Brother's Keeper (1998)
Saisons & Épisode
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's has been left with gaps in his day. So Bobby suggests he get a hobby and he tries his hand at falconry. This episode introduces the recurring characters of Rose, Oscar's classmate, and her carpool driving single mom Marilyn.
When Porter berates Bobby for not cleaning up after himself, Bobby reacts in a typical fashion: he hires a maid. This is not the lesson Porter had in mind, so he winds up doing all the work while the maid watches soap operas; but this is not the lesson he intended either.
When Porter discovers that Bobby is dating Oscar's teacher Ginny, he orders him to put a stop to the relationship after a humiliated Oscar uncovers the fact that she has spent the night at the house. But when Porter inadvertently asks Ginny out on a date, the siblings begin to childishly fight over her, so they leave it up to Ginny to choose which brother she would most like to go out with.
After impulsively setting out on the road in an RV with Deena as passenger, Porter and Bobby find themselves broken down at a garage owned by a strangely familiar odd couple of feuding brothers-in-law whose relationship strangely reflects on their own.
Porter and Bobby find themselves in an emotional predicament when Bobby is unable to say ""I love you"" to Oscar, and Porter finds it difficult to utter the same words to Bobby. In an attempt to discover the root of their problem, Porter calls upon their free-spirited mother for some family advice -- but her off-the-wall revelations only make matters more complicated.
After realizing that he has no friends, Porter tries unsuccessfully to become pals with a group of construction workers who are fixing his home. When Bobby teaches his clueless brother how to be less of a snob and more of a man's man, Porter befriends one of the macho workers and takes him to a basketball game -- with disastrous results.