The BEST episodes of The Wayans Bros. season 5
Every episode of The Wayans Bros. season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Wayans Bros. season 5!
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.
#1 - 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.
#2 - 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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - 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.
#5 - The Kiss
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1998
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.
#6 - Ho's on First
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1998
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.
#7 - The High Life
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1998
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.
#8 - Saving Private Marlon
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1999
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.
#9 - A Country Christmas
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1998
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.
#10 - Misery
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1998
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.
#11 - Big Brother
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1999
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.
#12 - Rope-a-Dope
Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/20/1999
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.
#13 - Escorting Ain't Easy
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1998
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.
#14 - Everybody Loves Shawn
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/29/1999
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.
#15 - Three on a Couch
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/13/1999
After seeing a successful old pal, Shawn becomes convinced his family is to blame for him never becoming a huge success.
#16 - Romeo & J'Leeta
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1998
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.
#17 - Marlon Joins A Cult
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/10/1998
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.
#18 - Jump!
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1999
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.
#19 - Pops Gets Evicted
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1999
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.
#20 - Green Card
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1999
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.
#21 - Crazy 4 U
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1999
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.
#22 - Pops' Campaign
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1998
Pops is used to slinging hash. But when he runs for city council against an unscrupulous politician, he winds up slinging mud instead -- with Shawn and Marlon as his campaign managers. ``Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.'' veteran Ronnie Schell appears in this new episode. He plays a politician known to be corrupt, and when he announces his candidacy for another city-council term, Pops (John Witherspoon) decides to oppose him. Marlon and Shawn become their father's campaign managers and consider devious tactics.