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The Best Episodes of Martin Season 2

Every episode of Martin Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Martin Season 2!

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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 with best friends Tommy and Cole.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Martin Season 2 Episode 17 - Suspicious Minds
    8.8/10(143 votes)

    S2:E17

    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

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  2. Martin Season 2 Episode 16 - No Justice, No Peace
    8.6/10(112 votes)

    S2:E16

    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:Unknown

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  3. Martin Season 2 Episode 2 - Really, Gina's Not My Lover
    8.5/10(94 votes)

    S2:E2

    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:Unknown

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  4. Martin Season 2 Episode 7 - Control
    8.5/10(100 votes)

    S2:E7

    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

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  5. Martin Season 2 Episode 21 - Guard Your Grill
    8.5/10(109 votes)

    S2:E21

    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

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  6. Martin Season 2 Episode 4 - Beat It
    8.3/10(100 votes)

    S2:E4

    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:Unknown

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  7. Martin Season 2 Episode 12 - Hollywood Swinging: Part 2
    8.3/10(103 votes)

    S2:E12

    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:Unknown

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  8. Martin Season 2 Episode 3 - Got to Be There
    8.2/10(91 votes)

    S2:E3

    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
    Writers:Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez

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  9. Martin Season 2 Episode 10 - Fat Like Dat
    8.1/10(78 votes)

    S2:E10

    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:Unknown

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  10. Martin Season 2 Episode 11 - Hollywood Swinging: Part 1
    8.1/10(93 votes)

    S2:E11

    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

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  11. Martin Season 2 Episode 19 - Love Is in Your Face: Part 2
    8.0/10(72 votes)

    S2:E19

    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

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  12. Martin Season 2 Episode 1 - Do You Remember the Time?
    7.9/10(91 votes)

    S2:E1

    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

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  13. Martin Season 2 Episode 23 - I Don't Have the Heart
    7.9/10(82 votes)

    S2:E23

    Pam starts dating an older, wealthy man who eventually asks her to marry him. Initially, the gang was concerned about he and Pam, because of the age difference. But as time went by, they began to enjoy the perks that go along with being in the entourage of a wealthy industrialist: skybox tickets to games, New shoes for Martin, exotic trips to far away places. But once Pam breaks her engagement, Martin's hope of winning fame and fortune are dashed.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writers:Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez

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  14. Martin Season 2 Episode 5 - Baby, It's You
    7.8/10(85 votes)

    S2:E5

    Martin agrees to help host a baby shower for some of Gina's expecting girlfriends at his apartment. But he doesn't expect one of the expectant mothers to go into labor. With the help of Tommy and Cole, Martin safely delivers the baby. Meanwhile Gina and Pam can't make it to the shower because they're broken down in an alley, while a lyrically challenged mechanic sings to them and works on their car.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Martin Season 2 Episode 6 - Workin' Day & Night
    7.8/10(71 votes)

    S2:E6

    Martin decides to become more macho after Stan, as well as Tommy and Cole, convince him that Gina has been controlling his life, and that he is 'whipped'. So to prove it, he decides to work double duty at the station just because Gina told him not to. And as usual, Martin takes things overboard and his antics to prove that Gina is not in control of his life cause other men to disrespect their women also, which leads to a big show-down at the radio station.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Martin Season 2 Episode 13 - Thanks for Nothing
    7.8/10(86 votes)

    S2:E13

    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:Unknown

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  17. Martin Season 2 Episode 18 - Love Is in Your Face: Part 1
    7.8/10(67 votes)

    S2:E18

    Gina is offered a job in New York and Martin, taking advice from Stan, tells her to take it. Meanwhile Gina, taking advice from Pam and Sheneneh, decides to leave on the assumption that Martin will stop her from leaving and ask her to marry him. Part 1 of two.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Martin Season 2 Episode 22 - Yours, Mine and Ours
    7.8/10(78 votes)

    S2:E22

    When the small screen TV in the apartment needs replacing, Martin is enticed into buying a big-screen TV, and uses the money from Martin & Gina's combined checking account to purchase it. This infuriates Gina, who makes him take it back, only to later be discovered buying items of her own in the same way.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Sandy Frank

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  19. Martin Season 2 Episode 9 - To Kill a Talking Bird
    7.7/10(73 votes)

    S2:E9

    Mama Payne leaves her beloved talking parrot at Martin's apartment for the weekend. The talking bird constantly insults Gina, which infuriates her. Gina tries to keep her cool, and cares for the bird anyway. But the bird dies and Mama Payne believes Gina killed the bird intentionally.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:John Ridley

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  20. Martin Season 2 Episode 24 - Crunchy Drawers
    7.7/10(75 votes)

    S2:E24

    While sleeping in bed with Gina, Martin repeatedly finds himself at the center of his worst nightmare: a night of passion with Pam.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Martin Season 2 Episode 25 - No Love Lost
    7.7/10(71 votes)

    S2:E25

    Pam throws Martin and Gina an engagement party attended by Snoop Dogg, but the couple's childish argument threatens to make them miss it.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Martin Season 2 Episode 8 - You've Got a Friend
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    S2:E8

    Gina starts to hang around with a new male friend. They go shopping together alot. Martin gets suspicious. So he threatens the guy and drives him away. But after getting rid of him, Martin realizes he made a mistake when Gina drags him along to shop for ladies shoes.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Martin Season 2 Episode 14 - Whoomp! There It Ain't
    7.6/10(75 votes)

    S2:E14

    After Pam catches Martin and Gina sneaking out of her party to have quickie sex, Pam challenges them to see if they can abstain from having sex for two weeks. Martin and Gina decide to make a bet to see who will be the first one to give in to their primal urges. Martin tries lure Gina into giving in by using soft music & candles, but Gina wears her sexiest blue dress to entice Martin to give in.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Cheryl Holliday

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  24. Martin Season 2 Episode 27 - Martin's on the Move
    7.6/10(68 votes)

    S2:E27

    Martin has quit his job at the new country radio station. He tries his had at working odd jobs to make money to make ends meet, but nothing seems to work out. Sad and depressed, he leaves Detroit. But he doesn't tell Gina where he's going. He only says that he will return when he finds himself. She can only contact him via his pager, but . . . This is a season ending cliffhanger.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Martin Season 2 Episode 15 - Holiday Blues
    7.5/10(86 votes)

    S2:E15

    It's Christmas time and Martin is ready to spend the holidays with Gina, but Gina isn't happy. She wants to be with her family in Philadelphia. Pam convinces Martin to take Gina home. But instead of flying out of Detroit, Martin decides for them to take the bus. While waiting, the bus gets snowed in, Martin fights with Miss Gerri, Gina beats up the station attendant, and the couple gets their luggage stolen.

    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writers:Diane Burroughs, Joey Gutierrez

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Suspicious Minds" is the best rated episode of "Martin" season 2. It scored 8.8/10 based on 143 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by John Ridley, it aired on 1/16/1994. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "No Justice, No Peace".