8.4/108 votesLoading...#1 - Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1997
Marion vows to abstain from romantic liaisons as a mode of spiritual cleansing.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/108 votesLoading...
#2 - Out House
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 8/11/1999
In the series finale, Marion awaits news on an NFL franchise. Carl and Raynelle try to decieve their parents. Maxwell and Mercedes continue to try to conceive a child. Marion reconciles with Valerie. Marion finally opens up to Maxwell. Also, Mercedes reveals the news of her pregnancy. Valerie tells Marion that she and Brianna are moving back to New York. The NFL franchise is finalized and Marion decides to also move back to New York to be with Valerie and Brianna while taking the liaison job there. Now that Marion won't be needing his place, he gives it up to Carl and Raynelle to have along with Tiffany and Graham once they return. As everyone leaves to celebrate, Marion looks back on all the great things he has done for others and most importantly the people he shared them with.
Director: Ted Lange
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1010 votesLoading...
#3 - Three the Hard Way
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/1996
Marion finds it hard to believe Tonia when she tells him that Alex is seeing someone else. Tiffany ruins Jackie's new dress.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.7/109 votesLoading...
#4 - Sister Act: the Episode
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/1995
Jackie's adventurous sister takes her, Marion and Clayton on a wild, wild trip.
Director: Greg Antonacci
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/109 votesLoading...
#5 - A Major Problem
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/1996
Marion doesn't see eye to eye with his dad.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 7.7/1011 votesLoading...
#6 - God is in the House
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1997
At Christmastime, Tonia's sister, Yolanda, voices to Marion her doubts that the ministry is her true calling.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/109 votesLoading...
#7 - Love on a One-Way Street
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/22/1996
While giving Tiffany driving lessons, Marion crashes into a vehicle driven by a policewoman named Alex who he falls in love with.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1013 votesLoading...
#8 - Home Again
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 4/22/1996
Jackie is promoted to the New York office, which means Marion is short one tenant. Enter Tonia.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1011 votesLoading...
#9 - Christmas Party
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 12/11/1995
Tiffany and Austin want to bring the family together for Christmas, and that includes a visit from their great-grandparents.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.4/108 votesLoading...
#10 - Return of the Stiletto
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/24/1997
Marion's effort to avoid the ""I love you"" land mine with Amber blows up in his face. Meanwhile, Max believes that Tonia's boyfriend Henry may be giving secret information about their clinic to another rival clinic.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votesLoading...
#11 - Hats Off
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/15/1995
Jackie and Heather help Marion get an audition for a sportscaster job on a local news show. For the audition, he interviews basketball star Spud Webb. Marion gets the job! But when he refuses to do the broadcast without his lucky hat, the station owner issues an ultimatum: either the hat goes or Marion goes. Meanwhile, Tiffany participates in a school charity drive to get closer to a cute classmate. Also, Austin asks his family to help him prepare for a school spelling competition.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 7.3/109 votesLoading...
#12 - Come Back, Kid
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1996
Marion's professional football comeback means it's time for Jackie to start thinking about moving out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votesLoading...
#13 - Pledge Allegiance
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1996
When Tiffany's social life causes truancy trouble, Marion plots to make her party until she can party no more.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votesLoading...
#14 - The Stuff That Dreams are Made Of
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/3/1997
Marion and the gang participate in a dream therapy session.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1017 votesLoading...
#15 - Getting to Know You
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/10/1995
When Jackie Warren's husband goes through a mid-life crisis and announces that he is having an affair, she decides to make a new life for herself. Once a wealthy socialite, she enters the work force for the first time and gets her own place to live. Jackie squeezes into a less-than-lavish but charming house owned by former football player Marion Hill, whose stellar career was ruined by a freak accident. To cover expenses while he trains for a comeback, he moves into the apartment above his garage and rents his main house to Jackie and her two children. The kitchen becomes common ground for the tenants and their landlord. With only two years of law school as her experience, Jackie is hired as a legal assistant by Heather Comstock, a young no-nonsense power attorney. While she's working, Jackie must find someone to take care of her children. Despite her misgivings about Marion, Jackie's overly dramatic teenaged daughter Tiffany and her brainy young son Austin convince her to give him a c
Director: James Widdoes
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.0/1012 votesLoading...
#16 - Daddy's Home
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1995
Jackie ex-husband, Milton is thrown out by his new wife when he accidentally says Jackie's name during sex. Jackie refuses to allow him to live in her part of the home, but Marion lets Milton sleep in his room. Unfortunately, Milton drives Marion crazy with his annoying habits, and the next day Marion tries to force Milton back to Sasha. When Milton rents a romantic hotel suite, Marion calls Sasha to persuade her to reconcile with Milton. She refuses, causing a dejected Milton to lock himself in the hotel bathroom. After Marion calls Jackie at work, she rushes over and persuades Milton to come out of the bathroom. Grateful for her support, Milton hugs Jackie--just as Sasha enters....
Director: Gil Junger
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 7.0/108 votesLoading...
#17 - Boyz II Men II Women
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/1995
Marion takes it like a man when his old friend Kevin discloses his new profession as a female impersonator.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 7.0/1010 votesLoading...
#18 - My Crazy Valentine
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/1996
Jackie becomes intrigued and attracted to the handsome handyman named Russell who is hired by Marion to fix his broken hot tub. Austin unknowingly gives his girlfriend Erica Jackie's wedding ring as a gift. Marion spends Valentine's Day with Alex, but their romance becomes complicated when Tonia, Alex's cousin and Marion's physical trainer, surprises him and reveals that she has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Tiffany has two dates.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 7.0/109 votesLoading...
#19 - Close Encounters of the Worst Kind
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 5/6/1996
Marion feels like he's moved on emotionally from his college pals; new neighbor Tonia reports seeing an alien; Tiffany has a date.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Katie Ford
- 7.0/108 votesLoading...
#20 - Marion Strikes Back
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1997
Marion shows that he's free of his attraction to Amber by dating a woman from a company making a commercial for the clinic.
Director: Andrew Tsao
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1010 votesLoading...
#21 - The Lost Weekend <i>(a.k.a. The Last Weekend)</i>
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/1995
Austin persuades Jackie to continue the family tradition of visiting their mountain cabin at the beginning of the spring season. But when Jackie's car breaks down, Marion must drive them. Their plans are thrown into further turmoil by Jackie's ex-husband Milton, who brought his new young bride to the cabin for a romantic weekend.
Director: Asaad Kelada
Writer: Winifred Hervey
- 6.8/108 votesLoading...
#22 - Tito's in the House
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 9/8/1997
Marion gives his pal Tito a job at the sports clinic, where he's a real piece of work for Max and Tonia. Meanwhile, Tonia and her boyfriend Derek face a complication in their romance.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/109 votesLoading...
#23 - Cruise (2)
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 9/29/1997
Marion and Maxwell's on-shore escapade continues, while out-at-sea, Mercedes frets that Maxwell has ditched her.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1011 votesLoading...
#24 - Once Again, with Feeling
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/1/1995
It's been nearly 20 years since Jackie went on a date, but Marion tries to get her to meet men at a popular night club. However, when Marion's former grade school football coach comes for a visit, Jackie finds an eligible bachelor in her own living room.
Director: Gil Junger
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1011 votesLoading...
#25 - Dog Catchers
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1995
Marion and his friend Carlton Banks discover that a boy is dating both Tiffany and Carlton's little sister, Ashley, at the same time, so they decide to teach the duplicitous guy a lesson in respect.
Director: Gil Junger
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of In the House
Every episode of In the House ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of In the House!
In the House is an American sitcom
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Best Episodes Summary
"Abstinence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder" is the best rated episode of "In the House". It scored 8.4/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by John Tracy and written by N/A, it aired on 5/5/1997. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Out House".