Sister, Sister
First Dates
TV Flash files “First Dates” as hour 2 of 119 in the TV Flash guide — Sister, Sister (1994–1999) on ABC/The WB, season 1, episode 2, aired 1994-04-01, 25 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E02: listed hour 2 of 119 in the Sister, Sister guide, hour 2 of 12 in season 1. It aired 1994-04-01 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “The Meeting” (S01E01). Next is “Slumber Party” (S01E03).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Tamera decides to go with a date to the school dance, breaking a promise to Tia as they had both agreed to stay home unless they both had dates.
Viewer FAQ
Where does First Dates sit in the Sister, Sister guide?
S01E02 is listed hour 2 of 119 — hour 2 of 12 in season 1, season 1 episode 2.
When did Sister, Sister S01E02 air?
First Dates aired 1994-04-01 and is listed at 25 minutes.
ABC or The WB?
ABC 1994–1995, then The WB through 1999. TGIF-to-WB pipeline in one package, twin chemistry intact.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tia and Tamera as twin sitcom voltage: switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, hopping from TGIF to the WB without losing the bit. Reunion-premise comfort with sibling rhythm — silly on purpose, identical energy that still feels like a whole friend group.
The work, first: Tia and Tamera as twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households colliding — separated-at-birth twins reuniting and forcing their single parents into one chaotic house. ABC 1994–1995, then The WB through 1999. Kim Bass, Gary Gilbert, and Fred Shafferman in the creator file. Tia Mowry, Tamera Mowry, Jackée Harry's scene-stealing Lisa, Tim Reid, Marques Houston. Catchphrase-friendly family comedy with sibling rhythm at the center. Black twin leads as mainstream youth multi-cam, hopping from TGIF…
Filed against
- Tia Mowry as Tia Landry
Tia Mowry sparked Sister, Sister as Tia Landry — twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, TGIF to the WB without losing the bit. TV Flash…
- Tamera Mowry as Tamera Campbell
Tamera Mowry sparkled Sister, Sister as Tamera Campbell — twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, TGIF to the WB without losing the bit.…
- Jackée Harry as Lisa Landry
Jackée Harry’s Lisa Landry kept Sister, Sister’s twin voltage housed — two households, switch gags, 1990s youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Tia and Tamera as the bit; Lisa as the adult who would not play furniture. TV Flash files her as…
- Tim Reid as Ray Campbell
Tim Reid’s Venus Flytrap made WKRP in Cincinnati a playlist with a soul — Johnny Fever, turkeys away, sales pirates, Hugh Wilson workplace zoo — then fathered Sister, Sister’s twin-sitcom sparkle. Cult-to-classic radio comedy; TGIF-to-WB…
- Marques Houston as Roger Evans
Marques Houston needled the twins as Roger Evans on Sister, Sister — Tia and Tamera as twin sitcom voltage, switch gags, two households, mid-nineties youth multi-cam at full sparkle. Black twin leads as mainstream family comedy, TGIF to…