

Brother's Keeper
“Imagine taking care of someone really immature, and your 8-year-old son as well.”
Widower and professor Porter Waide has his life turned upside down with the arrival of his football player brother, Bobby, who's gotten into so much trouble that he's been contracted to live with a responsible relative. This move also disrupts the lives of Porter's impressionable son, Oscar, and Bobby's perpetually annoyed agent, Dena.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Pilot
24-09-199822 minPorter is blindsided by the arrival of his football player brother and certainly unprepared to tackle the concept that Bobby's new million-dollar contract requires him to move into...
- Ep 2
2.Who's Your Daddy?
02-10-199822 minAfter taking Uncle Bobby's advice, Oscar ends up in the vice-principal's office. But it's Porter and Bobby who are punished when the vice principal sends them to a parenting class.
- Ep 3
3.Since You Came Here
09-10-199822 minPorter's worried about Bobby's influence when Oscar decides he wants to be a bus driver instead of going to college. Since Oscar's been spending so much time with Bobby, Porter has...
- Ep 4
4.Sneaking Into The Movies
16-10-199822 minWhen Oscar and Rose are allowed to go to the movies by themselves, Rose persuades Oscar to sneak into an extra film without paying; and when Oscar inadvertently confesses, Porter d...
- Ep 5
5.Cleaning Lessons
23-10-199822 minWhen Porter berates Bobby for not cleaning up after himself, Bobby reacts in a typical fashion: he hires a maid; Oscar pays Rose to do his chores.
- Ep 6
6.Trick or Treat
30-10-199822 minBobby's gross costume frightens Oscar more than he wants to let on, ruining his favorite holiday of the year. Bobby tries to comfort Oscar after a particularly bad nightmare.
- Ep 7
7.Kick Ball, Get Check
06-11-199822 minBobby finds himself in a football-kicking slump after he promises to make a field goal for Oscar during a Monday Night Football game. ABC's NFL Monday Night Football commentators A...
- Ep 8
8.You're in Trouble
13-11-199822 minBobby is shocked when he fails his mandatory drug test, which leaves Oscar doubting the integrity of his football-playing uncle. The strictly drug-free Bobby is determined to clear...
- Ep 9
9.The Boss of Me
20-11-199822 minPorter puts his foot down when Bobby attempts to decorate and lavish Oscar with enormous birthday gifts, so Bobby buys the family a larger house.
- Ep 10
10.Note
04-12-199822 minWhen Bobby mocks Porter for putting encouraging notes in Oscar's school lunches just as their mother did to him, Porter realizes that his parents treated their sons very differentl...
- Ep 11
11.Pillow Talk
11-12-199822 minPorter becomes depressed after he gives a talk on Abraham Lincoln to Oscar's class and literally bores the students to sleep; Bobby hopes to shine up his brother's image in class.
- Ep 12
12.Date
08-01-199922 minPorter scares off his blind date Gretchen; Bobby, Oscar and Rose try to convince Porter to ask Rose's mother Marilyn out.
- Ep 13
13.You Are Me
20-01-199922 minPorter is very proud of his trophy date, gorgeous model Amy, who has a thing for sensitive intellectuals. Trouble is, she fancies herself a brain herself, even though her head is o...
- Ep 14
14.Box of Stuff
22-01-199922 minThe brothers' mother sends them a box of stuff from their childhood, reviving ancient rivalries; The box also contains a sweater which belonged to Laura, Porter's first girlfriend.
- Ep 15
15.Game Ball
05-02-199922 minPorter accidentally ruins Bobby's priceless championship-game football; Bobby gets kicked out and moves in with Dena.
- Ep 16
16.Dating the Teacher
12-02-199922 minPorter discovers that Bobby is dating Oscar's teacher Ginny, he orders him to put a stop to the relationship; Porter inadvertently asks Ginny out on a date.
- Ep 17
17.An Odd Couple of Days
19-02-199922 minAfter impulsively setting out on the road Porter, Bobby and Dena find themselves broken down at a garage with a couple of feuding brothers-in-law whose relationship strangely refle...
- Ep 18
18.Everybody Says I Love You
26-02-199922 minThe Waide men seek their mother's advice when they can't say "I love you;" Their mothers off-the-wall revelations only make matters more complicated.
- Ep 19
19.Security Farce
19-03-199922 minWhen Bobby tries his hand at being a shock jock while hosting a sports radio talk show, he ends up insulting his listeners and prodding an irate caller to meet him at home to settl...
- Ep 20
20.With Friends Like Porter
09-04-199922 minAfter realizing that he has no friends, Porter tries unsuccessfully to become pals with a group of construction workers who are fixing his home.
- Ep 21
21.Politically Impolite
23-04-199922 minWhen Porter and Bobby are both scheduled to appear on "Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher" on the same episode, Bobby humiliates Porter by stealing his notes. But Bobby finds hi...
- Ep 22
22.The New Client (1)
07-05-199922 minWhile a jealous Bobby pouts over the attention Dena is giving to her new client, Gino, a race car driver, Porter humors Oscar by letting him punish his father for a high school pra...
- Ep 23
23.The Duel (2)
14-05-199922 minPorter's scheme to win Dena's heart by trying to outwit Gino begins to backfire on the lovesick professor. A small earthquake shakes up the usually unflappable Bobby, he demands to...
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