Episodes
S1 E1 - Pilot
August 24, 199125minRoc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) tries to give his wife, Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE), the perfect birthday gift on his garbageman's wages, but runs into trouble when his father and brother try to help.Available to buyS1 E2 - Son of Another Gun
August 31, 199123minOn his deathbed, Andrew's best friend Frankie confesses that he once had sex with Andrew's wife and could be the father of either Roc or Joey.Available to buyS1 E3 - Let's Tryste Again
September 7, 199123minRoc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) decide to spend a romantic night at a hotel, but romance is the farthest thing from Roc's mind ... and body.Available to buyS1 E4 - For He's Not a Jolly Good Fellow
September 14, 199123minRoc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) throws a retirement party for a fellow garbageman but ends up alone.Available to buyS1 E5 - Musician, Heal Thyself
September 21, 199123minInstead of paying Joey's (ROCKY CARROLL) gambling debts, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) gets Joey a job at the sanitation plant so that he can learn about financial responsibility.Available to buyS1 E6 - Hearts and Diamonds
October 5, 199123minRoc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) is jealous when one of Eleanor's (ELLA JOYCE) patients gives her flowers, a diamond necklace and a marriage proposal.Available to buyS1 E7 - How to Succeed at Garbage
October 12, 199123minWhen he accepts a promotion as Crew Supervisor, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) hopes it will lead to an even bigger promotion--until he's ordered to fire one of his best friends.Available to buyS1 E8 - Can't Help that Loving Man
October 19, 199123minAndrew's reunion with his younger brother, Russell, throws the Emerson household into chaos when Russell announces new plans for his future.Available to buyS1 E9 - He's Gotta Have It
October 26, 199123minWhen Joey (ROCKY CARROLL) meets Eleanor's (ELLA JOYCE) friend Nadine (OLIVIA BROWN), they find themselves passionately attracted to each other even though they have nothing in common.Available to buyS1 E10 - A Home, A Loan
November 9, 199123minRoc and Eleanor want a new house, but they don't have the money. At a bank foreclosure auction, they find their "dream house" and meet the elderly woman who's losing it.Available to buyS1 E11 - Requiem for a Garbage Man
November 2, 199123minWhen an Army reunion renews an old boxing rivalry, Roc (CHARLES DUTTON) and George (DAN MARTIN) get back into the boxing ring only to realize their boxing days were over long, long ago.Available to buyS1 E12 - Rock-A-Bye Baby, Part 1
November 23, 199123minAfter trying for months to conceive a child, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) see a doctor to find out whether one of them is having a medical problem.Available to buyS1 E13 - Rock-A-Bye Baby, Part 2
November 30, 199123minWhen doctors suggest that a low sperm count is the reason for Roc's (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor's (ELLA JOYCE) inability to conceive a child, Roc's masculinity is insulted.Available to buyS1 E14 - Daddy's Girl
December 14, 199123minThe Emersons are shocked when Andrew (CARL GORDON) announces his engagement to Celia Miller (KAREN BANKHEAD), a beautiful woman almost young enough to be his granddaughter.Available to buyS1 E15 - What's Up, Roc?
January 4, 199222minWhile attending a family wedding, Eleanor's mother, Margaret, insists that Roc pretend to be a successful doctor.Available to buyS1 E16 - No Notes is Good Notes
January 11, 199223minJoey is hired to give trumpet lessons to children but spends all his time betting on horses. Meanwhile, his brother, Roc, has volunteered Joey's students to play in a musical recital.Available to buyS1 E17 - The Stan Who Came to Dinner
January 18, 199223minRoc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) innocently offers marital advice to his boss, Stan (GEORGE WENDT), who then ends up staying with the Emersons after an argument with his wife.Available to buyS1 E18 - Roc Strikes Out
February 15, 199223minWhen the garbagemen's union goes out on strike, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) accepts a job as a hospital orderly, but refuses to take orders from the head nurse, his wife, Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE).Available to buyS1 E19 - The Hand that Rocs the Cradle
February 8, 199223minWhen Joey (ROCKY CARROLL), Andrew (CARL GORDON) and Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) offer a meal to a pregnant homeless woman, she suddenly goes into labor in the middle of their kitchen.Available to buyS1 E20 - A Piece of the Roc
February 22, 199221minWhen Roc is assigned to train Angela, a beautiful new sanitation worker, no one believes his story that she's trying to seduce him every minute they're alone.Available to buyS1 E21 - Nightmare on Emersons' Street
March 28, 199223minWhen a gang of drug dealers move into a nearby house, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) and Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) try to organize their neighbors into a non-violent protest movement to scare them away.Available to buyS1 E22 - The Lady Killer
March 14, 199223minWhen Andrew's lover dies after a passionate evening, he's afraid his wife has cursed him from beyond the grave. Later, when Roc and Eleanor set him up on a date, Andrew resists.Available to buyS1 E23 - Rock According to Roc
April 25, 199223minJoey (ROCKY CARROLL) wins The Fly Guys, a rock 'n' roll group, as payment on a bet. Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON) becomes the group's new manager.Available to buyS1 E24 - All That Jazz
April 4, 199223minJoey (ROCKY CARROLL) learns a harsh lesson about surviving in the world of show business when he's hired as a trumpet player for the famous Les McCann Band.Available to buyS1 E25 - The Roc that Dreams are Made Of
May 2, 199222minWhen Eleanor (ELLA JOYCE) awakens from a bad dream, Roc (CHARLES S. DUTTON), Joey (ROCKY CARROLL) and Andrew (CARL GORDON) try to calm her fears by confessing their own worst nightmares.Available to buy