Hangin' With Mr. Cooper
ABC (ended 1997)
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Season 5
- Ep 13Getting Personal8/30/97
Vanessa wonders if Mark really understands her. She places an ad in the personals section and then tests Mark by telling him to determine which ad is hers. Nicole and Tyler try to find a song to sing at the wedding. - Ep 12Bachelor Party8/29/97
While Vanessa's friends give her a pre-wedding party at a strip club where her old boyfriend works, Mark's buddies host a similar party for him. - Ep 11The Idol8/23/97
Mark promises that he will introduce Tyler to his favorite rap star, who happens to be an old friend of Mark's. Nicole gets a makeover from Vanessa and Geneva. - Ep 10Lifesaver8/22/97
Vanessa pressures Geneva's longtime boyfriend, Ken, into asking Geneva to marry him. Geneva accepts, but Ken reconsiders after Mark inadvertently scares him about the seriousness of marriage. - Ep 9The Argument8/16/97
Mark and Vanessa get into an argument, but they both have conflicting viewpoints as to what really happened. - Ep 8The Swami8/15/97
To help the school earn money for textbooks, Mark works at a carnival pretending to be a fortuneteller. - Ep 7One on One8/9/97
When Mark argues with the high school's girls' basketball coach, they decide to settle their differences with a one-on-one basketball game. Tyler and Nicole need blood samples for science class. - Ep 6The Dance8/2/97
Tyler makes a date with a girl for his first school dance, but Mark gives him bad advice on how to treat women. - Ep 5The Spa7/19/97
Vanessa is very tense from planning her wedding, so her friend Florence invites her to a spa for relaxation. Mark becomes jealous when he realizes that the spa is staffed by attractive men who are eager to please their customers. - Ep 4Security7/12/97
Vanessa's job working as an emergency medical technician is eliminated due to budget cuts, so she starts her own business selling African beauty supplies. Meanwhile, Mark takes an additional job at a security company. - Ep 3The In-Laws7/5/97
Mark meets Vanessa's extremely weathly parents for the first time, and hopes that they will pay for the wedding. - Ep 2Please Don't Go6/28/97
When Geneva feels she's in the way of the newlyweds-to-be and makes plans to move out, Mark enlists the help of Tyler's rambunctious young relatives to convince her to stay. - Ep 1The Ring6/21/97
After Vanessa accepts Mark's marriage proposal, Mark looks for a deal on a ring he can afford. But there's a misunderstanding about the price—after he gives it to Vanessa.
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Season 4
- Ep 22Will She or Won't She?5/10/96
Despite wanting to marry Mark, Vanessa innocently has lunch with her former boyfriend. When Mark finds out, he frantically proposes marriage to her. Geneva directs a school play written by Nicole. - Ep 21Breaking Up Is Hard to Do5/3/96
Mark and Vanessa announce that they are dating. After their first fight, they decide that it would be better if they were just friends, but on subsequent dates with other people, each can only think about the other. - Ep 20True Confessions4/26/96
After Geneva introduces Vanessa to a successful, handsome man, Mark does everything he can to sabotage the developing relationship. - Ep 19Grumpy Old Man3/8/96
Knuckleball Smith, one of Vanessa's patients at the retirement home, intends to sell his classic car to please his jealous elderly lover, Edna. Geneva is afraid she may face an obstacle to being named pricipal on a permanent basis. - Ep 18The Curse2/23/96
Mark causes a lot of bad luck for himself and those around him when he buys a beautiful car that the previous owner claims is haunted. Vanessa finds out her new relationship isn't as serious as she thought. - Ep 17Rivals2/16/96
Mark tries to end a rivalry with a coach from another high school basketball team. Vanessa uses Tyler to try to get a date with a man in a single parents' group. - Ep 16Globetrotters2/9/96
Mark is upset when he is unable to attend a show put on by The Harlem Globetrotters for the fifth time in his life. - Ep 15Talent Show2/2/96
Mark coordinates a talent show as a fundraiser for the school's athletic department and is promised an appearance by Boyz II Men by a man posing as the group's attorney. - Ep 14Coach Counselor1/19/96
Mark becomes a student guidance counselor and advises an egotistical football player. Vanessa babysits Nicole and allows her to slack off on her studies. - Ep 13Robo Golf1/12/96
Mark invests in a co-worker's invention, a robotic suit designed to improve the wearer's golf skills. - Ep 12Increase the Peace1/5/96
After he falls in love with a girl at school, her gang member brother harasses Earvin, and threatens him with a gun. - Ep 11Christmas '9512/15/95
Disgusted by its commercial aspects, Mark tries to instill the family with the true spirit of Christmas. - Ep 10The Great Pretender12/8/95
Mark lets Vanessa to practice wrapping bandages on him. While wearing a shoulder brace, Mark meets his beautiful new neighbor, Monique. Before Mark can explain that he is not injured, Monique becomes sympathetic. Using the situation to his advantage, Mark asks her on a date. Meanwhile, Nicole insists on wearing hip-hop clothing to express her individuality.moreless - Ep 9R.E.S.P.E.C.T.12/1/95
Geneva becomes exasperated with everyone in the house treating her like a servant. So, she moves out with Nicole. Mark invites his inconsiderate friends Steve and Lydell to move in, causing Vanessa to move out. - Ep 8I Remember Grandpa11/17/95
Mark unwillingly goes to clean out Grandpa Cooper's mountain cabin. Vanessa deals with an uncooperative powerboat. - Ep 7Waterworld11/10/95
When the ancient plumbing system breaks down in the house, Vanessa and Geneva hire a plumber. But Mark chases away the plumber and insists on fixing the problem himself. - Ep 6Ghost in the Machine11/3/95
Nicole breaks Mark's prized mug and lets Vanessa take the blame. Later, while playing a fantasy computer game, Nicole falls asleep and has a dream that teaches her the importance of honesty. - Ep 5Halloween10/27/95
Nicole and her friend tease Tyler after he's scared of a horror movie, and dare him to camp out in a haunted house on Halloween. Vanessa goes on her first shift as an EMT. - Ep 4E.R.10/20/95
Though she just failed her EMT test, Vanessa saves Mark's life after he falls and gets a concussion. - Ep 3R.O.T.C.10/13/95
Geneva recruits a new instructor for the Reserve Officer Training Corps, her former boyfriend, Master Sergeant Ken. - Ep 2It's a Matter of Principal9/29/95
Rehired as basketball coach, Mark takes advantage of Geneva's position as principal, but the other teacher's resent what they see as special treatment for him. - Ep 1Together Again9/22/95
Vanessa and Mark return to Oakland after neither's summer was to their liking, and learn Geneva has become principal of the high school.
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Season 3
- Ep 22High Hopes5/12/95
Vanessa gets a marriage proposal. Mark seeks a way to win the state basketball championship. Geneva tries to find a better position at the school. - Ep 21Guys' Night Out5/5/95
After being pestered by Geneva, Mark reluctantly tries to help Geneva's boyfriend, Ken, become a part of Mark's group of male friends. - Ep 20The Matchmaker4/28/95
Mark and Geneva's crazy Aunt Eunetta comes to visit, and with her quirky technique of touching people's heads, determines that Mark and Vanessa would be the perfect couple. - Ep 19Here Comes the Groom2/24/95
Mark advises Earvin to slow down his romance with his new girlfriend Lisa, but Mark's good intentions prove ill-advised when Earvin, after listening to Mark, decides to elope with Lisa; Nicole may need glasses. - Ep 18Hero2/17/95
While waiting to use the ATM, Mark witnesses a botched robbery attempt. A woman stops the thief but leaves the scene quickly. Everyone believes that Mark actually prevented the robbery and he doesn't deny it. - Ep 17Down in the Dumps2/10/95
Mark and Vanessa are determined to win the lottery and enlist Geneva's help in obtaining her aunt's guaranteed winning formula. - Ep 16The Ringer2/3/95
Geneva convinces Mark to coach Nicole's all-girl tee-ball team, which hasn't won a game all season. Determined to help the girls win, Mark convinces Tyler to dress up like a girl and play on the team. - Ep 15True Lies1/27/95
Instead of keeping his promise to Nicole to bring her to the circus, Mark lies to her so he can go out with his girlfriend Denise. - Ep 14One Is the Loneliest Number1/13/95
Mark's friend, Steve, convinces Mark that his relationship with his girlfriend Denise is boring. Concluding that Denise is to blame, Mark makes plans to stop dating her, but Denise stops dating him first. Nicole and Tyle compete to sell candy bars. - Ep 13Coach1/6/95
Mark finally gets his dream job as the school's head basketball coach after Coach Corley resigns to coach college basketball. Geneva orders items to keep seeing a delivery man she is smitten with. - Ep 12Christmas Show12/16/94
It's Christmas. Mark accidentally leaves a window open. When they get back, they have been robbed. - Ep 11Clothes Make the Man12/2/94
Mark goes to a men's clothing store to buy a new tie for a weekend banquet and ends up getting conned by a beautiful, but cunning, saleswoman. Nicole takes up chess. - Ep 10True Romance11/25/94
While Mark substitutes for a sportswriter friend by writing a sports column, he is continually interrupted when people ask his advice on their love lives. Vanessa's new love hasn't been truthful about his financial status. - Ep 9My Achy Breaky Back11/18/94
Mark finally gets a job interview with the head coach at San Francisco State, but he hurts his back before the interview. Geneva dislikes a chair Nicole bought for her. - Ep 8House Guest11/11/94
Geneva invites P.J. to stay at their house...but Mark didn't anticipate P.J. moving in along with her new little dog, aptly named Monster. - Ep 7Instant Replay11/4/94
Mark finds out that his former basketball rival will be back in town to play at his high school's upcoming alumni basketball game. Fearing a repeat of an old high school humiliation with Reggie, who is now a NBA star, Mark fakes an injury. - Ep 6Mo' Money10/28/94
Mark decides to invest in the vending machine business. Vanessa tries to overcome her fear of taking the bus. - Ep 5Matinee10/21/94
Mark takes Nicole and a few of her friends to the matinee only to suffer through the pains of taking little kids to the movies. Mark joins an anti-violence committee at the school. - Ep 4He Said, She Said10/14/94
Vanessa is upset to learn that Mark wants to date her friend from the office. Everytime he goes on a date with one of her friends, she loses the friend. Geneva has issues with a video store. - Ep 3Between Friends10/7/94
An old friend of Mark's visits, and they get into a fight over a girl. Vanessa continues searching for a new job. - Ep 2My Bodyguard9/30/94
Nicole is being pestered by a bully at at school, and begs Marks to help her without letting her mother be aware of the situation. Vanessa takes care of her boss' prize orchid. - Ep 1Call Me Irresponsible9/23/94
Mark regrets not returning P.J.'s calls over the summer when he learns she was going to offer him the head basketball coach job--a job that's now been given to someone else.
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Season 2
- Ep 22Hangin' with Mrs. Cooper5/20/94
Mark's mother comes for a visit and shines as a substitute teacher. Nicole tries to get her mother a date for Mother's Day. - Ep 21Groom and Doom5/13/94
Mark stands in the way of Geneva's happiness when she receives a marriage proposal from a man willing to take on being a father figure to Nicole. - Ep 20Double Cheeseburger, Hold the Diploma3/18/94
Marks get his detention charges to fill job applications, but Earvin actually gets a job and drops out of school, leaving Mark to scramble to get him back in school. - Ep 19Pros and Convicts3/4/94
Vanessa wants to show Geneva how to have a good time. Geneva tries to hit on a man who turns out to be a police officer. He mistakes her for being a prostitute and arrests both her and Vanessa. - Ep 18Trading Places2/18/94
Vanessa wants to get a job at a Christian, conservative radio station. She can't tell them that she's living single together with a man. So, she tells the manager, when she has him over for dinner, that Mark is her husband and that Geneva is her wild cousin. - Ep 17Truth or Consequences2/11/94
After catching Vanessa lying on the phone to Thaddeus, Mark and her bet on who can go without lying, and both suffer as a result. Tyler develops a crush on Geneva. - Ep 16Wedding Bell Blues2/4/94
P.J. and Victor are planning to get married, and this couldn't make Mark any happier, because that would mean she would be leaving to go to Chicago. But Mark discovers something about Victor and wrestles with whether or not he should tell her. - Ep 15The Courtship of Mark Cooper1/28/94
Mark's girlfriend break up with him when he complains about her unannounced visits. Meanwhile, the students hold a car wash to raise money for a school dance. - Ep 14It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To1/21/94
After getting a lump checked by a doctor, Mark mistakenly thinks he's dying, and starts living each day as if it were his last. - Ep 13For Whom the Heck the Bell Tolls1/7/94
Nicole questions why men treat Geneva differently from Vanessa, and conducts an experiment to find out. Mark is requested to give the eulogy for his old high school's assistant basketball coach, but he doesn't remember who he is. - Ep 12Private School12/17/93
P.J. assigns Mark to teach American history at a private school. Seeing the class is all-white, he decides to teach them all about black history, "from slavery to Soul Train." - Ep 11Santa's Got a Brand New Bag12/10/93
Mark works as Santa in a mall. - Ep 10Air Cooper11/26/93
Vanessa's boyfriend decides to cast Mark in an athletic shoe commercial, but Mark's not aware he isn't going to be the star. - Ep 9The Prince of Soul11/19/93
Vanessa meets an African prince while waitressing at a soul food restaurant. After they get engaged, Mark and Geneva suspect he may not be who he claims. - Ep 8Seoul Shake11/12/93
Mark must find a way to get a basketball player he earlier discouraged, but now much improved, onto the team after the star player is injured. - Ep 7The Goodbye Girl11/5/93
The move from Georgia to Oakland means Geneva has laid out stricter rules for Nicole, who rebels. Vanessa wants to date a recently divorced poker friend of Mark's. - Ep 6Father Fairest10/29/93
P.J. orders Geneva and Mark to chaperone the Halloween party at the high school. Mark tries to get Earvin to reconcile with his father. - Ep 5Free at Last10/22/93
After she's fired from her job, Vanessa takes a job as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant--a job she proves to not be very good at. - Ep 4Limpin' Lizards10/15/93
Nicole tries out to be a new kid on Lester Lizard and the Crocodile Kids. Mark gets a new teaching assignment: Home Economics. - Ep 3School's a Drag10/8/93
A new principal dislikes Mark, but when the Driver's Ed car is damaged while in his care, he dresses as her, hoping to avoid her finding out. - Ep 2Slumber Party10/1/93
Mark solos as chaperone at Nicole's party when Geneva and Vanessa go shopping and don't return on time. - Ep 1Baby Love9/24/93
Mark and Vanessa get new roomies when his cousin and her daughter visit---and move in.
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Season 1
- Ep 22Livin' a Large Lie5/18/93
Mark has Robin and Vanessa pretend to be servants to trick his visiting grandmother into believing he still plays for the Golden State Warriors. When she figures out the truth, she bands together with the girls to play a joke on Mark. - Ep 21A Moving Experience5/11/93
Mark leaves the girls in the lurch to move in with a friend in need of a roommate. The parties in his new building distract him from his promise to tutor Earvin in math. - Ep 20P.M.S.: Post Moving-in Syndrome4/13/93
Mark, Robin, and Vanessa reminisce about when they first moved in together. - Ep 19Piano Lesson3/16/93
Tyler accidentally burns out Robin's piano. Mark and Vanessa play pool and go to a concert. - Ep 18The Unteachables3/2/93
Mark takes the reigns of a history class filled with apathetic students. Tyler's dog takes a liking to Vanessa. - Ep 17Boys Don't Leave2/23/93
Jealous of the attention a new baby is getting, Tyler runs away from home--and right to Mark's doorstep. Robin frets over what to get her boyfriend for his birthday. - Ep 16Boyz in the Woodz2/16/93
Mark, Robin, and Vanessa take the students on a wilderness camping adventure where things don't go the way they had planned. - Ep 15Valentine's Day Massacre2/9/93
Robin and Vanessa go on dates, while Mark has his own adventures just trying to get a date. - Ep 14How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying2/2/93
When a teachers' strike leaves Mark without money to pay the rent, he takes a job at Vanessa's office. - Ep 13Forbidden Fruit1/19/93
Mark has a date with a new teacher's assistant—Coach Ricketts' daughter. - Ep 12In Vanessa We Trust1/12/93
The roommates' landlord dies, so they decide to use Vanessa's trust fund to buy the house. - Ep 11Unforgettable1/5/93
Robin's jazz musician father comes for a visit. Vanessa tries to start a new relationship. - Ep 10Miracle in Oaktown12/15/92
Mark and Robin agree to let Vanessa do Christmas her family's way at the house. The school puts on a Christmas carnival. - Ep 9My Dinner with Mark12/1/92
In order to land a new account, Vanessa has Mark pose as her boss to fool someone who would rather not deal with lower-level employees. Meanwhile, Robin's new exercise machine proves troublesome. - Ep 8Torn Between Two Teachers11/24/92
Andre can't choose between his music and basketball. Robin wants him to concentrate on piano playing, but Mark wants him to focus on basketball. - Ep 7Warriors (2)11/17/92
Mark gets the call to join the Golden State Warriors, but a court showdown with the Suns' Charles Barkley deflates his confidence. Robin gets Vanessa to help her practice for her self-defense class. - Ep 6Warriors (1)11/10/92
Mark has a tryout for the Golden State Warriors. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Robin try the financial markets to make money. - Ep 5Cheers10/27/92
Robin attempts to fix Vanessa's car. Mark substitutes as a Phys. Ed. teacher and tries to prep the cheerleading squad for a competition. - Ep 4Please Pass the Jock10/20/92
Robin need to earn money to afford a ski trip. Mark faces an ethical dilemma about a basketball player he's asked to pass, whether he deserves it or not. - Ep 3On the Rebound10/6/92
Mark's former girlfriend, Paula, moves back into town and wants to get reacquainted with him. - Ep 2Hangin' with Michelle9/29/92
When Mark becomes a substitute teacher, he gets a handful. His class includes playful little Michelle Tanner. When Michelle and her friends begin to torment Mark, he does a trick to get them to be quiet- and ends up hurting his behind. Michelle feels very guilty and comes over to "help him."moreless - Ep 1The Presentation9/22/92
In the series opener, unemployed Mark Cooper gets a job as a substitute teacher at his old high school. He also shares his house with two beautiful women: Robin, a music teacher who also works at the school, and Vanessa, a rich girl whom Mark is attracted to. On his first day of school, Mark has to deal with unruly students who give him a hard time. But Mark soon finds a solution to impress his class.moreless
