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Former NBA player Mark Cooper becomes a dedicated teacher and basketball coach in Oakland after his playing career ends. When he's not dealing with his students and players, Mark spends time with his gorgeous female

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 20 - Double Cheeseburger, Hold the Diploma
    5.7/10(28 votes)

    S2:E20

    During detention, Mark gets the kids to write job applications. Earvin gets a job and drops out of scool. He starts working at a hamburger restaurant (Clown Burger). Since it was Mark's idea to write the application, Earvin's mother tells Mark to go to that restaurant and talk Earvin into coming back to school. Mark brings Tyler and Nicole when he goes down there. In the hamburger restaurant, Mark argues with Earvin and tries to embarass him. Finally, he gets Earvin top come back to school. But Earvin's mother still wants Earvin to have a part-time job and Mark is going to help him get one.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 12 - Christmas Show
    5.8/10(26 votes)

    S3:E12

    It's Christmas. Mark accidentally leaves a window open. When they get back, they have been robbed.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 10 - Air Cooper
    5.9/10(22 votes)

    S2:E10

    Vannessa new boyfriend decideds to put Mark in a commerical advertsing these new shoes, since he played with the Warriors and all. If agress to do and ask P.J. if they could you the school gym for the commercial. She said that if he got her a pair of the tennis shoes then it would be a deal. On the other hand Nicole has to do a report on the person that she thinks is a hero to her and she is not allowed to do her parents so she decide to do Mark as her hero. She follows him around and then tells the kids at school that he will be staring in the commercial. Vannessa goes over to her boyfriend/the director for lunch. She finds out that Mark will be wearing the brand X shoes while a superstar actually gets to wear the other ones. They decide to tell Mark but he says that they should just go ahead. Then the director puts a banner up which says ""Those Who Can Play, Those who can't teach"" They decide to put a stop to the commercial. Well the dircector gets fired and his boss made the chang

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Gigi McCreery, Perry Rein

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  4. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 21 - Guys' Night Out
    5.9/10(18 votes)

    S3:E21

    After being pestered by Geneva, Mark reluctantly tries to help Geneva's boyfriend, Ken, become a part of Mark's group of male friends.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 16 - The Ringer
    6.0/10(30 votes)

    S3:E16

    Geneva convinces Mark to coach Nicole's all-girl basketball team, which hasn't won a game all season. Determined to help the girls win, Mark convinces Tyler to dress up like a girl and play on the team.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Scott S. Gorden

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  6. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 10 - True Romance
    6.1/10(23 votes)

    S3:E10

    While Mark substitutes for a sportswriter friend by writing a sports column, he is continually interrupted when people ask his advice on their love lives.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 13 - Coach
    6.1/10(24 votes)

    S3:E13

    Mark finally gets his dream job as the school's head basketball coach after Coach Corley leaves the position to coach college basketball.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Jeffrey Duteil

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  8. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 18 - Hero
    6.1/10(25 votes)

    S3:E18

    While waiting to use the ATM, Mark witnesses a botched robbery attempt. A woman stops the thief but leaves the scene quickly. Everyone believes that Mark actually prevented the robbery and he doesn't deny it.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Jeffrey Duteil

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  9. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 5 Episode 8 - The Swami
    6.1/10(26 votes)

    S5:E8

    To help the school earn money for textbooks, Mark works at a carnival pretending to be a fortuneteller.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writers:Dan Cross, David Hoge

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  10. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 5 Episode 10 - Lifesaver
    6.1/10(23 votes)

    S5:E10

    Vanessa pressures Geneva's longtime boyfriend, Ken, into asking Geneva to marry him. Geneva accepts, but Ken reconsiders after Mark inadvertently scares him about the seriousness of marriage.

    Director:Jeffrey Ganz
    Writer:Alison Taylor

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  11. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 17 - Truth or Consequences
    6.2/10(24 votes)

    S2:E17

    Mark catches Vanessa lying on the phone to Thaddeus. They make a bet. So, when P.J. invites them to her fund raiser thay can't get out of it. P.J. wants Mark to take her niece Luttie to the fund raiser, and that's the way it goes since Mark can't lie about not having a date. Tyler falls in love with Geneva.

    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 5 - Matinee
    6.2/10(23 votes)

    S3:E5

    Mark takes Nicole and a few of her friends to the matinee only to suffer through the pains of taking little kids to the movies.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 5 Episode 2 - Please Don't Go
    6.2/10(25 votes)

    S5:E2

    When Geneva feels she's in the way of the newlyweds-to-be and makes plans to move out, Mark enlists the help of Tyler's rambunctious young relatives to convince her to stay.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Dan Cross, David Hoge

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  14. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 5 Episode 6 - The Dance
    6.2/10(26 votes)

    S5:E6

    Tyler makes a date with a girl for his first school dance, but Mark gives him bad advice on how to treat women.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Ralph Greene

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  15. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 5 Episode 9 - The Argument
    6.2/10(23 votes)

    S5:E9

    Mark and Vanessa get into an argument, but they both have conflicting viewpoints as to what really happened.

    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 7 - The Goodbye Girl
    6.3/10(23 votes)

    S2:E7

    Geneva is forcing more rules for Nicole's safety since they now live in Oakland instead of Georgia. Geneva catches Nicole riding her bicycle to the store to buy candy. Geneva punishes her and Mark and Vanessa think Geneva is being harsh on Nicole. Tyler recommends that Nicole should get a divorce from Geneva. Mark convinces Geneva to use reverse pshycology and soon Nicole would want to follow Geneva's rules. Nicole is having a fun time and Mark feels that the reverse pshycology is not working. Will Nicole obey Geneva's rules? Meanwhile, Mark will play poker with his friends and Vanessa wants to get on a date with one of Mark's friends that came off of a divorce from his wife. Vanessa plans to play poker with the guys wearing some clothes that would attract Mark's friend. Instead, Mark convinces Vanessa to talk about sports and wear casual clothes. During the poker game, Vanessa wins everyone's money and Nicole puts hand-cuffs on Mark and Nicole and does not know where the key is. M

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 21 - Groom and Doom
    6.3/10(21 votes)

    S2:E21

    Mark stands in the way of Geneva's happiness when she receives a marriage proposal from a man willing to take on being a father figure to Nicole.

    Director:Chip Fields
    Writer:Charlene Seeger

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  18. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 8 - House Guest
    6.3/10(29 votes)

    S3:E8

    Geneva invites P.J. to stay at their house...but Mark didn't anticipate P.J. moving in along with her new little dog, aptly named Monster.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 11 - Clothes Make the Man
    6.3/10(25 votes)

    S3:E11

    Mark goes to a men's clothing store to buy a new tie for a weekend banquet and ends up getting conned by a beautiful but cunning saleswoman.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 14 - One Is the Loneliest Number
    6.3/10(26 votes)

    S3:E14

    Mark's friend, Steve, convinces Mark that his relationship with his girlfriend Denise is boring. Concluding that Denise is to blame, Mark makes plans to stop dating her, but Denise stops dating him first.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 5 Episode 11 - The Idol
    6.3/10(19 votes)

    S5:E11

    Mark promises that he will introduce Tyler to his favorite rap star who happens to be an old friend of Mark's.

    Director:Jim Drake
    Writer:Ralph Greene

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  22. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 9 - The Prince of Soul
    6.4/10(27 votes)

    S2:E9

    Vanessa starts working at a ""Soul food"" restaurant. There she meets a prince from an African country who she starts seeing. The Prince likes her too and then he proposes to her and Vanessa says yes. Mark and Geneva think he is a con, and Nicole starts to act like a Princess! Dissappointed by the fact that he is accused of being a con the prince calls the wedding off and he leaves for home. But it wasn't till they watch the news later that night that they realize he was really a prince after all. At the end of this episode Mark and Vanessa race off to the airport to stop the plane, but it's too late.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 11 - Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    S2:E11

    Mark works as Santa in a mall.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 2 Episode 18 - Trading Places
    6.4/10(23 votes)

    S2:E18

    Vanessa wants to get a job at a Christian, conservative radio station. She can't tell them that she's living single together with a man. So, she tells the manager, when she has him over for dinner, that Mark is her husband and that Geneva is her wild cousin.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Hangin' with Mr. Cooper Season 3 Episode 17 - Down in the Dumps
    6.4/10(25 votes)

    S3:E17

    Mark and Vanessa are determined to win the lottery and enlist Geneva's help in obtaining her aunt's guaranteed winning formula.

    Director:Mark Linn-Baker
    Writers:Dan Cross, David Hoge

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Double Cheeseburger, Hold the Diploma" is the worst rated episode of "Hangin' with Mr. Cooper". It scored 5.7/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/18/1994. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Christmas Show".