The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Both brothers were already well-known from the sketch comedy show In Living Color that aired from 1990 to 1994 on Fox. The series also starred John Witherspoon and Anna Maria Horsford.
Grandma's in the Hiz-House (Episodio 1)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-09-04
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Unbrotherly Love (Episodio 2)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-09-11
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Dumbfounded that his girlfriend would dump him for Marlon, Shawn convinces himself she's just trying to make him jealous. So he sets up a double date to show her that two can play that game.
Movin' On Up (Episodio 3)
Guionista: Maiya Williams
Fecha de emisión: 1996-09-18
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Gots to Have a J.O.B. (Episodio 4)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-09-25
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Marlon achieves celebrity status by starring in a series of malt-liquor commercials, but there's trouble brewing when he portrays a ghetto stereotype.
Trippin' (Episodio 5)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-10-02
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Contest-obsessed Marlon hits the jackpot. His prize is a vacation for two, but it's no day at the beach when Shawn, Pops and Grandma battle over the second ticket.
Drama for Yo' Mama (Episodio 6)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-10-09
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: To win Mama a chair, the brothers concoct a family sob story and win $5,000 in a magazine's Wish of the Year contest, then have to stage an elaborate performance when a reporter checks up on them.
Family Business (Episodio 7)
Fecha de emisión: 1996-10-16
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: A food fight breaks out when Uncle Nate parks his lunch truck across from Pops' diner, taking away his patrons.
An Officer and a Homegirl (Episodio 8)
Guionista: Maiya Williams
Fecha de emisión: 1996-11-06
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Dee flies off the handle when her sister Natalie thinks about giving up her promising Air Force career to be with airhead Marlon.
The Return of the Temptones (Episodio 9)
Guionista: Robert Bruce
Fecha de emisión: 1996-11-13
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Going to the Net (Episodio 10)
Guionista: Dennis Snee
Fecha de emisión: 1996-11-20
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Shawn falls for an older woman (Grier), while Marlon meets a young thrill-seeker and finds that love is just a hop, skip and bungee jump away -- unless he wimps out.
Do the Wrong Thing (Episodio 11)
Guionista: Robert Bruce
Fecha de emisión: 1996-11-27
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Shawn becomes Marlon's agent and undermines his client's sputtering acting career by demanding the full star treatment. Meanwhile, Pops tries to foist spoiled food on the church mission.
Boyz in the Woods (Episodio 12)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-01-08
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Life Without Marlon (Episodio 13)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-01-15
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: In a twist on the film It's a Wonderful Life, Marlon's guardian angel shows him how the family would have fared had he never been born. (Not half badly, actually.)
Unusual Suspects (Episodio 14)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-01-22
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Goodbye Mr. Gibbs (Episodio 15)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-01-29
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Shawn and Marlon decide to play a prank on a hated teacher from junior high -- but find themselves delivering his eulogy when he drops dead at his retirement party.
Risky Bid-ness (Episodio 16) 9.0
Guionista: Robert Bruce
Fecha de emisión: 1997-02-05
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Shawn figures he's movin' on up when he lands a job at the ad agency in the building, but he's knocked off the fast track when his boss Ted takes credit for his slogan. Meanwhile, Marlon is left to run the newsstand, where he hires Dupree as his assistant.
Pops' Secret (Episodio 17)
Guionista: Maiya Williams
Fecha de emisión: 1997-02-12
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: When Pops starts dressing in fine clothes, closing the diner early and staying out late, Shawn and Marlon suspect the reason is another woman.
I Do... (Episodio 18)
Guionista: Maiya Williams
Fecha de emisión: 1997-02-19
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.
Dee's Baby Daddy (Episodio 19)
Guionista: Maiya Williams
Fecha de emisión: 1997-02-26
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Dee delivers a woman's baby, and her maternal instincts surface.
The Black Widower (Episodio 20)
Guionista: Robert Bruce
Fecha de emisión: 1997-04-30
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: 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.""
Say It Ain't So Marlon (Episodio 21)
Guionista: Dennis Snee
Fecha de emisión: 1997-05-07
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Marlon looks to even the score with an old Little League teammate who supposedly ruined his chances at a big-league career by hogging all the glory.
Marlon Goes On the Road (Episodio 22)
Fecha de emisión: 1997-05-14
Duración: 30 min
Sinopsis: Shawn's plans to expand ""Williams Brothers News"" are interrupted when Marlon lands a part in a national musical starring R&B artist Keith Sweat.