26 episodes
Charles in Charge - Season 5
First aired Dec 30, 1989Season 5
Browse all 26 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.
Episodes
Episode 1
Summer Together, Fall Apart
Dec 30, 198930 min
After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.
Episode 2
Get Thee to a Nuttery
Jan 6, 199030 min
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
Episode 3
Three Dates & a Walnut
Jan 13, 199030 min
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
Episode 4
Out with the in Crowd
Jan 20, 199030 min
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
Episode 5
There's a Girl in My Ficus
Jan 27, 199030 min
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
Episode 6
Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
Feb 3, 199030 min
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
Episode 7
Baby Bummer
Feb 10, 199030 min
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
Episode 8
Paper Covers Rock
Feb 17, 199030 min
A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.
Episode 9
Child Hoods
Feb 24, 199030 min
Charles' old friends come to visit.
Episode 10
Advice and Contempt
Mar 3, 199030 min
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
Episode 11
Daffy Doc
Apr 28, 199030 min
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
Episode 12
Buddy Flips a Disc
May 5, 199030 min
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
Episode 13
Brain Man
May 12, 199030 min
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
Episode 14
Don't Rock the Vote
May 19, 199030 min
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.
Episode 15
Let's Quake a Deal
May 26, 199030 min
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
Episode 16
Up Your IQ
Jun 2, 199030 min
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
Episode 17
All That Chaz
Jun 9, 199030 min
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
Episode 18
Frankie and Mommy
Aug 25, 199030 min
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
Episode 19
Lost Resort
Sep 1, 199030 min
Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Episode 20
Dead Puck Society
Sep 8, 199030 min
Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment
Episode 21
La Cage Aux Fools
Sep 15, 199030 min
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
Episode 22
Teacher's Pest
Sep 22, 199030 min
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
Episode 23
Almost Family
Oct 20, 199030 min
Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
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Episode 24
Seeing Is Believing
Oct 27, 199030 min
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
Episode 25
Fair Exchange
Nov 3, 199030 min
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.)
Episode 26
Charles Be DeMille
Nov 10, 199030 min
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.