Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
Writer: Winifred Hervey
Air date: 1991-09-09
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.
Writer: Bryan Winter
Air date: 1991-09-16
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.
Writer: Efrem Seeger
Air date: 1991-09-23
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party, at the same time Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.
Writer: Marcus Jamal Gaines
Air date: 1991-09-30
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.
Writer: Cheryl Gard
Air date: 1991-10-07
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.
Writer: Samm-Art Williams
Air date: 1991-10-14
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended - and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding.
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
Air date: 1991-10-21
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
Air date: 1991-11-04
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
Air date: 1991-11-11
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.
Writer: Elaine Newman
Air date: 1991-11-18
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.
Writer: Bryan Winter
Air date: 1991-11-25
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.
Writer: William Missouri Downs
Air date: 1991-12-09
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.
Writer: Winifred Hervey
Air date: 1991-12-16
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.
Writer: Eunetta T. Boone
Air date: 1992-01-06
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled.
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
Air date: 1992-01-13
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
Air date: 1992-01-20
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy.
Writer: Cheryl Gard
Air date: 1992-02-03
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.
Writer: Leslie Ray
Air date: 1992-02-10
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs, while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital, kicking and screaming, for a tonsillectomy.
Writer: Bryan Winter
Air date: 1992-02-17
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.
Writer: Samm-Art Williams
Air date: 1992-02-24
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical, who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher.
Writer: Efrem Seeger
Air date: 1992-03-02
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend.
Writer: Jerry Ross
Air date: 1992-03-23
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly, and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women.
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
Air date: 1992-04-27
Runtime: 24 min
Overview: Ashley cringes when the family oohs and aahs over her relationship with Kevin , but Will chokes when she asks him about sex - and her curiosity about reproduction sends Will to a pregnancy counseling center.
Writer: Leslie Ray
Air date: 1992-05-04
Runtime: 23 min
Overview: Will and Carlton lose their shirts investing on a tip - then take jobs as strippers to recoup their losses and get Vivian's bracelet out of hock.
