The BEST episodes of In the House
Every episode of In the House ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of In the House!
In the House centered around Marion Hill, an ex-professional football player facing a career-ending injury and reluctantly agrees to become a care-giver to a recently divorced mother of two as she starts a new career. At the start of the third season, his tenant Jackie moves back East with her son Austin, leaving Marion to serve as a guardian to her outspoken 18-year-old daughter Tiffany. Also, Marion begins to run a sports health clinic with two unpredictable partners - Tonia, an outlandish physical therapist and the egocentric Dr. Maxwell Stanton. Head Editor: drazelle1 Seasons 1-2 on NBC Season 3-4 on UPN Season 5 on NBC (last 6 eps)
#1 - My Pest Friend's Wedding
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/7/1998
Mercedes and Maxwell's marriage is jeopardized when their parents bicker on their wedding day. Meanwhile, Marion considers popping the question to Natalie.
#2 - Working Overtime (2)
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/2/1998
Marion wants to get Blake out from under Eddie's bad influence.
#3 - Say Anything
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1998
After a breakup, Marion is sued for damages over the ""little lies"" he uttered during the relationship.
#4 - Tito's in the House
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1997
Marion gives his pal Tito a job at the sports clinic, where he's a real piece of work for Max and Tonia. Meanwhile, Tonia and her boyfriend Derek face a complication in their romance.
#5 - The Second Coming of Marion Hill
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/15/1997
Marion makes a brief appearance during Tonia's meeting with an ad agency, and lands an underwear-modeling gig. Meanwhile, Tiffany decides to move out.
#6 - Cruise (1)
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/22/1997
#7 - Cruise (2)
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/29/1997
Marion and Maxwell's on-shore escapade continues, while out-at-sea, Mercedes frets that Maxwell has ditched her.
#8 - When Marion Met Natalie
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/10/1997
Marion provides living space for Natalie, a girl from the old neighborhood who's all grown up now.
#9 - Tiffany's School Daze (2)
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/24/1997
Marion advises Tiffany to steer clear of Graham. Meanwhile, Marion and Tonia scheme to reunite Maxwell and Mercedes.
#10 - God is in the House
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1997
At Christmastime, Tonia's sister, Yolanda, voices to Marion her doubts that the ministry is her true calling.
#11 - The Tennis Story
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/19/1998
Marion and Natalie have overwhelming urges for each other during a charity tennis tournament.
#12 - The Marion Rules
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/16/1998
Marion and Natalie establish relationship rules; Mercedes proposes to Maxwell; Tiffany is the birthing coach for a woman with a grudge.
#13 - Working Overtime (1)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/23/1998
To make clinic rent money, Marion rebuilds a youth center, where he confronts a bad guy from his past.
#14 - Cornbread, Marion and Me
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/6/1999
Marion accidentally kills Brianna's goldfish. Meanwhile, Maxwell tries to reconcile with Mercedes with the help of a counselor. Raynelle's new boyfriend becomes too clingy.
#15 - Out the House
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1999
In the series finale, Marion awaits news on an NFL franchise. Carl and Raynelle try to decieve their parents. Maxwell and Mercedes continue to try to conceive a child. Marion reconciles with Valerie. Marion finally opens up to Maxwell. Also, Mercedes reveals the news of her pregnancy. Valerie tells Marion that she and Brianna are moving back to New York. The NFL franchise is finalized and Marion decides to also move back to New York to be with Valerie and Brianna while taking the liaison job there. Now that Marion won't be needing his place, he gives it up to Carl and Raynelle to have along with Tiffany and Graham once they return. As everyone leaves to celebrate, Marion looks back on all the great things he has done for others and most importantly the people he shared them with.
#16 - The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1997
Marion and the gang participate in a dream therapy session.
#17 - Tiffany's School Daze (1)
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/17/1997
Tiffany is attracted to an older grad student.
#18 - Marion Strikes Back
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1997
Marion shows that he's free of his attraction to Amber by dating a woman from a company making a commercial for the clinic.
#19 - The Lost Weekend (a.k.a. The Last Weekend)
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/1995
Austin persuades Jackie to continue the family tradition of visiting their mountain cabin at the beginning of the spring season. But when Jackie's car breaks down, Marion must drive them. Their plans are thrown into further turmoil by Jackie's ex-husband Milton, who brought his new young bride to the cabin for a romantic weekend.
#20 - The Real World
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/26/1996
After Jackie moves back East with her son Austin, sidelined pro-football player Marion Hill revels, at least temporarily, in having his house back to himself. Plus, he is supposed to find out soon from a medical diagnosis if he can play football again. But a trip to the sports clinic immediately changes his outlook - with comedic reverberations. When Marion finds out he'll never play football again from the insensitive new doctor at the sports clinic, Maxwell Stanton, he doesn't know what to do, until his next door neighbor and physical therapist Tonia convinces him to buy the clinic, which is about to be closed in corporate downsizing. With partner Tonia in tow, they head off to meet with a loan officer. But it seems they weren't the only ones with this good idea. Dr. Stanton is looking to buy the place as well. When both parties learn that neither can make the deal on their own, they're left with only one option... a three way split.
#21 - Getting to Know You
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/1995
When Jackie Warren's husband goes through a mid-life crisis and announces that he is having an affair, she decides to make a new life for herself. Once a wealthy socialite, she enters the work force for the first time and gets her own place to live. Jackie squeezes into a less-than-lavish but charming house owned by former football player Marion Hill, whose stellar career was ruined by a freak accident. To cover expenses while he trains for a comeback, he moves into the apartment above his garage and rents his main house to Jackie and her two children. The kitchen becomes common ground for the tenants and their landlord. With only two years of law school as her experience, Jackie is hired as a legal assistant by Heather Comstock, a young no-nonsense power attorney. While she's working, Jackie must find someone to take care of her children. Despite her misgivings about Marion, Jackie's overly dramatic teenaged daughter Tiffany and her brainy young son Austin convince her to give him a c
#22 - Guest Dad
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/10/1999
Maxwell and Mercedes struggle to conceive a child while Marion encounters Valerie's ex-husband Justin, who has plans for reconciliation.
#23 - Not as Good as It Gets
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/3/1999
Marion's life hits a crossroads when he begins to fret over whether he and Maxwell should sell their clinic while Tonia gets offers from the WNBA. Meanwhile, Carl and Raynelle move in with Marion and Tiffany temporarily, but the three friends soon regret the whole idea.
#24 - All's Fair in Love and War
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/24/1998
Marion denies having feelings for Natalie, as he and Tito throw a bachelor party for Maxwell.
#25 - One House and a Baby
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/17/1998
Tiffany helps out her single-mom friend Shara. Meanwhile, Marion's paternal feelings worry Natalie.