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Former NBA player Mark Cooper becomes a dedicated teacher and basketball coach in Oakland after his playing career ends. When he's not dealing with his students and players, Mark spends time with his gorgeous female

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 1 - Call Me Irresponsible
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    #1 - Call Me Irresponsible

    S3:E1

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Jeffrey Duteil

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  2. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 2 - My Bodyguard
    6.7/10(22 votes)

    #2 - My Bodyguard

    S3:E2

    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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 3 - Between Friends
    6.6/10(22 votes)

    #3 - Between Friends

    S3:E3

    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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 4 - He Said, She Said
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #4 - He Said, She Said

    S3:E4

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 5 - Matinee
    6.0/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Matinee

    S3:E5

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 6 - Mo' Money
    6.5/10(26 votes)

    #6 - Mo' Money

    S3:E6

    Mark decides to invest in the vending machine business.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 7 - Instant Replay
    6.5/10(22 votes)

    #7 - Instant Replay

    S3:E7

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writers:Gigi McCreery, Perry Rein

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  8. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 8 - House Guest
    6.1/10(25 votes)

    #8 - House Guest

    S3:E8

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 9 - My Achy Breaky Back
    6.8/10(24 votes)

    #9 - My Achy Breaky Back

    S3:E9

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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writers:Dan Cross, David Hoge

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  10. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 10 - True Romance
    6.0/10(19 votes)

    #10 - True Romance

    S3:E10

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 11 - Clothes Make the Man
    6.2/10(21 votes)

    #11 - Clothes Make the Man

    S3:E11

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 12 - Christmas Show
    5.6/10(21 votes)

    #12 - Christmas Show

    S3:E12

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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 13 - Coach
    5.9/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Coach

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Jeffrey Duteil

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  14. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 14 - One Is the Loneliest Number
    6.2/10(21 votes)

    #14 - One Is the Loneliest Number

    S3:E14

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 15 - True Lies
    6.3/10(20 votes)

    #15 - True Lies

    S3:E15

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 16 - The Ringer
    6.0/10(26 votes)

    #16 - The Ringer

    S3:E16

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Scott S. Gorden

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  17. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 17 - Down in the Dumps
    6.2/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Down in the Dumps

    S3:E17

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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writers:Dan Cross, David Hoge

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  18. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 18 - Hero
    5.9/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Hero

    S3:E18

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Jeffrey Duteil

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  19. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 19 - Here Comes the Groom
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    #19 - Here Comes the Groom

    S3:E19

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 20 - The Matchmaker
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #20 - The Matchmaker

    S3:E20

    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.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writers:Dan Cross, David Hoge

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  21. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 21 - Guys' Night Out
    5.5/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Guys' Night Out

    S3:E21

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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 22 - High Hopes
    6.4/10(21 votes)

    #22 - High Hopes

    S3:E22

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

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Barry O'Brien

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Call Me Irresponsible" is the best rated episode of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper" season 3. It scored 6.9/10 based on 26 votes. Directed by Mark Linn-Baker and written by Jeffrey Duteil, it aired on 9/23/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "My Bodyguard".