9.0/101 votes#1 - When Flex Got Breanna
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/3/2001
Baltimore sportscaster Mark ""Flex"" Washington finds his bachelor's paradise disrupted when his feisty 14-year-old daughter, Breanna, comes to live with him full-time. Flex is used to the carefree life of a young single man, complete with junk food, sports and women. Breanna is accustomed to no rules and all fun when she visits her dad for two weeks a year. But when the demands of her mother's new job make it necessary for Breanna to move in with her father for the foreseeable future, Flex must adjust to raising a teenager on a day-to-day basis. In the series premiere, Breanna's jealousy of Flex's date causes her to act out, straining their relationship.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Eunetta T. Boone
8.0/108 votes#2 - Will Gets a Job
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1991
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.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Efrem Seeger
8.0/108 votes#3 - Cased Up
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/11/1991
A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
7.9/108 votes#4 - The Mother of All Battles
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1991
Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bryan Winter
7.9/108 votes#5 - Guess Who's Coming to Marry?
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1991
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.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Samm-Art Williams
7.9/108 votes#6 - She Ain't Heavy
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/4/1991
Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
7.9/1010 votes#7 - Christmas Show
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1991
On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Winifred Hervey
7.9/108 votes#8 - My Brother's Keeper
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/13/1992
On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
7.9/109 votes#9 - Ill Will
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/10/1992
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.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Leslie Ray
7.9/108 votes#10 - Eyes on the Prize
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/17/1992
Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bryan Winter
7.8/108 votes#11 - PSAT Pstory
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1991
Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Marcus Jamal Gaines
7.8/108 votes#12 - The Big Four-Oh
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1991
Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
7.6/108 votes#13 - The Butler Did It
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/25/1991
Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Bryan Winter
7.6/108 votes#14 - Community Action
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/3/1992
When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Cheryl Gard
7.5/108 votes#15 - Did the Earth Move for You?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1991
Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Winifred Hervey
7.5/108 votes#16 - Granny Gets Busy
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1991
Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Cheryl Gard
7.5/108 votes#17 - Hi-Ho Silver
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1991
Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Elaine Newman
7.5/108 votes#18 - Something for Nothing
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/9/1991
After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: William Missouri Downs
7.2/1010 votes#19 - Geoffrey Cleans Up
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/20/1992
Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy.
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Writer: Lisa Rosenthal
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"When Flex Got Breanna" is the best rated episode directed by Ellen Gittelsohn. It scored 9/10 based on 1 votes. It was written by Eunetta T. Boone. It aired on 9/3/2001 and is rated 1.0 points higher than their second-best episode, "Will Gets a Job".