Living Single
Full Court Press
TV Flash files “Full Court Press” as hour 7 of 118 in the TV Flash guide — Living Single (1993–1998) on Fox, season 1, episode 7, aired 1993-10-03, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E07: listed hour 7 of 118 in the Living Single guide, hour 7 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1993-10-03 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Great Expectations” (S01E06). Next is “Living Single... with Children” (S01E08).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Khadijah, Regine and Synclaire are involved in a car accident with an old woman named Shirley Shortridge. Khadijah's jeep suffers $1500 in damage. Regine believes that they should sue, but Khadijah wants to settle and put the matter behind her. Khadijah and Max negotiate with Shirley and her sleazy lawyer, Jack Peabody. Khadijah ignores Max's advice and agrees to take an $800 settlement. Jack taunts Max, telling her she couldn't have beaten him in court. Max decides that the case should go to court. When Max becomes obsessed with victory, Khadijah decides to represent herself and ask for the settlement. Jack denies offering any money. Max comes to the rescue, taking over as Khadijah's lawyer and winning a $1500 settlement. Overton and Kyle take a trial membership at a gym, but suffer the consequences when they overdo it on the stair master and Kyle tries to impress two women with his weightlifting ability.Tag:Overton trapped on runaway treadmill.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Full Court Press sit in the Living Single guide?
S01E07 is listed hour 7 of 118 — hour 7 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 7.
When did Living Single S01E07 air?
Full Court Press aired 1993-10-03 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is this "the Black Friends"?
That comparison is the discourse, not the origin story. Bowser's brownstone ensemble premiered in 1993 and treated Black professional friendship as default sitcom physics.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Four women, a Brooklyn brownstone, and sitcom chemistry that never needed a Central Perk comparison to land. Queen Latifah’s magazine hustle, Kim Coles’s comic spark, and an ensemble that treated Black urban friendship as default, not special episode. The friend-com with better clothes, sharper mouths, and a legacy still arguing in group chats.
Flash: four women, a Brooklyn brownstone, and a group chat that still thinks *Friends* stole the furniture. Yvette Lee Bowser's Fox sitcom (1993–1998) put Queen Latifah's magazine hustle at the center of a Black professional twenty-something ensemble and treated urban friendship as default, not a special episode. Someone's publicist will call the comparison a compliment. **It is the discourse, not the origin story.** Bowser's room premiered in 1993. The other couch can wait in the lobby.
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- Kim Coles as Synclaire James
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- Erika Alexander as Maxine Shaw
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- Kim Fields as Regine Hunter
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- John Henton as Overton Wakefield Jones
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- T.C. Carson as Kyle Barker
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