Season 5

Episodes • 1998

Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Anna Maria Horsford
John Witherspoon
Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

1. Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

30 min

Amazing as it sounds, Marlon has an acting gig and Shawn is the one hard up for cash. With the newsstand still out of circulation, Shawn has do some major maneuvering to get a little money out of Marlon.

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Six Degrees of Marlon

2. Six Degrees of Marlon

30 min

Marlon wants more exposure on his sitcom Everybody Loves Everybody, so manager Shawn gets Marlon a big romantic scene: with a guy.

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Pops' Campaign

3. Pops' Campaign

30 min

When he runs for city council, Pops resorts to slinging mud.

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Romeo & J'Leeta

4. Romeo & J'Leeta

30 min

The battle between restaurateurs Pops and Rick heats up in this new episode. Nasty rumors add extra heat to their ongoing feud, but a ""Romeo and Juliet"" situation arises. Shawn starts dating Rick's daughter, something that definitely doesn't please Pops. Family arguments then raise the stakes.

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Ho's on First

5. Ho's on First

30 min

Shawn worries that Marlon is headed for a romantic fall because his new girlfriend is known for having a highly questionable reputation, and Shawn isn't sure whether to mention that after finding her alone with a handsome stranger. Marlon learns about it anyway, and though he claims not to be bothered by it, he really is.

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Escorting Ain't Easy

6. Escorting Ain't Easy

30 min

An old flame may be stoking Pops' fires of passion, so Shawn and Marlon set out to convince the woman that she chose the wrong family to get involved with.

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The Kiss

7. The Kiss

30 min

Shawn and Dee get together at a concert by Missy ""Misdemeanor"" Elliott for dancing -- and more. They may or may not have slept together, but Marlon has a tape of them in bed and it's going to air on TV, on America's Video Bloopers.

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The High Life

8. The High Life

30 min

Shawn has to weed out the truth about Marlon's involvement with an actor he admires who uses drugs, especially since Marlon has a big audition coming up.

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Misery

9. Misery

30 min

Semi-famous Marlon makes his first impact on a genuine fan. Unfortunately, she's an obsessed fanatic who kidnaps him -- and Shawn gets himself captured as well when he attempts a rescue.

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Marlon Joins A Cult

10. Marlon Joins A Cult

30 min

Marlon's family must rescue him when he falls in with a cult after signing up for a class. Marlon thinks he's signed up for an acting seminar to help with focus training, but he's really joined a cult called the Inner Light Institute.

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A Country Christmas

11. A Country Christmas

30 min

Cousin Sheila invites Marlon, Shawn, Dee and Pops to spend Christmas at her farm, where they are shocked to discover she's in dire straits and may lose her property if she can't pay her mortgage.

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Green Card

12. Green Card

30 min

When Shawn decides to marry an immigrant so she can be granted citizenship, the woman must live with him for six months. But he soon comes to regret the decision after the woman invites other family members to move in.

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Big Brother

13. Big Brother

30 min

Shawn follows in Marlon's footsteps as a ""big brother"" to a youngster, but it turns out that his new little charge already has a jail record.

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Saving Private Marlon

14. Saving Private Marlon

30 min

After landing an important role in a war movie, Marlon decides to do research on a military base where the head officer offers to show him the ropes -- until Marlon discovers that the soldier has a long-standing grudge against Pops.

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Jump!

15. Jump!

30 min

Marlon and Shawn's teasing about Dee's role as a security guard gets her suspended without pay and the duo must try to win her job back.

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Pops Gets Evicted

16. Pops Gets Evicted

30 min

Shawn's ideas on making better use of the lobby space catch the eye of the building's owner who offers him the chance to run a new cafe. But first he'll have to evict Pops.

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Crazy 4 U

17. Crazy 4 U

30 min

Marlon and Shawn get in way over their heads when they start competing for the attention of Dawn, an attractive psychiatrist who's just moved into the building.

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Hip Hop Pops

18. Hip Hop Pops

30 min

Marlon and Shawn try to shake Pops out of his depression over his 50th birthday -- and in the process create a monster.

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Everybody Loves Shawn

19. Everybody Loves Shawn

30 min

Shawn finds himself in the spotlight as an instant celebrity after a guest shot on Marlon's TV show, much to his brother's chagrin.

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Dreamgirl

20. Dreamgirl

30 min

A famous singer finds Shawn's indifference irresistible, and he and Marlon find themselves competing for her affections.

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Three on a Couch

21. Three on a Couch

30 min

After seeing a successful old pal, Shawn becomes convinced his family is to blame for him never becoming a huge success.

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Rope-a-Dope

22. Rope-a-Dope

30 min

Shawn and Marlon sell Pops' boxing memorabilia, but when their dad's feelings are hurt, they try to retrieve the goods from the new owner.

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