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Married... with Children Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1990 - 1991
Episode 1
We'll Follow the Sun
Sun, Sep 23, 199023 mins
On Labor Day weekend, with Kelly having graduated from high school, Peggy still not working, Bud in his senior year in high school and Marcy officially divorced and having gotten a promotion at her bank, Al decides to take the family for a vacation and 'see America' by car in their red Mustang convertible. But they end up being caught in a 50-mile traffic jam on the Chicago freeway the entire weekend.
Episode 2
Al... with Kelly
Sun, Sep 30, 199023 mins
Al and Kelly pretend to be sick so they can avoid going with Peggy and Bud to Peggy's mother's place. But Kelly ends up really getting sick and Al has to care for her for the entire week which interrupts Al's fantasies of being with two beautiful women.
Episode 3
Sue Casa, His Casa
Sun, Oct 7, 199023 mins
Bud's new driver's license portends bumper cars on the roadway. When Bud t-bones a Mercedes, Al sees an opportunity to clean up in court. At least he has hope. Losing his lawsuit hurt but what he goes through to payoff the settlement is truly painful.
Episode 4
The Unnatural
Sun, Oct 14, 199023 mins
Al is cut from the neighborhood softball team just before the big game. When his all-star replacement is knocked out in the last inning, however, his team and family have to come crawling back.
Episode 5
Dance Show
Sun, Oct 21, 199023 mins
Peggy goes out dancing with Marcy, and becomes taken with a handsome man-about-town named Andy. At home, however, Al gets confronted by Andy's wife, Pete.
Episode 6
Kelly Bounces Back
Sun, Oct 28, 199023 mins
Now an aspiring model, Kelly invents a maneuver called "The Bundy Bounce" for her first audition as spokesperson for the new Allente car. But Bud's big mouth gives the idea to another model, so Kelly must take things into her own hands and remove the competition. Meanwhile, Peggy goes on a strike with housework because Al think's she's useless.
Episode 7
Married... with Aliens
Sun, Nov 4, 199023 mins
After Al returns home from work with a bump on the head, he sees (or thinks he sees) six little green aliens coming down to Earth and stealing his smelly socks to use as fuel for their spaceships. The only problem is no one sees them but Al, so everyone think's he's crazy when he tells others that he saw them.
Episode 8
Wabbit Season
Sun, Nov 11, 199030 mins
Al is under pressure from one too many busy days at the shoe store and the doctors have ordered him to relax. To combat stress, Al starts a vegetable garden. The combat turns physical when a rabbit starts sealing carrots from Al's garden and it becomes a war of wills: Bundy against Bunny.
Episode 9
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy
Sun, Nov 18, 199023 mins
When Al moves a sofa off a neighbor's lawn without a shirt on, he unexpectedly gains a reputation as a "stud" among the neighborhood women. With his confidence uplifted, he starts taking showers and wearing elegant clothes, and his performance at work improves dramatically, as does his popularity with the ladies. Needless to say, Peggy is both jealous and unsettled, but she does not know how to react to this - her husband is acting very unlike-Al.
Episode 10
One Down, Two to Go
Sun, Nov 25, 199023 mins
Tired of Al escorting her dates out through the doorway, "grown-up" Kelly gets her own apartment.
Episode 11
And Baby Makes Money
Sun, Dec 16, 199023 mins
After Al's bachelor uncle dies, he leaves $500,000 to the first of his relatives to produce a newborn baby named after him. Al overcomes his usual aversion to sex with Peg. Unknown to him, she is secretly staying on the pill, to keep Al wanting sex with her, and having decided that no amount of money is worth going through pregnancy a third time.
Episode 12
Married... with Who
Sun, Jan 6, 199123 mins
After a drinking binge at a bankers party, Marcy discovers herself to be married to a mysterious hunk named Jefferson D'Arcy, whom Al unearths as a gigolo and con artist. To make Marcy feel better about this unexpected change in her life, Peggy decides to throw a formal wedding ceremony for Marcy and Jefferson in the Bundy's back yard, a ceremony in which nothing goes as planned.
Episode 13
The Godfather
Sun, Feb 3, 199123 mins
Al becomes the boss of the neighborhood after Kelly starts dating an influential city councilman.
Episode 14
Look Who's Barking
Sun, Feb 10, 199123 mins
Told from the point of view of Buck, he runs away from the house feeling neglected. Behind a diner, he picks up a female dog, whom he brings home. He quickly regrets it, as the new dog gets all the attention from Bud and Kelly. Meanwhile, Al is obsessed with getting a taste of his favorite cherry cheesecake from a restaurant in Wisconsin.
Episode 15
A Man's Castle
Sun, Feb 17, 199123 mins
After spending $2,000 by going to decorating school, Peggy defies Al degree not to redecorate by turning his bathroom sanctuary in the garage into a chamber of "filthy, feminine horror." Al passes out when he sees his mighty Ferguson toilet adorned with Peggy's trappings.
Episode 16
All-Nite Security Dude
Sun, Feb 24, 199123 mins
When a second floor aerobics studio, full of terribly overweight women, collapses into the shoe store, Al is laid off while the store is being repaired. Al then gets a night job as a security guard at his old high school, Polk High. This prompts his former high school rival, Spare Tire Dixon, to steal his prized trophy which leads to a brutal showdown.
Episode 17
Oldies But Young 'Uns
Sun, Mar 17, 199123 mins
Al is haunted by a tune on the radio he can hum but not name, and he gets no help from Peggy or the D'Arcy's. Al similarly haunts Kelly's new boyfriend, Vinnie Verducci, the son of his fellow lowlife friend, Charlie Verducci, when Al warns Vinnie to only look and not touch, which is not easy for Vinnie.
Episode 18
Weenie Tot Lovers & Other Strangers
Sun, Mar 24, 199123 mins
Bud needs money for a class trip to Washington, D.C., but Al hands it over to Kelly, who is auditioning for the Miss Weenie Tot spokesperson. When she wins the role, Al gets a year's supply of his favorite mock-food: Weenie Tots. But since uncooked Tots rapidly disintegrate upon contact with the air, Peggy manages to spoil every single box while searching for a lottery ticket. When Al discovers that he's not eligible for the lottery money since Kelly is now an employee of the Weenie Tot Company, he asks Marcy and Jefferson to accept the money for him.
Episode 19
Kids! Wadaya Gonna Do?
Sun, Mar 31, 199123 mins
Al and Peggy go over to watch a video at Marcy and Jefferson's house and proceed to take over the place. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly seek gainful jobs for themselves, but only Bud gains with his first girlfriend, while Kelly babysits a family of seven kids from Hell.
Episode 20
Top of the Heap
Sun, Apr 7, 199123 mins
In this back-door pilot for the short-lived TV series 'Top of the Heap' and set in the inner city slums of Chicago, divorcee Charlie Verducci and his incredibly dumb, 19-year-old son, Vinnie, are superintendents of a run-down apartment building. Vinnie is recovering from a boxing match that he lost the other night while fending off come-ons from their local underage teen neighbor Mona. Feeling bored with their miserable lives, Charlie comes up with a "Verducci Master Plan": he and Vinnie secretly crash a formal, high society fund-raiser to meet some wealthy women for themselves hoping Vinnie will marry a debutante, while Charlie himself fends off come-ons from a rather large rich woman. They also pay a short visit Charlie's friend, Al Bundy, at the shoe store to exchange some facts of life about women, where Al is revealed to have lost his TV set in a bet due to Vinnie's poor boxing ability.
Episode 21
You Better Shop Around: Part 1
Sun, Apr 14, 199123 mins
Al cannot afford to buy an air conditioner for the hot summer. After an attempt to install an old experimental model, (which results in a neighborhood blackout) Al moves his family into the local supermarket. After a while, they are told by the manager to buy something otherwise they will be sent to the county jail. Al decides to purchase a stick of gum and as he approaches the checkout line, sees Marcy. He decides to cut in front of Marcy and becomes the one millionth customer winning a shopping spree worth $1,000.
Episode 22
You Better Shop Around: Part 2
Sun, Apr 21, 199122 mins
The Bundys and Darcys shop 'til they drop to see who will win $1000 in groceries. Needless to say, Marquis of Queensbury rules will not apply.
Episode 23
Route 666: Part 1
Sun, Apr 28, 199123 mins
While on their way to Los Angeles for a "Shoe Convention," the Bundy's car breaks down in the small town of Lucifer, New Mexico where they meet an old prospector who gives them a map to an old gold mine in the area in exchange for their car. They phone Marcy and Jefferson who come to the rescue, thinking that the kids are dying. But it turns out that Al and Peggy want their money for the mine deal. Then the six of them go off in search for the gold...
Episode 24
Route 666: Part 2
Sun, May 5, 199123 mins
Al, Peggy, Kelly, Bud, Jefferson, and Marcy find the gold mine in the desert. Al discovers the first gold nugget and everyone but the feeble-minded Kelly winds up with a bag full of gold. Al and Peggy have two separate fantasies of how to spend it. But after three days of digging, it's revealed that they're stuck in a tourist attraction seeded with fools gold for the tourists to find. The Bundys and D'Arcys aren't pleased with this turn of events, until they notice the gold watches, rings, and earrings the tourists are wearing...
Episode 25
Buck the Stud
Sun, May 19, 199123 mins
A man offers the Bundy's $10,000 if Buck will breed with his champion dog, Lady Bird. So, Al has to coach Buck into knowing the varieties of breeding with other dogs the proper way. But needless to say it goes wrong and Al is stuck with the bill. Meanwhile, Kelly becomes Bud's fashion counselor and dresses him up in medieval costumes.
