Personally yeah. I love season 1 but Season 3 got the GOAT episode imo, so it puts it over the top. (Blizzard episode)
Some of season 1
27 27 "Checks Lies And Videotape" Terri McCoy Bill Braunstein May 13, 1993 9227
Martin and Gina try to expose a crooked preacher, Reverend Leon Lonnie Love (
David Alan Grier), as a fraud, after he cons thousands of dollars from his church members, including Mama Payne. To do so, they decide to have Gina lure him to her apartment so she can elicit a confession out of him and then capture it on videotape.
24 24 "Your Arms Are Too Short To Box With Martin" Gerren Keith Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. April 22, 1993 9224
Tommy's new girlfriend Shannon has an ex-lover (
Bushwick Bill) that won't let her go. Eventually, he and his gang of thugs confront Tommy and beat him up. Martin and Cole go after these grumpy midgets to avenge Tommy's beating, by throwing their weight around and attempting to bully the patrons in the little people's bar. It is up to Tommy to tell everyone that violence produces nothing except more violence.
23 23 "Jerome's In The House" Gerren Keith David Wyatt April 1, 1993 9223
After Pam gets dumped by her boyfriend, she decides to go out on a date with somebody "different" out of sheer desperation. She decides to go out with Jerome, the player, even though Cole is trying to ask her out.
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19 1819 "Break Up (Part 1)""Break Up (Part 2)" Gerren Keith John BowmanJane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt February 11, 1993 92199220
Martin and Gina fight over Gina's unusual
Valentine's Day gift, and the fight escalates out of control until they finally break up. When they try and reconcile, they discover that maybe they are just too different from each other.
With Martin and Gina now broken up, they start dating new people. By coincidence, the two couples happen to meet at a restaurant during dinner. Martin is extremely jealous of the fact that Gina is out with another man, and decides to "help" him out when he begins choking on his food.
20 20 "Break Up (Part 3)" Gerren Keith John Bowman February 18, 1993 9221
Martin and his new girlfriend Nicole (
Lark Voorhies) realize that they both are still in love with their former lovers, and break up.
Billy Dee Williams guest stars on Martin's radio show and convinces him that he'd be foolish to lose Gina. Martin barges in on Gina while she's with another man, and tries to win her back.
Special Note: Prior to the episode's airing, fans had the chance to influence the script by calling in a hotline to vote on who should initiate the reunification, Gina or Martin. The polls were decided that Martin should be the one to apologize.
17 17 "Blackboard Jungle Fever" Gerren Keith Jane Milmore & Billy Van Zandt January 21, 1993 9214
Martin returns to his elementary school to participate in Career Day, where he sees his favorite third grade teacher, Ms. Trinidad. They decide to go out to eat and catch up on old times, but Ms Trinidad (
Beverly Johnson) is more interested in putting the moves on Martin.
Guest appearance by
Garrett Morris as Stan
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. Great music placements, great performances, everybody was cast well, and it was an overall good show. Everybody knows the very last season sucked when they killed off Torres, brought in Tommy fresh off Martin, and those two random white characters, along with changing the theme, and getting rid of the club performances. They basically whitewashed the show to be more "acceptable" to white people, even though the show was already pulling in high ratings. They stripped the show of all it's original appeal and turned it into a basic formulaic cop show.
...they could have released more songs on it
