Original title
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns
Released
1/7/2009
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy
Production companies
Debmar-Mercury
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
5
Number of episodes
139
In this spinoff from "Tyler Perry's House of Payne," Downtown Leroy Brown tries to fulfill his father's dying wish by transforming a dilapidated house into a retirement home: Brown Meadows, which happens to be located next door to a rowdy fraternity house. Helping Leroy keep the facility's quirky residents in line are his daughter, Cora; his nephew, Will, a doctor, and Will's wife, Sasha, a nurse; social worker Carmen Martinez; and Jesus Hernandez, a maintenance engineer who is studying to be a lawyer.
Brown feels like he did a good job fixing up the house without having any help and without spending any money. But once the house starts falling apart, he realizes he needs some help. Cora lets Brown know that she put up flyers around the church in search of help for the home. Brown agrees to interview some people. After several failed interviews, he hires Jesus as his janitor, who only speaks a little English. Instead of fixing the things that Brown gives him to do, he fixes things that aren’t broken. Brown soon gives up hope that the house will be in any condition to open for business, but with everyone’s help, they get the house in order.
An owner of another elderly home nearby accuses Brown of stealing her client, Daisy LaRue. Daisy likes it at Brown’s home and decides to stay. Cora tries to tell Brown about some of Miss Daisy’s odd behavior, but he pays her no mind. Will, Brown’s nephew, comes by and explains to Brown that taking care of the elderly is going to be hard. Brown doesn’t think it will be, and as long as he gets a few more residents like Miss Daisy, he’ll be fine. To recruit more residents, Brown decides to have a bingo night and the winner gets a trip to Brown Meadows. Unfortunately, however, Brown’s plan doesn’t work. In addition, Miss Daisy’s check bounces, so he’s now in the red. Later, a fire breaks out at the home down the street and Brown gets excited because he just hit the geriatric jackpot! But to his dismay, all of the residents’ family members come to pick them up, leaving him with two mishaps: Ms. Edna and Colonel Jackson.
Sasha and Will ponder whether to become foster parents after the Brown's welcome in a pair of troubled orphans. Meanwhile, the diva duo of London Sheraton and Miss Daisy appear on a television show where they engage in a battle of wits.
The Brown's organize a surprise "family day" for the residents after a chaotic day within the house. Lo and behold, the only person to appear is the estranged daughter of the Colonel. Meanwhile, the neighborhood frat boys set up a step show for the residents. And Will and Sasha undergo a marriage rite of passage: their very first fight.
After learning that her childhood friend has died broke and alone, Ms Edna becomes very depressed and says she's lost the will to live. Cora is shocked and gets the residents to do a "This is You Life" night to show Edna just how appreciated and cherished she is.
Brianna's very pregnant teenage friend Tamika comes to the house needing a place to stay. Brown ends up having to deliver the baby himself. Meanwhile, Miss Daisy is missing and everyone spends all day looking for her. It turns out she was making a hip-hop video
When Sasha learns that a former abusive boyfriend has been released from prison, she must face her past once again when he pays her a visit. And Brown is under pressure when he discovers his raffle ticket to the Bahamas cruise is missing.
Brown has lost a gospel-choir contest for six years now to the same flamboyant nemesis and is working hard to win this year. Elsewhere, Cora's longtime friend ends up on a walk on the wild side while coming for a visit.
The gang is concerned when a troubled Brianna receives a school suspension. Meanwhile, two aspiring fraternity members pull a prank on Brown, but not without consequences. And the boys' faculty adviser (Cameron Arnett) makes romantic moves on Cora.
Cora and Russell's romance continues to bloom, despite Brown's interference. Elsewhere, Brianna and Joaquin's onetime foster family agrees to adopt them, which upsets Sasha and Will.
Will and Sasha do all they can to keep Brianna and Joaquin from being adopted. Elsewhere, Brown tries to uncover evidence that the neighborhood's frat boys are growing their own marijuana.
Brown decides to levy fees for amenities at the house, only to stir up an open rebellion when he begins to abuse the policy. Elsewhere, Sasha is a candidate for a job that pays more than Will's position.
Cora lands a post as a substitute educator---but it's to teach the school's roughest, toughest pupils. And there's a passion for fashion when Brown and London square off in a fashion showdown.
Brianna and Joaquin's mother returns and finds that Will and Sasha plan to adopt the kids. But she is determined to get them back so that she can live off the welfare checks.
Brown secretly tries to arrange a date for Cora by tapping into an online dating service. Elsewhere, unexpected problems arise as London and Jesus try to prepare Miss Daisy for an audition.
Brianna's school is holding a career day and Will is planning to attend, but Brown must replace him after Will is sidelined by an emergency. Meanwhile, Brown decides he's in need of a makeover.
Jesus asks Brown and the gang to pose as his servants to impress his visiting father. Meanwhile, London awaits her dad's visit, but it may not meet to her expectations.
Will is afraid the he is not being a good enough father by causing so much drama around the children. Meanwhile, Brown decides he will try to market his secret recipe for his zippy barbecue sauce, but he seems to have lost the recipe.
Will's attractive and vivacious ex-flame arrives for a fund-raiser, triggering some jealousy in Sasha. Elsewhere, divas Edna and London team up to throw a Botox bash.
When a convenience-store robbery leaves Brown shot---in the hind end, no less---he exploits the situation for his own gain. Meanwhile, a health scare motivates Edna to change her lusty behavior.
Drama's surrounding his baseball coach has Joaquin thrown a curveball. Meanwhile, Cora pressures Brown to make out his will, giving Brown the notion that she's out to kill him off.
Brown seems to be addicted to the lottery and the gang believes he needs an intervention. Elsewhere, Brianna is flustered after a boy makes romantic moves on her.
Cora is hired as a full-time teacher, but will she past the test when a student comes to class drunk? Meanwhile, the Colonel looks for a job after discovering his nest egg is empty.
Brown gets a new girlfriend, but she may only be after his money. Elsewhere, Brianna is caught shoplifting.
Cora decides to enlists Sasha's help in shedding some weight. Meanwhile, Brown tries to win a vacation by selling candy.
The gang receives a surprise when Edna announces she is engaged. But no one is as surprised as her fiance. Meanwhile, Will gets some exposure, maybe too much, after posing for a calendar for charity.
Cora and Sasha have a domestic power struggle when they clash over who rules the household. Elsewhere, Brown runs an emergency-preparedness drill.
One of Cora’s students is being bullied and she must try to help him before it’s too late. Elsewhere, with her probation nearing its end, a wistful London realizes Brown Meadows has become her home and that she will miss everyone.
Sasha returns home from a night out in a boozy condition causing Brianna and Joaquin to be alarmed. Elsewhere, Brown and the Colonel attend Miss Daisy’s art class.
Will takes secret Salsa-dancing lessons so he can take Sasha to a party, but Sasha thinks he's cheating on her. The Colonel and Edna decide to move in together, down the street from Brown Meadows.
The family finds out that Brianna is taking birth-control pills. Meanwhile Cora is attracted to her school's new principal, who was her old high-school friend, and decides to spend time with him and gets more than she bargained for in a spin class.
A suspended Will becomes an idle slacker, sleeping the days away and neglecting the children. Meanwhile, Brown learns a valuable lesson about being well-versed in other languages.
Daisy's memory issues trigger the arrival of her cousin (Rue McClanahan), but buried family secrets are then revealed. Elsewhere, Reggie's outdated attitude toward women irks Cora. Kim Fields directed the episode.
Conclusion. In a holiday episode, the hospital stages a Christmas show. Brown serves as the director, but he has a not-so-jolly response to the performances. LaVan Davis and Cassi Davis appear as their characters from "Tyler Perry's House of Payne."
Will's mother (Jenifer Lewis) arrives to spread cheer to her son---but she shows up with his former fiancée. Meanwhile, Brianna is cast in the role of a parent as part of a school assignment.
Troy (Richard F. Whiten) makes romantic overtures toward Sasha. Worse, he then threatens to fire Will if she tells anyone about it. Elsewhere, Brown lands a second job as a school security guard and investigates a fake hall-pass operation.
Edna breaks off her engagement to the Colonel and returns to the house. In the meantime, a reinstated Will plans a celebration dinner and invites Troy (Richard F. Whiten), upsetting Sasha.
Tanya (Tasha Smith) seeks Cora's help; Brown has a quarantine quandary when he gets stuck in detainment at the hospital with Derek and Renee.
Tanya (Tasha Smith) wins custody of Brianna and Joaquin---but she may be in over her head. And Brown must face the music when he breaks Edna's record player.
A delicate secret threatens to shatter Will and Sasha's marriage. Elsewhere, Joaquin resorts to blackmailing Brianna after he discovers she's been secretly leaving the house.
Brown plays Cupid, using clandestine means to bring romance to Cora. Meanwhile, Miss Daisy gears up for an audition.
Tanya makes romantic overtures toward Will. Elsewhere, Brown is enlisted to resolve a school protest.
Will and Sasha suspect that Brianna is pregnant. In the meantime, Brown plans a bachelor party for the Colonel.
Sasha's mother arrives---with another man in tow. Meanwhile, Brown goes the extra yard to help coach football, but there could be some fumbling along the way.
Will and Sasha celebrate their anniversary. Arriving for the event is Sasha's father---but he winds up having carnal adventures with Will's mother (Jenifer Lewis). And Reggie corners Cora about her friendship with Gordon. Richard Roundtree guest stars.
It's a "My Fair Lady" escapade when Sasha tries to transform Tanya (Tasha Smith) into a sophisticated woman. Elsewhere, the Colonel falls into a funk upon discovering that he's outlived every other member of his platoon.
Brown becomes a stand-up comic, but the joke's on the family: He exposes their guarded secrets for laughs. Elsewhere, the gang becomes aware of Joaquin's high intellect.
After Brown and Cora have a squabble, they attend a counseling session overseen by the Colonel. Meanwhile, Will and Sasha abstain from physical intimacy to prove their relationship is about much more than sex.
Cora becomes paranoid and overly guarded after she's the victim of a mugging. Meanwhile, Will gets a gray hair, leading him to behave in a youthful manner.
Brown's home is used as a police stakeout when his neighbors are suspected of being thieves. Elsewhere, Brianna befriends Renee.
A suspicious Cora believes that Reggie is cheating on her, with Thelma and Brown then getting involved in the relationship quandary. Elsewhere, Renee is at fault when a liver in a transplant cooler goes missing.
There's not a whole lotto love when Brown and Cora lend the Colonel a buck, which he in turn uses to purchase a lottery ticket. It wins big---but everyone then clashes over how to split the winnings. Meanwhile, Sasha and Renee swap jobs, but Sasha can't keep up with her new duties.
Taking a cue from the film "The Bucket List," Brown and the Colonel draw up a list of things they want to accomplish before they die. Meanwhile, Will and Sasha teach Joaquin about the birds and the bees.
A senior African-American patient doesn't want Will to be his surgeon because he's black. Elsewhere, Brown discovers that Cora never went to the prom, so he decides to throw a special dance event at the house.
Edna promptly locks horns with the Colonel's arriving daughter, who insists that Edna sign a prenuptial agreement. Meanwhile, Brown and Derek join an exercise class.
Vera swoops in on the Brown house to recover from laser eye surgery. Meanwhile, Sasha discovers she's pregnant, as she and Will then struggle to keep the big news to themselves.
In the wake of losing his scholarship, Derek takes a job at the house---but he exploits the situation. Elsewhere, Joaquin adapts a thuggish persona to impress a schoolgirl.
Brianna develops romantic feelings, but they're directed toward an intimidating bad boy. In a parallel plot, Cora is enlisted to teach sex education.
Gordon discloses that he has feelings for Cora. Meanwhile, Derek's fraternity house gets fumigated, so he and his frat brothers hang out at Brown Meadows.
A lucrative job offer comes Cora's way---but she'll have to relocate to a different city. Meanwhile, Joaquin turns auteur by manning his new video camera, but he focuses on things he shouldn't tape.
The Colonel suffers a heart attack at the altar. Reggie asks a reluctant Cora to marry him.
Nuptials are postponed in the wake of a near-death experience. Meanwhile, Cora accepts a job offer in Texas, a development that impacts her engagement to Reggie.
Cora's class sets out to throw a farewell bash, but the party mood fades when Gordon spreads distressing news. Meanwhile, the Colonel contemplates living with Edna again.
Sasha faints and is swiftly taken to the hospital. Elsewhere, it all gets taxing when Derek helps Brown with his taxes.
Where there's Will, there's a way: Will realizes that Renee's mere presence improves Sasha's spirits, so he pays her to be with Sasha. Meanwhile, Brown conjures up some magic (literally), and Joaquin has a sleepover.
Reggie and Brown get trapped in a storage room. Elsewhere, Vera fraternizes with Edna.
Reggie plans a dreamy candlelight dinner for Cora, which Brown then tries to sabotage. Elsewhere, Joaquin develops feelings for Simone.
Renee suffers through a nasty breakup, so Will and Sasha play matchmaker for her. Elsewhere, Brown is enlisted to endorse a body cream on television---but there are wrinkles when he then breaks out.
A different side of Reggie's personality creeps to the surface, stunning Cora. Meanwhile, Brown helps Derek land a job at the hospital.
Thelma slips in for a stay at Brown Meadows while Reggie is out of town. Elsewhere, Renee gets some cash, courtesy of Will.
Cora provides helpful words of wisdom to an insecure plus-size student. Elsewhere, Derek helps Brown produce an exercise tape.
Cooking personalities Pat and Gina Neely host their cooking show at Brown Meadows. Elsewhere, Joaquin learns a lesson about good sportsmanship, courtesy of Brianna.
Rifts develop in Will and Sasha's home due to social networking. Elsewhere, Brown searches for a neighbor's lost pet, but he's more interested in netting the reward.
Renee becomes an overly demanding patient when she's admitted to the hospital. Meanwhile, Joaquin begins to emulate Derek.
Brown, Derek and Renee team up to get a photograph of a celebrity's baby; Will finds marijuana and tries to smoke out the owner.
Reggie chooses to stay in California, upsetting Cora. Meanwhile, Brown, having more courage than the others, gears up to teach Brianna to drive.
The men are determined to boycott Valentine's Day, but they change their tune when the ladies plan something special. The romantic theme continues when Brown concludes that Renee has a hush-hush crush on him.
The Colonel reconnects with his warfare past when the son of a fellow soldier arrives. Elsewhere, Brown gets a medical checkup.
Budget cuts at the school result in a layoff to either Brown or Cora. Meanwhile, Sasha passes an unwanted gift on to Renee.
A man emerges and asserts that he's Cora's father. Elsewhere, Renee presides over a blood drive.
Believing she's dying, Vera discloses a secret. The confessions continue when Simone informs Brianna that she's pregnant.
Sasha fumes when Will's friend---who's dating Renee---is seen with a different woman. Elsewhere, Cora places a bet that the long-winded Brown can't remain silent for an entire day.
Renee's arriving friend raises jealousy in Sasha. Elsewhere, Brown is repulsed by recurring nightmares of sharing kisses with Edna.
Brown unwittingly becomes a hero. Additionally, Brianna and Jamal secretly go to a costume party with Joaquin in tow.
Cora asks Renee to do a product-demonstration at her women's social group and they're shocked when Renee reveals the products. Brianna confronts pregnant Simone when she drinks at a party.
Derek has a crush on Renee. Brown gets fired from the school, forbidden to return until he apologizes to Gordon: a loathsome prospect.
A woman charges Sasha with sexual harassment. Joaquin's concerned teacher visits the house when he writes an essay about his family.
When Renee quits, Sasha hires a replacement who's even worse. Derek turns to Brown when he loses his girlfriend.
It's a rocky road for Brianna when she learns a valuable lesson about the dangers of texting while driving. Elsewhere, Brown's cousin arrives, touting yet another get-rich-quick scheme.
Anthony enlists Will to support him as a "wingman" after meeting two women. In addition, Brianna hopes to make the cheerleading squad.
The Colonel is stunned by news about his first fiancée. Meanwhile, a classmate schemes to win over Brianna by exploiting a friendship with Joaquin.
Cora tangles with an overbearing neighbor. Meanwhile, a college recruiter visits Brianna---but Joaquin plans to interfere.
Cora invites Darnell to a religious study, but another woman in the group makes romantic advances toward him. Elsewhere, Simone considers giving up her baby for adoption.
Edna and Cora comfort Thelma after she loses her job and home. In addition, Brown and the Colonel become entangled in a pyramid scheme.
Sasha's mother intends to marry a much younger man. Meanwhile, Darnell transforms Cora's humdrum school detention into an exciting party.
When Reggie makes an unforeseen return, he discovers Cora's interest in him has waned. Elsewhere, Sasha's ex-flame arrives at the hospital as a patient, a development that triggers jealousy in Will.
Brown and Derek help Reggie improve himself to win Cora. Meanwhile Renee's ex comes in for a checkup, only to receive shocking news.
While Sasha is away, her country cousin arrives to fill in. Elsewhere, Brianna plays makeover artist and transforms a plain Jane.
Brown takes his very first plane trip. Meanwhile, Derek is mistaken for a celebrity and promptly exploits the situation.
Simone is pressured to marry the father of her child. Meanwhile, Cora tries not to fumble in her effort to coach the football team.
Cora gets addicted to online shopping. Meanwhile Brown finds an artifact in his backyard, which leads him to digging for treasure.
Cora's patience is tested when an lonely old lady continues to show up at her door looking for a companion. Brianna gets her first job at a fast food restaurant.
A friend of Reggie's tries to illegally recruit on Reggie's players. Joaquin writes an essay for Brianna. The essay wins the prize.
Colonel and Edna finally get ready for their wedding, and they seek help from the Brown family. Elsewhere, Renee does a good deed for Sasha, but she expects something in return.
Cora buys an expensive purse, but claims that it is an inexpensive copy. Yvonne sells candy, raising suspision in Mr. Brown.
Mr. Brown clashes with his former singing group member (Eddie Levert) as they prepare for their class reunion. Renee babysits Joaquin and seeks his input when she gambles.
Mr. Brown tries to figure out who ate his rice and gravy. Renee faces possible termination after being investigated by a member of the Nurses Auditing Board.
Sasha host a telethon to raise 100,000 and Mr. Brown knocks out the star.
Mr. Brown and Colonel tries to get even with the gangsters that ripped them off. Renee sells wigs at the hospital.
Will and Joaquin magically switch bodies after Joaquin wished to be an adult. Mr. Brown tries to get in contact with the electric company regarding his electric bill.
In the series finale, Mr. Brown decides to have a family portrait. However, a series of conflict prevents it from happening.
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