Martin: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Martin Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't
Sep 5, 1996
Gina thinks she might be pregnant and warns Martin to keep quiet. Within an hour, the whole city knows. Pam drops by, and just happens to have a pregnancy test in her purse. After
Back in Trouble Again
Sep 12, 1996
When Gina learns she is nominated for an advertising award, she asks Martin to attend the awards dinner with her and advises him not to play basketball with the boys because his ba
Sophomore Jinx
Sep 19, 1996
After some misadventures with marriage counselors, bad advice from friends fouls things up even more for the constantly quarreling Martin and Gina.
Working Girls
Sep 26, 1996
Gina is all ready for an underwear ad presentation until Cole accidentally erases her computer. She goes to Pam for help, but her friend is too busy with a date. Under pressure dur
Boo's in the House
Oct 31, 1996
The prospect of owning a home gets scarier when Martin and Gina buy their ""dream house"" on Halloween, but soon find that the place is a haunted, calamity-filled horror.
Bangin' Hard in the School Yard
Nov 7, 1996
When Martin announces on his talk show that any man can beat any woman at anything, especially in sports, Gina and Pam challenge him to a girls-against-guys basketball game. Martin
The Life You Save...Might Make You Rich
Nov 14, 1996
While attending a dinner party at an exclusive restaurant, Martin saves the life of an African prince. The prince rewards Martin with lavish gifts and offers him a large sum of mon
Snow White
Nov 21, 1996
When Tommy invites the gang for a ski vacation, they are all in for the ride of their lives. Cole's date Shanise is one ski short of a set; Pam's date Tahiem is one cold headache;
Come on over to My Place
Dec 5, 1996
Cole attempts to entertain a girl at his Mom's house. But Mom shows up and ruins everything. Cole gets his own apartment. But it turns out to be a real dive. Cole and Shanise are h
Scrooge
Dec 19, 1996
Lessons about the holiday spirit come knocking for Martin through ghosts of the past, present and future. Meanwhile, Jackie Chan pays Sheneneh a visit.
Waiting, Debating and Ovulating
Jan 9, 1997
Martin and Gina are planning to have a baby. They plan to have a lunch-time rendezvous to get things going. But a trip to the courthouse with Cole, leads to them finding out that
You Play Too Much
Jan 23, 1997
Martin helps a burglar rob his apartment, because he thinks its part of a scheme Pam put together, to get back at him for all his pranks. It's only after he's been robbed, that he
Ain't That About a Ditch
Jan 30, 1997
Even though Gina's out of town on business, her mom comes to town for a weekend visit, and wants to spend all her time with Martin, playing boardgames and just getting to know him
Goin' Overboard: Part 1
Feb 13, 1997
Martin and the gang go on a cruise, which Gina accidentally misses. He later meets a beautiful woman named Ellen who he believes is contemplating suicide. But after a talk with Ma
Goin' Overboard: Part 2
Feb 13, 1997
Martin and the gang are on a cruise ship with The Love Boat characters. Martin is doomed to finish the trip without Gina, who missed the boat, and is stalked by a suicidal temptre
Power to the People's Court
Feb 20, 1997
Tommy must defend himself in court after his minor dent in Sheneneh's car leads to a lawsuit involving an exorbitant sum.
I Martin, Take Thee...Pam?!
Mar 6, 1997
Martin takes Pam back to Jamaica where he married Gina when he learns that his marriage to Gina is invalid and that he's actually married to Pam.
Auction
Mar 20, 1997
Martin gives his cuckoo clock to Pam, who finds that it makes too much noise, and donates it to a charity auction. Later, Martin & Tommy realize that the clock he gave away might b
Daddy Dearest
Apr 3, 1997
Tommy's ex-marine father, Sgt. Strawn, shows up and tries to make his son a man by showing him up in front of his friends.
Stake-Out
Apr 10, 1997
The police want to use Pam's apartment for a stake-out, to keep surveillance on a suspect named Dynamite Willie. Martin comes up with an idea to capture the suspect himself, and ca
Goin' for Mine
Apr 17, 1997
Pam becomes upset over the fact that she has been recently fired from her former job. Tommy, Cole and Martin stop by Pam's apartment along with their high school buddy Trey Foster
One Flew over the Hoochie's Nest
Apr 24, 1997
Pam's twin cousin Tammy escapes from a mental ward and comes to stay at Pam's house, but everyone mistakes her for Pam.
California, Here We Come: Part 1
May 1, 1997
Martin's talk show is picked up by the network, and is slated to air to a nation-wide audience. The only problem is that if Martin wants the show, he must move to L.A. where the s
California, Here We Come: Part 2
May 1, 1997
Martin and Gina must say good-bye to Detroit and all their friends including Tommy, Pam and Cole. New job offers in Los Angeles for both Martin and Gina, prompt them to move. As th