Martin
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne, focusing on his relationship with his girlfriend Gina, interactions with Gina's best friend Pam, and escapades with his best friends Tommy and Cole.
- 1992-1997
- 5 seasons
- BET
- Comedy, Drama
- TV-PG
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne, focusing on his relationship with his girlfriend Gina, interactions with Gina's best friend Pam, and escapades with his best friends Tommy and Cole.
Season 1 Episode Guide
27 Episodes 1992 - 1993
Episode 1
Beauty and the Beast
Thu, Aug 27, 1992 23 mins
Here we meet Martin Payne, a cocky radio personality who always says what's on his mind. His loving and forgiving girlfriend Gina with her loud-mouth co-worker Pam. His buddies Tommy and Cole. And WZUP boss Stan and co-worker Shawn.
Episode 2
The Gift Rapper
Thu, Sep 3, 1992 23 mins
It's Martin and Gina's anniversary. And Martin listens to his boss Stan and doesn't get a gift for Gina. She has all kinds of gifts for him. Making Martin feel bad and improvising big-time to get a gift.
Episode 3
Things I Do for Love
Thu, Sep 10, 1992 23 mins
Martin takes Gina to a club to prove to her he is still romantic. But 1st have dinner with a smitten Tommy and his latest conquest,a girl named Danice. And "Jerome" the overbearing player makes a grand 1st appearance showing up at the club.
Episode 4
Boyz 'R Us
Thu, Sep 17, 1992 22 mins
When the gang play a game called "The Book of Questions", Martin cannot handle it well when he finds out that Gina makes more money than he does. Cole tells his mom and it spreads like wildfire even reaching Martin's radio callers.
Episode 5
Dead Men Don't Flush
Thu, Sep 24, 1992 21 mins
Martin calls a plumber to fix his broken toilet, but the workman dies in his bathroom.
Episode 6
Forever Sheneneh
Thu, Oct 1, 1992 23 mins
Sheneneh wins a date with Christopher "Kid" Reid, and goes overboard in her eagerness to seduce him.
Episode 7
The Parents Are Coming, the Parents Are Coming
Thu, Oct 8, 1992 23 mins
Martin makes a fool of himself in front of Gina's conservative parents.
Episode 8
A Woman with a Past
Thu, Oct 15, 1992 23 mins
Martin's jealous when he learns his talk show guest(guest star Keith Washington) once dated Gina.
Episode 9
Baby It's Cole'd in Here
Thu, Oct 22, 1992 23 mins
Cole takes Martin's advice to stand up to his mother, then comes to Martin for help when she kicks him out.
Episode 10
The Night He Came Home
Thu, Oct 29, 1992 25 mins
Martin and his friends perform a seance on Halloween in order to speak with the dead, but strange occurrences begin to occur, frightening the gang.
Episode 11
The Great Payne Robbery
Thu, Nov 5, 1992 23 mins
Martin's apartment is burglarized and he plots to catch the thief.
Episode 12
Three Men and a Mouse
Thu, Nov 12, 1992 23 mins
Martin's desperate to rid his house of a mouse so Gina will return, but his eccentric exterminator fails to do the job.
Episode 13
Radio Days
Thu, Nov 19, 1992 22 mins
A talk-radio starlet catches Martin's eye.
Episode 14
I've Got a Secret
Thu, Dec 3, 1992 23 mins
Martin loses his friends when he lets out a secret on the air.
Episode 15
I Saw Gina Kissing Santa Claus
Thu, Dec 17, 1992 23 mins
Martin dresses up as Santa for Tommy's Big Brother program.
Episode 16
Do the Fight Thing
Thu, Jan 14, 1993 23 mins
Martin and Gina's on-air fight is such a hit, Stan wants to make her a regular but Martin's unenthusiastic.
Episode 17
Blackboard Jungle Fever
Thu, Jan 21, 1993 23 mins
Martin hosts Career Day at his old elementary school and is hit on by his former third-grade teacher. When Gina walks in, she misunderstands the scene and dumps him.
Episode 18
The Break Up: Part 1
Thu, Feb 11, 1993 22 mins
Martin becomes dramatically depressed when a minor quarrel with Gina escalates into a breakup. Richard Pryor guest stars.
Episode 19
The Break Up: Part 2
Thu, Feb 11, 1993 23 mins
Gina goes on a date with Pam's cousin while Martin meets an interested woman when Cole and Tommy take him to a club. Second of a three-part episode.
Episode 20
The Break Up: Part 3
Thu, Feb 18, 1993 23 mins
Radio guest Billy Dee Williams convinces Martin to win Gina back, so he bursts in on her date with another man. Third of a three-part episode.
Episode 21
I'm Not Your Superwoman
Thu, Feb 25, 1993 23 mins
Gina loses patience when a flu-stricken Martin expects constant attention and mothering.
Episode 22
Credit Card Blues
Thu, Mar 18, 1993 23 mins
Martin's friends try to prove he's innocent when he's arrested for credit card fraud.
Episode 23
Jerome's in the House
Thu, Apr 1, 1993 23 mins
Pam accepts a date with Jerome.
Episode 24
Your Arms Are Too Short to Box with Martin
Thu, Apr 22, 1993 23 mins
Martin is faced with an angry gang of midgets, and learns a new lesson in bigotry.
Episode 25
Variety Show
Thu, Apr 29, 1993 23 mins
Martin gets to produce the station's charity variety show, but the authority goes to his head.
Episode 26
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Thu, May 6, 1993 23 mins
When the gang wins a new car, attempts to share it equally lead to chaos.
Episode 27
Checks, Lies and Videotape
Thu, May 13, 1993 23 mins
Martin and Gina expose the con artist preacher who bilked Martin's mother out of thousands of dollars.