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On the day of his wedding, Cliff decides to come out as gay, which does not sit well with his two older brothers, Joe and Lou.

The Wedding

Joe's high-school football buddies pay a visit, but it is underwhelming when they tease one friend, Bubba, who is coming out as gay. Joe tries to set the record straight and pretends to be gay himself to fool the two other friends.

You Brought a New Kind of Love To Me

Joe is concerned that Cliff's new life as a gay man is preventing him from going back to his usual carefree activities, so Cliff decides to tag along with Donald to a neighborhood gay bar.

Lizards ain't Snakes

Joe attempts to woo Cliff's new friend, Lisa, but feels out of place amongst her other "sophisticated" friends.

He ain't Witty, He's my Brother

Joe finds out that the woman he is dating is married. Joe tries to break it off, but he and his girlfriend cannot control their lust for each other.

Mindless Passion

Joe, Cliff, Lou, and Donald notice a dead body in Joe's apartment. They decide it is best to bury the corpse and take an airplane out of town to figure out their next move.

FEAR OF FLYING

Joe's financial troubles are preventing him to get Penny an expensive gift when she is close to graduating high school.

MONTE CARLO NIGHT

The gang do not approve of Kelly's marriage to a tough guy and their plans on throwing a baby shower for Kelly ends in a free-for-all fistfight.

AND BABY MAKES TWO

Cliff falls in love with a Russian wrestler. The wrestler is using him because he wants to stay in the United States.

FOOLS RUSSIAN

Should Joe pose nude for the Sports Men of Philadelphia calendar?

STANDARDS AND PRACTICES

A street person sparks a bet between Joe and snobbish Marcus that Joe can transform her into a beautiful, cultured woman.

LIZA

Cliff is beaten up because he is gay. His brothers want to avenge him and end up in jail. There they meet the thugs.

IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I'M GAY

A spat between Joe and Lou causes Cliff to reflect themselves back when Joe promised their father that he and Lou would look after Cliff when he is gone.

I REMEMBER PAPA

Christmas activities are put on hold for the gang when a major snowstorm hits the city. At the same time, Joe befriends a fellow gay man.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEL (PART 1)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEL (PART 2)

Joe and Kelly spend the night together after a night of heavy drinking. They don't remember what happened. Will this lead to a relationship?

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER

Lou has an attack of pride when he gets fired from his job and his ensuing personal crisis drives Cliff and Joe crazy, especially he starts working at the restaurant. At a loss for how to help him, Joe decides to fire him to give his wounded pride a boost.

YOUR BROTHER'S KEEPER

During a blackout one night at the restaurant a mysterious stranger shows up out of nowhere eating food that the place doesn't serve and waving a trinket that promises magic that everyone is ready to fall for.

THE FOURTH BALL (aka Lucky Charm)

Cliff is confronted by his former fiancé.

LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO BE DELICATE

Lou is humiliated when he suddenly becomes impotent.

LET THE EAGLE FLY

Joe offers to pose as Kelly's husband to impress her former classmates at her high school reunion.

THE GIRL MOST LIKELY

Donald's estranged father arrives in Philadelphia to visit his son, but the reunion is cut short when he suffers a heart attack.

DONALD'S DAD

Donald considers settling down with a former girlfriend and her daughter, as this offers him a ready-made family.

DONALD'S OLD FLAME

Joe feels like a failure when he does not approve of Penny's new boyfriend and she retaliates by moving in with him. Joe is then forced to enlist everybody's help into sprucing up their new apartment.

THE PROOF IS IN THE PJs

Joe's plans to run as city councilman is dampened due to disagreements and tensions within the gang.

A HOUSE DIVIDED

A crooked detective sets up a sting when he accuses Donald of being a criminal.

THE STING

Cliff find a rich boyfriend (Winston) who quickly gets too serious about his relationship with Cliff. Cliff does not feel the same way about Winston.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY BROTHER

Cliff is failing one of his college courses, which will prevent him from playing baseball. His female professor offers him a passing grade in exchange for sex.

TO PLAY OR NOT TO PLAY

Joe decides to write a book about his memoirs, but decides to bend the truth on certain things, causing a rift between him and his family.

THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD

A young woman shows up from Korea who might possibly be Lou's daughter. Lou was involved with her mother when he was stationed in Korea. Is this his daughter?

AMONGST MY SOUVENIRS

Lou feels he needs a way to "be remembered", so he runs for president of the Rhinos. In order to cement the election he recruits three new members: Joe, Cliff, and Donald.

RHINO RHAPSODY

Donald is faced with the possibility of coming out to his former Air Force buddies.

DONALD'S AIR FORCE BLUES

Joe's old friend Bubba is back in town, but he does not answer. Joe questions him and learns that Bubba has AIDS.

THE STRANGER

Joe and his ex-wife Janey begin spending time with each other again and Penny hopes for a reconciliation, but Janey's selfishness jeopardizes their chances.

IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER

Lou is embarrassed and upset when his son Bucky considers leaving the seminary because he cannot take the vow of celibacy.

FATHER, FATHER

Penny dates an African-American circus clown. Rose Marie and Maury Amsterdam play the clown's parents.

A GREASEPAINT SMILE

Donald is very secretive about the reason he doesn't want to spend Thanksgiving with the Waters brothers.

GOBBA, GOBBA

Lou and Donald get the chickenpox. They are quarantined for a fortnight in Donald's apartment. Soon they are annoyed by each other. Penny fears the two are killing each other.

GODZILLA MEETS BAMBI (aka Donald's Apartment)

Joe and Cliff do not want to live together anymore. Everyone feels cramped in their privacy. In order to complete the change, they immediately enter a contact ad. The badge is a red carnation.

A CARNATION BY ANY OTHER NAME

Kelly is turned off by a bad date. She becomes friends with Donald's friend, Annie. When Lou tells the gang that Annie is a lesbian, they begin to read more into their relationship than there is.

THE SHOOP SHOOP SHOP (aka Isle Of Lesbos)

After Donald's cat Blanche Dubois dies, Cliff gives him one of the two kittens he's been feeding in the alley and keeps the other.

HAIRBALL BLUES

Cliff gets the chance of a lifetime to try out for a pro baseball team. When things don't quite go the way he would have planned, he learns a something about himself.

TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALLGAME (aka Dreams Of Summer)

Lou gets a huge promotion at work but is having second thoughts after the bosses daughter makes advances at him.

THE SEDUCTION OF LOU

Joe makes Penny get a job because she gets her first credit card bill.  He tries to help her out by getting her a secretarial job but she turns it down and tries to get a job on her own.

A PENNY A DANCE

DONALD'S HALF SISTER

When the bar gets closed down by the building inspector, Joe agrees to host a wake when a widow offers to pay enough to make the repairs to reopen the bar.

WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO GO

BLIND LOVE

Lou finds out Kelly can sing and tries secretly to have her perform for a record producer.

THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME

The Waters brothers face off with childhood rivals when three bullish brothers return to town for a family reunion.

BROTHERS THREE

Donald writes a play but the only producer that will consider his play doesn't seem very legit.

THE PLAYS THE THING

Lou is excited to spend the day with Flo's nephew Harry.  But Lou realizes that him and Harry don't have that much in common.

HARRY AND THE OGRE OF OCK

MOTHER'S DAY

TWO-TIMIN' MAN

IF I ONLY HAD A WATCHAMACALLIT

Cliff gets a job interview as an apprentice sports writer. But he would have to move to Utica, NY if he takes the job.

GOODBYE, CLIFFIE

Joe suffers a midlife crisis when one of Penny's friends hits on him.

JOE LEAVES THIS OLD WORLD BEHIND

WHOSE GOLDEN YEARS IS IT, ANYWAY? (PART 1)

WHOSE GOLDEN YEARS IS IT, ANYWAY? (PART 2)

THE BOXER

LAY THE POINTS

THE GANG WHO COULD SHOOT STRAIGHT

A PENNY FOR YOUR DREAMS

ICEMAN

STILL MARRIED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS

MI CASA ES SEWER CASA

After going out for over 6 months, Joe and his new girlfriend Annie announce they're ready to tie the knot.

WEDDING BELL BLUES

An innocent prank by Lou causes Donald to temporarily lose his hearing.

WHAT?

After graduating college in journalism Cliff has second thoughts about his direction in life.

CHEZ CLIFF

After Flo leaves Lou he has trouble learning to charm her into coming back.

LOVE AND LEARN

LEAVE IT TO CLEAVAGE

FEAR OF HEIGHTS

CLIFF'S MAGIC RECIPE

While tagging along with Lou to a physical, Joe finds out he has high blood pressure. Fearing for his health he starts to act like an old man.

OLD MAN WATERS

HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS

ON THE REBOUND

MAN'S CHOICE

STARRY, STARRY NIGHTMARE

PENNY AND THE HARD HAT

Joe gets an irresistible offer to sell the bar. But little does he know the offer is from a developer who wants to tear down the bar to build a high rise.

THE POINT AFTER NO MORE?

LAS VEGAS SERENADE (PART 1)

LAS VEGAS SERENADE (PART 2)

ONE ON ONE

THE FARMER ALWAYS RINGS TWICE

BACHELOR FATHER

MASQUERADE

STOLEN PLEASURES

IS THE CALLER THERE?

THE WINDSOR WAR

THERE'S A LID FOR EVERY POT

THANKSGIVING

SITTIN' IN A TREE

BARNEY, WE HARDLY KNEW YE

I'LL KNOW WHEN MY LOVE COMES ALONG

L. A. MALTBY

HUSTLE UP

BUT I KNOW WHAT I LIKE

MOVING OUT

A JOB WELL DONE

TWO FOR THE SEESAW

NOTHIN' SAYS LOVIN'

Two conservative men support their younger brother when he comes out as gay, and help him navigate being openly homosexual in 1980s Philadelphia.

The Best Seasons of Brothers

The Best Seasons of Brothers

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