Living Single
Burglar in the House
TV Flash files “Burglar in the House” as hour 14 of 118 in the TV Flash guide — Living Single (1993–1998) on Fox, season 1, episode 14, aired 1993-11-28, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E14: listed hour 14 of 118 in the Living Single guide, hour 14 of 27 in season 1. It aired 1993-11-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Love Takes a Holiday” (S01E13). Next is “Living Kringle” (S01E15).
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After Regine has her purse snatched on the subway, the girls ask Overton to install better locks in their apartment. A nervous Synclaire and Regine insist on sleeping in Khadijah's room. They are stirred by a noise from downstairs, and discover a prowler in the kitchen. Khadijah startles him and drives him from the apartment; but after the girls run up to the guys' apartment, the burglar returns and cleans them out. Frustrated by the police's inability to get any leads on the case, they have Overton install an alarm system and bars on the windows, and ask the guys to stay over for several nights. However, they remain on edge. When Regine goes into the kitchen for a midnight snack, Synclaire freaks out and runs out of the apartment, triggering the alarm. The girls realize that, despite the unpleasant reality of crime, they cannot turn the apartment into a fortress. They volunteer for Neighborhood Watch.Tag:Lily the attack pig.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Burglar in the House sit in the Living Single guide?
S01E14 is listed hour 14 of 118 — hour 14 of 27 in season 1, season 1 episode 14.
When did Living Single S01E14 air?
Burglar in the House aired 1993-11-28 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.
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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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