Episode
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Blood is Thicker Than Mud
Overview
A bro with dough? Carlton's upper-class upbringing may make him unwelcome at a black fraternity.
Details
- Series
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1993-11-01
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Blood is Thicker Than Mud is Episode 8 in Season 4 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It aired on 1993-11-01. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: Hex and the Single Guy
Will disses a seance - until the spiritualist zaps him with a hex that (uh-oh) seems to work.
Episode 9: Fresh Prince After Dark
Will breaks a date with Jackie to accompany Hilary to a Playboy Mansion reception for weather reporters being photographed for the magazine.
More episodes from this season
Episode 6: Will Goes a-Courtin'
When Phillip sues Will and Carlton for unpaid rent, two different versions of the dispute are aired - neither entirely truthful.
Episode 10: Home is Where the Heart Attack Is
Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack.
Episode 5: It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It...
After Will's friends guys rib Carlton about being a virgin, Miss Right appears and sweeps Carlton off his feet. Elsewhere, Geoffrey confesses a secret of his own.
Episode 11: Take My Cousin... Please
On academic probation, Will schemes to improve his grades by fixing up a newly divorced English professor with Hilary, who soon finds fault with the man, further jeopardizing Will's academic future.
Episode 4: Father of the Year
Stuck with caring for Nicky for the day, Will soon discovers the benefits of baby-sitting: he's suddenly a big man on campus with the women so long as he poses as a single dad.
Episode 12: You've Got to Be a Football Hero
Will uses booze to prove his manliness while competing with a hulking football hero who wants to score points with Jackie, and his fraternity brothers leave drunken Will in a cemetery, where he is haunted. Meanwhile, Ashley learns that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Episode 3: All Guts, No Glory
Registration day finds Will signing up for no-brainer classes, plus one that might truly challenge him - a philosophy course he takes to meet a girl.
Episode 13: 'Twas the Night Before Christening
Vivian promises god-motherhood of her child to both of her sisters, while Will hatches a harebrained scheme to get Boyz II Men to perform at baby Nicky's christening.
Episode 2: Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
Will and Carlton begin their first year of college by moving into their own apartment, while Philip and Vivian enjoy their newborn son. Hilary learns that Trevor plans to propose marriage to her during an elaborate stunt on his TV news show.
Episode 14: Sleepless in Bel-Air
Will pays for putting off studying for a midterm until the last minute, and Ashley pays for staying out late on her first date.