who helps him make it to the event in time. But once he's there, the pain really begins to set in. dick and balls | ||||||
| 111 | 3 | "Sophomore Jinx" | Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. | September 19, 1996 | 9603 |
| After some misadventures with marriage counselors, bad advice from friends fouls things up even more for the constantly quarreling Martin and Gina. | ||||||
| 112 | 4 | "Working Girls" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | September 26, 1996 | 9604 |
| Under pressure during her pitch for an underwear ad presentation, Gina is incoherent, forcing Pam to step in and save the day. The clients are so impressed that they put Pam in charge, causing Gina to feel betrayed. Pam struggles to pull it off, but in the end Pam has to rely on Gina to win the account. | ||||||
| 113 | 5 | "Boo's in the House" | Gerren Keith | Barry Vigon & Tom Walla | October 31, 1996 | 9605 |
| The prospect of owning a home gets scarier when Martin and Gina buy their "dream house" on Halloween, but soon find that the place is a haunted, calamity-filled horror. Guest appearance by Mr. T. | ||||||
| 114 | 6 | "Banging Hard in the School Yard" | Gerren Keith | Samm-Art Williams | November 7, 1996 | 9606 |
| When Martin announces on his talk show that any man can beat any woman at anything, especially in sports, Gina, Laquita and Pam challenge him to a girls-against-guys basketball game. Martin and the guys think it will be easy to beat the girls, until they discover the girl's secret weapon: the Women's Olympic gold medal-winning basketball team (Teresa Edwards, Rebecca Lobo, Dawn Staley and Sheryl Swoopes). | ||||||
| 115 | 7 | "The Life You Save May Make You Rich" | Gerren Keith | Charles Proctor | November 14, 1996 | 9607 |
| While attending a dinner party, Martin saves the life of an African Prince (Ernest Lee Thomas). The Prince rewards Martin with lavish gifts and offers him a large sum of money for Gina's services. Martin agrees until he realizes the Prince wants Gina as one of his wives. | ||||||
| 116 | 8 | "Snow White" | Gerren Keith | Bentley Kyle Evans | November 21, 1996 | 9608 |
| When Tommy invites the gang for a ski vacation, they are all in for the ride of their lives when they realize Tommy's date is a white woman. After Martin discovers Tommy has a special announcement to make, he believes that Tommy is going to pop the question. Guest appearance by Shaun Baker. | ||||||
| 117 | 9 | "Come on Over to My Place" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | December 5, 1996 | 9609 |
| Cole attempts to entertain a girl at his Mom's house. But Mom shows up and ruins everything. Martin convinces Cole to get his own apartment. But it turns out to be a real dive. | ||||||
| 118 | 10 | "Scrooge" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | December 19, 1996 | 9610 |
| Four ghosts bring Martin the holiday spirit (four of them look like Tommy, Cole, Gina, and Pam). Guest appearance by Jackie Chan. | ||||||
| 119 | 11 | "Waiting, Debating and Ovulating" | Marian Deaton | Samm-Art Williams | January 9, 1997 | 9611 |
| Martin and Gina are planning to have a baby. They plan to have a lunch-time rendezvous to get things going only until a pregnant Gina goes into labor. But a trip to the courthouse with Cole leads to them finding out that Martin has been ignoring jury duty since 1983. Now, forced to perform his civic duty as a juror, Martin presses for a quick verdict, so he can get his pregnant ovulating wife to the hospital.
Note: This episode marks the final appearance of Tisha Campbell as Gina Waters-Payne until the series finale. Campbell departs from the series in episodes 120-130 due to claims that co-star Martin Lawrence sexually harassed her off the set of the sitcom. However, she does make a brief appearance in episode 128, with herself and Lawrence seen together on a split screen having a phone conversation. | ||||||
| 120 | 12 | "You Play Too Much" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | January 23, 1997 | 9614 |
| Martin helps a burglar (Method Man) rob his apartment because he thinks it's part of a scheme Pam put together to get back at him for all his pranks. It's only after he's been robbed that he realizes the awful truth. Guest appearance by Erik Estrada. | ||||||
| 121 | 13 | "Ain't That About a Ditch" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins | January 30, 1997 | 9615 |
| Even with Gina out of town on business, her mom comes to town for a weekend visit, and wants to spend all her time with Martin. But Martin has plans to hang out with Tommy and Cole at a new club that just opened up. Somehow he has to figure a way to get away from Gina's mom, so he can go out and have a good time. Guest appearance by Tone Lōc. | ||||||
| 122 123 |
14 15 |
"Goin' Overboard: Part 1"
"Goin' Overboard: Part 2" |
Gerren Keith | Michael Carrington | February 13, 1997 | 9612 9613 |
| Martin and his friends go on a cruise, except Gina who missed the boat. While on the cruise, Martin meets a beautiful woman named Ellen (Lynn Whitfield) who he believes is contemplating suicide. Martin convinces her not to kill herself, and she begins to develop a romantic interest in him. Meanwhile, Cole hangs out with Pam at the bar, where they begin to drink heavily. The next day, Pam and Cole wakes up in bed next to each other and believe that they’ve had sex. Ellen arrives at Martin’s door half dressed, to put the moves on him. Guest appearances by The Love Boat cast members Ted Lange and Lauren Tewes. Note: Whitfield and Lawrence previously co-starred together in the film A Thin Line Between Love and Hate. Still on the cruise ship with his friends, Martin is stalked by Ellen. Tommy thinks that Pam is suddenly interested in Cole after he sees them in bed together. And to make it all worse, Cole attempts to marry Pam. Guest appearances by The Love Boat's Bernie Kopell and Jill Whelan. | ||||||
| 124 | 16 | "Power to the People's Court" | Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. | February 20, 1997 | 9617 |
Tommy decides to act as his own legal representative after Sheneneh sues him for hitting her car. Mark Curry guest stars as Ronnie Cochran, a spoof of Johnnie Cochran.
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| 125 | 17 | "I, Martin, Take Thee Pam?" | Gerren Keith | Teri Schaffer | March 6, 1997 | 9616 |
| Martin takes Pam back to Jamaica where he married Gina when he learns that his marriage to Gina is invalid and that he's actually married to Pam. David Alan Grier returns as Reverend Leon Lonnie Love from the Season 1 episode, "Checks, Lies and Videotape". | ||||||
| 126 | 18 | "Auction" | Marian Deaton | Kenneth Whack | March 20, 1997 | 9618 |
| Martin gives his cuckoo clock to Pam, who finds that it makes too much noise, and donates it to a charity auction. Later, Martin and Tommy realize that the clock he gave away might be a very valuable antique, and worth a lot of money. They then begin to come up with ways to get the clock back. | ||||||
| 127 | 19 | "Daddy Dearest" | Gerren Keith | Darice Rollins | April 3, 1997 | 9619 |
| Tommy's ex-marine father, Sgt. Strawn (John Amos), returns and tries to make his son a man by showing him up in front of his friends. | ||||||
| 128 | 20 | "Stake-Out" | Gerren Keith | Charles Proctor | April 10, 1997 | 9622 |
| The police want to use Pam's apartment for a stake-out, to keep surveillance on a suspect named Dynamite Willie. Martin comes up with an idea to capture the suspect himself, and cash in on the $100,000 reward. Guest appearance by Keith Sweat. | ||||||
| 129 | 21 | "Goin' for Mine" | Gerren Keith | Kenny Buford | April 17, 1997 | 9621 |
Pam gets fired from her job, and she gets the inside track to a newly open A&R position at Keep It Real Records. She finds a new talent Dante (Tyrese Gibson), and gets the job. Guest appearances by Dondre Whitfield,Jenna von Oÿ, Anthony Johnson and Phil Morris.
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| 130 | 22 | "One Flew Over the Hoochie's Nest" | Gerren Keith | Michael Ajakwe, Jr. | April 24, 1997 | 9620 |
| Pam's crazy twin cousin Tammy (portrayed by Tichina Arnold in a dual role) escapes from a mental ward and comes to stay at Pam's house, but eventually Pam ends up imprisoned in the same mental ward after being mistaken for Tammy. Meanwhile, everyone thinks that Tammy is Pam. | ||||||
| 131 132 |
23 24 |
"California, Here We Come: Part 1"
"California, Here We Come: Part 2" |
Gerren Keith | Story by : Barry Vigon & Tom Walla Teleplay by : Michael Carrington |
May 1, 1997 | 9623 9624 |
Martin's talk show is picked up by a national network. The only problem is that he must move to Los Angeles, where the show will be taped. Gina also has been offered a new job that is also in L.A., but she doesn’t know how to tell Martin. Eventually Martin and Gina must say good-bye to Detroit and all their friends including Tommy, Pam, Shanise, and Cole. As they prepare, some of Martin's old friends stop by and they gather the gang at Nipsey's and recall past good times. Cole proposes marriage to Shanise and she accepts. Guest appearances by George Clinton, Lisa Leslie, Thomas Hearns and Lou Rawls.
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Trivia[]
- This is the last season of the series due to the sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Tisha Campbell in 1997 against Martin Lawrence and the producers of the show. This resulted in Gina being absent for roughly 10 episodes until the defendants countersued that she'd come back to work to complete her role. Both parties agreed that Tisha would only be on set if Lawrence was not present on set hence why Martin and Gina never interacted with each in the series finale
- Lawrence was also said to have lashed out on the set of the show and would lash out at his co-stars telling them he wished he would have fired them after Season 2
- This season is not popular with fans due the tension between Campbell and Lawrence
- The last episode Martin and Tisha filmed together was Waiting, Debating and Ovulating, where Lawrence only interacted with Gina as Shenenah