NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - Trial and Error
Season 2 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1996
Marlon slips in Shawn's spilled coffee and breaks his leg, which knocks him out of the cash prize he was sure to win in a dance contest. Marlon sues Shawn in small claims court for the two grand, but in the end admits all he really wanted from Shawn was an apology.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
5.2/1033 votesLoading...#2 - The High Life
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1998
Shawn has to weed out the truth about Marlon's involvement with an actor he admires who uses drugs, especially since Marlon has a big audition coming up.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Bruce
7.2/1030 votesLoading...#3 - The Poppa-Cabana
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/22/1995
Before leaving on his vacation, Pops decides to take a chance on Marlon and let him temporarily run the diner. Unfortunately, Marlon's half-baked ideas land him in hot water.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.2/1024 votesLoading...#4 - Hearts and Flowers
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1996
Shawn's romantic Valentine's Day plans go awry when his girlfriend wises up to his two-timing ways and spurns him for Marlon. Meanwhile, Dee thinks her secret admirer is Pops, but it's really Maurice the custodian.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maiya Williams
7.4/1040 votesLoading...#5 - Free Wally
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/1/1995
When Lisa and Shawn's relationship hits rough waters due to Marlon's constant interference, Marlon goes overboard to make amends -- sending them on a romantic ferry cruise on the harbor.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adam Markowitz
7.4/1034 votesLoading...#6 - ER
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/15/1995
After sitting on a staple gun, Marlon borrows Shawn's health-care cards to ensure immediate medical attention for himself, but the brothers' clandestine operation may be exposed when they learn that Marlon's doctor is Lisa's father.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Matt Ember
7.4/1022 votesLoading...#7 - Do the Wrong Thing
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1996
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Robert Bruce
7.5/1037 votesLoading...#8 - My Fair Marlon
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/8/1995
Shawn plays Cyrano to help Marlon win the woman of his dreams, whom he met at a poetry reading -- but winds up turning his own life into a tragicomedy when Lisa discovers his love poems.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1034 votesLoading...#9 - Afro Cab
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/22/1995
Shawn's efforts to steer his brother into a new career backfire when Marlon becomes the unsuccessful driver of an "Afro Cab."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1034 votesLoading...#10 - The Shawn-Shank Redemption
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/1995
Shawn and Marlon get involved in another fine mess when they get sidetracked en route to paying their overdue parking tickets and wind up in a holding pen with several tough-looking guys.
Director: N/A
Writer: Matt Ember
7.5/1024 votesLoading...#11 - Pops' Daughter
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1997
Pops receives shocking news from a beautiful young woman who's been hanging around the diner asking a lot of questions about his past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1043 votesLoading...#12 - I'm Too Sexy for My Brother
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/25/1995
Shawn gets a dressing down from his younger brother when he horns in on Marlon's budding modeling career and winds up getting hired by a top designer.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
7.6/1039 votesLoading...#13 - Pops Moves In
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/15/1995
Shawn and Marlon egg on Pops to defy their mother--but they wind up getting burned when he gets kicked out of the house and shows up on their doorstep.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adam Markowitz
7.6/1032 votesLoading...#14 - It's Shawn! It's Marlon! It's Superboys!
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 5/3/1995
Shawn and Marlon think they're "movin' on up" when a slumlord offers them jobs as superintendents.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.6/1030 votesLoading...#15 - Pulp Marlon
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/10/1995
Marlon may learn the real meaning of the expression "love hurts" after he becomes involved with the wife of a hit man.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1027 votesLoading...#16 - Farmer's Daughter
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1995
Shawn and Marlon dread a visit from their rural cousin Sheila. When she arrives, they discover how distraught she is over losing her boyfriend. In an effort to cheer her up and improve her social life, the guys change her image and turn her from a plain girl into a hip-hop beauty. But her new ways turn off Shawn and Marlon, who wish they'd kept her down on the farm.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maiya Williams
7.6/1022 votesLoading...#17 - New Lease on Life
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1996
It's decision-making time for Shawn when Mrs. Niedermeyer, the owner of the building where his newsstand is housed, makes a pass at him, and Shawn must decide whether he will return the attention to keep his lease intact. While Mrs. Niedermeyer is beautiful, she's also got a jealous husband. Shawn is torn between doing what's right and saving his newsstand.
Director: Gerren Keith
Writer: N/A
7.7/1038 votesLoading...#18 - Shawn Takes a New Stand
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/6/1995
When Shawn is laid off, he swallows his pride to ask Pops for a loan.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
7.7/1028 votesLoading...#19 - The Liar's Club
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1995
Marlon gets jealous when Monique pretends to be married to Shawn in order to impress Otis Campbell, her college rival. When Otis takes the ""couple"" to a chic Moroccan restaurant, Marlon sneaks in and convinces Shawn to leave so that he can convey his strong feelings to Monique. Monique is surprised to see Marlon, but more horrified that he will ruin her cover by letting Otis know she really isn't married. When Marlon confesses his emotions, Monique is embarrassed, but then proudly sends Otis away, realizing that Marlon is sincere. In the end, she agrees to be friends with Marlon.
Director: N/A
Writer: Maiya Williams
7.8/1024 votesLoading...#20 - The Ghetto Gourmets
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1996
When the producer of a Regis & Kathie Lee type morning talk show invites Pops to cook his chili on the program, Marlon and Shawn tag along as his assistants. They're a hit and get invited back, only to discover that the show's hosts, Ken & Kiki, want the boys to do the segment without Pops, who they think is too old to appeal to the ""younger demographic."" Upset about Pops' firing, the boys sacrifice their budding TV careers and get even with Ken & Kiki by chiding the two hosts into an on-air brawl with each other. Meanwhile, street hustler T.C. becomes a security guard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1029 votesLoading...#21 - Going to the Net
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1996
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.
Director: Gary Halvorson
Writer: Dennis Snee
7.8/1024 votesLoading...#22 - Boyz in the Woods
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/1997
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.
Director: Glynn Turman
Writer: N/A
7.8/1022 votesLoading...#23 - Busta Saves the Day
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/1998
Shawn and Marlon get busted while scalping tickets at a Busta Rhymes concert, so they throw themselves on the mercy of the rapper and tell him they were trying to raise money to save Dee's church.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1049 votesLoading...#24 - First Class
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/18/1995
Marlon is flying high when he's mistaken for basketball star John Starkes and scores the athlete's first-class airplane tickets.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.9/1034 votesLoading...#25 - Brazilla vs. Rodney
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/24/1995
Shawn and Marlon decide to become children's entertainers, but the party may be over before it begins thanks to a rival performer named Brazilla who wants to squash their careers.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
The Worst Episodes of The Wayans Bros.
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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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Network:The WB
Worst Episodes Summary
"Trial and Error" is the worst rated episode of "The Wayans Bros.". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by N/A, it aired on 5/15/1996. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The High Life".