The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Sep 10, 1990

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

Sep 17, 1990

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

Sep 24, 1990

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.

Oct 1, 1990

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

Oct 8, 1990

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

Oct 15, 1990

Jailed, Will and Carlton stage a media stunt.

Oct 22, 1990

Will joins his prep school's poetry club.

Oct 29, 1990

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

Oct 29, 1990

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

Nov 5, 1990

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

Nov 12, 1990

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

Nov 19, 1990

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

Nov 26, 1990

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

Dec 3, 1990

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

Dec 10, 1990

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

Jan 7, 1991

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

Jan 14, 1991

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

Jan 21, 1991

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

Feb 4, 1991

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.

Feb 11, 1991

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.

Feb 18, 1991

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.

Feb 25, 1991

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

Mar 11, 1991

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

Apr 29, 1991

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.

May 6, 1991

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

Sep 9, 1991

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

Sep 16, 1991

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

Sep 23, 1991

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.

Sep 30, 1991

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

Oct 7, 1991

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

Oct 14, 1991

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.

Oct 21, 1991

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

Nov 4, 1991

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

Nov 11, 1991

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

Nov 18, 1991

Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware.

Nov 25, 1991

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

Dec 9, 1991

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

Dec 16, 1991

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

Jan 6, 1992

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

Jan 13, 1992

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

Jan 20, 1992

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

Feb 3, 1992

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

Feb 10, 1992

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.

Feb 17, 1992

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

Feb 24, 1992

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.

Mar 2, 1992

Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend.

Mar 23, 1992

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

Apr 27, 1992

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.

May 4, 1992

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.

Sep 14, 1992

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

Sep 21, 1992

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.

Sep 28, 1992

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

Oct 5, 1992

Hilary gets a job reporting weather on television.

Oct 12, 1992

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.

Oct 24, 1992

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

Oct 26, 1992

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

Nov 5, 1992

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

Nov 9, 1992

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

Nov 16, 1992

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?

Nov 23, 1992

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

Dec 7, 1992

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.

Dec 14, 1992

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

Jan 4, 1993

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.

Jan 18, 1993

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

Jan 25, 1993

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.

Feb 1, 1993

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

Feb 8, 1993

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.

Feb 15, 1993

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

Feb 22, 1993

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.

Mar 1, 1993

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.

Apr 12, 1993

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

May 3, 1993

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.

May 10, 1993

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.

Sep 20, 1993

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.

Sep 20, 1993

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.

Sep 27, 1993

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.

Oct 4, 1993

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.

Oct 11, 1993

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.

Oct 18, 1993

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

Oct 25, 1993

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

Nov 1, 1993

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

Nov 8, 1993

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

Nov 15, 1993

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

Nov 22, 1993

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.

Nov 29, 1993

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.

Dec 20, 1993

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.

Jan 3, 1994

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

Jan 10, 1994

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

Jan 24, 1994

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

Jan 31, 1994

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

Feb 14, 1994

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

Feb 21, 1994

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

Feb 28, 1994

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

Mar 14, 1994

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

Apr 25, 1994

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

May 2, 1994

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

May 9, 1994

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

May 16, 1994

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

May 23, 1994

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.

Sep 19, 1994

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

Sep 19, 1994

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

Sep 26, 1994

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.

Oct 3, 1994

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

Oct 10, 1994

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

Oct 17, 1994

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

Oct 24, 1994

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

Nov 7, 1994

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

Nov 14, 1994

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

Nov 21, 1994

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

Nov 28, 1994

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

Dec 12, 1994

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

Jan 9, 1995

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.

Jan 23, 1995

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

Feb 6, 1995

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.

Feb 13, 1995

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

Feb 20, 1995

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.

Feb 27, 1995

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

Mar 13, 1995

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.

Apr 10, 1995

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

Apr 17, 1995

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.

Apr 24, 1995

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.

May 1, 1995

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

May 8, 1995

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

May 15, 1995

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

Sep 18, 1995

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.

Sep 25, 1995

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.

Oct 2, 1995

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.

Oct 9, 1995

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

Oct 16, 1995

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.

Oct 23, 1995

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

Nov 6, 1995

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

Nov 13, 1995

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.

Nov 20, 1995

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

Nov 20, 1995

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

Dec 11, 1995

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

Jan 8, 1996

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

Jan 15, 1996

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.

Feb 12, 1996

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

Feb 19, 1996

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.

Feb 26, 1996

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.

Mar 18, 1996

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.

Apr 8, 1996

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.

Apr 15, 1996

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

Apr 22, 1996

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.

May 6, 1996

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.

May 13, 1996

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.

May 20, 1996

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

May 20, 1996

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