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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990 - 1996 7.9 (2313 votes) 6 Seasons
Genres
Comedy Family
Networks
NBC
Created By
Andy Borowitz
Susan Borowitz

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Influence goes both ways.

Overview

Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.

Key Crew

Producer: Werner Walian

Top Cast

Will Smith
Will Smith

Will Smith

James Avery
James Avery

Philip Banks

Daphne Maxwell Reid
Daphne Maxwell Reid

Vivian Banks

Alfonso Ribeiro
Alfonso Ribeiro

Carlton Banks

Karyn Parsons
Karyn Parsons

Hilary Banks

Tatyana Ali
Tatyana Ali

Ashley Banks

Joseph Marcell
Joseph Marcell

Geoffrey Butler

Ross Bagley
Ross Bagley

Nicky Banks

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (1990)

Will Smith is revealed to be a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia, who is sent to live with his wealthy relatives at their Bel Air, Los Angeles mansion. His relatives include Phillip Banks, Will's strict and gruff uncle, and Vivian Banks, Will's no-nonsense, forthright, and career-minded aunt. Other members of the Banks family include Carlton Banks, Will's preppy and arrogant cousin, Hilary Banks, Will's attractive but dumb, eldest cousin, Ashley Banks, Will's youngest cousin, and Geoffrey, the family's cynical English Butler. Will's lifestyle often clashes with that of his relatives there, and frequently got him or other members of the family into trouble as well.

25 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Fresh Prince Project
1990-09-10

Aunt Vivian tries to mediate between her husband Philip and the newly arrived Will.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 2: Bang the Drum, Ashley
1990-09-17

Will persuades Ashley to pawn her violin for a drum set.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 3: Clubba Hubba
1990-09-24

Will wants to go out with a beautiful girl he meets at the country club, but first he must figure out how to impress her extremely snobbish and very protective father so he seeks tips from cousin Carlton on becoming preppie.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 4: Not with My Pig, You Don't
1990-10-01

Will tries to smooth things between Philip and his very rural parents when they visit to see him receive an award.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 5: Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy
1990-10-08

Will gets a visit from an old pal named Ice Tray, who, to Vivian and Philip's dismay, warms up to Hilary.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 6: Mistaken Identity
1990-10-15

Jailed, Will and Carlton stage a media stunt.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 7: Def Poet's Society
1990-10-22

Will joins his prep school's poetry club.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 8: Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (1)
1990-10-29

Carlton and Will, babe magnets. Who will be first to get a date for Hilary's Halloween party?

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 9: Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2)
1990-10-29

Carlton and Will, babe magnets. Who will be first to get a date for Hilary's Halloween party?

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 10: Kiss My Butler
1990-11-05

Happy birthday Geoffrey! For a gift, Will tries matchmaking, then falls for Geoffrey's date himself.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 11: Courting Disaster
1990-11-12

Carlton feels overshadowed by Will, who's become a basketball star at school.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 12: Talking Turkey
1990-11-19

A holiday visit from Will's taskmaster mother puts the kibosh on conspicuous consumption and puts the kids to work preparing Thanksgiving dinner.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 13: Knowledge is Power
1990-11-26

Hilary becomes Will's personal maid when he threatens to disclose she's dropped out of UCLA.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 14: Day Damn One
1990-12-03

Will tells Ashley's slumber party guests a scary tale about his first day at Bel-Air Academy.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 15: Deck the Halls
1990-12-10

Will inimitably dresses the mansion for the holidays, to the dismay of the neighbors, including heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 16: The Lucky Charm
1991-01-07

Philip may lose a superstitious client whom he advises not to make decisions based on Will's spontaneous remarks.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 17: The Ethnic Tip
1991-01-14

Will proposes a black history class be instituted at Bel-Air Academy, and gets a surprise when Aunt Viv arrives to teach it.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 18: The Young and the Restless
1991-01-21

Will sneaks Philip's elderly mother out of the house for a night on the town.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 19: It Had to Be You
1991-02-04

Will has girl problems after a date with Jazz's domineering sister, who's ready to pick out a china pattern before the night is over.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 20: Nice Lady
1991-02-11

Fresh Prince Will is on his best behavior for visiting royalty - the seemingly demure Lady Penelope, who Will hopes to persuade to let herself have a good time at a party.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 21: Love at First Fight
1991-02-18

Jasmine Guy plays a scholarship student whose introduction to Will opens up a different world of fun and games - and romance - to divert her from her studies.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 22: Banks Shot
1991-02-25

Will crawls to Philip for help after sneaking out on the town and getting hustled by sleazy pool sharks.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 23: 72 Hours
1991-03-11

Will challenges Carlton to spend time in a tough neighborhood, trying to survive by masquerading as a financial consultant.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 24: Just Infatuation
1991-04-29

R&B singer Tevin Campbell plays teen idol Little T, who surprises Ashley on her birthday with a special song and an invitation for a date.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 25: Working It Out
1991-05-06

Rap's Queen Latifah plays Hilary's new actress boss, who wants Will as her boy toy - or Hilary's glamorous job is over.

Runtime: 24 min
Season 2 poster
Season 2 (1991)

The prince is back and fresher than ever! In the second season of this inspiring comedy, as the Banks family continues to adjust to Will living with them in Bel-Air, they find themselves questioning how they live in the process. Meanwhile, Will’s fear of becoming like his uptight Uncle Philip and his preppy cousin Carlton prompts him to take drastic action to make sure this doesn’t happen. Race relations become a hot topic in the Banks household when Will’s mother, Vy (guest star Vernee Watson-Johnson, Southland; Sister, Sister), has trouble accepting that her sister Janice (guest star Charlayne Woodard, ER) is marrying a Caucasian man. And Philip and Vivian’s past returns with open arms when a Sixties radical is invited into their home. Hilarity and heart combine in the second season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Guest stars this season include Nicholle Tom (The Nanny), Allen Payne (House of Payne) and members of New Edition Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Did the Earth Move for You?
1991-09-09

Will's all-consuming romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 2: The Mother of All Battles
1991-09-16

Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 3: Will Gets a Job
1991-09-23

Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party, at the same time Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 4: PSAT Pstory
1991-09-30

Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 5: Granny Gets Busy
1991-10-07

Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 6: Guess Who's Coming to Marry?
1991-10-14

Tensions spill over just before the wedding of Will's Aunt Janice when Will's mom meets Janice's intended - and forbids Will to attend the interracial wedding.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 7: The Big Four-Oh
1991-10-21

Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 8: She Ain't Heavy
1991-11-04

Will hits it off with the full-figured Dee Dee, but her size keeps him from asking her to the dance.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 9: Cased Up
1991-11-11

A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 10: Hi-Ho Silver
1991-11-18

Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 11: The Butler Did It
1991-11-25

Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 12: Something for Nothing
1991-12-09

After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 13: Christmas Show
1991-12-16

On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 14: Hilary Gets a Life
1992-01-06

Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 15: My Brother's Keeper
1992-01-13

On the basketball court, winning is everything to Will, as it is to an opponent from Malibu Prep, who can't afford to lose.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 16: Geoffrey Cleans Up
1992-01-20

Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper - but who turns out to be very wealthy.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 17: Community Action
1992-02-03

When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 18: Ill Will
1992-02-10

The family fears a steamy exposé when Geoffrey begins his memoirs, while Will fears the scalpel when he enters the hospital, kicking and screaming, for a tonsillectomy.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 19: Eyes on the Prize
1992-02-17

Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 20: Those Were the Days
1992-02-24

Philip and Vivian welcome a '60s radical, who arouses the FBI's interest and influences Will and Carlton to take action over the firing of a nonconformist teacher.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 21: Vying for Attention
1992-03-02

Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 22: The Aunt Who Came to Dinner
1992-03-23

Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly, and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 23: Be My Baby Tonight
1992-04-27

Ashley cringes when the family oohs and aahs over her relationship with Kevin , but Will chokes when she asks him about sex - and her curiosity about reproduction sends Will to a pregnancy counseling center.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 24: Strip-Tease for Two
1992-05-04

Will and Carlton lose their shirts investing on a tip - then take jobs as strippers to recoup their losses and get Vivian's bracelet out of hock.

Runtime: 23 min
Season 3 poster
Season 3 (1992)

Season three of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air finds Will (Will Smith) firmly entrenched in the Banks family, having traded his rough-and-tumble Philadelphia youth for posh surroundings in Bel-Air. This year, Will hip-hops over to the same prep school as Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) and starts scoping out colleges. While Will tries to work his mojo on reluctant Monique (Kim Fields, Living Single), Hilary (Karyn Parsons) breaks into show business and learns some hard lessons. But the kids aren’t the only ones riding life’s highs and lows. Philip (James Avery) jumps into the race for superior court judge, opposing his sleazy but powerful former mentor (Sherman Hemsley, The Jeffersons). And Vivian (Janet Hubert-Whitten) surprises everyone by announcing that she’s pregnant! Also appearing in this hilarious and poignant season are Oprah Winfrey, Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty), comic D.L. Hughley, singer Tom Jones and boxer Riddick Bowe. All 24 episodes are fresh — and ready for your enjoyment.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: How I Spent My Summer Vacation
1992-09-14

Will returns home from spending the summer in Philadelphia with a new look that doesn't sit well with Uncle Phil.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 2: Will Gets Committed
1992-09-21

When the Banks family returns to its former neighborhood to help old friends after a destructive city-wide riot, Vivian reveals a surprise to Philip.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 3: That's No Lady, That's My Cousin
1992-09-28

Enrolled at the newly coed Bel-Air Prep, Ashley begins dressing to entice guys, using Will's preferences in women as her examples.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 4: Hilary Gets a Job
1992-10-05

Hilary gets a job reporting weather on television.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 5: Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe
1992-10-12

Carlton prepares for a dinner date with his former girlfriend, Cindy (Lark Voorhees), forgiving her for rejecting him several months earlier, but when she arrives with a newborn baby named Carlton Jr., the entire Banks family is stunned.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 6: P.S. I Love You
1992-10-24

While Philip entertains rude, senile Judge Robertson, Will accepts expensive gifts from Lindsey Simon, a rich classmate who wants to buy his affection.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 7: Here Comes the Judge
1992-10-26

Will gets arrested for numerous parking tickets as Phil runs for judge against incumbent Judge Robertson.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 8: Boyz in the Woods
1992-11-05

Philip takes Will and Carlton on a camping trip that turns out to be a disaster when snow traps the unhappy campers.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 9: A Night at the Oprah
1992-11-09

The Bankses appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on-stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 10: Asses to Ashes
1992-11-16

Election results are in and Philip fights to remain cool amid lies by Judge Robertson, which prompt Will to confront the outspoken incumbent. Will Will go to far? Will he say what everyone is feeling? Will Judge Robertson be able to take it?

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 11: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1992-11-23

At Vivian's Lamaze class, Will cozies up to a pregnant sportswriter, who takes him to a game - and delivers more than just fun.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 12: The Cold War
1992-12-07

When Vivian quarantines Will and Carlton in the backyard pool house after both are stricken with contagious colds, they spend the night arguing over a girl that Will stole from Carlton.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 13: Mommy Nearest
1992-12-14

Will tries to tell his mother that he doesn't want to return to Philadelphia with her after his high school graduation.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 14: Winner Takes Off
1993-01-04

Geoffrey humiliates himself by insulting the Banks family and quitting his job when Will and Carlton trick him into thinking he has won millions of dollars in the lottery.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 15: Robbing the Banks
1993-01-18

Philip is quick to judge an ex-con Will urged him to hire as a handyman and temporary assistant after the house is robbed.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 16: Bundle of Joy
1993-01-25

As Vivian's delivery date approaches, the family fantasizes about what the baby will mean to each of them: Ashley feels all but invisible, Geoffrey feels overwhelmed by the family's demands, and Vivian feels like she's having triplets.

Runtime: 21 min
Episode 17: The Best Laid Plans
1993-02-01

When Monique refuses to have sex until she's married, Will stages a mock wedding ceremony with D.J. Jazzy Jeff as the preacher.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 18: The Alma Matter
1993-02-08

Depressed and suicidal over having ruined his chances of attending Princeton University, Carlton is visited by his Guardian Angel, who shows him how awful the Banks family would be if he weren't alive.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 19: Just Say Yo
1993-02-15

Will learns a sobering lesson after Carlton pops the wrong pills from Will's locker, mistaking amphetamines for vitamins, and winds up in hospital.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 20: The Baby Comes Out
1993-02-22

Vivian's baby is a week late, but family members and her visiting sisters are nowhere to be found when it's time to rush to the hospital.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 21: You Bet Your Life
1993-03-01

Heavyweight boxing champ Riddick Brown wreaks havoc with Carlton's mind and Will's face at a funky cafe-casino in Nevada, where the cousins have stopped on their way to check out a college for Will.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 22: Ain't No Business Like Show Business
1993-04-12

Will lands a spot in a comedy showcase after accompanying a comic friend to an audition.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 23: The Way We Were
1993-05-03

Series clips illustrate family recollections as the kids put together a scrapbook for Vivian and Philip, who want to renew their vows on their anniversary.

Runtime: 24 min
Episode 24: Six Degrees of Graduation
1993-05-10

Vy anticipates Will's graduation with enthusiasm, but there may be discord when she learns Will is failing music. To pass his music class, Will must sing at the graduation ceremony - with a class of eight-year-olds.

Runtime: 24 min
Season 4 poster
Season 4 (1993)

Charming and cocky Will continues his reign as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the fourth fast-paced season of this hit family comedy with heart. Will (Will Smith) and Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) are living large at college — even though they live in their family’s pool house. When they’re not hunting the honeys, like the superhot Jackie (Tyra Banks), the boys pledge a fraternity, where Will finds out that racism cuts both ways. At home, Will sneaks the dieting Philip (James Avery) some snacks, not realizing he’s endangering his uncle’s life. And Ashley (Tatyana Ali) breaks out of her childhood shell in a big way by undergoing an extremely sexy makeover, exploring the dating world and demanding some “Respect” from her parents by belting out the classic song. Donald Trump, Hugh Hefner, Dick Clark, Ben Vereen (Roots), Robert Guillaume (Benson), Pam Grier (Jackie Brown), jazzman Branford Marsalis and Boys II Men guest star in this laugh-filled 26-episode season of the freshest show around.

26 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Where There's a Will, There's a Way (1)
1993-09-20

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.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 2: Where There's a Will, There's a Way (2)
1993-09-20

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 3: All Guts, No Glory
1993-09-27

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 4: Father of the Year
1993-10-04

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 5: It's Better to Have Loved and Lost It...
1993-10-11

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 6: Will Goes a-Courtin'
1993-10-18

When Phillip sues Will and Carlton for unpaid rent, two different versions of the dispute are aired - neither entirely truthful.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 7: Hex and the Single Guy
1993-10-25

Will disses a seance - until the spiritualist zaps him with a hex that (uh-oh) seems to work.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 8: Blood is Thicker Than Mud
1993-11-01

A bro with dough? Carlton's upper-class upbringing may make him unwelcome at a black fraternity.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 9: Fresh Prince After Dark
1993-11-08

Will breaks a date with Jackie to accompany Hilary to a Playboy Mansion reception for weather reporters being photographed for the magazine.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 10: Home is Where the Heart Attack Is
1993-11-15

Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 11: Take My Cousin... Please
1993-11-22

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 12: You've Got to Be a Football Hero
1993-11-29

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 13: 'Twas the Night Before Christening
1993-12-20

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.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 14: Sleepless in Bel-Air
1994-01-03

Will pays for putting off studying for a midterm until the last minute, and Ashley pays for staying out late on her first date.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 15: Who's the Boss
1994-01-10

Carlton in charge. Will gets his feathers ruffled when his cousin becomes his boss at the Peacock Stop.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 16: I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams
1994-01-24

Bird is the word when Carlton, ULA's peacock mascot, is kidnapped by a rival school before the big game.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 17: When You Hit Upon a Star
1994-01-31

Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 18: Stop Will! In the Name of Love
1994-02-14

A Valentine's double date finds Will treating Ashley like a kid and Ashley demanding r-e-s-p-e-c-t.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 19: You'd Better Shop Around
1994-02-21

A car dealer hires Will, then persuades him to drop out of college.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 20: The Ol' Ball and Chain
1994-02-28

Jazz's bride has a couple of teensy character flaws: She's a convict. And she puts the moves on Will.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 21: The Harder They Fall
1994-03-14

Will finds himself stranded in a mountain forest with his new girlfriend's disagreeable father after they parachute out of his disabled plane.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 22: M is for the Many Things She Gave Me
1994-04-25

It's double trouble for Will when Philip's old flame visits with her daughter, who's attracted to Will.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 23: Mother's Day
1994-05-02

Say, homie, could you do me a favor? Just-married Jazz makes a surprising request of Will.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 24: Papa's Got a Brand-New Excuse
1994-05-09

Ben Vereen plays Will's long-lost father, who breezes into town and promises Will the moon, which angers an unforgiving Philip.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 25: For Sale by Owner
1994-05-16

A stranger makes a generous offer for the Banks estate, which prompts the family to reminisce about their good times there.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 26: The Philadelphia Story
1994-05-23

Will returns to the City of Brotherly Love and discovers he's the butt of old friends' jokes, prompting him to go into training to settle an old score and clear his reputation as a chicken.

Runtime: 23 min
Season 5 poster
Season 5 (1994)

Will meets Lisa — and before you can say “Go slow, bro,” he’s in love, engaged, and standing before the minister with 50 pounds of iced shrimp melting in the banquet hall. All that romance must be contagious, because Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. Unfortunately, that’s only half right. It’s Hilary. And there’s a lot more than love going on as Will grapples with a big orange whale, a mobster, a bear, Jay Leno, Lisa’s cantankerous dad, and in one of the series’ most memorable episodes, a bullet with his name on it. Get ready for laugh-out-loud fun!

25 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Client
1994-09-19

Will revels in Ashley's music industry success, but both Will and Ashley are about to have a rude surprise.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 2: What's Will Got to Do With It?
1994-09-19

Will helps Ashley make a big impression on a recording executive, but Philip is adamantly against her pursuing a singing career.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 3: Reality Bites
1994-09-26

Will loses points as a role model for Nicky while visiting an ever-positive kiddie hero who brings joy to youngsters - but not to Will.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 4: Grumpy Young Men
1994-10-03

War breaks out when the girl Will likes plants a big one on Carlton.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 5: Fresh Prince: The Movie
1994-10-10

Will tells a tall tale about seeing a mob killing, then being placed in a witness-protection program in the backwoods of Alabama.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 6: Will's Misery
1994-10-17

The Banks hate the ugly golf shirts Hilary gives them - until they see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wearing the same design.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 7: Father Knows Best
1994-10-24

To help Ashley out of a jam at school, Will poses as her father. Oh yeah, this is gonna work.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 8: Soul Train
1994-11-07

At a Soul Train reunion, middle-aged Philip feels like his train has left the station.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 9: Love Hurts
1994-11-14

Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 10: Will's Up a Dirt Road
1994-11-21

Will tries his hand at journalism to prove something to Lisa, but his efforts get him sued for libel - by Jay Leno.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 11: Will Steps Out
1994-11-28

To understand Philip's battle with the scale, Will dons a fat suit and gets a big fat lesson in empathy.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 12: Same Game, Next Season
1994-12-12

Will works so hard to impress Lisa's dad that he spends all his free time with his new best buddy.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 13: Three's a Crowd
1995-01-09

Will gets roped into a weekend ski trip with Carlton that quickly turns to disaster when their party arrives; meanwhile, back home, Hilary prepares to leave the nest.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 14: It's a Wonderful Lie
1995-01-23

The party's over. Will and Lisa tell each other lies so they can sneak off to the (uh-oh) same party.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 15: Bullets Over Bel-Air
1995-02-06

A planned camping trip is cut short for Carlton and Will when a robber approaches them at an automated bank-teller machine - and fires a gun.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 16: A Decent Proposal
1995-02-13

Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Will pops the question from his hospital room. And Lisa's answer is...

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 17: Will is from Mars...
1995-02-20

Thanks to relationship counseling, Will and Lisa hop to move on up to a new understanding in preparation for marriage. Meanwhile Hillary wants Geoffrey to work at her new home.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 18: The Wedding Show (Psyche!)
1995-02-27

Shafted! The engaged couple opts for flashy Vegas vows, complete with costumes. The tasteful theme: Shaft.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 19: Slum Like It... Not!
1995-03-13

Will vows Philip with his sound investment advice to buy Jazz's apartment building - but the tenants scream slumlord after Philip acts on Will's moneymaking tip.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 20: As the Will Turns
1995-04-10

Will inadvertently finds himself in the right place at the right time and lands a part in a daytime soap opera.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 21: Save the Last Trance for Me
1995-04-17

Put into a trance by a stage hypnotist, Will behaves like a 4-year-old just as the family gears up for an interview with the admissions head of a private school.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 22: To Thine Own Self Be Blue... and Gold
1995-04-24

A dream job for Will with a businessman friend of Philip's turns into a nightmare when the man offers him a bonus to help bribe a councilman.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 23: Cold Feet, Hot Body
1995-05-01

Dinner date. The Banks host a gorgeous girl from Philly who tries to lure Will away from Lisa.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 24: Love in an Elevator
1995-05-08

Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 25: For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll
1995-05-15

Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.

Runtime: 23 min
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Season 6 (1995)

After Will becomes Hilary's talent coordinator, her show goes national and she is lured to New York, where Ashley hopes to model. When Philip presides over a high-profile Hollywood case, his ambition almost ruins his marriage.

24 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: Burnin' Down the House
1995-09-18

While Carlton is away at a Young Republican camp, Will cooks up a flambe of a disaster on a night when an influential judge is coming to dinner, and Will can only make it through the night with the help of Geoffrey, and other plan is not to make Phil find out.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 2: Get a Job
1995-09-25

In competition with Carlton, Will sets out to prove he's the best man for the job on Hilary's TV show by escorting a famous comedian's sister out on the town.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 3: Stress Related
1995-10-02

After learning a little something about initiative, Will jumps to Hilary's aid prior to a key business meeting at the station, meanwhile an unemployed Carlton subs for Philip on career day at Ashley's school.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 4: Bourgie Sings the Blues
1995-10-09

The thrill is gone for "runaway yuppie" Carlton, who can't handle another disappointment, let alone his long-awaited Princeton interview.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 5: The Script Formerly Known As...
1995-10-16

Will decides to book a juror dismissed from Philip's big show-biz madam sex-scandal case for Hilary's show, which results in embarrassment for Judge Banks and some annoying apologies from Will and Hilary.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 6: Not, I Barbecue
1995-10-23

Will and Carlton's double date ends unromantically when a big bruiser shows up looking for his squeeze.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 7: Not With My Cousin You Don't
1995-11-06

Freakin' out! On the home intercom, Will and Carlton overhear Ashley talking about sex.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 8: Viva Lost Wages
1995-11-13

Carlton is on a roll in Vegas, celebrating his birthday at the gaming tables with Will in tow but suddenly the tables turn, and the duo enter a dance contest to recoup their losses.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 9: There's the Rub (1)
1995-11-20

Hilary and Carlton volunteer at a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving, while the extended family fills up on holiday treats.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 10: There's the Rub (2)
1995-11-20

Will and Philip are arrested at a massage parlor on Thanksgiving. Hilary and Carlton get a lesson in humility at the homeless shelter.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 11: I, Ooh, Baby, Baby
1995-12-11

Hilary's show has its national premiere. What more could she possibly want? How about a baby?

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 12: Boxing Helena
1996-01-08

Will's pride is on the ropes when a gorgeous boxing instructor KOs him at the gym.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 13: I, Clownius
1996-01-15

It's no laughing matter when a bomb-toting clown holds Philip hostage in the courtroom on the day of the showbiz madam's sentencing.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 14: Breaking Up is Hard To Do (1)
1996-02-12

Ka-boooom! That explosion you hear is Philip and Vivian's marriage after Philip decides to go into politics.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 15: Breaking Up is Hard To Do (2)
1996-02-19

Breaking up may not be so hard to do for an angry Vivian, but when Philip finds he's lost without her, Will and Carlton conspire to reunite them.

Runtime: 22 min
Episode 16: I, Bowl Buster
1996-02-26

After being accepted at Princeton, a worried Carlton changes his life plans and retreats to a place where everybody knows his name - the bowling alley.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 17: The Butler's Son Did It
1996-03-18

Geoffrey's life changes overnight when a man claiming to be his long-lost son shows up and charms everyone - except Will, who discovers the guy's not what he seems. Meanwhile, Hilary starts writing her autobiography, and an early childhood photo reveals a shocking secret.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 18: Hare Today...
1996-04-08

The church's widowed reverend is a man of esteemed reputation, but not in the eyes of Will - who spies him making a play for Aunt Vivian.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 19: I, Whoops, There It Is
1996-04-15

Dick Clark has a cameo on this backstage outing that has Will Smith visiting with series stars and screening series bloopers.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 20: I, Stank Horse
1996-04-22

Philip expects Ashley to decline an offer for what he considers a degrading role in an ad by a director who could also give her a recommendation to a top New York school.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 21: I, Stank Hole in One
1996-05-06

On Live with Regis and Kathie Lee, Hilary subs for Gifford but doesn't see eye-to-eye with co-host Philbin. Meanwhile, Will subs for Carlton in a golf tourney and gets buddy-buddy with Philip, making Carlton jealous.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 22: Eye, Tooth
1996-05-13

William Shatner stars as Hilary's talk-show guest, but Will must find a way to beam him from the dentist's chair to the set. Meanwhile, Hilary's show treks to New York and Ashley insists on tagging along.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 23: I, Done (1)
1996-05-20

The mansion's for sale and everybody's in the fast lane... except Will, who's stuck on life's soft shoulder.

Runtime: 23 min
Episode 24: I, Done (2)
1996-05-20

The Banks move out. The Jeffersons are about to move in. And Will turns out the lights.

Runtime: 24 min

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