Episode

Martin: Power to the People's Court

Name: Martin: Power to the People's Court
Released: 1997-02-20
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Martin Lawrence, Tichina Arnold, Tisha Campbell, Carl Anthony Payne II, Thomas Mikal Ford

MartinSeason 51997-02-20

Overview

Tommy must defend himself in court after his minor dent in Sheneneh's car leads to a lawsuit involving an exorbitant sum.

Details

Series: Martin
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 16
Air date: 1997-02-20
Runtime: 22 min

Episode context

Power to the People's Court is Episode 16 in Season 5 of Martin. It aired on 1997-02-20. The runtime is 22 min.

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Episode 15: Goin' Overboard: Part 2 1997-02-13 | 22 min 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 temptress. Tommy thinks that Pam is suddenly interested in Cole, after finding them in bed together.

Episode 17: I Martin, Take Thee...Pam?! 1997-03-06 | 22 min 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.

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Episode 18: Auction 1997-03-20 | 22 min 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 be a very valuable antique, and worth a lot of money. They then begin to come up with ways to get the clock back.

Episode 13: Ain't That About a Ditch 1997-01-30 | 22 min 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 better. But Martin has plans to hang out with Tommy and Cole at a new club that just opened up. Somehow he has to figure a way to get away from Gina's mom, so he can go out and have a good time.

Episode 19: Daddy Dearest 1997-04-03 | 22 min 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.

Episode 12: You Play Too Much 1997-01-23 | 22 min 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 realizes the awful truth.

Episode 20: Stake-Out 1997-04-10 | 22 min 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 cash in on the $100,000 reward.

Episode 11: Waiting, Debating and Ovulating 1997-01-09 | 22 min 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 Martin has been ignoring jury duty since 1982. Now, forced to perform his civic duty as a juror, Martin presses for a quick verdict, so he can get home to his ovulating wife.

Episode 21: Goin' for Mine 1997-04-17 | 22 min 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 who happens to work at a record company called Keep It Real Records as an successful A&R. Trey tells Pam of a job opening for an A&R position. Pam, who has a passion for music, decides to visit Keep It Real Records. While there, she meets Donna, the sassy receptionist, Clyde, the messenger, and Tony the creative director who tries to flirt with Pam. Trey shows up late for work and receives a message from Donna that their boss, CEO Sterling Sweets, wants to see him as soon as possible. Sweets urges Trey to locate new talent or Trey will have to search for new employment. Pam tells Trey that she may be able to help him if he can get her the A&R position. He agrees. Dante, Pam's typist/assistant from work, brings her the rest of her belongings from her old office. Dante begins to play the piano and sings. Pam be

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