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Charles in Charge Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
Summer Together, Fall Apart
Sat, Dec 30, 198923 mins
Charles allows the children to make their own rules.
Episode 2
Get Thee to a Nuttery
Sat, Jan 6, 199023 mins
After a near-death experience, Buddy considers becoming a priest. Sarah tries to become a cheerleader so she can be popular like Jamie.
Episode 3
Three Dates & A Walnut
Sat, Jan 13, 199023 mins
Walter winds up with three dates in one night. Ruta Lee, Marcia Wallace, and Marlyn Mason guest star.
Episode 4
Out with the in Crowd
Sat, Jan 20, 199023 mins
Jamie befriends a conceited girl with hopes of getting into a popular group.
Episode 5
There's a Girl in My Ficus
Sat, Jan 27, 199023 mins
Charles' girlfriend (guest star Tiffani Amber Thiessen) tries to ruin his friendship with Buddy. Directed by series star Scott Baio.
Episode 6
Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
Sat, Feb 3, 199023 mins
Charles judges a beauty pageant in which his two girlfriends are participating. Directed by series star Scott Baio.
Episode 7
Baby Bummer
Sat, Feb 10, 199023 mins
Buddy winds up baby-sitting a 3-year-old girl. Directed by series star Scott Baio.
Episode 8
Paper Covers Rock
Sat, Feb 17, 199023 mins
Charles falls in love with a rock star (gust star Samantha Fox). Directed by series star Scott Baio.
Episode 9
Child Hoods
Sat, Feb 24, 199023 mins
When Charles' obnoxious childhood friends come to visit, Charles begins to neglect the kids and Buddy to hang out with them.
Episode 10
Advice and Contempt
Sat, Mar 3, 199023 mins
Jamie gets upset with Charles when she feels that he is trying to interfere too much with her life.
Episode 11
Daffy Doc
Sat, Apr 28, 199023 mins
When Charles drives Buddy to a psychiatric hospital to do research, they hold him for observation and Charles must find a way to get him out.
Episode 12
Buddy Flips a Disc
Sat, May 5, 199023 mins
Charles gets revenge when a city inspector blackmails Lillian.
Episode 13
Brain Man
Sat, May 12, 199023 mins
When Charles and Buddy get tested for ESP, it is determined that Buddy may have it. Soon, he starts making predictions about what will happen in Charles's life.
Episode 14
Don't Rock the Vote
Sat, May 19, 199023 mins
Jamie (Nicole Eggert) and Sarah (Josie Davis) run for student body president.
Episode 15
Let's Quake a Deal
Sat, May 26, 199023 mins
Charles (Scott Baio) takes on the task of teaching the children about earthquake safety.
Episode 16
Up Your I.Q.
Sat, Jun 2, 199023 mins
Jamie gets upset when her boyfriend dumps her because she is shallow. So Charles does her a "favor" by allowing her to follow his sophisticated girlfriend around in hopes of getting him back.
Episode 17
All That Chaz
Sat, Jun 9, 199023 mins
Charles (Scott Baio) takes on a whole new personality after he accidentally bumps his head.
Episode 18
Frankie and Mommy
Sat, Aug 25, 199023 mins
Lillian (Ellen Travolta) considers marrying an old boyfriend.
Episode 19
Lost Resort
Sat, Sep 1, 199023 mins
Buddy's identical cousin lands a job at a Hawaiian resort.
Episode 20
Dead Puck Society
Sat, Sep 8, 199023 mins
Charles becomes a substitute-teacher for Sarah and her classmates; for a joint-assignment, she is partnered with charming Russell Davis. The charm wears thin, however, when Russell manipulates her into doing the whole project by herself. Charles himself is baffled, when Russell puts more effort into avoiding classwork than would have gone into actually doing the same work. Yet it turns out Russell isn't lazy at all...he's illiterate.
Episode 21
La Cage Aux Fools
Sat, Sep 15, 199023 mins
Charles (Scott Baio) and Buddy (Willie Aames) wind up locked in a cage. Ben Stein guest stars. Directed by series star Scott Baio.
Episode 22
Teacher's Pest
Sat, Sep 22, 199023 mins
Walter (James Callahan) takes a history class that is taught by Charles (Scott Baio). With Pamela Anderson.
Episode 23
Almost Family
Sat, Oct 20, 199023 mins
Charles' aunt may lose her business when she cannot pay her lease.
Episode 24
Seeing Is Believing
Sat, Oct 27, 199023 mins
While picking up a cake for Mrs. Powell's birthday, Charles gets stuck in an elevator with an attractive woman. He is initially excited about a possible romance with her until he finds out that she is blind.
Episode 25
Fair Exchange
Sat, Nov 3, 199023 mins
Sarah tries to help her relatives communicate with each other.
Episode 26
Charles Be DeMille
Sat, Nov 10, 199023 mins
Charles faces a tough choice when he must decide whether to help the Powell children by directing their fund-raising play or to study for a test that will get him into graduate school at Princeton.
