Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

American comedy with a larger-than-life teacher and his housemates.

Cast:Mark Curry , Holly Robinson Peete , Sandra Quarterman , Marquise Wilson , Raven-SymonÃ© , Omar Gooding , Nell Carter , Dawnn Lewis , Christopher Carter , George Lemore , Roger E. Mosley , Steve White , Lewis Dix Jr. , Dominic Hoffman , Kristoff St. John , Luis Avalos , Ron Canada , Karen Malina White

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Presentation

Tue, Sep 22, 1992

Mark is hired as a substitute teacher, but his roommate Robin must teach him how to control his students. Alan Thicke guest stars.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ Hangin' with Michelle

Tue, Sep 29, 1992

Michelle Tanner takes care of Mr. Cooper when he hurts himself while substituting for her class.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ On the Rebound

Tue, Oct 6, 1992

An old flame returns to pick up where she left off with Mark - until Vanessa and Robin learn her real intentions.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ Please Pass the Jock

Tue, Oct 20, 1992

Mark helps a student basketball player (CHRISTOPHER CARTER) pass an important algebra test. Chris Tucker guest stars.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ Cheers

Tue, Oct 27, 1992

When Mark coaches a girl's cheerleading team, he desperately asks Vanessa to help him train the untalented cheerleaders.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Warriors: Part 1

Tue, Nov 10, 1992

After Mark finally gets a permanent teaching job as a basketball coach, he's offered a contract to play for the Warriors, a professional basketball team.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ Warriors: Part 2

Tue, Nov 17, 1992

Mark is given a temporary contract to play professional basketball with his favorite team, the Warriors. Unfortunately, Mark must play guard against basketball star Charles Barkley (HIMSELF).

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Torn Between Two Teachers

Tue, Nov 24, 1992

Mark and Robin try to make Andre choose between his interests in basketball and music.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ My Dinner with Mark

Tue, Dec 1, 1992

When Vanessa's boss is stranded at an airport, she convinces Mark to impersonate him for an important meeting with an influential businesswoman.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Miracle in Oaktown

Tue, Dec 15, 1992

While portraying Santa Claus, Mark helps to make a little boy's Christmas wish come true.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Unforgettable

Tue, Jan 5, 1993

Mark helps settle a family fight between Robin and her father, Chip.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ In Vanessa We Trust

Tue, Jan 12, 1993

After their landlord dies, Mark, Vanessa and Robin try to buy their house for themselves.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ Forbidden Fruit

Tue, Jan 19, 1993

Mark eagerly dates Teresa (ROXANNE BECKFORD), an attractive schoolteacher, until he learns that her father is Coach Ricketts.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

Tue, Feb 2, 1993

When Mark takes a temporary job in an office mail room, he is quickly promoted to an executive position. MARCUS ALLEN guest stars as himself.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ Valentine's Day Massacre

Tue, Feb 9, 1993

Robin and Vanessa win dates with handsome bachelors on a television game show while Mark spends Valentine's Day at home.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Boyz in the Woodz

Tue, Feb 16, 1993

Mark, Vanessa and Robin take several high school students on a camping trip.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Boys Don't Leave

Tue, Feb 23, 1993

Tyler is jealous of his parents' new baby and asks to move in with Mark, Vanessa and Robin.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ The Unteachables

Tue, Mar 2, 1993

When Mark teaches a history class for lazy students, Coach Ricketts wagers that he can't get them to study.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Piano Lesson

Tue, Mar 16, 1993

Robin begins to feel neglected as Mark and Vanessa develop a close friendship.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ PMS: Post Moving in Syndrome

Tue, Apr 13, 1993

Mark and his roommates Robin and Vanessa learn how to share the responsibilities of living together. Shawn Wayans guest stars.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ A Moving Experience

Tue, May 11, 1993

Mark accepts Trey's (REGGIE McFADDEN) offer to be his roommate in an apartment building filled with beautiful women and wild parties.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ Livin' a Large Lie

Tue, May 18, 1993

When Mark's grandmother (MONTROSE HAGINS) visits him, he wants to impress her with his success and asks Robin and Vanessa to pose as his servants.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Baby Love

Fri, Sep 24, 1993

Mark has to make a tough decision when his cousins Geneva and Nichole pay a visit.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Slumber Party

Fri, Oct 1, 1993

Mark becomes a not-so-willing host of a birthday party for Nichole after Geneva and Vanessa experience car trouble.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ School's a Drag

Fri, Oct 8, 1993

Mark gets in an accident with the school's drivers' education car and fears the tough, new principal, P.J. Moore, may discharge him. Sherman Hemsley and Don Cheadle guest star.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Limpin' Lizards

Fri, Oct 15, 1993

Nicole gets the part as the new crocodile kid on the "Lester the Lizard and Crocodile Kids" show. When Mark complains about being assigned as the Driver's Education teacher, PJ reassigns him to the Home Economics teacher position. He quickly discovers that this position is even more dangerous than the previous one when his eyebrows get burned off.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Free at Last

Fri, Oct 22, 1993

When Vanessa is not given the promotion she was promised, she takes Mark's advice to demand her rights and is promptly discharged from her job.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Father Fairest

Mon, Oct 25, 1993

Earvin and his father are reunited by Mark. A school carnival is thrown.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Goodbye Girl

Fri, Nov 5, 1993

Nicole wants a "divorce" from Geneva.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Seoul Shake

Fri, Nov 12, 1993

Dante Basco guest stars as a Korean-American student who wishes to join Mark's basketball team.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Prince of Soul

Fri, Nov 19, 1993

Guest star Don Cheadle plays an reputed African prince whom Vanessa plans to marry. Mark offers his opinions.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Air Cooper

Fri, Nov 26, 1993

When an advertising executive selects Mark to star in a commercial for athletic shoes, Mark misunderstands the part he is to play.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Santa's Got a Brand New Bag

Fri, Dec 10, 1993

Mark and Geneva are saddened when Nicole stops believing in Santa. Then a mysterious cousin visits, who knows how to make her happy.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Private School

Fri, Dec 17, 1993

Mark is assigned to teach Black history at an expensive private school for one week. When the principal offers him a job at a much higher salary, Mark has a big decision to make.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ For Whom the Heck the Bell Tolls

Fri, Jan 7, 1994

Not wanting to admit that he can't remember a recently deceased basketball coach, Mark agrees to give the eulogy at his funeral.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To

Fri, Jan 21, 1994

It is almost Mark's 30th birthday, Tyler discovers a lump on Mark. After a misunderstanding between he and his doctor, Mark thinks that he is dying so he goes skydiving and gives away his stuff.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ The Courtship of Mark Cooper

Fri, Jan 28, 1994

Mark is in the midst of defending himself in court when he realizes the plaintiff's lawyer is an ex-girlfriend he dumped brutally.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Wedding Bell Blues

Fri, Feb 4, 1994

When Mark's demanding employer, P.J., tells him she is going to marry her old boyfriend and quit her job, Mark has to decide if he should tell her a secret that could make her cancel the wedding. Queen Latifah guest stars and sings "Just Another Day."

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Truth or Consequences

Fri, Feb 11, 1994

Mark and Vanessa make a bet on who can go the longest without telling a lie.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Trading Places

Fri, Feb 18, 1994

When Vanessa applies for a job at a conservative Christian radio station, she tells the manager that Mark is her husband and Geneva is her wild cousin.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Pros and Convicts

Fri, Mar 4, 1994

When Vanessa shows Geneva how to have a good time, Geneva hits on a police officer who mistakes them both as prostitutes. They both are arrested, and Mark is arrested while trying to bail them out of jail.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Double Cheeseburger, Hold the Diploma

Fri, Mar 18, 1994

P.J. threatens to discharge Mark when his student, Earvin, quits school. Geneva can't afford to buy a new bicycle for her daughter, Nicole.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Groom and Doom

Fri, May 13, 1994

Mark introduces Geneva to a college teacher who asks her to marry him.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Hangin' with Mrs. Cooper

Fri, May 20, 1994

Mark plots to reunite his parents after his mother, Dorothy (Ja'net DuBois), leaves her husband of 35 years and moves in with Mark. Richard Roundtree guest stars.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Call Me Irresponsible

Fri, Sep 23, 1994

Mark avoids P.J.'s phone calls and learns, too late, that she had good news. Geneva plays a trick on Vanessa to teach Nicole a lesson.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ My Bodyguard

Fri, Sep 30, 1994

Mark teaches Tyler how to be a tough guy so that he can protect Nicole against a bully at school. When Tyler's approach doesn't work, Geneva goes up to the school and makes a big scene, scaring the bully away. Vanessa takes care of her boss' prized orchid.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Between Friends

Fri, Oct 7, 1994

Mark and a former college buddy embark upon an all-out competition--first with wrestling, then with women. Vanessa finally manages to get a job answering phones at a doctor's office.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ He Said, She Said

Fri, Oct 14, 1994

Geneva fights with the video store clerk who claims that she never returned the "Mrs. Doubtfire" tape. Just after mailing a letter to the senator concerning the tape, the kids find it. Mark dates a woman from Vanessa's carpool against Vanessa's wishes. When Mark breaks up with her, Vanessa is kicked out of the carpool.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Matinee

Fri, Oct 21, 1994

When he takes Nicole and her friends to the theater, Mark disrupts the movie. Geneva makes 300 penguins for the school's decoration committee.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Mo Money

Fri, Oct 28, 1994

Mark almost gets fired when he buys a vending machine for the school to profit off of the sales. The bus that Vanessa is riding gets hijacked.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ Instant Replay

Fri, Nov 4, 1994

Mark reluctantly plays basketball with former classmate Reggie Wilson (played by Indiana Pacers superstar guard REGGIE MILLER), now an NBA star. Vanessa connives to go on a date with Reggie.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ House Guest

Fri, Nov 11, 1994

P.J. has a fight with her mother and moves out of the home they share and into Mark's home.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ My Achy Breaky Back

Fri, Nov 18, 1994

In order to go on an important coaching interview after he hurts his back, Mark undergoes some experimental treatment for the pain at the doctor's office where Vanessa works. Series director Mark Linn-Baker ("Perfect Strangers") guest stars.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ True Romance

Fri, Nov 25, 1994

Vanessa finds out her new boyfriend is not as rich as he wants her to believe. Tyler asks Mark for advice on girls.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Clothes Make the Man

Fri, Dec 2, 1994

Vanessa rescues Steve and Mark when are tricked into buying new expensive clothes from a beatuiful saleswoman who tells them they are very attractive and wants them to model in a calendar. Geneva is convinced Nicole is a future chess champion.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Christmas Show

Fri, Dec 16, 1994

Mark's job as Santa at the mall and his Christmas plans at home both fail miserably, but the Christmas spirit triumphs.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Coach

Fri, Jan 6, 1995

Mark becomes the new head coach of the undefeated basketball team after Coach Corley quits. He starts to think that he doesn't have what it takes to be a winning coach when the team loses their very first game under his coaching.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ One Is the Loneliest Number

Fri, Jan 13, 1995

After Mark and Denise's break-up, Mark discovers that he really does love her and jumps through hoops to get her back. Nicole and Tyler work together selling candy bars in an effort to win the prize for the most sold, a CD player.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ True Lies

Fri, Jan 27, 1995

In order to be with his girlfriend, Mark lies to Nicole. Mark allows Nicole to punish him after she realizes that he lied. But soon he is tempted to lie to her again.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Ringer

Fri, Feb 3, 1995

As the new coach of Nicole's floundering all-girl basketball team, Mark conspires to dress Tyler up as a girl to help the team. Baseball greats FRANK ROBINSON and ALBERT BELLE also come to help.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Down in the Dumps

Fri, Feb 10, 1995

Mark and Vanessa think that they won the lottery but can't find their winning ticket.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ Hero

Fri, Feb 17, 1995

The truth about Mark's heroics comes out when the mayor presents him with an award.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Here Comes the Groom

Fri, Feb 24, 1995

Earvin misunderstands Mark's advice and decides to elope.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ The Matchmaker

Fri, Apr 28, 1995

During a surprise visit, superstitious Aunt Eunetta reads the heads of Mark and Vanessa and decides that they share a future. Mark and Vanessa, who eventually would be engaged, share a kiss to dispel her prediction and discover that they enjoy kissing each other.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Guys' Night Out

Fri, May 5, 1995

Geneva's dull boyfriend tags along on Mark's birthday celebration; Nicole hides a kitten.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ High Hopes

Fri, May 12, 1995

It looks like Mark, Geneva and Vanessa may all be leaving Oakland forever due to some unexpected surprises--good and bad--in this season finale cliffhanger.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Together Again

Fri, Sep 22, 1995

Mark, Vanessa and Geneva return to Oakland after their plans go awry. Geneva gets promoted to high school principal and wonders if she should rehire Mark.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ A Matter of Principal

Fri, Sep 29, 1995

Mark things he can do whatever he wants not the Geneva is the new principal of the high school.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ R.O.T.C.

Fri, Oct 13, 1995

Mark becomes the faculty advisor for a student military program and learns that war games are no fun.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ E.R.

Fri, Oct 20, 1995

When Mark injures himself, Vanessa proves her medical skills.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ Halloween

Fri, Oct 27, 1995

Nicole dares Tyler to stay all night in a haunted house on Halloween.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ Ghost in the Machine

Fri, Nov 3, 1995

Nicole feels guilty about lying and learns a lesson from a dream. Professional basketball player JULIUS "DR. J" ERVING guest stars as himself.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ Waterworld

Fri, Nov 10, 1995

Mark's stubborn attempts to fix the plumbing fail miserably.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ I Remember Grandpa

Fri, Nov 17, 1995

Mark has to go clean his grandfather's cabin, and he and Geneva realize they have different memories of the place. MARK CURRY plays a dual role as Mark and his grandfather.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Fri, Dec 1, 1995

Mark's college friend stops by for a visit and everything is great until they argue over a girl.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Great Pretender

Fri, Dec 8, 1995

Mark pretends to be wounded to gain the attention and sympathy of an attractive neighbor. Also, Nichole wants to dress herself and to stop getting advise from Geneva.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Christmas '95

Fri, Dec 15, 1995

A trip to a nostalgic tree farm is ruined for Mark and his friends until they all learn the true meaning of Christmas.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ Increase the Peace

Fri, Jan 5, 1996

Mark intervenes when a gun-toting gang member threatens Earvin at school threatens Earvin at school.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ Robo Golf

Fri, Jan 12, 1996

Mark makes a risky investment. MARK LINN-BAKER guest stars.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ Coach Counselor

Fri, Jan 19, 1996

Mark's first challenge as a guidance counselor is a basketball player who has an inflated ego.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Talent Show

Fri, Feb 2, 1996

Mark's a hero when he gets a famous musical group to promise to perform at the school carnival--until they fail to show up. TYRESE guest stars as Darrell.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ Globetrotters

Fri, Feb 9, 1996

THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS (themselves) are playing in town, but Mark might have to miss them.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Rivals

Fri, Feb 16, 1996

Mark's competition with a rival coach escalates to a life-threatening degree. JAMIE FOXX guest stars.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ The Curse

Fri, Feb 23, 1996

Mark doesn't believe the great car he just bought is haunted--until bad luck starts happening to him and everyone around him.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ Grumpy Old Man

Fri, Mar 8, 1996

Mark plays matchmaker to an elderly couple so he can buy a classic car. Geneva worries that no one on the faculty likes her.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ True Confessions

Fri, Apr 26, 1996

When Vanessa dates a successful, handsome man (Willie Gault), Mark has an unexpected reaction.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ Breaking Up Is Hard to Do

Fri, May 3, 1996

Mark and Vanessa discover their feelings for each other run very deep after they try to break up.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ Will She or Won't She?

Fri, May 10, 1996

Mark plans a romantic way to proposing marriage to Vanessa.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ The Ring

Sat, Jun 21, 1997

After convincing Vanessa to marry him, Mark must buy her an engagement ring.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ Please Don't Go

Sat, Jun 28, 1997

As Mark and Vanessa plan their wedding, Geneva has an unexpected reaction.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ The In-Laws

Sat, Jul 5, 1997

Mark attempts to make a favorable impression on Vanessa's parents so they'll pay the wedding expenses, but he embarrasses himself.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ Security

Sat, Jul 12, 1997

Mark takes an additional job that might lead to movie stardom.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Spa

Sat, Jul 19, 1997

Mark is jealous when Vanessa goes to a spa where the sexy male employees are eager to please.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ The Dance

Sat, Aug 2, 1997

Tyler gets some bad romantic advice from Mark.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ One on One

Sat, Aug 9, 1997

Mark and Tyler learn lessons in respecting women. Former basketball player and Olympic medalist CHERYL MILLER guest stars.

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ The Swami

Fri, Aug 15, 1997

To help the school earn money for textbooks, Mark works at a carnival pretending to be a fortuneteller. To help Geneva secure a donation from baby food millionaire Mr Rosen, Mark pretends to be a real swami.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Argument

Sat, Aug 16, 1997

Vanessa and Mark present opposing versions of an incident -- until Tyler reveals what really happened.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Lifesaver

Fri, Aug 22, 1997

Geneva's boyfriend wants to marry her--until Mark meddles in their relationship.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ The Idol

Sat, Aug 23, 1997

Mark introduces Tyler to his favorite rap star, and Tyler learns a lesson about hero worship.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Party, Party

Fri, Aug 29, 1997

Mark and Vanessa spy on each other during their bachelor and bachelorette parties.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ Getting Personal

Sat, Aug 30, 1997

After Mark refuses to take their upcoming nuptials seriously, Vanessa tries a new approach to grab his attention.