1992

S2.E1 ∙ Baby Love

Thu, Sep 23, 1993

Mark has to make a tough decision when his cousins Geneva and Nichole pay a visit.

6.5 /10

S2.E2 ∙ Slumber Party

Thu, Sep 30, 1993

Mark becomes a not-so-willing host of a birthday party for Nichole after Geneva and Vanessa experience car trouble.

6.5 /10

S2.E3 ∙ School's a Drag

Thu, Oct 07, 1993

Mark gets in an accident with the school's drivers' education car and fears the tough, new principal, P.J. Moore, may discharge him. Sherman Hemsley and Don Cheadle guest star.

6.4 /10

Nicole gets the part as the new crocodile kid on the "Lester the Lizard and Crocodile Kids" show. When Mark complains about being assigned as the Driver's Education teacher, PJ reassigns him to the Home Economics teacher position. He quickly discovers that this position is even more dangerous than the previous one when his eyebrows get burned off.

6.3 /10

S2.E5 ∙ Free at Last

Thu, Oct 21, 1993

When Vanessa is not given the promotion she was promised, she takes Mark's advice to demand her rights and is promptly discharged from her job.

6.6 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Father Fairest

Sun, Oct 24, 1993

Earvin and his father are reunited by Mark. A school carnival is thrown.

6.4 /10

S2.E7 ∙ The Goodbye Girl

Thu, Nov 04, 1993

Nicole wants a "divorce" from Geneva.

6.2 /10

S2.E8 ∙ Seoul Shake

Thu, Nov 11, 1993

Dante Basco guest stars as a Korean-American student who wishes to join Mark's basketball team.

6.3 /10

S2.E9 ∙ Prince of Soul

Thu, Nov 18, 1993

Guest star Don Cheadle plays an reputed African prince whom Vanessa plans to marry. Mark offers his opinions.

6.3 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Air Cooper

Thu, Nov 25, 1993

When an advertising executive selects Mark to star in a commercial for athletic shoes, Mark misunderstands the part he is to play.

5.8 /10

S2.E11 ∙ Santa's Got a Brand New Bag

Thu, Dec 09, 1993

Mark and Geneva are saddened when Nicole stops believing in Santa. Then a mysterious cousin visits, who knows how to make her happy.

6.3 /10

S2.E12 ∙ Private School

Thu, Dec 16, 1993

Mark is assigned to teach Black history at an expensive private school for one week. When the principal offers him a job at a much higher salary, Mark has a big decision to make.

6.4 /10

S2.E13 ∙ For Whom the Heck the Bell Tolls

Thu, Jan 06, 1994

Not wanting to admit that he can't remember a recently deceased basketball coach, Mark agrees to give the eulogy at his funeral.

6.7 /10

S2.E14 ∙ It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To

Thu, Jan 20, 1994

It is almost Mark's 30th birthday, Tyler discovers a lump on Mark. After a misunderstanding between he and his doctor, Mark thinks that he is dying so he goes skydiving and gives away his stuff.

6.4 /10

S2.E15 ∙ The Courtship of Mark Cooper

Thu, Jan 27, 1994

Mark is in the midst of defending himself in court when he realizes the plaintiff's lawyer is an ex-girlfriend he dumped brutally.

6.5 /10

S2.E16 ∙ Wedding Bell Blues

Thu, Feb 03, 1994

When Mark's demanding employer, P.J., tells him she is going to marry her old boyfriend and quit her job, Mark has to decide if he should tell her a secret that could make her cancel the wedding. Queen Latifah guest stars and sings "Just Another Day."

6.5 /10

S2.E17 ∙ Truth or Consequences

Thu, Feb 10, 1994

Mark and Vanessa make a bet on who can go the longest without telling a lie.

6.5 /10

S2.E18 ∙ Trading Places

Thu, Feb 17, 1994

When Vanessa applies for a job at a conservative Christian radio station, she tells the manager that Mark is her husband and Geneva is her wild cousin.

6.3 /10

S2.E19 ∙ Pros and Convicts

Thu, Mar 03, 1994

When Vanessa shows Geneva how to have a good time, Geneva hits on a police officer who mistakes them both as prostitutes. They both are arrested, and Mark is arrested while trying to bail them out of jail.

6.4 /10

S2.E20 ∙ Double Cheeseburger, Hold the Diploma

Thu, Mar 17, 1994

P.J. threatens to discharge Mark when his student, Earvin, quits school. Geneva can't afford to buy a new bicycle for her daughter, Nicole.

5.5 /10

S2.E21 ∙ Groom and Doom

Thu, May 12, 1994

Mark introduces Geneva to a college teacher who asks her to marry him.

6.2 /10

S2.E22 ∙ Hangin' with Mrs. Cooper

Thu, May 19, 1994

Mark plots to reunite his parents after his mother, Dorothy (Ja'net DuBois), leaves her husband of 35 years and moves in with Mark. Richard Roundtree guest stars.

6.5 /10