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Martin Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1996 - 1997
Episode 1
Is You Is or Is You Ain't
Thu, Sep 5, 1996 30 mins
Martin (Martin Lawrence) brags about Gina's pregnancy while she waits for proof positive from a home test. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford
Episode 2
Back in Trouble Again
Thu, Sep 12, 1996 30 mins
Martin throws out his back. That throws off Gina's plans to attend an awards ceremony at which she's being honored. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford.
Episode 3
Sophomore Jinx
Thu, Sep 19, 1996 30 mins
Martin and Gina (Tisha Campbell) are forced to work out their problems themselves after some misadventures with marriage counselors. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Martin: Martin Lawrence.
Episode 4
Working Girls
Thu, Sep 26, 1996 30 mins
Gina loses an underwear ad account to Pam (Tichina Arnold), who finds herself wedged into a position she can't handle. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Cole: Carl Payne.
Episode 5
Boo's in the House
Thu, Oct 31, 1996 30 mins
First-time home owners Martin and Gina (Tisha Campbell) find their "dream house" is a calamity-filled horror. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford.
Episode 6
Banging Hard on the Schoolyard
Thu, Nov 7, 1996 30 mins
Gina (Tisha Campbell) drafts members of the women's Olympic basketball team for a battle of the sexes against the chauvinistic Martin. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Pam: Tichina Arnold.
Episode 7
The Life You Save Might Make You Rich
Thu, Nov 14, 1996 30 mins
Martin is showered with gifts after he saves a prince from choking. But the royal would like something in return---Gina (Tisha Campbell). Uche: Ernest Thomas. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford.
Episode 8
Snow White
Thu, Nov 21, 1996 30 mins
At a ski lodge, the gang resorts to drastic measures to tell Tommy that they don't approve of his new girlfriend. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Cole: Carl Payne. Gina: Tisha Campbell.
Episode 9
Come On Over to My Place
Thu, Dec 5, 1996 30 mins
Martin throws a housewarming party for Cole (Carl Payne), whose apartment comes with a set of strange new neighbors. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Gina: Tisha Campbell.
Episode 10
Scrooge
Thu, Dec 19, 1996 30 mins
Martin gets some Christmas spirit---in the form of Past, Present and Future ghosts who teach him to love the holiday or else! Pam: Tichina Arnold. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Young Martin: Braden Williams.
Episode 11
Waiting, Debating and Ovulating
Thu, Jan 9, 1997 30 mins
Martin's plans for sequestering Gina (Tisha Campbell) for a rendezvous are suspended when he's called in for jury duty. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Sheneneh: Martin Lawrence.
Episode 12
You Play Too Much
Thu, Jan 23, 1997 30 mins
Martin (Martin Lawrence) helps a burglar rob his place, thinking he's part of Pam's scheme to get back at him for all his pranks. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Cole: Carl Payne.
Episode 13
Ain't This About a Ditch?
Thu, Jan 30, 1997 30 mins
While Gina's out of town, Martin's mother-in-law pays a visit on the night he hopes to hang with the guys. Cole: Carl Payne. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Martin: Martin Lawrence.
Episode 14
Goin' Overboard
Thu, Feb 13, 1997 30 mins
Part 1 of two. Martin's stuck out at sea with a stalker (Lynn Whitfield) and a few "Love Boat" characters. Isaac: Ted Lange. Loafer: Lenny Wolpe. Brenda: Monica Allison.
Episode 15
Goin' Overboard
Thu, Feb 13, 1997 30 mins
Conclusion. Martin deals with cast members from the "Love Boat" while on a cruise without Gina. Julie: Lauren Tewes. Isaac: Ted Lange. Stalker: Lynn Whitfield.
Episode 16
Power to the People's Court
Thu, Feb 20, 1997 30 mins
Foolishly, Tommy acts as his own lawyer after Sheneneh sues him. However, she has legal eagle Ronnie Cochran on her side. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Cole: Carl Payne. Sheneneh: Martin Lawrence.
Episode 17
I, Martin, Take Thee Pam?
Thu, Mar 6, 1997 30 mins
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.
Episode 18
Auction
Thu, Mar 20, 1997 30 mins
Martin and Pam try to outbid each other at a charity auction for a very costly cuckoo clock. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Sister Mary Tyler: Christine Healy. Billy Joe: Cliff Emmich. Cole: Carl Payne. Martin: Martin Lawrence.
Episode 19
Daddy Dearest
Thu, Apr 3, 1997 30 mins
Tommy's ex-marine father (John Amos) shows up and tries to "make his son a man" by showing him up in front of his friends. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Cole: Carl Payne. Nipsey: Sean Lampkin.
Episode 20
Stakeout
Thu, Apr 10, 1997 30 mins
A hunky detective uses Pam's place for a police stakeout...and Martin wants in on the action. Johnson: Keith Sweat. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford.
Episode 21
Goin' for Mine
Thu, Apr 17, 1997 30 mins
Out-of-work Pam meets a talent scout (Dondre T. Whitfield), who tells her of a job opening at his record company. Donna: Jenna Von Oy. Sweets: Phil Morris. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Tommy: Tommy Ford.
Episode 22
One Flew over the Hoochie's Nest
Thu, Apr 24, 1997 30 mins
Pam (Tichina Arnold) is thought to be her twin cousin, who has recently escaped from a mental institution. Nurse Froyd: Zelda Rubinstein. Cole: Carl Payne. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Shanise: Maura McDade.
Episode 23
California, Here We Come
Thu, May 1, 1997 30 mins
Part 1 of the two-part finale. The Paynes find jobs in L.A., but can't find each other to share the good news. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Martin: Martin Lawrence. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Shanise: Maura McDade.
Episode 24
California, Here We Come
Thu, May 1, 1997 30 mins
In the conclusion to the two-part series finale, Martin and friends reminisce before the Paynes move to L.A. Pam: Tichina Arnold. Gina: Tisha Campbell. Tommy: Tommy Ford. Lou Rawls, George Clinton and Lisa Leslie have cameos.