The BEST episodes of The Wayans Bros.

Every episode of The Wayans Bros. ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wayans Bros.!

Comedians Shawn and Marlon Wayans (In Living Color, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood) star as Shawn and Marlon Williams, two brothers with little more in common than their family name, the one-bedroom brownstone they share in New York City and an innate ability to disagree, disrupt and dis'. The Wayans Bros. is a Next to Last Production and BabyWay Production in association with Warner Bros. Television. Phil Kellard and Tom Moore are the executive producers, Josh Goldstein and Eric Gold are co-executive producers, Maiya Williams and Robert Bruce are the consulting producers and Craig Wyrick-Solari is the producer. Shawn and Marlon Wayans serve as executive consultants.

Last Updated: 2/26/2024Network: The WBStatus: Ended
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The Black Widower
star
8.40
15 votes

#1 - The Black Widower

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/1997

The boys fear it's a match made in hell after introducing a lonely Grandma to Fred, a smooth-talking diner regular who they later believe is a wanted murderer known as ""The Black Widower.""

Directors: Buzz Sapien
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An Officer and a Homegirl
star
8.16
19 votes

#2 - An Officer and a Homegirl

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1996

Dee flies off the handle when her sister Natalie thinks about giving up her promising Air Force career to be with airhead Marlon.

Directors: Buzz Sapien
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Loot
star
8.12
17 votes

#3 - Loot

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1995

Shawn, Marlon, Pops, Lou and Monique dream of the good life when they find $100,000 in an ashtray in the lobby. But Lou is determined to carry out the Niedermeyer Building rule requiring a classified ad be placed in the newspaper so that the owner can come forward -- and if it's claimed within five days, their dreams will go up in smoke.

Directors: Glenn Casale
Writer: Jim Evering
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Boyz in the Woods
star
8.06
16 votes

#4 - Boyz in the Woods

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1997

Pops browbeats the boys into going camping, but he's hurt to find their idea of ""quality time"" is partying with babes in the woods.

Directors: Glynn Turman
Writer: Phil Beauman
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It Takes a Thief
star
8.06
17 votes

#5 - It Takes a Thief

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/13/1996

When Dee falls for a con man, a smooth-talking jewelry salesman who rips off lonely single women, Shawn and Marlon must find a way to open her eyes before the wedding.

Directors: Scott Baio
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Six Degrees of Marlon
star
8.00
10 votes

#6 - Six Degrees of Marlon

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1998

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

Directors: John Bowab
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Movin' On Up
star
7.95
20 votes

#7 - Movin' On Up

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/18/1996

Shawn falls in with a yuppie crowd, spurning his old pals from the 'hood and masquerading as a business executive, until Marlon sets out to downsize his ego.

Directors: Scott Baio
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Gots to Have a J.O.B.
star
7.95
20 votes

#8 - Gots to Have a J.O.B.

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/25/1996

Marlon achieves celebrity status by starring in a series of malt-liquor commercials, but there's trouble brewing when he portrays a ghetto stereotype.

Directors: Glynn Turman
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Brother Can You Spare A Dime?
star
7.92
12 votes

#9 - Brother Can You Spare A Dime?

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1998

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.

Directors: John Bowab
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The Sting
star
7.90
20 votes

#10 - The Sting

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1995

Shawn listens carefully to Pops' lecture on the evils of poker -- then risks everything on a single hand, losin g his newsstand to T.C. After T.C. takes over ownership, Shawn's pride is on the line, and he challenges T.C. to double or nothing, with Pops' diner as the prize.

Directors: Tony Singletary
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Free Wally
star
7.81
32 votes

#11 - Free Wally

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1995

When Lisa and Shawn's relationship hits rough waters due to Marlon's constant interference, Marlon goes overboard to make amends -- sending them on a romantic ferry cruise on the harbor.

Directors: John Bowab
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The Return of the Temptones
star
7.81
26 votes

#12 - The Return of the Temptones

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1996

Pops reunites with his old singing group for a comeback try, but it seems times have changed. And thanks to modern surgery, so has one of its members.

Directors: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Robert Bruce
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Raging Marlon
star
7.80
10 votes

#13 - Raging Marlon

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/21/1998

Marlon reluctantly steps into the ring with former boxing champ Hector ""Hot-Pepper"" Lopez after he brags about accidentally knocking him out at the gym.

Directors: John Bowab
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Family Business
star
7.79
19 votes

#14 - Family Business

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/16/1996

A food fight breaks out when Uncle Nate parks his lunch truck across from Pops' diner, taking away his patrons.

Directors: Glynn Turman
Writer: Phil Beauman
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Pops Moves In
star
7.77
26 votes

#15 - Pops Moves In

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1995

Shawn and Marlon egg on Pops to defy their mother---but they wind up getting burned when he gets kicked out of the house and shows up on their doorstep. When his living habits begin driving the guys crazy, they devise a plan to drive him out by having a loud party -- but Pops gets into the groove and enjoys himself.

Directors: Rob Schiller
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Dreamgirl
star
7.75
8 votes

#16 - Dreamgirl

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/6/1999

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

Directors: John Bowab
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I Do...
star
7.73
11 votes

#17 - I Do...

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/19/1997

Marlon's relationship with his girlfriend is suddenly altared -- er, altered -- when her brother, a neighborhood bully, learns how close they've become and forces young Williams to propose.

Directors: John Bowab
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Scared Straight
star
7.72
18 votes

#18 - Scared Straight

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1995

Every Halloween, Pops puts out a cup of coffee and a doughnut to please the spirit of a dead woman, Cassandra Malloy, which he believes resides in the building. As a joke, Shawn and Marlon sneak in and eat the offerings. Soon, strange things begin to occur at the building and the guys admit their prank to Pops. To resolve the problem, Monique agrees to perform an exorcism.

Directors: Glenn Casale
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Pops' Daughter
star
7.71
14 votes

#19 - Pops' Daughter

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1997

Pops receives shocking news from a beautiful young woman who's been hanging around the diner asking a lot of questions about his past.

Directors: John Bowab
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The Odd Couples
star
7.71
17 votes

#20 - The Odd Couples

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1996

After an argument with Shawn, Marlon decides it's time for him to claim his independence and move out. Marlon ends up rooming with White Mike, while Shawn takes in T.C. Unexpectedly, Mike and T.C. dump Shawn and Marlon as roommates, forcing them back together -- something we later discover was engineered by Pops, who wanted the boys to reconcile.

Directors: John Sgueglia
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Grandma's in the Hiz-House
star
7.67
24 votes

#21 - Grandma's in the Hiz-House

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/1996

Shawn and Marlon let Grandma move in, then plot to drive her out after she cramps their bachelor lifestyle. The problem: she won't take a hint.

Directors: Gerren Keith
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Unusual Suspects
star
7.67
15 votes

#22 - Unusual Suspects

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1997

Marlon suspects a friend in need is a friend with greed when his apartment is burglarized after he rebuffed T.C.'s plea for a loan.

Directors: Buzz Sapien
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Hip Hop Pops
star
7.67
9 votes

#23 - Hip Hop Pops

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1999

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

Directors: John Bowab
Writer: Esa Lewis
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My Fair Marlon
star
7.66
29 votes

#24 - My Fair Marlon

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1995

Shawn plays Cyrano to help Marlon win the woman of his dreams, whom he met at a poetry reading -- but winds up turning his own life into a tragicomedy when Lisa discovers his love poems.

Directors: John Bowab
Writer: David Wyatt
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Talk is Cheap
star
7.64
11 votes

#25 - Talk is Cheap

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1998

Shawn and Marlon appear as guests on ""The Jerry Springer Show,"" and the host surprises the brothers by airing some dirty laundry about their new girlfriend Jasmine.

Directors: Buzz Sapien
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