Brotherly Love

9/17/1995

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.

9/24/1995

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.

10/1/1995

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.

10/8/1995

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.

10/25/1995

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.

10/29/1995

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.

10/30/1995

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.

11/12/1995

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.

11/19/1995

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.

12/18/1995

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.

3/4/1996

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.

3/11/1996

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.

3/18/1996

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

3/25/1996

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

4/1/1996

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