Mark Linn-Baker — Director

Episodes 42

Call Me Irresponsible

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September 23, 199430m
3x1

During the summer, P.J. (the principal) has been calling Mark's house and leaving messages. Geneva thinks he should call him back, but Mark refuses - he doesn't want to call his boss during the summer. When he comes to school, he tries to avoid P.J., but he fails. P.J. tells him that she had been calling him to offer him the job as head coach. Mark gets very happy and excited, until P.J. tells him that since he didn't return her phone calls, she had to offer the job to someone else. If he suck up to the new head coach, maybe he can become assistant coach. After Mark's history class, coach Corley comes into the classroom and asks him for advice and offers him the job as assistant coach, but Mark declines. Later coach Corley comes by the house and he and Mark decides that Mark is just going to come by the gym on Monday.

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My Bodyguard

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September 30, 199430m
3x2

Mark discovers that Nicole is up in the middle of the night doing another kid's homework. His name is Scott Farcus. Nicole says that she should just say no to him. Nicole promises - she doesn't want Mark to tell her mother because she would just become like crazy aunt Eunetta. It didn't work very well. Nicole tells Mark that he took her lunch and sold it back to her. Therefore, Mark invites Tyler over. He tells Tyler about Scott Farcus and asks Tyler to stand up to Scott and tell him to leave Nicole alone. Tyler tries to get away, but Mark catches him. He shows Tyler how behave like a tough guy and give him his sun-glasses so he can be really tough. Tyler says he will do it. The next day, Tyler is rather angry with Mark. Scott broke the glasses and got Tyler to do his spelling homework. Nicole tell her mother about what Scott's been doing to her. In school, Geneva makes a big scene when she's angry with Mark because he didn't tell Nicole to come to her. She says she's going down to t

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Between Friends

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October 7, 199430m
3x3

Geneva has bought a desk for Nicole, which Mark is supposed to put together. But Mark's old friend from college, Steve, comes by to visit him. He's a sports columnist fot the Tribune. They go to Dirty Burgers to eat and talk about old memories. They both start to hit on the waitress. They are to go to the Warriors game that night, but when the waitress, Charlene, calls, they start to fight about old girlsfriends and Steve decides to going to the game with Charlene instead of Mark. But Mark phones and cancels Steve's tickets. Geneva tells Mark to call Steve and try to work things out. After some trouble and misunderstandings between Mark and Vanessa, Steve comes over to get his cellular phone, which he had forgot at Mark's. They appologize to each other. In this episode, Vanessa tried to get a job in a number of different ways. At last, she manages to get one, answering the phones, at a doctor's office. The desk was put together. Geneva lost her bet to Nicole that Mark wouldn't manage t

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He Said, She Said

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October 14, 199430m
3x4

Vanessa is upset to learn that Mark wants to date her friend from the office. Everytime he goes on a date with one of her friends, she loses the friend.

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Matinee

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October 21, 199430m
3x5

Mark takes Nicole and a few of her friends to the matinee only to suffer through the pains of taking little kids to the movies.

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Mo' Money

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October 28, 199430m
3x6

Mark decides to invest in the vending machine business.

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Instant Replay

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November 4, 199430m
3x7

Mark finds out that his former basketball rival will be back in town to play at his high school's upcoming alumni basketball game. Fearing a repeat of an old high school humiliation with Reggie, who is now a NBA star, Mark fakes an injury.

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House Guest

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November 11, 199430m
3x8

Geneva invites P.J. to stay at their house...but Mark didn't anticipate P.J. moving in along with her new little dog, aptly named Monster.

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My Achy Breaky Back

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November 18, 199430m
3x9

Mark finally gets a job interview with the head coach at San Francisco State, but he hurts his back before the interview.

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True Romance

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November 25, 199430m
3x10

While Mark substitutes for a sportswriter friend by writing a sports column, he is continually interrupted when people ask his advice on their love lives.

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Clothes Make the Man

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December 2, 199430m
3x11

Mark goes to a men's clothing store to buy a new tie for a weekend banquet and ends up getting conned by a beautiful but cunning saleswoman.

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Christmas Show

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December 16, 199430m
3x12

It's Christmas. Mark accidentally leaves a window open. When they get back, they have been robbed.

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Coach

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January 6, 199530m
3x13

Mark finally gets his dream job as the school's head basketball coach after Coach Corley leaves the position to coach college basketball.

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One Is the Loneliest Number

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January 13, 199530m
3x14

Mark's friend, Steve, convinces Mark that his relationship with his girlfriend Denise is boring. Concluding that Denise is to blame, Mark makes plans to stop dating her, but Denise stops dating him first.

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True Lies

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January 27, 199530m
3x15

Instead of keeping his promise to Nicole to bring her to the circus, Mark lies to her so he can go out with his girlfriend Denise.

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The Ringer

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February 3, 199530m
3x16

Geneva convinces Mark to coach Nicole's all-girl basketball team, which hasn't won a game all season. Determined to help the girls win, Mark convinces Tyler to dress up like a girl and play on the team.

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Down in the Dumps

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February 10, 199530m
3x17

Mark and Vanessa are determined to win the lottery and enlist Geneva's help in obtaining her aunt's guaranteed winning formula.

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Hero

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February 17, 199530m
3x18

While waiting to use the ATM, Mark witnesses a botched robbery attempt. A woman stops the thief but leaves the scene quickly. Everyone believes that Mark actually prevented the robbery and he doesn't deny it.

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Here Comes the Groom

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February 24, 199530m
3x19

Mark advises Earvin to slow down his romance with his new girlfriend Lisa. However, Mark's good intentions prove ill advised when Earvin, after listening to Mark, decides to elope with Lisa.

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The Matchmaker

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April 28, 199530m
3x20

Mark and Geneva's crazy Aunt Eunetta comes to visit, and with her quirky technique of touching people's heads, determines that Mark and Vanessa would be the perfect couple.

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Guys' Night Out

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May 5, 199530m
3x21

After being pestered by Geneva, Mark reluctantly tries to help Geneva's boyfriend, Ken, become a part of Mark's group of male friends.

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High Hopes

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Season Finale
May 12, 199530m
3x22

It looks like roommates Mark, Geneva and Vanessa may all be leaving Oakland.

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R.O.T.C.

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September 13, 199530m
4x3

Geneva recruits a new instructor for the Reserve Officer Training Corps, her former boyfriend, Master Sergeant Ken.

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Together Again

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September 22, 199530m
4x1

Everyone's plans to leave Oakland, California go awry and they all come back.

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It's a Matter of Principal

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September 29, 199530m
4x2

Rehired as basketball coach, Mark takes advantage of Geneva's position as principal.

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E.R.

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October 20, 199530m
4x4

Vanessa saves Mark's life after he falls and gets a concussion.

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Halloween

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October 27, 199530m
4x5

When Tyler becomes scared while watching a horror movie, Nicole and her friend, Sandy (SHEKINAH WILLIAMS), tease him and dare him to camp out in a haunted house on Halloween. Tyler does, and Mark skips a costume party to go get him. But they both stay the night in the haunted house. Meanwhile, Vanessa gets a job as an emergency medical technician and has her first ambulance assignment on Halloween night.

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Ghost in the Machine

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November 3, 199530m
4x6

Nicole breaks Mark's prized mug and lets Vanessa take the blame. Later, while playing a fantasy computer game, Nicole falls asleep and has a dream that teaches her the importance of honesty.

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Waterworld

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November 10, 199530m
4x7

When the ancient plumbing system breaks down in the house, Vanessa and Geneva hire a plumber. But Mark chases away the plumber and insists on fixing the problem himself.

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I Remember Grandpa

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November 17, 199530m
4x8

Mark unwillingly goes to clean out Grandpa Cooper's mountain cabin.

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R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

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December 1, 199530m
4x9

Geneva becomes exasperated with everyone in the house treating like a servant. So, she moves out with Nicole. Mark invites his inconsiderate friends Steve and Lydell to move in, causing Vanessa to move out.

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The Great Pretender

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December 8, 199530m
4x10

Mark allows medical trainee Vanessa to practice wrapping bandages on him. While wearing a shoulder brace, Mark meets his beautiful new neighbor, Monique. Before Mark can explain that he is not injured, Monique becomes sympathetic. Using the sitaution to his advantage, Mark asks her on a date. Meanwhile, Nicole insists on wearing hip-hop clothing to express her individuality.

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Christmas '95

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December 15, 199530m
4x11

Disgusted by the commercialization of Christmas, Mark persuades everyone to accompany him to a nostalgic Christmas tree farm. The adventure is ruined when they discover that the farm is just a booth with scrawny little trees. Then Mark's car becomes disabled on a deserted road. When the group finally reaches a place to stay for the night, the North Star Inn, they witness the birth of a child and remember the true meaning of Christmas.

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Increase the Peace

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January 5, 199630m
4x12

A gang member at school harasses Earvin, and threatens him with a gun.

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Robo Golf

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January 12, 199630m
4x13

Mark invests in a co-worker;s invention, a robotic suit designed to imporve the wearer's golf skills.

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Coach Counselor

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January 19, 199630m
4x14

Mark becomes a student guidance counselor and advises an egotistical football player.

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Talent Show

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February 2, 199630m
4x15

Geneva assigns Mark to be in charge of the Winter Carnival at school, but everyone knows that he actually wants to perform in it himself.

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Globetrotters

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February 9, 199630m
4x16

Mark is upset when he is unable to attend a show put on by the professional basketball pranksters The Harlem Gobetrotters for the fifth time in his life.

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Rivals

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February 16, 199630m
4x17

Mark tries to end a rivalry with a coach from another high school basketball team.

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The Curse

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February 23, 199630m
4x18

Mark causes a lot of bad luck for himself and those around him when he buys a beautiful car that the previous owner claims is haunted.

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Grumpy Old Man

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March 8, 199630m
4x19

Knuckleball Smith, one of Vanessa's patients at the retirement home, intends to sell his classic car to please his jealous elderly lover, Edna.

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True Confessions

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April 26, 199630m
4x20

After Geneva introduces Vanessa to a successful, handsome man, Mark does everything he can to sabotage the developing relationship.

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