i never liked the one where Will gets shot

I didn't really like the episode when Ashley recorded that music single called "Make Up Your Mind." She became a total diva and a bitch.

Probably something from the fifth season. That was the weakest one.

When Will Father comes to Visit

When WIll get shot

When Carlton takes the sleeping pills


And that's because those eps were not the typical FUN eps we were used to seeing. They were too damm serious

will getting shot

will getting hypnotized and acting like a 5 year old boy

carlton taking pills

will getting shot

will getting hypnotized and acting like a 5 year old boy

carlton taking pills


Oh SH*T, thank you I forgot the ep with the hypnotize and will acting 4

LOL


Hate that ep

lol every damn show has to have a token hypnosis episode

The series finale, poor estimated timing.

What was disappointing about the series finale was seeing will without any type of new start to a different life

The show ended with him having an apartment or job

Lol

the worst episodes were the ones when the show took itself too seriously and as a result, the show was less humourous and less of a sitcom.

For me, it has to be the one where Will developes a new style, when he spent the summer in Philadelphia. I just hate that episode. Uncle Phil was beyond harsh towards Will. Jazz refused to help him just because he had a girl visiting him. And then, Uncle Phil grounds all his children (including Hilary, who was an adult!) just because they agreed with Will, and Viv just seemed to think he was right!

I'm sorry, but even though some other episodes aren't that good either, this has to be the real stinker of this usually really good show.

For me, it has to be the one where Will developes a new style, when he spent the summer in Philadelphia. I just hate that episode. Uncle Phil was beyond harsh towards Will. Jazz refused to help him just because he had a girl visiting him. And then, Uncle Phil grounds all his children (including Hilary, who was an adult!) just because they agreed with Will, and Viv just seemed to think he was right!

I'm sorry, but even though some other episodes aren't that good either, this has to be the real stinker of this usually really good show.


It's plenty of episodes that are worst than that one, I actually like that one


The one with carlton taking pills is the one I don't like

It's plenty of episodes that are worst than that one, I actually like that one
What? What is there to like about it? :eek:

What? What is there to like about it? :eek:

Will and Ashely dancing at the beginning, and it just a episode of will going all through the streets and getting picked up by the cops

lol

Okay, I don't remember Will and Ashley dancing. But then, I think I have avoided that episode for many years now, because it makes me so angry. So I might have forgotten if there was one nice scene.

To be fair though, here are nine other episodes, which also rub me the wrong way. (And it seems like none of these has been mentioned yet).

1: The one where Will gets Aunt Viv to teach a Black History class in his predominantly white school.
Yeah, I know that the message is that Will should learn the whole story and not be a slacker in school. But I don't like how Viv gave him and Carlton more work, just because they were the two black students in the class. And reading Malcolm X's autobiography is a good place to start, isn't it?

2: The one where Viv butts into the life of one of her students, who happens to be dating Will.
Yeah, I can see why Viv wouldn't want a young black woman to "waste her potential". But still, she had no right to interfer with the life of another adult. And I really hate when she makes it sound like the doctor, who runs a hospital, is so much more important then the person who cleans the hospital.

3: The one where a rich nerdy girls pays Will to be her boyfriend, and then just takes her gifts back.
Maybe it was wrong of Will to go along with the deal in the first place. But the girl still had no right to take the gifts back!

4: The one where Will gets duped by a professor, and nobody seems to see anything wrong with it.
I guess that this is another episode, where the message is that you shouldn't be afraid to work hard in school. But why did nobody care that the professor changed his whole persona after he had let Will out of the class?

5: The one where Carlton loses his virginity.
This could have been a good episode, if it had been about Carlton and a girlfriend doing it for the first time (just like "That 70s show" did with Eric and Donna). But he did it with a married woman, who was much older than him, and... I just found it icky.

6: The one where Will pretends to be baby Nicky's father to impress a girl.
This is not a bad episode at all, until Will offers all those gifts to a man, who seems to be a real single father, only to find out that he was faking it too. I mean, WTF?

7: The one where Will and Carlton get sued by Uncle Phil for not paying their rent.
Again, this wasn't a bad episode either. But shouldn't a landlord be required to fix your air conditioning during summer in California?

8: The one where Hilary decides to pose nude for "Playboy".
Yet again, this wasn't a bad episode. And I agree that it was Hilary's choice, and not her father's. But really? Making a whole episode about "Playboy?" Ugh...

9: The one where some kind of witch doctor puts a hex on Will.
Yeah, I know it was a Halloween episode. So it was supposed to be a bit spooky and a bit off the wall. But I have never been a fan of the horror genre, so I didn't like it.

I agree with both of you on that episode. Like Furienna said, the plot is weak and Aunt Viv is out of character because she's usually more accepting and usually tries to convince Uncle Phil to let Will to express himself. But the episode is still really funny in my opinion.

Furienna, I take it you don't like downer endings. :lol:

But I really like the episode where Will is dating one of Viv's students Kayla (played by Jasmine Guy), mostly because I really like Jasmine Guy and she delivers a great performance. Aunt Viv was wrong to interfere with her private life but she was just trying to look out for her because I think Kayla might have reminded Aunt Viv of herself when she was younger. But I do like how Kayla points this out that Viv was wrong to do that. I don't think that Vivian was trying to put down custodians, she just didn't want Kayla to waste her potential and end up working a menial job where she wasn't recognized for her talents.

I guess that you're right about me not liking downer endings.

As for the episode with Jasmine Guy, it is not bad all the way through. But I don't like how Viv interfers with Kayla's life, or indeed how she makes it sound like a doctor is worth more than a cleaning lady.

To be fair though, here are nine other episodes, which also rub me the wrong way. (And it seems like none of these has been mentioned yet).

1: The one where Will gets Aunt Viv to teach a Black History class in his predominantly white school.
Yeah, I know that the message is that Will should learn the whole story and not be a slacker in school. But I don't like how Viv gave him and Carlton more work, just because they were the two black students in the class. And reading Malcolm X's autobiography is a good place to start, isn't it?

2: The one where Viv butts into the life of one of her students, who happens to be dating Will.
Yeah, I can see why Viv wouldn't want a young black woman to "waste her potential". But still, she had no right to interfer with the life of another adult. And I really hate when she makes it sound like the doctor, who runs a hospital, is so much more important then the person who cleans the hospital.

3: The one where a rich nerdy girls pays Will to be her boyfriend, and then just takes her gifts back.
Maybe it was wrong of Will to go along with the deal in the first place. But the girl still had no right to take the gifts back!

4: The one where Will gets duped by a professor, and nobody seems to see anything wrong with it.
I guess that this is another episode, where the message is that you shouldn't be afraid to work hard in school. But why did nobody care that the professor changed his whole persona after he had let Will out of the class?

5: The one where Carlton loses his virginity.
This could have been a good episode, if it had been about Carlton and a girlfriend doing it for the first time (just like "That 70s show" did with Eric and Donna). But he did it with a married woman, who was much older than him, and... I just found it icky.

6: The one where Will pretends to be baby Nicky's father to impress a girl.
This is not a bad episode at all, until Will offers all those gifts to a man, who seems to be a real single father, only to find out that he was faking it too. I mean, WTF?

7: The one where Will and Carlton get sued by Uncle Phil for not paying their rent.
Again, this wasn't a bad episode either. But shouldn't a landlord be required to fix your air conditioning during summer in California?

8: The one where Hilary decides to pose nude for "Playboy".
Yet again, this wasn't a bad episode. And I agree that it was Hilary's choice, and not her father's. But really? Making a whole episode about "Playboy?" Ugh...

9: The one where some kind of witch doctor puts a hex on Will.
Yeah, I know it was a Halloween episode. So it was supposed to be a bit spooky and a bit off the wall. But I have never been a fan of the horror genre, so I didn't like it.


That nerd girl has always been my type but you don;t see many of them in philadelphia

I like nerds too, usually. But I hated that girl. I hope that she never became popular after all.

Ditto. I didn't like her either. She guest starred on Family Matters as well I think.

I don't remember that. Which role did she play on "Family Matters"?

So I guess this is my bottom 10 "Fresh Prince" episodes, from worst to least bad.

1: The one where Will is thrown out of the house because of his new style.

2: The one where some kind of witch doctor puts a hex on Will.

3: The one where Will gets duped by a professor, and nobody seems to see anything wrong with it.

4: The one where Carlton loses his virginity.

5: The one where Will gets into a fight with the guy playing "Dougie the Whale", upsets Nicky and gets an off season visit from Santa Claus.

6: The one where Will gets Aunt Viv to teach a Black History class in his predominantly white school.

7: The one where Viv butts into the life of one of her students, who happens to be dating Will.

8: The one where a rich nerdy girls pays Will to be her boyfriend, and then just takes her gifts back.

9: The one where Will pretends to be baby Nicky's father to impress a girl.

10: The one where Hilary decides to pose nude for "Playboy".

I don't remember that. Which role did she play on "Family Matters"?
In the Season 4 episode "Muskrat Love" she was a girl that Eddie was ashamed to be dating because his friends thought that she was unattractive, so he broke up with her because of it, but Laura set him straight him straight and told him that he shouldn't care what his friends thought and he apologized to her.

Oh, then I remember her! :)

9: The one where Will pretends to be baby Nicky's father to impress a girl.

10: The one where Hilary decides to pose nude for "Playboy".


these episodes were GREAT

Are they?

The one where Will pretends to be Nicky's father is good enough until another guy gets away with the very same scam! I'm sorry, but that just make me lose my respect for the entire episode.

And as for the one where Hilary poses for Playboy, it's not bad really. Except for how I don't like how it feels like the whole episode is some commercial for a sleezy "adult" magazine, and it rubs me the wrong way.

it shouldn't RUB YOU any day lol


and the zucchini part is the best of the other one

Will's mom stopping him from marrying his girlfriend so that she herself could get married to that girl's dad in my opinion is the worst episode of the whole show. Anyone who does something like that to their child in my opinion is not even a parent to begin with! When you decide to have kids, they are to be put first before yourself. If they can't be first in your life, then they shouldn't even be in your life at all period.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Yeah, that too was a weird episode.

While I hated Will and Lisa's relationship for the sheer fact that it removed Will's hysterical pursuits of various "fly honeys" (which is a staple of the show), I wish their wedding had been called off without the interference of Vy and Fred. I haven't seen that episode in a while, so I don't remember the grounds for their break-up, but obviously Vy and Fred were serious monkey wrenches in their plans. I'm not sure why that plot twist was ever included!

I'd say the worst episode is "Love at First Fight." Other than the dinner table scene where Carlton and Will try to gain Kayla's affections (classic in its own right!), there's not much here to enjoy. I'm usually all for the more seriously-taken episodes like "Bullets Over Bel-Air," "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse," etc., but Kayla Samuels wasn't much of a character and, frankly, the relationship between her and Will was pretty tough to believe.

While I hated Will and Lisa's relationship for the sheer fact that it removed Will's hysterical pursuits of various "fly honeys" (which is a staple of the show), I wish their wedding had been called off without the interference of Vy and Fred. I haven't seen that episode in a while, so I don't remember the grounds for their break-up, but obviously Vy and Fred were serious monkey wrenches in their plans. I'm not sure why that plot twist was ever included!
I liked it when Will was in a serious relationship with Lisa. Because to me, his pursuits of "fly honeys" was getting old and tired, and it was nice to see a more mature side of Will. So yeah, I disliked that wedding episode just as much as you do.

I'd say the worst episode is "Love at First Fight." Other than the dinner table scene where Carlton and Will try to gain Kayla's affections (classic in its own right!), there's not much here to enjoy. I'm usually all for the more seriously-taken episodes like "Bullets Over Bel-Air," "Papa's Got a Brand New Excuse," etc., but Kayla Samuels wasn't much of a character and, frankly, the relationship between her and Will was pretty tough to believe.
Yeah, I have to pretty much agree with you here. But I really disliked Vivian in this episode. No matter how much she hated to see a smart young black woman "waste her potential", she had no damn right to interfer with Kayla's life. And I just cringe at how she made it sound like a doctor was so superior to a cleaning lady...

To me the worst episode was when was Hypnotize and was acting 4 years old all through the show

I didn't like the one where Will was hypnotized into acting like a 4 year old.

Also didn't like the one with Susan Powter. Thought that one was absolutely stupid!

I didn't like the one where Will was hypnotized into acting like a 4 year old.

Also didn't like the one with Susan Powter. Thought that one was absolutely stupid!


Yeah that was another bad one but not as bad as the one with Will's Dad

I think the worst episode of "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air," in my honest opinion, is season five's "Fresh Prince: The Movie." In that episode, Will and Carlton fabricate a lie to Jazz about Will witnessing a murder back home in Philadelphia and being registered (along with the rest of the family) by the FBI into the Federal Witness Protection Program. A pre-"Everybody Loves Raymond" Brad Garrett guest-starred as the hitman who committed the murder, John "Fingers" O'Neill.

I think the worst episode of "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air," in my honest opinion, is season five's "Fresh Prince: The Movie." In that episode, Will and Carlton fabricate a lie to Jazz about Will witnessing a murder back home in Philadelphia and being registered (along with the rest of the family) by the FBI into the Federal Witness Protection Program. A pre-"Everybody Loves Raymond" Brad Garrett guest-starred as the hitman who committed the murder, John "Fingers" O'Neill.


Oh yeah they playing poker and they are trying to get jazz distracted with a fake story:lol:

Oh yeah they playing poker and they are trying to get jazz distracted with a fake story:lol:

That's the one, TVFactFan!

I honestly believe, without a shadow of a doubt, that "I, Clownius" (from season six) is the worst episode of "The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air." Period.

In "I, Clownius," a psychotic clown named Juggles (played by a pre-"Parkers" Dorien Wilson) holds Will, Carlton, and Uncle Phil hostage with a bomb strapped to his chest.

Seems like the writers were really scraping the bottom of the barrel--or the BOTTOM of the bottom of the barrel--for fresh ideas during season six...because of "Fresh Prince's" dwindling ratings, the producers also began relying more on big-name (and up-and-coming) guest stars like Chris Rock, B.B. King, Michael Clarke Duncan (pre-"Green Mile"), Milo Ventimiglia (pre-"Heroes"), Yunoka Doyle ("The Cosby Show"), Nicole Bilderback ("Can't Hardly Wait"), George Wallace (the stand-up comedian, and not the disgraced former governor of Alabama [and one-time presidential hopeful]), Jay Leno, Garcelle Beauvais (pre-"The Jamie Foxx Show"), Jaime Cardriche (pre-"Malcolm and Eddie"), Jaleel "Urkel" White, Wayne Newton, Zackery Ty Bryan ("Home Improvement"), Thom Barry ("The Fast And The Furious" and "2 Fast 2 Furious"), Duane Martin ("White Men Can't Jump" and "Above The Rim"), Galyn Gorg ("RoboCop 2"), Joan Van Ark, Craig Kirkwood ("Remember The Titans"), Richard "Shaft" Roundtree, Dick Clark, Regis Philbin, Kathie Lee Gifford, William Shatner, Gary Coleman, Conrad Bain, Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, and Marla Gibbs. Despite their best efforts, "Fresh Prince's" ratings continued to erode, and NBC canceled it in the spring of 1996.

While I'm still on the subject of "Fresh Prince's" sixth season, I'd like to mention three more disastrous episodes from that lackluster season: "Get A Job" (four words: Chris Rock in drag!), "Not, I Barbecue" (Will and Carlton go on a double date and confront Mad Dog, the infuriated, towering boyfriend of one of Will and Carlton's dates), and "I, Stank Horse" (Carlton and Hilary adopt an aging racehorse).

Well, folks...that's it for now. As always, you can comment on my post(s) and express your opinions and thoughts; I'd love to hear from all of you. Enjoy your day, everyone!

This weekend, I happened to vatch two of my bottom 10 episodes. And even though I will admit that they weren't 100 % bad, I still have to stand by my earlier complaints about them.

5: The one where Carlton loses his virginity.
This could have been a good episode, if it had been about Carlton and a girlfriend doing it for the first time (just like "That 70s show" did with Eric and Donna). But he did it with a married woman, who was much older than him, and... I just found it icky.
When I watched this episode again, I wanted to strangle Joanne. She used a naive young virgin just for a one-night-stand, and she didn't seem to have any remorse about it. And if Carlton had been one year younger, she would even have had illegal sex with a minor. And to make things even nastier, she was even married (she and her husband were separated at that point, but still)! I now see her as one of the nastiest people, who ever would appear on this show. And still, she was free to return to her husband with no consequences for her actions. :mad:

7: The one where Will and Carlton get sued by Uncle Phil for not paying their rent.
Again, this wasn't a bad episode either. But shouldn't a landlord be required to fix your air conditioning during summer in California?
When I watched this episode again, it hit me that they weren't even going through a normal summer weather for the region. They were in the middle of a freaking heat wave, that clearly was bad even by Californian standards! True, I have no idea why Will and Carlton did not pay their rent. They should have paid it. But when you consider the heat wave, I can't believe that the judge felt that Phil had no obligation to fix their air conditioner!

I haven't the series in a long time to remember each and every one but the one with Will getting shot or his dad coming and then leaving do stand out but I wouldn't consider them the worst but I did hate the few moments when Uncle Phil has to go all preachy and the family where their roots lie or when he's being defensive against a white person.

I agree serious issues like those are just not appropriate for sitcoms regardless if it's a controversial topic they just don't belong.

I'm surprised the show didn't jump the shark and follow Diff'rent Stokes path of doing episodes on molestation, kidnapping, anorexia.

This weekend, I happened to watch two of my bottom 10 episodes. And even though I will admit that they weren't 100 % bad, I still have to stand by my earlier complaints about them.


When I watched this episode again, I wanted to strangle Joanne. She used a naive young virgin just for a one-night-stand, and she didn't seem to have any remorse about it. And if Carlton had been one year younger, she would even have had illegal sex with a minor. And to make things even nastier, she was even married (she and her husband were separated at that point, but still)! I now see her as one of the nastiest people, who ever would appear on this show. And still, she was free to return to her husband with no consequences for her actions. :mad:


When I watched this episode again, it hit me that they weren't even going through a normal summer weather for the region. They were in the middle of a freaking heat wave, that clearly was bad even by Californian standards! True, I have no idea why Will and Carlton did not pay their rent. They should have paid it. But when you consider the heat wave, I can't believe that the judge felt that Phil had no obligation to fix their air conditioner!


Furienna, I was also disappointed at the outcome of "It's Better To Have Loved And Lost It..." Joann (Natalie Venetia Belcon) used Carlton like a napkin and then discarded him like she didn't have any remorse whatsoever. And on top of that, she was married to the dean at ULA, Dean Morgan (Robert Hooks). I felt badly for Carlton after Joann revealed to him that she was married to Dean Morgan but although they were separated, they were trying to salvage their faltering marriage. And don't even get me started on the subplot focusing on Geoffrey's "deep, dark secret." That subplot (in which Geoffrey reveals he cheated in the 1976 Summer Olympics and was banished from England by the Queen) was totally unnecessary. The only bright spot about this episode was Carlton's treehouse...to this day, I still can't believe that it was also equipped with a bathroom! How Carlton managed to have plumbing installed to that treehouse--which is damn near impossible--is beyond me!

As for "Will Goes A Courtin'," I agree with you completely, Furienna...since Will and Carlton were living in the pool house, Uncle Phil had every right to charge them both rent. (I wonder if he ever charged Hilary with rent when she was living in the pool house?) Air conditioning is, theoretically, a luxury and not an essential housing requirement. I always feel sorry for Carlton's inflatable duck (whom he named "Howard") every time I watch the episode...that poor duck really went through hell.

Thanks for commenting, Furienna! Enjoy your evening!