| 1 |
The Fresh Prince Project |
Aunt Vivian tries to mediate between her husband Philip and the newly arrived Will. |
1990-09-10 |
| 2 |
Bang the Drum, Ashley |
Will persuades Ashley to pawn her violin for a drum set. |
1990-09-17 |
| 3 |
Clubba Hubba |
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 fatherâ€â€so he seeks tips from cousin Carlton on becoming preppie. |
1990-09-24 |
| 5 |
Homeboy, Sweet Homeboy |
Will gets a visit from an old pal named Ice Tray, who, to Vivian and Philip's dismay, warms up to Hilary. |
1990-10-08 |
| 6 |
Mistaken Identity |
Jailed, Will and Carlton stage a media stunt. |
1990-10-15 |
| 8 |
Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (1) |
When Will and Carlton compete for dates for a Hallowe'en party, Will boasts of knowing famous people (seen in fantasy flashbacks). |
1990-10-29 |
| 9 |
Someday Your Prince Will Be in Effect (2) |
When Will and Carlton compete for dates for a Halloween party, Will boasts of knowing famous people (seen in fantasy flashbacks). |
1990-10-29 |
| 10 |
Kiss My Butler |
Will and Carlton surprise Geoffrey on his birthday with a gorgeous blind date–whom Will promptly falls for, only to be outshone by Geoffrey. |
1990-11-05 |
| 11 |
Courting Disaster |
Carlton feels overshadowed by Will, who's become a basketball star at school. |
1990-11-12 |
| 12 |
Talking Turkey |
A holiday visit from Will's taskmaster mother puts the kibosh on conspicuous consumption and puts the kids to work preparing Thanksgiving dinner. |
1990-11-19 |
| 13 |
Knowledge is Power |
Hilary becomes Will's personal maid when he threatens to disclose she's dropped out of UCLA. |
1990-11-26 |
| 14 |
Day Damn One |
Will tells Ashley's slumber-party guests a scary tale about his first day at Bel-Air Academy. |
1990-12-03 |
| 15 |
Deck the Halls |
Will inimitably dresses the mansion for the holidays, to the dismay of the neighbors, including heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield. |
1990-12-10 |
| 16 |
The Lucky Charm |
Philip may lose a superstitious client whom he advises not to make decisions based on Will's spontaneous remarks. |
1991-01-07 |
| 17 |
The Ethnic Tip |
Will proposes a black history class be instituted at Bel-Air Academy, and gets a surprise when Aunt Viv arrives to teach it. |
1991-01-14 |
| 18 |
The Young and the Restless |
Will sneaks Philip's elderly mother out of the house for a night on the town. |
1991-01-21 |
| 19 |
It Had To Be You |
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. |
1991-02-04 |
| 20 |
Nice Lady |
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. |
1991-02-11 |
| 21 |
Love at First Fight |
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. |
1991-02-18 |
| 22 |
Banks Shot |
Will crawls to Philip for help after sneaking out on the town and getting hustled by sleazy pool sharks. |
1991-02-25 |
| 23 |
72 Hours |
Will challenges Carlton to spend time in a tough neighborhood, trying to survive by masquerading as a financial consultant. |
1991-03-11 |
| 24 |
Just Infatuation |
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. |
1991-04-29 |
| 25 |
Working It Out |
Rap's Queen Latifah plays Hilary's new actress boss, who wants Will as her boy toy -- or Hilary's glamorous job is over. |
1991-05-06 |
| 1 |
Did the Earth Move For You? |
Will's all-consumed romance with a new girlfriend shakes up the Banks' household, as does Mother Nature, trapping them together during an earthquake. |
1991-09-09 |
| 2 |
The Mother of All Battles |
Will and Carlton arrive as reinforcements when a bully challenges Ashley to a rumble, but there's real trouble when Philip and Vivian intervene. |
1991-09-16 |
| 3 |
Will Gets a Job |
Will tries to juggle school and a new job in order to earn money for the homecoming party; Ashley's classmate Tina becomes interested in Carlton. Will starts becoming paranoid when he constantly is getting confused with Carlton. |
1991-09-23 |
| 4 |
PSAT Pstory |
Will is a picture of confidence, while Carlton is a frazzled bundle of nerves preparing for college aptitude tests. |
1991-09-30 |
| 5 |
Granny Gets Busy |
Mortified over spying his mother kiss the handyman, Philip can't bear to think of her having a new man in her life. |
1991-10-07 |
| 7 |
The Big Four-Oh |
Vivian's 40th birthday marks a crisis and a career change in which she plans to perfect her dance skills. |
1991-10-21 |
| 9 |
Cased Up |
A pompous lawyer who's dating Hilary is no fan of Will's after he's sideswiped by Will's roadster. |
1991-11-11 |
| 10 |
Hi-Ho Silver |
Will and Carlton think a party guest stole the silverware. |
1991-11-18 |
| 11 |
The Butler Did It |
Bell Biv DeVoe shoots a video at the Bankses, courtesy of Carlton, who rents the house while his parents are away. |
1991-11-25 |
| 12 |
Something For Nothing |
After winning at the country club's Monte Carlo night fund-raiser, Will learns that he's expected to donate the money to charity. |
1991-12-09 |
| 13 |
Christmas Show |
On a family ski trip, the Banks find that they must come up with Christmas gifts from the heart after their belongings are stolen. |
1991-12-16 |
| 14 |
Hilary Gets a Life |
Hilary must work for a caterer after her credit cards are cancelled. |
1992-01-06 |
| 16 |
Geoffrey Cleans Up |
Geoffrey falls hard for a neighbor he believes is a housekeeper -- but who turns out to be very wealthy. |
1992-01-20 |
| 17 |
Community Action |
When Hillary is ordered to do community service at a free clinic, the doctor in charge becomes the antidote for her marriage-mindedness. |
1992-02-03 |
| 18 |
Ill Will |
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. |
1992-02-10 |
| 19 |
Eyes on the Prize |
Needing a game show partner, Will must choose between bickering friends. |
1992-02-17 |
| 20 |
Those Were the Days |
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. |
1992-02-24 |
| 21 |
Vying for Attention |
Will dislikes his mother's new boyfriend. |
1992-03-02 |
| 22 |
The Aunt Who Came to Dinner |
Aunt Helen arrives unexpectedly, and upsets Will and Carlton's plans for a rendezvous with two French women. |
1992-03-23 |
| 23 |
Be My Baby Tonight |
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. |
1992-04-27 |
| 24 |
Strip-Tease for Two |
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. |
1992-05-04 |
| 1 |
How I Spent My Summer Vacation |
Will returns home from spending the summer in Philadelphia with a new look that doesn't sit well with Uncle Phil. |
1992-09-14 |
| 2 |
Will Gets Committed |
Philip and Vivian organize a cleanup effort in the riot-torn remains of their old LA neighborhood. |
1992-09-21 |
| 4 |
Hilary Gets a Job |
Hilary gets a job reporting weather on television. |
1992-10-05 |
| 5 |
P.S. I Love You |
Carlton prepares for a dinner date with his former girlfriend, Cindy, 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. Philip refuses to believe that the baby is his grandchild until a blood test proves it; Vivian reprimands Cindy for not coming to them for advice. Will, however, suspects that the inexperienced Carlton never had a chance to father a baby. Determined to accept his responsibility, Carlton elopes with Cindy to a small-town chapel. While waiting for the preacher to marry them, they realize that they're too young and too incompatible to spend the rest of their lives together. When Will arrives at the chapel to stop the ceremony, he learns that Cindy has confessed that Carlton wasn't the baby's father and called her parents to take her home, leaving Carlton bewildered and heartbroken. Carlton meekly confesses to Will that he's still a virgin, but was willing to marry Cindy, |
1992-10-24 |
| 7 |
Here Comes the Judge |
Will gets arrested for numerous parking tickets as Phil runs for judge against incumbent Judge Robertson. |
1992-10-26 |
| 8 |
Boyz in the Woods |
Philip takes Will and Carlton on a camping trip that turns out to be a disaster when snow traps the unhappy campers. |
1992-11-05 |
| 9 |
A Night at the Oprah |
The Bankses appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on-stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election. |
1992-11-09 |
| 10 |
Asses to Ashes |
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? |
1992-11-16 |
| 11 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
At Vivian's Lamaze class, Will cozies up to a pregnant sportswriter, who takes him to a game -- and delivers more than just fun. |
1992-11-23 |
| 12 |
The Cold War |
Carlton Banks is very depressed after being rejected by Paula, unaware that she has left him for Will. Meanwhile, Philip and Vivian receive an envelope from their doctor containing an ultrasound picture revealing the sex of Vivian's fetus. Not wanting to spoil their surprise in the delivery room, they entrust the sealed envelope to their butler, Geoffrey ...then curiosity gets the better of them. |
1992-12-07 |
| 13 |
Mommy Nearest |
Will's mother tells Will that she's broken her engagement to Robert and eagerly awaits her son's graduation so they can return to Philadelphia together. A shocked Will is afraid to tell her that he wants to attend college in California and remain with his Bel-Air family and friends, and suffers a nightmarish fantasy of what it would be like still living with his mother when he's 60 years old. |
1992-12-14 |
| 14 |
Winner Takes Off |
Will and Carlton convince Geoffrey that he has won a multimillion dollar lottery. |
1993-01-04 |
| 15 |
Robbing the Banks |
Philip is quick to judge an ex-con Will urged him to hire as a handyman and temporary assistant after the house is robbed. |
1993-01-18 |
| 16 |
Bundle of Joy |
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. |
1993-01-25 |
| 17 |
The Best Laid Plans |
Will tries to dupe a girl into intimacy. |
1993-02-01 |
| 18 |
The Alma Matter |
Princeton accepts Will but rejects Carlton -- whose guardian angel helps him see the light. |
1993-02-08 |
| 19 |
Just Say Yo |
Will learns a sobering lesson after Carlton pops the wrong pills from Will's locker, mistaking amphetamines for vitamins, and winds up in hospital. |
1993-02-15 |
| 20 |
The Baby Comes Out |
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. |
1993-02-22 |
| 21 |
You Bet Your Life |
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. |
1993-03-01 |
| 23 |
The Way We Were |
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. |
1993-05-03 |
| 24 |
Six Degrees of Graduation |
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. |
1993-05-10 |
| 3 |
All Guts, No Glory |
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. |
1993-09-27 |
| 4 |
Father of the Year |
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. |
1993-10-04 |
| 7 |
Hex and the Single Guy |
Hilary summons an outrageous TV psychic and spirit channeler who arranges a séance to communicate with the dead and enable Hilary to get over Trevor once and for all -- and hexes a disbelieving Will. |
1993-10-25 |
| 8 |
Blood is Thicker Than Mud |
Will and Carlton try to get accepted into an African-American fraternity; Will proves to be just what they want in a pledge, but one of the brothers sees Carlton as a ""prep-school, Bel Air-bred sellout."" |
1993-11-01 |
| 9 |
Fresh Prince After Dark |
Will breaks a date with Jackie to accompany Hilary to a Playboy Mansion reception for weather reporters being photographed for the magazine. |
1993-11-08 |
| 10 |
Home is Where the Heart Attack Is |
Will sneaks greasy, high-fat foods to Philip after he promises to diet and exercise, then blames himself when Philip has a heart attack. |
1993-11-15 |
| 11 |
Take My Cousin -- Please |
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. |
1993-11-22 |
| 14 |
Sleepless in Bel-Air |
Will pays for putting off studying for a midterm until the last minute, and Ashley pays for staying out late on her first date. |
1994-01-03 |
| 16 |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Screams |
Will and Jazz steal a statue from a rival school, whose team retaliates by kidnapping ULA's lucky charm -- Carlton, the strutting peacock mascot. |
1994-01-24 |
| 17 |
When You Hit Upon a Star |
Will becomes a jet-setter while dating a pop star. |
1994-01-31 |
| 18 |
Stop Will! In the Name of Love |
A Valentine's double date finds Will treating Ashley like a kid and Ashley demanding r-e-s-p-e-c-t. |
1994-02-14 |
| 21 |
The Harder They Fall |
An overprotective dad takes Will flying to scare him out of getting too serious with his daughter. |
1994-03-14 |
| 22 |
M is For the Many Things She Gave Me |
It's double trouble for Will when Philip's old flame visits with her daughter, who's attracted to Will. |
1994-04-25 |
| 25 |
For Sale By Owner |
A stranger makes a generous offer for the Banks estate, which prompts the family to reminisce about their good times there. |
1994-05-16 |
| 26 |
The Philadelphia Story |
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. |
1994-05-23 |
| 2 |
The Client (2) |
Philip and Will don't see eye to eye on Ashley's singing career, but record producer Gordy Berry is all ears. |
1994-09-19 |
| 3 |
Reality Bites |
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. |
1994-09-26 |
| 4 |
Grumpy Young Men |
Will blasts Carlton for stealing his woman while on a double date, and their ensuing fight lasts for days -- until Will gets knocked unconscious; Philip and Hilary teach Ashley to drive. |
1994-10-03 |
| 5 |
Fresh Prince: The Movie |
Will tells a tall tale about seeing a mob killing, then being placed in a witness-protection program in the backwoods of Alabama. |
1994-10-10 |
| 7 |
Father Knows Best |
Ashley secretly abandons her private-school education for the ""real world"" of public education, thanks to inspiration from Will; Hilary tries to broaden her talk show's demographics. |
1994-10-24 |
| 8 |
Soul Train |
An invitation to a Soul Train reunion has Vivian feeling romantic -- recalling Philip's marriage proposal on the show 25 years earlier -- but has Philip feeling like a dinosaur. Meanwhile, Carlton vies with Will in a dance contest. |
1994-11-07 |
| 9 |
Love Hurts |
Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves. |
1994-11-14 |
| 11 |
Will Steps Out |
While on a date with another woman, Will feels the power of love -- for Lisa; and, in a weighted suit, he feels what fitness guru Susan Powter hopes will be empathy for Uncle Philip. |
1994-11-28 |
| 12 |
Same Game, Next Season |
Will goes overboard to make a good first impression on Lisa's father -- and soon regrets it. Meanwhile, Carlton, Ashley and Hilary try to find out who is daddy's favorite by searching for his will. |
1994-12-12 |
| 15 |
Bullets Over Bel-Air |
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. |
1995-02-06 |
| 16 |
A Decent Proposal |
After getting shot, Will proposes marriage to Lisa in a moment of vulnerability; but she shoots him down with ""no"" for an answer. Meanwhile, accident-prone Hilary prolongs Will's recovery. |
1995-02-13 |
| 17 |
Will is From Mars... |
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. |
1995-02-20 |
| 18 |
The Wedding Show (Psyche!) |
Will and Lisa have their hearts set on a small wedding, but plans get out of hand when Lisa's dad can't agree on the arrangements -- so the couple elope to Las Vegas. |
1995-02-27 |
| 19 |
Slum Like It ... Not! |
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. |
1995-03-13 |
| 20 |
As the Will Turns |
Will inadvertently finds himself in the right place at the right time and lands a part in a daytime soap opera. |
1995-04-10 |
| 21 |
Save the Last Trance For Me |
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. |
1995-04-17 |
| 22 |
To Thine Own Self Be Blue ... and Gold |
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. |
1995-04-24 |
| 23 |
Cold Feet, Hot Body |
It's double trouble for Will when a temptress schemes to make him forget his fiancée -- and also befriends Lisa. |
1995-05-01 |
| 24 |
Love in an Elevator |
While en route to his bachelor party, Will gets trapped in an elevator with the feuding Carlton and Jazz -- and his life with the women in his past flashes before him (in series clips). |
1995-05-08 |
| 25 |
For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll |
Just before the wedding, as tempers heat up between Vy and Fred, Will gets cold feet about marrying Lisa -- whom he feels he may not really know. |
1995-05-15 |
| 2 |
Get a Job |
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. |
1995-09-25 |
| 3 |
Stress Related |
After learning a little something about initiative, Will jumps to Hilarys' aid prior to a key business meeting at the station; an unemployed Carlton subs for Philip on career day at Ashley's school. |
1995-10-02 |
| 4 |
Bourgie Sings the Blues |
The thrill is gone for ""runaway yuppie"" Carlton, who can't handle another disappointment, let alone his long-awaited Princeton interview. |
1995-10-09 |
| 5 |
The Script Formerly Known As |
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. |
1995-10-16 |
| 6 |
Not, I Barbecue |
When Carlton fines the perfect woman for him, he messes up big time and shes out of the picture for sure. So Will suggests Carlton goes with him on a double date, Carlton has doubts but he owed Will big time (He messed up Will's date earlier that day) so Carlton went with him. Will and Carlton's double date goes great -- until the ""Big"" boyfriend of one of the women shows up. |
1995-10-23 |
| 8 |
Viva Lost Wages |
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. |
1995-11-13 |
| 11 |
I, Ooh, Baby, Baby |
Will plays matchmaker for Hilary, setting her up with his doctor friend, but romance is the last thing on her mind as the anticipates the first national broadcast of ""The Hilary Show"". |
1995-12-11 |
| 12 |
Boxing Helena |
Will's New Year's resolution leads him to the gym to get in shape; but when gym-savvy family members take Nicky for some boxing lessons, Will gets cold-cocked by a woman boxer named Helena. |
1996-01-08 |
| 13 |
I, Clownius |
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. |
1996-01-15 |
| 14 |
Breaking Up is Hard To Do (1) |
Philip's recent political involvement doesn't seem to involve Vivian; meanwhile, the owner of a top-modeling agency ""discovers"" Ashley at a fast-food joint. |
1996-02-12 |
| 15 |
Breaking Up is Hard To Do (2) |
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. |
1996-02-19 |
| 16 |
I, Bowl Buster |
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. |
1996-02-26 |
| 18 |
Hare Today... |
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. |
1996-04-08 |
| 19 |
I, Whoops, There It Is |
Dick Clark has a cameo on this backstage outing that has Will Smith visiting with series stars and screening series bloopers. |
1996-04-15 |
| 20 |
I, Stank Horse |
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. |
1996-04-22 |
| 21 |
I, Stank Hole in One |
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. |
1996-05-06 |
| 22 |
Eye, Tooth |
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. |
1996-05-13 |
| 23 |
I, Done (1) |
The series ends its six-year run when the Banks decide to put the mansion up for sale. Family members are on the go, and everyone's ""in the fast lane."" Except for Will, who's stuck on life's ""soft shoulder"" who tells a little lie, that he found a nice apartment. Will lied because he felt that everyone was going on with their lives and he was just staying put in Bel-Air. |
1996-05-20 |
| 24 |
I, Done (2) |
The series ends its six-year run when the Banks decide to put the mansion up for sale. Family members are on the go, and everyone's ""in the fast lane."" Except for Will, who's stuck on life's ""soft shoulder"" who tells a little lie, that he found a nice apartment. Will lied because he felt that everyone was going on with their lives and he was just staying put. |
1996-05-20 |
