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The Best Episodes of The Wayans Bros. Season 3

Every episode of The Wayans Bros. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Wayans Bros. Season 3!

The Best Episodes of The Wayans Bros. Season 3

The Wayans Bros. is a situation comedy that aired from January 1995 to May 1999 on The WB. The series starred real-life brothers Shawn and...

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  1. 9.2/10(41 votes)

    #1 - The Return of the Temptones

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    S3:E9

    Pops reunites with his old singing group for a comeback try, but it seems times have changed. And thanks to modern surgery, so has one of its members.

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  2. 9.0/10(30 votes)

    #2 - Gots to Have a J.O.B.

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    S3:E4

    Marlon achieves celebrity status by starring in a series of malt-liquor commercials, but there's trouble brewing when he portrays a ghetto stereotype.

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    Director:Glynn Turman
    Writer:N/A
  3. 8.7/10(28 votes)

    #3 - Unusual Suspects

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    S3:E14

    Marlon suspects a friend in need is a friend with greed when his apartment is burglarized after he rebuffed T.C.'s plea for a loan.

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  4. 8.7/10(27 votes)

    #4 - Pops' Secret

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    S3:E17

    When Pops starts dressing in fine clothes, closing the diner early and staying out late, Shawn and Marlon suspect the reason is another woman.

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  5. 8.6/10(26 votes)

    #5 - Marlon Goes On the Road

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    S3:E22

    Shawn's plans to expand ""Williams Brothers News"" are interrupted when Marlon lands a part in a national musical starring R&B artist Keith Sweat.

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    Director:Glynn Turman
    Writer:N/A
  6. 8.4/10(20 votes)

    #6 - Trippin'

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    S3:E5

    Contest-obsessed Marlon hits the jackpot. His prize is a vacation for two, but it's no day at the beach when Shawn, Pops and Grandma battle over the second ticket.

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    Director:N/A
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  8. 8.4/10(25 votes)

    #7 - Risky Bid-ness

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    S3:E16

    Shawn figures he's movin' on up when he lands a job at the ad agency in the building, but he's knocked off the fast track when his boss Ted takes credit for his slogan. Meanwhile, Marlon is left to run the newsstand, where he hires Dupree as his assistant.

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    Director:Terri McCoy
  9. 8.3/10(32 votes)

    #8 - Grandma's in the Hiz-House

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    S3:E1

    Shawn and Marlon let Grandma move in, then plot to drive her out after she cramps their bachelor lifestyle. The problem: she won't take a hint.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
  10. 8.3/10(25 votes)

    #9 - Unbrotherly Love

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    S3:E2

    Dumbfounded that his girlfriend would dump him for Marlon, Shawn convinces himself she's just trying to make him jealous. So he sets up a double date to show her that two can play that game.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:N/A
  11. 8.3/10(30 votes)

    #10 - Goodbye Mr. Gibbs

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    S3:E15

    Shawn and Marlon decide to play a prank on a hated teacher from junior high -- but find themselves delivering his eulogy when he drops dead at his retirement party.

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  12. 8.2/10(24 votes)

    #11 - Drama for Yo' Mama

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    S3:E6

    To win Mama a chair, the brothers concoct a family sob story and win $5,000 in a magazine's Wish of the Year contest, then have to stage an elaborate performance when a reporter checks up on them.

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    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:N/A
  13. 8.2/10(21 votes)

    #12 - An Officer and a Homegirl

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    S3:E8

    Dee flies off the handle when her sister Natalie thinks about giving up her promising Air Force career to be with airhead Marlon.

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    Director:N/A
  14. 8.2/10(28 votes)

    #13 - Life Without Marlon

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    S3:E13

    In a twist on the film It's a Wonderful Life, Marlon's guardian angel shows him how the family would have fared had he never been born. (Not half badly, actually.)

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    Director:Terri McCoy
    Writer:N/A
  15. 8.2/10(20 votes)

    #14 - Dee's Baby Daddy

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    S3:E19

    Dee delivers a woman's baby, and her maternal instincts surface.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
  16. 8.2/10(30 votes)

    #15 - The Black Widower

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    S3:E20

    The boys fear it's a match made in hell after introducing a lonely Grandma to Fred, a smooth-talking diner regular who they later believe is a wanted murderer known as ""The Black Widower.""

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  17. 8.1/10(24 votes)

    #16 - Say It Ain't So Marlon

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    S3:E21

    Marlon looks to even the score with an old Little League teammate who supposedly ruined his chances at a big-league career by hogging all the glory.

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  18. 8.0/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Movin' On Up

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    S3:E3

    Shawn falls in with a yuppie crowd, spurning his old pals from the 'hood and masquerading as a business executive, until Marlon sets out to downsize his ego.

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    Director:Scott Baio
  19. 7.9/10(21 votes)

    #18 - Family Business

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    S3:E7

    A food fight breaks out when Uncle Nate parks his lunch truck across from Pops' diner, taking away his patrons.

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    Director:Glynn Turman
    Writer:N/A
  20. 7.9/10(36 votes)

    #19 - I Do...

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    S3:E18

    Marlon's relationship with his girlfriend is suddenly altared -- er, altered -- when her brother, a neighborhood bully, learns how close they've become and forces young Williams to propose.

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  21. 7.8/10(32 votes)

    #20 - Going to the Net

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    S3:E10

    Shawn falls for an older woman (Grier), while Marlon meets a young thrill-seeker and finds that love is just a hop, skip and bungee jump away -- unless he wimps out.

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  22. 7.8/10(27 votes)

    #21 - Boyz in the Woods

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    S3:E12

    Pops browbeats the boys into going camping, but he's hurt to find their idea of ""quality time"" is partying with babes in the woods.

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    Director:Glynn Turman
    Writer:N/A
  23. 7.4/10(25 votes)

    #22 - Do the Wrong Thing

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    S3:E11

    Shawn becomes Marlon's agent and undermines his client's sputtering acting career by demanding the full star treatment. Meanwhile, Pops tries to foist spoiled food on the church mission.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Return of the Temptones" is the best rated episode of "The Wayans Bros." season 3. It scored 9.2/10 based on 41 votes. Directed by Gary Halvorson and written by Robert Bruce, it aired on 11/13/1996. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Gots to Have a J.O.B.".