Sister, Sister
Designer Genes
TV Flash files “Designer Genes” as a desk essential hour — Sister, Sister (1994–1999) on ABC/The WB, season 5, episode 1, aired 1997-09-10, 25 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 76 of 119 in the Sister, Sister guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 1997-09-10 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Guardian Angel” (S04E22). Next is “A Separate Peace” (S05E02).
Essential hour: “Designer Genes”. Designer Genes: later-run identity joke in a title, WB hop already in the blood without losing the bit.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Lisa hopes to show her designs in a fashion show.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Designer Genes sit in the Sister, Sister guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 76 of 119 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Sister, Sister S05E01 air?
Designer Genes aired 1997-09-10 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
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- Jackée Harry as Lisa Landry
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- Tim Reid as Ray Campbell
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- Marques Houston as Roger Evans
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