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Aunt Vivian tries to mediate between her husband Philip and the newly arrived Will.

The Fresh Prince Project

Will persuades Ashley to pawn her violin for a drum set.

Bang the Drum, Ashley

Will wants to go out with a beautiful girl he meets at the country club, but first he must figure out how to impress her extremely snobbish and very protective father so he seeks tips from cousin Carlton on becoming preppie.

Clubba Hubba

Will tries to smooth things between Philip and his very rural parents when they visit to see him receive an award.

Not with My Pig, You Don't

Will gets a visit from an old pal named Ice Tray, who, to Vivian and Philip's dismay, warms up to Hilary.

Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy

Jailed, Will and Carlton stage a media stunt.

Mistaken Identity

Will joins his prep school's poetry club.

Def Poet's Society

Carlton and Will, babe magnets. Who will be first to get a date for Hilary's Halloween party?

Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (1)

Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2)

Happy birthday Geoffrey! For a gift, Will tries matchmaking, then falls for Geoffrey's date himself.

Kiss My Butler

Carlton feels overshadowed by Will, who's become a basketball star at school.

Courting Disaster

A holiday visit from Will's taskmaster mother puts the kibosh on conspicuous consumption and puts the kids to work preparing Thanksgiving dinner.

Talking Turkey

Hilary becomes Will's personal maid when he threatens to disclose she's dropped out of UCLA.

Knowledge is Power

Will tells Ashley's slumber party guests a scary tale about his first day at Bel-Air Academy.

Day Damn One

Will inimitably dresses the mansion for the holidays, to the dismay of the neighbors, including heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield.

Deck the Halls

Philip may lose a superstitious client whom he advises not to make decisions based on Will's spontaneous remarks.

The Lucky Charm

Will proposes a black history class be instituted at Bel-Air Academy, and gets a surprise when Aunt Viv arrives to teach it.

The Ethnic Tip

Will sneaks Philip's elderly mother out of the house for a night on the town.

The Young and the Restless

Will has girl problems after a date with Jazz's domineering sister, who's ready to pick out a china pattern before the night is over.

It Had to Be You

Fresh Prince Will is on his best behavior for visiting royalty - the seemingly demure Lady Penelope, who Will hopes to persuade to let herself have a good time at a party.

Nice Lady

Jasmine Guy plays a scholarship student whose introduction to Will opens up a different world of fun and games - and romance - to divert her from her studies.

Love at First Fight

Will crawls to Philip for help after sneaking out on the town and getting hustled by sleazy pool sharks.

Banks Shot

Will challenges Carlton to spend time in a tough neighborhood, trying to survive by masquerading as a financial consultant.

72 Hours

R&B singer Tevin Campbell plays teen idol Little T, who surprises Ashley on her birthday with a special song and an invitation for a date.

Just Infatuation

Rap's Queen Latifah plays Hilary's new actress boss, who wants Will as her boy toy - or Hilary's glamorous job is over.

Working It Out

Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.

Did the Earth Move for You?

Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.

The Mother of All Battles

Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party, at the same time Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.

Will Gets a Job

Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.

PSAT Pstory

Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.

Granny Gets Busy

Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended - and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding.

Guess Who's Coming to Marry?

Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.

The Big Four-Oh

Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.

She Ain't Heavy

A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.

Cased Up

Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.

Hi-Ho Silver

Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.

The Butler Did It

After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.

Something for Nothing

On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.

Christmas Show

Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled.

Hilary Gets a Life

On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.

My Brother's Keeper

Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy.

Geoffrey Cleans Up

When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.

Community Action

The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs, while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital, kicking and screaming, for a tonsillectomy.

Ill Will

Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.

Eyes on the Prize

Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical, who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher.

Those Were the Days

Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend.

Vying for Attention

Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly, and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women.

The Aunt Who Came to Dinner

Ashley cringes when the family oohs and aahs over her relationship with Kevin , but Will chokes when she asks him about sex - and her curiosity about reproduction sends Will to a pregnancy counseling center.

Be My Baby Tonight

Will and Carlton lose their shirts investing on a tip - then take jobs as strippers to recoup their losses and get Vivian's bracelet out of hock.

Strip-Tease for Two

Will returns home from spending the summer in Philadelphia with a new look that doesn't sit well with Uncle Phil.

How I Spent My Summer Vacation

When the Banks family returns to its former neighborhood to help old friends after a destructive city-wide riot, Vivian reveals a surprise to Philip.

Will Gets Committed

Enrolled at the newly coed Bel-Air Prep, Ashley begins dressing to entice guys, using Will's preferences in women as her examples.

That's No Lady, That's My Cousin

Hilary gets a job reporting weather on television.

Hilary Gets a Job

Carlton prepares for a dinner date with his former girlfriend, Cindy (Lark Voorhees), forgiving her for rejecting him several months earlier, but when she arrives with a newborn baby named Carlton Jr., the entire Banks family is stunned.

Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe

While Philip entertains rude, senile Judge Robertson, Will accepts expensive gifts from Lindsey Simon, a rich classmate who wants to buy his affection.

P.S. I Love You

Will gets arrested for numerous parking tickets as Phil runs for judge against incumbent Judge Robertson.

Here Comes the Judge

Philip takes Will and Carlton on a camping trip that turns out to be a disaster when snow traps the unhappy campers.

Boyz in the Woods

The Bankses appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on-stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election.

A Night at the Oprah

Election results are in and Philip fights to remain cool amid lies by Judge Robertson, which prompt Will to confront the outspoken incumbent. Will Will go to far? Will he say what everyone is feeling? Will Judge Robertson be able to take it?

Asses to Ashes

At Vivian's Lamaze class, Will cozies up to a pregnant sportswriter, who takes him to a game - and delivers more than just fun.

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

When Vivian quarantines Will and Carlton in the backyard pool house after both are stricken with contagious colds, they spend the night arguing over a girl that Will stole from Carlton.

The Cold War

Will tries to tell his mother that he doesn't want to return to Philadelphia with her after his high school graduation.

Mommy Nearest

Geoffrey humiliates himself by insulting the Banks family and quitting his job when Will and Carlton trick him into thinking he has won millions of dollars in the lottery.

Winner Takes Off

Philip is quick to judge an ex-con Will urged him to hire as a handyman and temporary assistant after the house is robbed.

Robbing the Banks

As Vivian's delivery date approaches, the family fantasizes about what the baby will mean to each of them: Ashley feels all but invisible, Geoffrey feels overwhelmed by the family's demands, and Vivian feels like she's having triplets.

Bundle of Joy

When Monique refuses to have sex until she's married, Will stages a mock wedding ceremony with D.J. Jazzy Jeff as the preacher.

The Best Laid Plans

Depressed and suicidal over having ruined his chances of attending Princeton University, Carlton is visited by his Guardian Angel, who shows him how awful the Banks family would be if he weren't alive.

The Alma Matter

Will learns a sobering lesson after Carlton pops the wrong pills from Will's locker, mistaking amphetamines for vitamins, and winds up in hospital.

Just Say Yo

Vivian's baby is a week late, but family members and her visiting sisters are nowhere to be found when it's time to rush to the hospital.

The Baby Comes Out

Heavyweight boxing champ Riddick Brown wreaks havoc with Carlton's mind and Will's face at a funky cafe-casino in Nevada, where the cousins have stopped on their way to check out a college for Will.

You Bet Your Life

Will lands a spot in a comedy showcase after accompanying a comic friend to an audition.

Ain't No Business Like Show Business

Series clips illustrate family recollections as the kids put together a scrapbook for Vivian and Philip, who want to renew their vows on their anniversary.

The Way We Were

Vy anticipates Will's graduation with enthusiasm, but there may be discord when she learns Will is failing music. To pass his music class, Will must sing at the graduation ceremony - with a class of eight-year-olds.

Six Degrees of Graduation

Will and Carlton begin their first year of college by moving into their own apartment, while Philip and Vivian enjoy their newborn son. Hilary learns that Trevor plans to propose marriage to her during an elaborate stunt on his TV news show.

Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)

Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)

Registration day finds Will signing up for no-brainer classes, plus one that might truly challenge him - a philosophy course he takes to meet a girl.

All Guts, No Glory

Stuck with caring for Nicky for the day, Will soon discovers the benefits of baby-sitting: he's suddenly a big man on campus with the women so long as he poses as a single dad.

Father of the Year

After Will's friends guys rib Carlton about being a virgin, Miss Right appears and sweeps Carlton off his feet. Elsewhere, Geoffrey confesses a secret of his own.

It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It...

When Phillip sues Will and Carlton for unpaid rent, two different versions of the dispute are aired - neither entirely truthful.

Will Goes a-Courtin'

Will disses a seance - until the spiritualist zaps him with a hex that (uh-oh) seems to work.

Hex and the Single Guy

A bro with dough? Carlton's upper-class upbringing may make him unwelcome at a black fraternity.

Blood is Thicker Than Mud

Will breaks a date with Jackie to accompany Hilary to a Playboy Mansion reception for weather reporters being photographed for the magazine.

Fresh Prince After Dark

Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack.

Home is Where the Heart Attack Is

On academic probation, Will schemes to improve his grades by fixing up a newly divorced English professor with Hilary, who soon finds fault with the man, further jeopardizing Will's academic future.

Take My Cousin... Please

Will uses booze to prove his manliness while competing with a hulking football hero who wants to score points with Jackie, and his fraternity brothers leave drunken Will in a cemetery, where he is haunted. Meanwhile, Ashley learns that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

You've Got to Be a Football Hero

Vivian promises god-motherhood of her child to both of her sisters, while Will hatches a harebrained scheme to get Boyz II Men to perform at baby Nicky's christening.

'Twas the Night Before Christening

Will pays for putting off studying for a midterm until the last minute, and Ashley pays for staying out late on her first date.

Sleepless in Bel-Air

Carlton in charge. Will gets his feathers ruffled when his cousin becomes his boss at the Peacock Stop.

Who's the Boss

Bird is the word when Carlton, ULA's peacock mascot, is kidnapped by a rival school before the big game.

I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams

Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star.

When You Hit Upon a Star

A Valentine's double date finds Will treating Ashley like a kid and Ashley demanding r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

Stop Will! In the Name of Love

A car dealer hires Will, then persuades him to drop out of college.

You'd Better Shop Around

Jazz's bride has a couple of teensy character flaws: She's a convict. And she puts the moves on Will.

The Ol' Ball and Chain

Will finds himself stranded in a mountain forest with his new girlfriend's disagreeable father after they parachute out of his disabled plane.

The Harder They Fall

It's double trouble for Will when Philip's old flame visits with her daughter, who's attracted to Will.

M is for the Many Things She Gave Me

Say, homie, could you do me a favor? Just-married Jazz makes a surprising request of Will.

Mother's Day

Ben Vereen plays Will's long-lost father, who breezes into town and promises Will the moon, which angers an unforgiving Philip.

Papa's Got a Brand-New Excuse

A stranger makes a generous offer for the Banks estate, which prompts the family to reminisce about their good times there.

For Sale by Owner

Will returns to the City of Brotherly Love and discovers he's the butt of old friends' jokes, prompting him to go into training to settle an old score and clear his reputation as a chicken.

The Philadelphia Story

Will revels in Ashley's music industry success, but both Will and Ashley are about to have a rude surprise.

The Client

Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.

The Best Seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Best Seasons of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Season 3

Season 2

Season 6

Season 5

Season 4

Season 1