SISTER, SISTER (TV SERIES)

'''Sister, Sister''' is a Popular American television sitcom about twin girls (Tia and Tamera Mowry), separated and adopted at birth, who one day find each other face to face after fourteen years. The series premiered during the 1993-94 season on ABC, but then it was canceled after the 1994-95 season, then The WB renewed the show for the 1995-96 season, and continuing with three more seasons, until its final episode on May 23, 1999.

Contents

Characters

Premise

Reruns/Syndication

Theme Song

Episodes

Trivia

External links

Characters

★ 'Tia Landry'
Portrayed by Tia Mowry, is an all American bookworm. At the top of her class in highschool, she had aspirations to go to Harvard, but was rejected and attended Michigan instead. Tia's main boyfriend is Ray's mechanic, Tyreke, who later becomes a police escort at Michigan.

★ 'Tamera Campbell'
Portrayed by Tamera Mowry, is Tia's polar opposite in terms of personality. She is highly impulsive and less intellectual than her sister, and a big fan of Coolio. She can be smart when she wants to, but usually uses 'The Twin Thing' (a frequently invoked plot mechanism where the twins pretend to be each other) to pass difficult tests. Her main boyfriend is Jordan, who attends Michigan with her.

★ 'Lisa Landry'
Portrayed by Jackée Harry, is a fashion designer by trade. She is the adoptive mother of Tia, though she is more aligned with Tamera's personality, sometimes even being more impulsive, lustful, and reckless than her daughter's twin. She is prone to bouts of depression during which she consumes high quantities of food. her catchphrase for a time on the show was, "Do you believe the words comin' out of this girls mouth?!"

★ 'Ray Campbell'
Portrayed by Tim Reid, is diametrically opposed to Lisa and Tamera's tendencies. A bachelor who runs a limousine service, he is highly conservative and level-headed. He is more successful in his business than he is in his romantic life, however, and his relationships with women are often short-lived.

★ 'Roger Evans'
Portrayed by Marques Houston, is Tia and Tamera's annoying neighbor. Initially infatuated with Tamera, he was thrilled when he discovered that she had an identical twin, and frequently attempted to date either one of them. His advances are ill-received, however, and the repeated chorus by the various members of the household is "Go Home, Roger!" As the series progressed, Roger actually becomes quite attractive and suave.

★ 'Tyreke'
Portrayed by RonReaco Lee, is Tia's new boyfriend. A high school drop-out, he is permitted to graduate with the girls and Jordan, and later gets a job at the college they attend. He appears in Seasons 5 and 6.

★ 'Jordan'
Portrayed by Deon Richmond, is Tamera's new boyfriend. He goes to college with both the girls. He is goofy at times and is just as impulsive as Tamera. He can be sexest at times, as well as Tamera can be toward men. He appears in Season 5 & 6.

Premise

In the pilot, the twins reunited during a chance encounter clothes shopping at the mall with their adoptive parents. Tia Landry was the studious twin from Detroit, where her mother Lisa worked as a seamstress; Tamera Campbell was the boy-crazy twin from the suburbs, where her father Ray owned a limousine service. After their unexpected encounter in the department store, Ray reluctantly allowed Tia and Lisa to move into his home for the girls' sake. The girls' neighbor was Roger Evans (Marques Houston) , an annoying teenager who was infatuated with both of them.
By the 1996-1997 season, Tia and Tamera straightened their hair and abandoned their plaid hats and other noted wardrobe they frequently wore in the first three seasons for a new look. Also, Ray and Lisa began a romance in season four which was short-lived. There were hints to a possible romance between the two in earlier episodes. Example: "The Concert" from season one, in which Lisa and Ray inadvertently kissed.
In the 1997-1998 season, Tia started dating Tyreke Scott (RonReaco Lee), a reformed street kid who worked as a mechanic for Ray, and Jordan Bennett (Deon Richmond) became Tamera's boyfriend. Roger was suddenly dropped from the cast at this point.
The final season showed the twins entering college with their boyfriends and their best friend Diavian. The girls were ultimately reunited with their birth father, and Lisa married her boyfriend Victor in the final episode. Roger also made one last appearance in the last episode singing at Lisa's wedding.

Reruns/Syndication

The show premiered on Disney Channel in 2002 continued to air until May 28, 2007.
Beginning June 11, 2007 the show began airing on ABC Family.[1] ''Sister, Sister'', replaced ''Step by Step'' on ABC Family, only to be replaced by ''Step by Step'' two weeks later. ''Sister Sister'' now airs in the morning hours. The show will begin airing on Superstation WGN on September 11, 2007 (originally September 10 but will be preempted for Cardnials-Cubs makeup game).[2] In the UK, it is shown on Nickelodeon and it was shown on Channel 4 between 1995 and 2000 as the channel had the terrestrial rights to the show.

Theme Song

The series' theme song was written and composed by Tim Heintz, Randy Petersen and Kevin Quinn. Three versions of the original theme song were used from April 1994 to May 1997.
A new version of the show's theme was used starting in season five composed by Heintz, Petersen, Quinn and Kurt Farquhar, who composed the music for the series, save for season three which the music was composed by Paul A. Kreiling, and performed by Tia and Tamera Mowry.
Overall there were 5 different versions of the intro. The only time the intro remained the exact same was between seasons 3 and 4, which is when the girls got their new look as well, making the intro outdated for season 4.

Episodes

Main articles: List of Sister, Sister episodes

Trivia

★ Originally, Full House was supposed to move from ABC to The WB in 1995 instead of Sister, Sister. However, Full House was cancelled for good after series star John Stamos decided he no longer wanted to do the show. Sister, Sister ended up moving to The WB instead.

★ Tahj Mowry, Tia and Tamera's brother, has appeared in three episodes of the series. He played Tia's cousin Tahj in "Get a Job", a kid visiting a Mall Santa in "Christmas", and appeared in a crossover role in "Child's Play" which he played T.J. Henderson, his character from ''Smart Guy''.

★ Throughout the series, Tia and Tamera had a revolving door group of friends, most notably Brittany Murphy as Sarah in season one.

★ Dorien Wilson, Alex Datcher, Bianca Lawson and Sherman Hemsley, who have all appeared on ''Sister, Sister'' starred together in the short-lived UPN sitcom ''Goode Behavior'' (1996–1997). Coincidentally, the series was created by Mert Rich, Brian Pollack, Robert Illes and Dennis Pollack, who worked on ''Sister, Sister'' during season three (the freshman season on The WB).

★ In season four's "A Friend Indeed", Diavian says sarcastically to Roger after he says he can get the group Immature to perform at a school fundraiser saying one of the members is his cousin, "Yeah, right. And my sister is TV's Tootie". Alexis Fields, who played Diavian in the fifth and sixth seasons and guest starred in season three's "The Candidate" ''is'' the sister of Kim Fields, who played Tootie on ''The Facts of Life''.

★ Consulting producer and writer of several season three episodes of the series was two time Emmy winning writer Robert Illes.

★ Lisa Leslie, Terrell Davis, Milton Berle, Kyla Pratt, Bumper Robinson, Jason Weaver, Fred Willard, D.L. Hughley, Phill Lewis, Nikki Cox, Gabrielle Union, Vernee Watson-Johnson, Flex Alexander, Montell Jordan, Brian McKnight, Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Mýa Harrison, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Orlando Brown, Christina Millian, Jon B. and WC (short episode) have all guest starred on the show.

★ Richard Lawson who played Victor Simms, love interest and later husband of Lisa is the father of Bianca Lawson who had a recurring role in the show as Rhonda, the twins' enemy.

★ Though it was used by almost every cast member, the catchphrase "Go home, Roger!" was first used by Ray.

★ In the series, a sporatic subplot was of the twins searching and eventually finding their biological parents to be a black woman and white man. In real life, Tia and Tamera Mowry are also bi-racial.

★ The outside of Tia and Tamera Mowery's school (when younger)is also the outside shots for another Disney Channel Original Series show entitled Cory in the House.

External links

★ ''Sister, Sister'' at Disney Channel.com