Brother's Keeper
Brother's Keeper
TV ShowCanceled

Brother's Keeper

Imagine taking care of someone really immature, and your 8-year-old son as well.

1998
1 season
23 episodes
Comedy

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    24-09-199822m

    Porter 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?

    02-10-199822m

    After 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

    09-10-199822m

    Porter'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

    16-10-199822m

    When 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

    23-10-199822m

    When 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

    30-10-199822m

    Bobby'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

    06-11-199822m

    Bobby 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

    13-11-199822m

    Bobby 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

    20-11-199822m

    Porter 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

    04-12-199822m

    When 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

    11-12-199822m

    Porter 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

    08-01-199922m

    Porter 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

    20-01-199922m

    Porter 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

    22-01-199922m

    The 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

    05-02-199922m

    Porter accidentally ruins Bobby's priceless championship-game football; Bobby gets kicked out and moves in with Dena.

  • Ep 16

    16.Dating the Teacher

    12-02-199922m

    Porter 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

    19-02-199922m

    After 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

    26-02-199922m

    The 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

    19-03-199922m

    When 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

    09-04-199922m

    After 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

    23-04-199922m

    When 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)

    07-05-199922m

    While 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)

    14-05-199922m

    Porter'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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