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Sister, Sister Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1997 - 1998
Episode 1
Designer Genes
Wed, Sep 10, 199722 mins
Lisa learns of a benefit fashion show and tries to persuade one of the designers to look at her portfolio. When she fails, Tia and Tamera strike a pose and sneak backstage - as models.
Episode 2
A Separate Peace
Wed, Sep 17, 199721 mins
Tia and Tamera move into separate bedrooms after they insist that they are growing apart.
Episode 3
Working Girls
Wed, Sep 24, 199722 mins
Tamera and Ray have a fall-out over his new girlfriend Vivica who, she says, has turned him into a "gallivanting, promise-breaking Romeo". Meanwhile, Tia lands a job at a mall bookstore and becomes enamored with a mysterious customer.
Episode 4
Show Me the Money
Wed, Oct 1, 199722 mins
Tia finds out that she isn't getting equal pay at her job, because she is a female. Meanwhile, Tamera learns that even the best plans can go wrong when she decides to fight Tia's battle with her boss, who's paying a male employee more money; her decision to pose as Tia and demand equal pay gets her sister fired. So now Tamera has to get Tia's job back before she gets there. Will Tia lose her job, or will Tamera become "hero of the day" and get Tia her job back?
Episode 5
It's My Party
Wed, Oct 8, 199722 mins
The twins heed an uncle's birthday advice to "seize the day" by skipping school and flying to Chicago for a hip-hop concert instead of celebrating with their parents, but a series of misfortunes turns their dream day into a nightmare - especially when Lisa and Ray uncover the truth.
Episode 6
Child's Play
Wed, Oct 15, 199722 mins
When it is SAT time at school, Tia starts freaking out, but Tamera is taking it easy. Not happy by this, the twins say they need a real tutor. After finding a tutor, they get to work. They work all morning and Tia still does not feel prepared. So T.J. goes to plan B, making them relax. T.J. says he missed out on all the fun 'kid' stuff like riding a bike. This tempts Tia, Tamera, and Diavian to help him out. They then take him to "the place to have fun" and Tia finally chills out.
Episode 7
A Friend in Deed
Wed, Oct 29, 199722 mins
Tamera entangles Tia and her friends in a sticky web of deceit after she lies about being able to get a celebrity to appear at a school fund-raiser. Music group Immature performs.
Episode 8
Popular Mechanic
Wed, Nov 5, 199722 mins
Tia's mysterious new friend Tyreke asks her out on a date which, of course, she accepts. When he arrives at the house, everyone learns that he is Ray's new mechanic whom he's mentoring. When Ray forbids Tia from seeing him, he discloses that Tyreke once was a former juvenile delinquent.
Episode 9
The Best Policy
Wed, Nov 12, 199721 mins
Tamera accepts Tia's wager that she cannot tell the truth for one week, but she faces a dilemma when she spies Ray's girlfriend Vivica cheating on him. Meanwhile, a prominent client asks Lisa's opinion about the fit of a gown, forcing her to decide if honesty is really the best policy.
Episode 10
Two's Company
Wed, Nov 19, 199722 mins
After Tia and Tyreke tire of Tamera tagging along on their dates, Tia decides to find her a boyfriend; Tamera has a fight with Jordan, the school newspaper editor and she must do one of her articles over. Who will Tamera find as a boyfriend? Meanwhile, Lisa is asked to eulogize a woman she disliked. At the end, Tamera and Jordan have a heated argument which ends by them telling each other that they like each other.
Episode 11
Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
Wed, Dec 10, 199722 mins
The twins' car breaks down in a bad area and they must get help. Using a payphone they get hold of Ray. Meanwhile, Ray and Lisa go to an opera and Ray disturbs the other people around his seat.
Episode 12
In Sickness and in Health
Wed, Jan 7, 199821 mins
The twins try to reunite Lisa with her younger sister Darcy, whom she has not spoken to in years. Lisa refuses, until Darcy announces that she's in need of surgery.
Episode 13
The Laws
Wed, Jan 21, 199822 mins
After the twins and Diavian are engaged in a battle of the sexes with their beaus, Lisa introduces the girls to "The Laws", of dating. The R&B trio 702 performs.
Episode 14
Rosebud
Wed, Jan 28, 199822 mins
Tamera feels she has something to prove when she pledges an elite sorority, but the club president has other plans for her new pledge. Meanwhile, Ray's old girlfriend Vivica "borrows" his business practices for her own use.
Episode 15
Ladies in Waiting
Wed, Feb 4, 199822 mins
Tamera is excited about her new academic accomplishments, but quickly realizes they are no match to Tia's. While Tia is awaiting an acceptance to Harvard, Tamera decides that instead of going to community college she will try to get into a 4- Year college. But when trying to get into the college of her choice takes more work than she expected, her family begins to worry.
Episode 16
Ladies' Choice
Wed, Feb 11, 199821 mins
After Tia impresses the WNBA's Lisa Leslie at a book signing, she's offered a dream job with the organization's media department. But accepting the job means giving up her other dream - college.
Episode 17
Young at Heart
Wed, Feb 18, 199822 mins
The twins sneak into an over-21 dance club to see hip-hop artist W.C. Meanwhile, Lisa sneaks out of the house to go on a date with Aaron (Khalil Kain), a just-over-21-year-old.
Episode 18
I Have a Dream
Wed, Feb 25, 199821 mins
Tamera is reluctant to go on in life and finish high school. One night she dreams she encounters historical figures who paved the road before her, only they carry the same reluctant attitude towards what they must do, and Tamera must convince them to carry on with their dreams.
Episode 19
You Had to Be There
Wed, Mar 4, 199822 mins
The girls have not left for college yet, and they are already missing Roger. But when he tags along to the mall with their boyfriends, they are sorry they ever met him. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to avoid having her picture taken by Ray and confessing her fear of cameras.
Episode 20
Prom Night
Sun, Apr 26, 199821 mins
Lisa makes dresses for the twins prom, but they have already bought their own. At the prom, they realize everyone has the same dress so they go back to the limo and get the dresses Lisa made. Will they have a perfect prom, or will it be a disaster?
Episode 21
Shoeless
Sun, May 3, 199822 mins
Tamera is left at home to clean the house while Tia and the gang attend Jordan's party - until her grandfather plays fairy godfather to make the impossible possible.
Episode 22
Graduation
Sun, May 17, 199821 mins
Tia, Tamera and their friends prepare for graduation. Lisa searches to find the girls a guest commencement speaker for the ceremony while Tamera and Jordan decide on a farewell song. Tyreke feels left out in the celebration since he never got the chance to receive his diploma. He tells Ray that he wants to get his GED after receiving a promotion as full-mechanic and that he will need time off to study. After failing his exam, Tyreke gives up and decides to take Ray up on his promotion. When Tyreke visits Tia, they get into an argument and face a breakup. Once the girls learn of Tyreke's dilemma, he takes the GED exam again and succeeds.
