Episode
The Wayans Bros.: Saving Private Marlon
Overview
After landing an important role in a war movie, Marlon decides to do research on a military base where the head officer offers to show him the ropes -- until Marlon discovers that the soldier has a long-standing grudge against Pops.
Details
- Series
- The Wayans Bros.
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1999-01-28
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Saving Private Marlon is Episode 14 in Season 5 of The Wayans Bros.. It aired on 1999-01-28. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 13: Big Brother
Shawn follows in Marlon's footsteps as a ""big brother"" to a youngster, but it turns out that his new little charge already has a jail record.
Episode 15: Jump!
Marlon and Shawn's teasing about Dee's role as a security guard gets her suspended without pay and the duo must try to win her job back.
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Episode 12: Green Card
When Shawn decides to marry an immigrant so she can be granted citizenship, the woman must live with him for six months. But he soon comes to regret the decision after the woman invites other family members to move in.
Episode 16: Pops Gets Evicted
Shawn's ideas on making better use of the lobby space catch the eye of the building's owner who offers him the chance to run a new cafe. But first he'll have to evict Pops.
Episode 11: A Country Christmas
Cousin Sheila invites Marlon, Shawn, Dee and Pops to spend Christmas at her farm, where they are shocked to discover she's in dire straits and may lose her property if she can't pay her mortgage.
Episode 17: Crazy 4 U
Marlon and Shawn get in way over their heads when they start competing for the attention of Dawn, an attractive psychiatrist who's just moved into the building.
Episode 10: Marlon Joins A Cult
Marlon's family must rescue him when he falls in with a cult after signing up for a class. Marlon thinks he's signed up for an acting seminar to help with focus training, but he's really joined a cult called the Inner Light Institute.
Episode 18: Hip Hop Pops
Marlon and Shawn try to shake Pops out of his depression over his 50th birthday -- and in the process create a monster.
Episode 9: Misery
Semi-famous Marlon makes his first impact on a genuine fan. Unfortunately, she's an obsessed fanatic who kidnaps him -- and Shawn gets himself captured as well when he attempts a rescue.
Episode 19: Everybody Loves Shawn
Shawn finds himself in the spotlight as an instant celebrity after a guest shot on Marlon's TV show, much to his brother's chagrin.
Episode 8: The High Life
Shawn has to weed out the truth about Marlon's involvement with an actor he admires who uses drugs, especially since Marlon has a big audition coming up.
Episode 20: Dreamgirl
A famous singer finds Shawn's indifference irresistible, and he and Marlon find themselves competing for her affections.