Season 5
Episodes
1. Summer Together, Fall Apart
1989-12-30
After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.
2. Get Thee to a Nuttery
1990-01-06
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
3. Three Dates & a Walnut
1990-01-13
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
4. Out with the in Crowd
1990-01-20
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
5. There's a Girl in My Ficus
1990-01-27
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
6. Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
1990-02-03
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
7. Baby Bummer
1990-02-10
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
8. Paper Covers Rock
1990-02-17
A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.
9. Child Hoods
1990-02-24
Charles' old friends come to visit.
10. Advice and Contempt
1990-03-03
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
11. Daffy Doc
1990-04-28
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
12. Buddy Flips a Disc
1990-05-05
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
13. Brain Man
1990-05-12
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
14. Don't Rock the Vote
1990-05-19
Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.
15. Let's Quake a Deal
1990-05-26
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
16. Up Your IQ
1990-06-02
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
17. All That Chaz
1990-06-09
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
18. Frankie and Mommy
1990-08-25
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
19. Lost Resort
1990-09-01
Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
20. Dead Puck Society
1990-09-08
Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment
21. La Cage Aux Fools
1990-09-15
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
22. Teacher's Pest
1990-09-22
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
23. Almost Family
1990-10-20
Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
24. Seeing Is Believing
1990-10-27
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
25. Fair Exchange
1990-11-03
Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
26. Charles Be DeMille
1990-11-10
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.