Brotherly Love

Sep 16, 1995

Matt and Andy mix like oil and water with Joe, who means to collect his share of their late father's garage.

Sep 17, 1995

Matt goes overboard trying to impress a girl; Joe warns Lou about an art dealer with connections who has convinced her he's interested in her junk sculpture.

Sep 24, 1995

Matt and Joe get into a heated debate over which of them should date Matt's forensics teacher after a field trip, Andy blames himself for the crack in the Liberty Bell.

Oct 1, 1995

Joe's merciless teasing destroys Matt's confidence for his role in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Joe could use a confidence-builder himself after agreeing to a nude-modeling gig for Lou's art class.

Oct 8, 1995

Taking Joe's advice nets Andy a new friend, but leaves Matt uncool at school; and Joe is anything but cool when he shirks his responsibilities for a free-spirited woman of independent means.

Oct 25, 1995

Lies and deceptions multiply when Lloyd meets a potential sweetheart on the Internet, and Matt tries to hid a blemish in anticipation of a first date.

Oct 29, 1995

An old girlfriend from high school visits Joe and he invites to spend the night. Matt accidentally sees the girl get out of the shower, causing Claire to tell Joe he is setting a bad example for the younger boys. Andy, meanwhile, can't face telling Claire that he isn't ready to go to a sleepover birthday party at a neighbor's house.

Oct 30, 1995

A fortuneteller gives Joe a Halloween scare, as does Andy's disappearance; Claire goes solo to a party; Matt endures the taunts of college-age trick-or-treaters. All this goes on while Lloyd watches the scariest movie ever made.

Nov 12, 1995

A conspiratorial Lloyd locks up Joe and Lou in the storeroom on a day that Lou has arranged a blind date and Joe has promised to aid Matt in a fight with a school bully.

Nov 19, 1995

Claire, Andy, and Lloyd come down with chicken pox. Joe makes an executive decision to expand Roman Customizing by signing a new account Claire had already turned down.

Dec 18, 1995

Lloyd promises Andy that Santa would get him anything he wants for Christmas but finds himself in a bind when he is unable to pull it off.

Mar 4, 1996

Matt hopes to shed his boring image by catching the action at a salsa dance club, where his mom and Lou suddenly show up; and so do Joe and Andy, who swing by in a Batmobile-style cruiser.

Mar 11, 1996

Matt wants to play Philadelphia's Lucky Burger clown for the money while Joey wants to join the motorcycle-racing circuit and follow in his father's footsteps, which worries Claire.

Mar 18, 1996

The younger Roman brothers consider their Designated Dad Jack a delightful companion, but to Joe he's an interloper in the family.

Mar 25, 1996

Lou weighs a heavy decision after accepting an engagement ring from her boyfriend; Matt's sarcastic new friends rib Lloyd.

Apr 1, 1996

Dissatisfied with their respective dates, Joe and Lou introduce the two on a double date.

Sep 15, 1996

The boys fend for themselves when Claire goes to a spa for the weekend.

Sep 22, 1996

Perched at a bar on his twenty-first birthday, Joe reminisces about his dad and about turning sixteen, while at home Claire and the gang plan what they hope will be a nifty surprise party.

Sep 29, 1996

Claire has butterflies as she prepares for a first date. So do Matt and Andy, who fear that a newcomer will replace their dad.

Oct 6, 1996

Joe and Lou agree to be just friends and date others, but Joe fumes when Lou dates someone he doesn't know. He then unwittingly asks out Lou's best friend.

Oct 13, 1996

Both Joey and Matt ask Andy's new babysitter for a date.

Oct 20, 1996

The boys' lovable grandpa Big Mike rolls into town in a big rig and for a time endears himself to Joe with some promises he can't keep.

Nov 3, 1996

Lloyd's RV-driving mom visits as Joe is pushing to enter Andy in a pine-box derby to prevent a business rival's son from beating Matt's previous winning record.

Nov 10, 1996

Andy figures he won't get into any more trouble in school if Joe dates his teacher. Claire meets a potential date at the supermarket. Psychology student Matt fears he may have obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Nov 17, 1996

Joe regrets the path his life has taken after running into a once-unpopular classmate who's now headed for rock stardom.

Nov 24, 1996

Andy's excited about wearing his wilderness badge from the Young Pioneers, but his enthusiasm is dampened when a storm cancels his planned camping trip.

Dec 8, 1996

A merciless driver's-ed teacher may have Matt's future in mind when he passes out grades, but Joe has only revenge in mind when he rallies Matt, Lloyd and Lou in a payback prank on the man.

Dec 8, 1996

Lloyd quits the garage to fulfill his dreams after he sees a self-help video.

Jan 12, 1997

Even Joe agrees with Claire that the new girl in Matt's life seems to be out of his league, frequenting after-hour rave parties and drinking.

Jan 19, 1997

Matt's new girlfriend wants him to get a tattoo.

Feb 2, 1997

Joe is reunited with old friend Nell Bascombe.

Feb 9, 1997

Matt hopes to reinvent himself for a newcomer visiting her grandfather in the neighborhood; Andy fears getting hit by a comet.

Feb 16, 1997

Kristin gets Matt a job at a music store, but his future there looks bleak when the manager collars a shoplifter.

Feb 23, 1997

Joe helps Lou carry her art work to a gallery when the daughter's owner mistakes him for the artist. Also, Matt takes up playing the guitar & wants to write a song.

Mar 30, 1997

Romance is in the air at the pizza parlor as Matt's co-worker falls for Joe and Andy falls for a young girl who doesn't think his jokes are funny.

Apr 20, 1997

Andy becomes Joe's good luck charm on a trip to Atlantic City. Meanwhile, bad luck crashes the scene when Matt throws his first big party.

Apr 27, 1997

Joe moves in for the kill after Matt claims he's just friends with Kristin; an ice-cream vendor is a real treat for Andy and Claire.

May 4, 1997

Matt and Joe nearly come to fisticuffs over Kristin, who's unable to handle the truth when she hears it; and Lou receives an e-mail message from an admirer.

May 11, 1997

Mother's Day brings a surprise visit from Joe's hippie mom, who's pregnant and married to an aura-photographer.

May 18, 1997

Julia returns hoping to strike up a relationship with Matt again, but his friends aren't part of her plans. Meanwhile, Andy sells his childhood at a garage sale.