10.0/101 votesLoading...#1 - Martin in the Corner Pocket
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1995
Gina realizes the honeymoon's over when Martin spends their first night back home partying with Tommy and Cole, while she stays home.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
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#2 - The Romantic Weekend
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 4/27/1995
Gina is envious when Tommy and Pam plan to celebrate their six-month anniversary at a luxurious resort. When she complains to Martin about why they never do anything special, Martin takes Gina on a vacation to Chilligan's Island, a dreadful and low-rate resort that was advertised on the back of a cereal box. As the two try to make the best of their stay, they inadvertantly run into Tommy and Pam who also are vacationing at the resort.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.8/10124 votesLoading...#3 - Suspicious Minds
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 1/16/1994
Martin's new CD Walkman disappears. Stan convinces him that one of his friends must have taken it since they all have keys to his apartment. Martin goes around to each of his good friends and accuses them. Then it turns out he's wrong when the real taker of the Walkman innocently returns it to Martin.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: John Ridley
8.7/1090 votesLoading...#4 - Control
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/1993
Gina accidentally throws away Martin's tickets to a very important professional basketball game. She tries to get them out of the trash chute and replace them before Martin finds out, but is unsuccessful. She later finds out that Sheneneh also has a pair of tickets to the same game, and begs Sheneneh for them. Sheneneh, who doesn't like Gina and enjoys watching her suffer, decides to make it difficult for Gina to get the tickets. She compels Gina to work off the debt in her beauty salon.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Cheryl Holliday
8.5/1091 votesLoading...#5 - Really, Gina's Not My Lover
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/29/1993
After a painful toothache, Gina has a bad experience at the dentist's office. She has had novacaine, her face is swollen and bruised all over, she's drooling uncontrollably, and her speech is badly slurred. She looks like a mess! But Martin is determined to win the Man of the Decade award at his high school reunion that evening. His pride makes him want to brag to all his old schoolmates that he is rich and famous, and has a beautiful fashion model girlfriend. If anyone saw what his girlfriend really looked like, it would completely shatter his contrived image.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.5/1077 votesLoading...#6 - Got to Be There
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 9/5/1993
When Martin finds out that Gina has to go out of town on business, he, Tommy & Cole decide they will go out and have some fun while she is away. Meanwhile, Gina & Pam are having fun of their own at a company party in her hotel room, complete with a surprise male stripper. When Martin calls the room to talk to Gina, Bob, the white guy, answers the phone and tells Martin they are having a wild party, with strippers. Martin then drives the 500 miles in the middle of the night, and tries to catch Gina in the act of being unfaithful to him.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
8.5/1086 votesLoading...#7 - Hollywood Swinging: Part 2
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 11/14/1993
In Los Angeles, Martin takes steps to ensure that he gets on Varnel Hill's talk show. During a performance by Jodeci, Martin crashes the stage and tries to join the group in singing. Then on the street, Martin runs into Michael Jackson and gets beat down. Elsewhere, Pam believes that she has tracked down Denzel Washington.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.5/1097 votesLoading...#8 - No Justice, No Peace
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/9/1994
Martin gets a simple traffic ticket for running a stop sign. But he turns it into a Federal case when he decides to fight it in court and accuses the officer of civil rights violations, etc. As usual, Martin ends up botching the case and tries to resort to an insanity plea.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.5/10105 votesLoading...#9 - Guard Your Grill
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/1994
After winning a charity boxing match, Martin thinks he is as good a fighter as anyone. And after Tommy Hearns makes advances towards Gina, Martin challenges the boxer to a 10-round grudge match, with potentialy disastrous results.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Martin Lawrence
- 8.5/1069 votesLoading...
#10 - The Closer I Get to You
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1994
After the host of the show Word On The Street, is arrested and dragged off the set right before airtime, Martin is pressed into service as a last-minute fill-in. And after his advice on the show brings an arguing couple back together, Martin begins referring to himself as the Love Doctor, and begins handing out relationship advice to everyone he meets. Little does he know though, that his advice to Tommy would pay such high dividents for Tommy and Pam, yet leave his shocked and speechless.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.4/1079 votesLoading...#11 - I've Got a Secret
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 12/3/1992
Martin reveals a secret that Gina told him about Pam on the air which later turns into a big mess when everyone starts revealing past secrets.
Director: N/A
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
8.4/1082 votesLoading...#12 - Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 5/6/1993
Everybody pools together to get a raffle ticket from Roscoe the snot-nosed kid, and wind up winning a brand new SUV. They decide to share it, by assigning each of them to drive on a different day of the week. Tommy ends up giving a ride Sheneneh, and her 2 friends, Bonquisha and Keylolo. Gina ends up fighting with Jerome, the player, trying to wash her window at an intersection, and breaking off the side view mirror. Cole ends up driving his mother, Mama Payne and a friend around, and crashing into the curb. Pam takes the car to a drive through bank window and gets hassled by Otis the security guard, who takes out his frustrations on the car. They all wind up running the vehicle into the ground and have to get rid of it.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez
8.4/1065 votesLoading...#13 - Fat Like Dat
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/1993
Gina convinces Martin that he's putting on weight. So he, Tommy and Cole go on a diet and attend Gina's aerobics class where they meet a tough physical trainer. Martin then decides that he will give up all the rich foods he used to enjoy, and in true Martin tradition, he takes his dieting and exercise to the extreme. Now Gina must figure out a way to bring the old Martin back.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.4/1077 votesLoading...#14 - Hollywood Swinging: Part 1
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/7/1993
After Gina and Pam get promotions, Martin realizes his job is going nowhere. Especially after he meets Varnel Hill -- the successful TV talk-show host. So Martin decides to chase his dream of having a successful career by quitting his job, and heading to Hollywood.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Sandy Frank
8.3/1090 votesLoading...#15 - Blackboard Jungle Fever
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/21/1993
Martin returns to his elementary school to participate in Career Day. He discovers his favorite 3rd grade teacher, Ms. Trinidad, is still teaching there. They decide to go out to eat and catch up on old times. They end up at his apartment where she begins making moves on him, just as Gina walks in. She tells Gina that Martin made the unwanted advance on her, and Gina runs out in anger. The next day, Martin returns to the school to confront his former teacher. She makes another move on him in the classroom, but this time Gina's watching and she's ready to defend her man!
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Jane Milmore, Billy Van Zandt
8.3/1087 votesLoading...#16 - Beat It
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/12/1993
Martin invites a crowd of friends over to watch boxing on TV, but can never get to watch it, because he is constantly interrupted by his guests. Cole's new girlfriend Tasha, takes a liking to Tommy, and comes on to him in the back room, causing friction with Tommy and Cole. Pam and Sheneneh argue in the hall, and Bro' Man irritates Martin as well.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Get a Job
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1994
Martin and Gina attempt to discover information about Tommy's mysterious job. Nobody knows what Tommy does for a living, and when asked direct questions about his occupation, Tommy gives evasive answers, and questionable body-language. So they decide to go undercover and stake him out, only to discover him on the runway at an uptown strip club! Could this be what Tommy does for a living?
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Cheryl Holliday
8.2/1088 votesLoading...#18 - Jerome's in the House and He Won't Get Out
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 4/1/1993
After Pam gets dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to go out on a date with somebody 'different' out of sheer desperation. She decides to go out with Jerome, the player, even though Cole is trying to ask her out.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.2/1089 votesLoading...#19 - Checks, Lies and Videotape
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 5/13/1993
Martin and Gina try to expose a crooked preacher, Reverend Leon Lonnie Love, as a fraud, after he cons thousands of dollars from his church members, including Mama Payne. To do so, they decide to have Gina lure him to her apartment so she can elicit a confession out of him and then capture it on videotape.
Director: Terri McCoy
Writer: N/A
8.2/1093 votesLoading...#20 - Do You Remember the Time?
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/22/1993
Martin struggles with coming up with a new topic for his talk show. In desperation, he finally accepts some ideas from the gang. Finally, Gina suggests that he use as a topic, the circumstances of how they first met and fell in love. As they go around the room, each of them has a different remembrance of the events of that night.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Sandy Frank
8.2/1068 votesLoading...#21 - Thanks for Nothing
Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 11/21/1993
Martin's crazy relatives and Gina's parents arrive at Martin's house for Thanksgiving dinner. When Mama Payne hears the news, she panics trying to get away fast, and jumps out of the window. Gina can only watch from the window as Mama Payne soars to the ground.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.2/1058 votesLoading...#22 - Love Is in Your Face: Part 2
Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/1994
With Gina out of his life, Martin reconsiders his decision to let her go to New York to move on with her life, and he sets out to win her back. (Part 2 of 2)
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: Joey Gutierrez
- 8.2/1061 votesLoading...
#23 - Whole Lotto Trouble
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1994
Martin wins the Michigan State lottery. He celebrates by going out and buying tons of expensive luxury items and gives money away to his friends, BEFORE picking up his lottery money. But when he does, he finds out that the winning ticket is a tie, and must be split - thousands of ways!
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/1069 votesLoading...
#24 - Girlfriend
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 4/13/1995
Gina's conceited college friend comes to town. She's so offensive that Martin and Pam call a truce in their never ending fights and team up to expose her lurid past. Later, Martin invites Monique to appear on his tv talk show, and he exposes her to all of Detroit.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
8.1/10121 votesLoading...#25 - Dead Men Don't Flush
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/24/1992
Martin is having trouble with his toilet and tries to fix it himself. After he's made a wreck of things, Gina finally convinces him to hire a plumber to come out and fix it. But the when the plumber seems to be taking a very long time to complete the job, they find his body collapsed on the floor. What should they do now? Can they revive him, or is it too late?
Director: Chuck Vinson
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Martin
Every episode of Martin ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Martin!
Sassy sitcom centering on radio and television personality Martin Payne. Series focuses on his romantic relationship with girlfriend Gina, her best friend Pam and escapades...
Genres:ComedyDrama
Network:FOX
Best Episodes Summary
"Martin in the Corner Pocket" is the best rated episode of "Martin". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by N/A, it aired on 9/9/1995. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Romantic Weekend".