Smart Guy

The WB (ended 1999)
  • Season 3
    • Ep 22
      Never Too Young
      5/16/99
      8.9
      Floyd refuses to believe T.J. drank beer at a party with his pals. Meanwhile, while on cafeteria duty, Marcus and Mo becomes disgusted with the slop the lunch lady serves and decides to cook some real food.
    • Ep 21
      The Graduate?
      5/9/99
      9.5
      T.J. plans a prank for graduation, while Yvette decides to boycott her graduation.
    • Ep 20
      The Soda Wars
      5/2/99
      9.5
      Angered over rising machine soda prices rise, T.J. markets his own cheaper soft drink with the help of Yvette, Marcus and Mo.
    • Ep 19
      Cross Talk
      4/1/99
      8.6
      T.J.'s call to a political talk show prompts an invitation to appear as a guest -- and to replace one of the regular panelists permanently.
    • Ep 18
      Crushed
      2/21/99
      8.9
      T.J. develops his first crush on a beautiful substitute teacher; Marcus is accidentally offered a university scholarship.
    • Ep 17
      I Was a Teenage Sports Wife
      2/14/99
      8.8
      Marcus scores a date with the girls' volleyball team champ, but plays second string socially. Meanwhile, T.J. is studying the human brain by watching Mo grow "smarter" under the effect of smart pills (placebos).
    • Ep 16
      It Takes Two
      2/7/99
      8.3
      When Marcus sees Mo's girlfriend with another guy, he can't decide how to tell Mo. Meanwhile, T.J. thinks he's on the bad side of the Secret Service after writing an angry letter to the White House.
    • Ep 15
      Can't Buy Me, Love
      1/24/99
      9.1
      To enlighten Mo about feminism, Yvette buys him at a school slave auction. Meanwhile, T.J. helps Coach Gerber do his taxes and Marcus is auctioned off to a lonely guy who decided to "buy" his friendship.
    • Ep 14
      From A to Double D
      1/17/99
      9.3
      A dejected Yvette decides she needs breast augmentation after another actress is picked for a plum stage role. Meanwhile, T.J. is harassed by bullies who make fun of his ears.
    • Ep 13
      Perchance to Dream
      1/10/99
      8.7
      Yvette has a recurring dream in which she marries Mo. Meanwhile, Marcus, T.J., and Mo comes up with a "Homework Hotline" for extra cash.
    • Ep 12
      Diary of a Mad Schoolgirl
      12/13/98
      9.4
      Computer snooping helps Marcus woo T.J.'s study partner.
    • Ep 11
      Break Up Not to Make Up
      11/29/98
      9.1
      Marcus and his girlfriend Dana break up, prompting her to ask Mo to intervene. Meanwhile, T.J. faces gym class - and the locker room - for the first time.
    • Ep 10
      A Date With Destiny
      11/22/98
      8.2
      T.J. lands a gig as a dancer in a music video by Destiny's Child and gets an offer to tour with them for a year, but his dad isn't so sure about the idea.
    • Ep 9
      Get a Job
      11/15/98
      8.6
      When Floyd tells the kids to get a job, Yvette heads for a clothing store at the mall, discovering racist activity from the manager. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo get a late night shift at the radio station as host.
    • Ep 8
      Boomerang
      11/8/98
      8.7
      T.J. is forced to take wood shop and finds out it's not as easy as he thought. Meanwhile, sparks fly between Yvette and a photographer.
    • Ep 7
      T.A. or Not T.A.
      11/1/98
      9.0
      TJ becomes the new assistant to Coach Gerber when the math teacher finally quits. Meanwhile Yvette meets a guy named Calvin who she finds attractive who turns out to be a sophomore.
    • Ep 6
      Beating is Fundamental
      10/25/98
      9.1
      T.J. is accepted into Mensa, where Floyd meets an attractive divorcée, but T.J. can't stand her uppity son Blake and gets into a brawl. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo become hairstylists.
    • Ep 5
      That's My Momma
      10/18/98
      9.2
      Mo gets the shock of his life when his parents tell him he's adopted, so he immediately enlists T.J. in his search for his birth parents.
    • Ep 4
      Henderson House Party
      10/11/98
      9.5
      When Floyd has to go out of town on business, Marcus tries to step in as the man of the house. T.J. poses some unexpected problems when he decides to court popularity by throwing a party for his classmates.
    • Ep 3
      Love Bug
      10/4/98
      9.6
      Yvette and Mo hatch a plan to eliminate the competition in a radio station Volkswagen Beetle giveaway to the person who can stay inside it the longest. While they're in the vehicle, Marcus tries to sleep with a girl who has a school reputation but things isn't going completely his way.moreless
    • Ep 2
      Achy Breaky Heart
      9/27/98
      9.2
      New romances are on the horizon for both Marcus and Mo in this episode. Marcus finds himself interested in Stacey, the new drummer for their band, while Mo's intended girlfriend rubs the other musicians the wrong way. Marcus is the one to suffer heartbreak first, leaving T.J. to try to pull him out of the doldrums.moreless
    • Ep 1
      She Got Game
      9/20/98
      8.4
      T.J. is thrilled when he talks Brandi into joining the basketball team - until she replaces him as starting point guard, and he's relegated to the bench.
  • Season 2
    • Ep 22
      My Two Dads
      5/13/98
      8.9
      Floyd starts having doubts when T.J. bonds with a new astronomy teacher, making him question his importance in T.J.'s life. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo find another student exploiting their personal style by photographing them for a fashion magazine against their wishes.
    • Ep 21
      Something Wicked This Way Comes
      5/6/98
      8.8
      When Mo's parents leave for a second honeymoon, he stays with the Hendersons, but it drives a wedge between T.J. and Marcus. Meanwhile, Floyd objects to Yvette dating a college guy.
    • Ep 20
      Gotta Dance
      4/29/98
      9.6
      After attending a dance class with Yvette, T.J. decides his life's ambition is to become a tap dancer, but he finds out it's no cakewalk.
    • Ep 19
      Strangers on the Net
      3/4/98
      8.4
      T.J. buys bootleg computer games but soon runs into trouble with a sinister stranger. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo buy a used car that doesn't run.
    • Ep 18
      Sit In (a.k.a. Dawgburger Rebellion)
      2/25/98
      9.1
      Tales of Floyd's Uncle Mert, a 1960s activist, inspire T.J. to protest a change in the school's lunch policy.
    • Ep 17
      Goodbye, Mr. Chimps
      2/18/98
      9.0
      T.J. qualifies as an intern at the Primate Intelligence Research Project. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo try to get rich selling "nutritional, energy supplement" candy bars.
    • Ep 16
      Most Hated Man on Campus
      2/11/98
      8.7
      When the star player of the basketball team is in danger of flunking history and being off the team, it's up to T.J. to tutor him before the big game.
    • Ep 15
      Bad Boy
      2/4/98
      8.8
      T.J. falls for a girl at the arcade but falls short in the style department, so he tries a new look -- one his dad does not approve.
    • Ep 14
      Stop the Presses
      1/28/98
      9.5
      T.J. decides he wants to be a reporter, but since answering to Yvette as the editor of the school paper is more than he can take, he starts his own rival publication.
    • Ep 13
      Rooferman, Take One
      1/21/98
      8.8
      T.J. thinks his dad's business would benefit from a TV commercial, but when the station airs it at 3:00am, T.J. sneaks in and accidentally repositions it during the Super Bowl.
    • Ep 12
      Men Working Badly
      1/7/98
      9.5
      Floyd, T.J. and Marcus build Yvette her own private bathroom, but she is less than thrilled. Meanwhile, T.J. and Mo must work out a family budget for their Life Science class.
    • Ep 11
      T.J. Versus the Machine
      12/10/97
      9.1
      T.J., out to prove how good he is at strategizing, decides to go up against the school's supercomputer in a very challenging chess showdown.
    • Ep 10
      Love Letters
      11/19/97
      8.9
      T.J. ghostwrites love letters for Marcus to Nina, the new girl in their literature class - and winds up having to ghostwrite love letters for Nina to Marcus, and vice versa.
    • Ep 9
      The Dating Game
      11/12/97
      9.4
      To discourage a tireless suitor, Yvette agrees to T.J.'s plan and pretends to be Mo's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Floyd aims to teach Marcus a life lesson he won't soon forget.
    • Ep 8
      Book Smart
      11/5/97
      9.1
      T.J.'s teacher begins to reprimand him due to the fact that their constant rounds of back-and-forth are disrupting the class from learning anything. In the meantime, Marcus and Mo try to figure out how to get into a female self-defense class in order to meet girls.
    • Ep 7
      Big Picture
      10/29/97
      8.3
      T.J., Marcus and Mo decide to do a music video for their video-production class, with T.J. directing. Meanwhile, Yvette falls for a hunky swimmer who's a little shallow.
    • Ep 6
      Trial and Error
      10/15/97
      9.5
      A fire to the school's chemistry lab is set, and Mo is the #1 suspect, prompting T.J. to defend him. Meanwhile, Marcus tries to get noticed even though his role in the school play has no lines.
    • Ep 5
      Dumbstruck
      10/8/97
      9.3
      T.J.'s IQ takes a dive after he's accidentally hit on the head by a wood plank, allowing him to act more his age. However, missing the old T.J., Yvette, Marcus, and Mo are prompted to find a way to regain his intelligence.
    • Ep 4
      Dateline
      10/1/97
      9.3
      Feeling that it's time for his Dad to start dating again, T.J. uses a computer dating service to hook Floyd up with a beautiful woman. However, he regrets what he's done when he feels uncomfortable about their relationship moving up.
    • Ep 3
      Below the Rim
      9/24/97
      8.4
      When the basketball coach quits his job in the middle of a game, the team must come up with another coach or forfeit - so T.J. is elected. However, T.J. abuses his new position, pushing the team players a bit too hard.
    • Ep 2
      Working Guy
      9/17/97
      9.0
      As T.J. earns a job at an electronics company, he soon becomes a little too obsessed with his job, and Floyd feels it's time to lay down the law when he finds that T.J. is barely spending any time with the family.
    • Ep 1
      Primary Brothers
      9/10/97
      8.3
      T.J. begins to set up a campaign to run for school president, believing that it would take nothing to win. However, he soon decides that he'll let Marcus win, and then deviously control him behind the scenes.
  • Season 1
    • Ep 7
      Baby, It's You and You and You
      5/7/97
      9.3
      As the prom looms in the distance, Floyd, Marcus, and Yvette wish to ensure that T.J. has a date. However, this causes them to unknowingly set T.J. up with three different girls to take without conferencing one another.
    • Ep 6
      A Little Knowledge
      4/30/97
      9.5
      T.J. gets more than he bargained for when he lands a spot on the game show Knowledge College, only to earn a bit of money. However, he soon begins to use too much coffee as his medium to study, putting his state-of-mind at risk.
    • Ep 5
      Lab Rats
      4/23/97
      8.7
      When TJ and Mo are paired for a science project to observe animal behavior, TJ's decides to observes and alter the romantic life of Marcus and Yvette.
    • Ep 4
      Don't Do That Thing You Do
      4/16/97
      9.3
      When the keyboard player in Marcus' band breaks a finger, T.J. steps in to save the day, while Yvette is utterly shocked when her friend admits to having a crush on Floyd.
    • Ep 3
      Brother, Brother
      4/9/97
      9.0
      Two new twin girls arrive at the school, and Marcus agrees to date one of them. However, he doesn't know that she has a twin, and unwittingly ends up saying yes to both of them. In the end, Marcus pretends to have a twin so he can go on a date with the other twin and has TJ help him create this suave twin of his.moreless
    • Ep 2
      The Code
      4/2/97
      9.0
      T.J. finds himself being ostracized after a very risky situation where he tattles on Mo, the basketball team's star player, for smoking in the bathroom, going against "The Code" of the school.
    • Ep 1
      Pilot
      3/26/97
      8.2
      T.J. Henderson goes from being a fifth-grade elementary student to a high-school sophomore at ten years-old, much to the dismay of his brother, Marcus, who is in the same grade.