Smart Guy (1997)
T.J. is a boy genius who gets bumped up from the fourth grade to high school. T.J. tries to adjust to his new life, but he shares some classes with his 14 year-old brother Marcus, the school jock, and his clueless and self-absorbed 16 year-old sister Yvette.
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Episode 1 - Primary Brothers
Release Date: 1997-09-10T.J. tries to run for student-council president, but decides Marcus would be a better choice -- and someone he could control behind the scenes.
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Episode 2 - Working Guy
Release Date: 1997-09-17T.J. learns a hard lesson about office politics while taking part in a work-study program that lands him in a lofty position at an electronic company. Floyd lays down the law when he feels that T.J. is spending too much time at work and not enough time with the family.
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Episode 3 - Below the Rim
Release Date: 1997-09-24When the basketball coach quits his job in the middle of a game, the team must come up with another coach or forfeit - so T.J. is elected.
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Episode 4 - Dateline
Release Date: 1997-10-01T.J. hooks up his dad with a date from a computer dating service, but is uncomfortable when their relationship heats up.
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Episode 5 - Dumbstruck
Release Date: 1997-10-08T.J.'s IQ takes a dive after he's accidentally hit on the head by a wood plank, allowing him to act more his age.
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Episode 6 - Trial and Error
Release Date: 1997-10-15T.J. defends Mo when he's accused of setting a fire to the school's chemistry lab where his most hated teacher was working. Meanwhile, Marcus tries to embellish his non-speaking part in the school play.
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Episode 7 - Big Picture
Release Date: 1997-10-29T.J., Marcus and Mo decide to do a music video for their video-production class, with T.J. directing. Meanwhile, Yvette falls for a hunky swimmer who's a little shallow.
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Episode 8 - Book Smart
Release Date: 1997-11-05T.J.'s classroom behavior irritates a teacher who feels it's preventing the other students from learning. Meanwhile, Mo and Marcus try to meet girls in a female self-defense class.
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Episode 9 - The Dating Game
Release Date: 1997-11-12To discourage a tireless suitor, Yvette agrees to T.J.'s plan and pretends to be Mo's girlfriend. Meanwhile, Floyd aims to teach Marcus a life lesson he won't soon forget.
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Episode 10 - Love Letters
Release Date: 1997-11-19T.J. ghostwrites love letters for Marcus to Nina, the new girl in their literature class - and winds up having to ghostwrite love letters for Nina to Marcus, and vice versa.
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Episode 11 - T.J. Versus The Machine
Release Date: 1997-12-10TJ's skill in chess gives him the chance to play against a computer, Socrates, that's supposed to be unbeatable in chess. Marcus plans to win big on money bets.
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Episode 12 - Men Working Badly
Release Date: 1998-01-07Floyd, T.J. and Marcus build Yvette her own private bathroom, but she is less than thrilled. Meanwhile, T.J. and Mo must work out a family budget for their Life Science class.
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Episode 13 - Rooferman, Take One
Release Date: 1998-01-21T.J. thinks his dad's business would benefit from a TV commercial, but when the station airs it at 3:00am, T.J. sneaks in and repositions it - during the Super Bowl.
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Episode 14 - Stop the Presses
Release Date: 1998-01-28T.J. decides he wants to be a reporter, but since answering to Yvette as the editor of the school paper is more than he can take, he starts his own rival publication.
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Episode 15 - Bad Boy
Release Date: 1998-02-04T.J. falls for a girl at the arcade but falls short in the style department, so he tries a new look -- one his dad does not approve.
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Episode 16 - Most Hated Man on Campus
Release Date: 1998-02-11When the star player of the basketball team is in danger of flunking history and being off the team, it's up to T.J. to tutor him before the big game.
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Episode 17 - Goodbye, Mr. Chimps
Release Date: 1998-02-18T.J. qualifies as an intern at the Primate Intelligence Research Project. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo try to get rich selling "nutritional, energy supplement" candy bars.
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Episode 18 - Sit In (a.k.a. Dawgburger Rebellion)
Release Date: 1998-02-25Tales of Floyd's Uncle Mert, a 1960s activist, inspire T.J. to protest a change in the school's lunch policy.
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Episode 19 - Strangers on the Net
Release Date: 1998-03-04T.J. buys bootleg computer games but soon runs into trouble with a sinister stranger. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo buy a used car that doesn't run.
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Episode 20 - Gotta Dance
Release Date: 1998-04-29After attending a dance class with Yvette, T.J. decides his life's ambition is to become a tap dancer, but he finds out it's no cakewalk.
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Episode 21 - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Release Date: 1998-05-06When Mo's parents leave for a second honeymoon, he stays with the Hendersons, but it drives a wedge between T.J. and Marcus. Meanwhile, Floyd objects to Yvette dating a college guy.
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Episode 22 - My Two Dads
Release Date: 1998-05-13Floyd starts having doubts when T.J. bonds with a new astronomy teacher, making him question his importance in T.J.'s life. Meanwhile, Marcus and Mo find another student exploiting their personal style by photographing them for a fashion magazine against their wishes.