The BEST episodes of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Every episode of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hangin' with Mr. Cooper!
Life couldn't be better for Mark Cooper (Mark Curry). He's charming, funny, playful and athletic--a really great guy ... And he'll be the first to tell you so! Just out of school and on his own for the first time, Mark shares a house with two beautiful women. The former college basketball superstar and ultimate prankster also happens to be the coolest substitute teacher around in Hangin' With Mr. Cooper.
#1 - The Swami
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/15/1997
To help the school earn money for textbooks, Mark works at a carnival pretending to be a fortuneteller.
#3 - Security
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 7/12/1997
Vanessa's job working as an emergency medical technician is eliminated due to budget cuts, so she starts her own business selling African beauty supplies. Meanwhile, Mark takes an additional job at a security company.
#4 - My Achy Breaky Back
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/18/1994
Mark finally gets a job interview with the head coach at San Francisco State, but he hurts his back before the interview.
#5 - Warriors (2)
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1992
In the beginning of the show, Mark shows the audience how in the last episode he was dunking during practice. He also showed how he was able to get the position on the Golden State Warriors team. The story begins from the last episode when he recieved the call from the team. Vanessa finds out that Mark quits his job from the school. Mark is signed to a 10-day contract where he has to prove to be on the team. He will play against the Phoenix Suns two times. Robin shows all the respect and believes that Mark can make the team. Robin also doubts that he will make the team and pleads with the high school coach to keep Mark's old job, if in case he does not make the team. Robin not only was able to keep Mark job open, she herself was qualified to teach the self-defence class. Robin did not want to tell Mark that she got the position. Robin also had to hide from Mark later in the episode. Also, Vanessa gets injured after Robin made some ""defence"" practice moves on her. Mark goes back to the
#6 - For Whom the Heck the Bell Tolls
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/1994
In this episode, Geneva has a hard time at the grocery store. Nicole asks why men treat women differently than others. Nicole decides to dress and act like Vanessa and see men, or usually Tyler, will respond to a woman like Vanessa. Mark teaches a drama class at Oakland High. Mark receives a letter that his assistant coach, when he was playing high school basketball, has died. The coach's son asks Mark to give the speech at the funeral. One problem, Mark does not know who the man is. Mark's plan is to look at the body of the dead man in the coffin to see who he is. Unfortunately, he was cremated. Now Mark has to give a speech on the man he does not know. Will Mark remember the assistant coach?
#7 - Pros and Convicts
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1994
Vanessa wants to show Geneva how to have a good time. Geneva tries to hit on a man who turns out to be a police officer. He mistakes her for being a prostitute and arrests both her and Vanessa.
#8 - Hangin' with Mrs. Cooper
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1994
Mark mother comes to visit him because she wants to start working and get out of the house but Mark dosen't want her too so he calls his father so he can try and get her back. Mark finds out that his mother is a great teacher after P.J made her subsitute his English class after he called in sick. Mark doesn't like it so he runs over to the school and finds Earvin and Andre and the rest of the class looking at dirty pictures. He takes them. Then his mother comes in he tries to hide but she sees him. When she starts teaching he realizes that she's a good teacher. At dinner Mark father comes and talks to his mother and they get back togther. Nicole writes an ad in the newspaper so she can get her mother a date for Mother's Day. Tyler comes over and gives Geneva a piece of string for Mother's Day because she been so nice to him. At the end of the show Nicole's gift (a man) comes and Geneva grabs him by his tie and rushes out the door. At the end of the episode Mark gets his Mom to cook for
#9 - Mo' Money
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/1994
Mark decides to invest in the vending machine business.
#10 - Here Comes the Groom
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/24/1995
Mark advises Earvin to slow down his romance with his new girlfriend Lisa. However, Mark's good intentions prove ill advised when Earvin, after listening to Mark, decides to elope with Lisa.
#11 - One on One
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/9/1997
When Mark argues with the high school's girls' basketball coach, they decide to settle their differences with a one-on-one basketball game.
#12 - The Dance
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/2/1997
Tyler makes a date with a girl for his first school dance, but Mark gives him bad advice on how to treat women.
#13 - The Ring
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 6/21/1997
After Vanessa accepts Mark's marriage proposal, Mark looks for a deal on a ring he can afford. But there's a misunderstanding about the price—after he gives it to Vanessa.
#14 - Down in the Dumps
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/10/1995
Mark and Vanessa are determined to win the lottery and enlist Geneva's help in obtaining her aunt's guaranteed winning formula.
#15 - True Lies
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/27/1995
Instead of keeping his promise to Nicole to bring her to the circus, Mark lies to her so he can go out with his girlfriend Denise.
#16 - House Guest
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/1994
Geneva invites P.J. to stay at their house...but Mark didn't anticipate P.J. moving in along with her new little dog, aptly named Monster.
#17 - Valentine's Day Massacre
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/9/1993
In this episode, Tyler sneaks into Vanessa's room while she gets dressed. Mark gives advice to keep his eyes open when it happens again. Robin goes on a blind date. Vanessa dates a doctor. Mark does not have a date but looks at the television and sees themselves on a show called ""Love Match"". The show will follow Mark, Robin, and Vanessa on their Valentine's day. The game show host interviews the cast and Vanessa's date comes in and Mark makes fun of both of them. But Mark still needs a date and here comes Robin's date. Robin starts liking her date until she finds out that he is addicted to his car. On Vanessa's date, her date tries to get her to tell the truth about everyhting and she insults the restaurant. Also, her date's ex-girlfrined is trying to kill him. Robin's date is not going so well when his car does not start. At the house, Tyler and Mark have a fun time playing war games. When Mark answers the door, a woman appears and asks to use his phone. Mark gets Tyler out and M
#18 - Please Pass the Jock
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1992
Robin goes to a skiing camp and needs money to go. So she tries to find a way to teach more children music lessons. Vanessa gives her the idea of ""having the first lesson free"". But, there are more than enough lessons than she can handle. Also the music lessons are driving Vanessa and Mark crazy. Mark teaches an high school Algebra class and Mark has a basketball student in the class called Andre. Mark meets his old baskeball coach Coach Rickits. Coach Rickits excuses Andre and tells Mark that Andre needs to pass the next test and Mark has to give him the exact questions before the test. The coach puts pressure on Mark saying that Mark did not pass the Algebra test when he was in high school and the coach made Mark pass because Mark was failing Algebra like Andre. Mark does not know what to do. Mark does not give Andre the questions and agrees to take and study the test with him so that he himself can pass Algebra class. The principal gives Mark and Andre the test and both of them pass
#19 - My Dinner with Mark
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/1/1992
In the beginning, Mark tells the audience that the show is LIVE. Mark does not know his lines. Vanessa invites her boss to their house to work on a business proposal. Mark thinks that Vanessa is dating him and Robin is trying to get a date with the boss. Vanessa tries to get a client by talking to her in the elevator. The client, Mrs. Walker, invites her to the meeting to a dinner with a $300 a plate price. Robin buys an excerize machine that makes her hang upside down and she can not get out of the machine without Mark. The boss had to take a flight out of town and wants her to reschedule. The client does not want to talk to secreatries like Vanessa. So, Vanessa has to find a person to pass as a business executive. Here comes Mark! They go to the restaurant and Vanessa tells Mark to be quiet and let Vanessa do the talking. The client asks Mark to discuss all of the business deals! Mark does not fit in with the rich crowd. Meanwhile, Robin tries out the machine again and can not
#20 - Forbidden Fruit
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/1993
Mark has a date with a new teacher's assistant--Coach Ricketts' daughter.
#21 - Clothes Make the Man
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/2/1994
Mark goes to a men's clothing store to buy a new tie for a weekend banquet and ends up getting conned by a beautiful but cunning saleswoman.
#22 - The In-Laws
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/5/1997
Mark meets Vanessa's extremely weathly parents for the first time, and hopes that they will pay for the wedding.
#23 - Will She or Won't She?
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/10/1996
Despite wanting to marry Mark, Vanessa innocently has lunch with her former boyfriend. When Mark finds out, he frantically proposes marriage to her. But Vanessa rejects him, thinking he only did it out of jealousy.
#24 - The Great Pretender
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1995
Mark allows medical trainee Vanessa to practice wrapping bandages on him. While wearing a shoulder brace, Mark meets his beautiful new neighbor, Monique. Before Mark can explain that he is not injured, Monique becomes sympathetic. Using the sitaution to his advantage, Mark asks her on a date. Meanwhile, Nicole insists on wearing hip-hop clothing to express her individuality.
#25 - I Remember Grandpa
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1995
Mark unwillingly goes to clean out Grandpa Cooper's mountain cabin.