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Spin City Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Hello Charlie
Wed, Oct 18, 200030 mins
Mike's successor as deputy mayor, Washington veteran Charlie Crawford, is late on his first day and finds hi s first job, settling a toll booth workers' strike, problematic as their spokesperson is a long-forgotten x of his who insists on closure, so Caitlin promises to coach him. The mayor misses Mike, so that's how he calls Charlie. The rest of the gang falls over each-other, desperate to get in the boss's good books, which in Paul's case is presumed hopeless, but Charlie proves easy.
Episode 2
Smile
Wed, Oct 25, 200030 mins
The mayor must launch a 'Smile, New York' campaign, but needs dental care first. Charlie must take Randall to his childhood dentist, Dr. Marsh Laughlin, but he dies on the spot and sycophant Paul convinces the boss he still look good enough. Caitlin gets to hire an assistant for Charlie and her, but can't resist gorgeous airhead Blake's unprofessional charms. He becomes Paul's disciple and every girl eye-candy, but must be fired. Stuart feeds Carter's indignation over a bicycle stealing his parking space until it turns him into a bully, then snaps the trap.
Episode 3
The Spanish Prisoner
Wed, Nov 1, 200030 mins
When a reporter finds out Charlie never finished college, actually due to frat drinking, he plans to take his lacking Spanish exam quietly. Alasn Caitlin finds out and brings the press to his course. Once he has a good deal with eager beaver whiz kid Lewis, Caitlin strikes again. The mayor wants buddy talks, but the watercooler he gets installs as focus only attracts sycophant Paul. Jealous Stuart uses rags to challenge Carter's unnatural friendship with Caitlin.
Episode 4
The Bone Collectors
Wed, Nov 8, 200030 mins
Charlie goes to great length to protect Caitlin against her own utter incompetence when live talk-show host Regis Philbin gives her a shot at a childhood dream, acting as his assistant presenter. So Charlie must delegate to ever-bickering Paul and Stuart the delicate balancing of archaeological interest of presumed dinosaur bones and urgent public works, soon degenerating in ruthless rivalry to pose for the press as 'Indiana Bones'. The mayor takes his first holiday since his divorce, but stays in his Hawaian hotel room in video)contact with Carter, even at night.
Episode 5
Blind Faith
Wed, Nov 15, 200030 mins
An abrasive blind man finds Caitlin dull, spurns her, and causes her to try to improve her personality. In need of a religion refresher, Randall and Charlie accidentally wreak havoc on Claudia's religious education class and her future.
Episode 6
Balloons over Broadway
Wed, Nov 22, 200030 mins
It's Thanksgiving and the staff all have plans but at a press conference some representing Native Americans asks the Mayor why there are no balloons that depict Native Americans and the Mayor says he'll get one even though the parade is the next day. Stuart finds one which is offensive so he has it fixed. But at the parade because it has too much helium it floats away and it's covering is removed. So now they have to find a way to handle it further ruining everyone's plans. Caitlin learns Charlie's going away with a girl who is not so sophisticated and makes fun of him about it. And Paul's mother comes for a visit and she's not aware that Claudia left him and he can't tell her. But when she figures it out, he says Caitlin is his new girlfriend.
Episode 7
Lost and Found
Wed, Nov 29, 200030 mins
Charlie, upon meeting Caitlin's yoga instructor tries to make a move on her by joining her class and succeeds. And after spending the night with her her, he was planning to give her the brush off but before he can, she does. And when Charlie tells everyone what happened, they say he was used, which he refuses to admit.
Episode 8
All the Wrong Moves
Wed, Dec 6, 200030 mins
Charlie is swamped with paperwork, yet the mayor drags him away to racquetball. Charlie gets too cranky to loose o purpose, but that crushes the mayor's confidence, which makes him an easy prey in the upcoming budget meetings, as proved by lacking inspiration to humiliatingly turns down Paul's annual raise request. So Charlie must allow Winston to pose as the bigger man who lost on purpose, but that goes wrong again. Meanwhile Carter's gay date for an art gala canceled the very day. Caitlin fails to find him a suitable stand-in, but Stuart goes the extra length, only to lose control of his creature.
Episode 9
The Burgers of Wrath
Wed, Dec 13, 200030 mins
In order to undo the image damage resulting from the mayor's mindless public silver spoon arrogance, he and team Charlie volunteer for a day to help out in a hamburger joint, counting on a slow day but an event causes a record rush. Carter's perfectionism drives his colleagues crazy, but his education pep-talks worked out even worse on the regular workers. Paul teaches Caitlin, sexually starved with Mike away, his tricks of ascetic celibacy, but may loose that knack instead. To impress a motor-obsessed city hall employee, Stuart volunteers to drive home her motorcycle, which requires overcoming his lifelong phobia and braving inter-island traffic.
Episode 10
Toy Story
Wed, Dec 20, 200030 mins
The police confiscated a load of toys, which the mayor promptly promised to donate as Christmas presents to an orphanage, actually for the photo-opportunity with him as Santa. Charlie realizes some still contain hard-drugs, so they, Stewart and Paul, which two bicker over Christmas cards, must sneak in to test and weed the toys, but are found out. Carter meanwhile visits a rest home, like every year, but now Caitlin, unwilling to admit being less humanitarian, volunteers to help, only to find herself stuck with the rotten jobs, like shoveling snow, while he still gets the appreciation.
Episode 11
The Perfect Dorm
Wed, Jan 10, 200130 mins
Now Claudia in in a convent, Paul looses their apartment. Carter and Stuart pretend the vacant one near theirs was just snapped, but feel guilty when he moves into a dorm with abusively hazing frat scamps. The mayor was fined for parking in a handicapped-reserved spot. To mend his image, he wants a ramp in city hall, but takes over from the 'loitering' contractor, causing real trouble.
Episode 12
Hey Judith
Wed, Jan 17, 200130 mins
Tired of the lonely, bored mayor commandeering him for mindless pastimes, Charlie reluctantly helps Caitlin set him up with her neighbor Judith, only to regret that bitterly as she soon has Randall whipped. She even takes over as political adviser, albeit without any competence, so Charlie must rescue the mayor at a prominent speech she ruined. Having obliged carted by attending a ballet, Stuart drags him along to an ice hockey match. Their seats switch to spare an unamused real fan leads to tension when Stuart's gets a go at the $1,000,000 single puck shot. Paul hopes his 1/8 Canadian blood could earn him some profit and days off.
Episode 13
The Gambler
Wed, Jan 24, 200130 mins
Charlie's rapid success at his new job got him cocky enough to accept a poker invitation from Paul, Stuart and Carter, who ignored he's a former gambling addict, and Paul's asinine taunting drives him over the edge, betting with several bookies more then he can afford. carter's attempt to mount an 'inervention' fails as such, yet inspires Charlie to choose professional excellence himself. The mayor needs a new housekeeper, but Caitlin, who volunteered to help select one, keeps finding absurd excuses to refuse or scare off every suitable candidate.
Episode 14
In the Company of Dudes
Wed, Feb 7, 200130 mins
To defend the mayor after a terrible fashion show faux-pas, Charlie hires his frat buddy Scott. The beer buddies' reunion turns somewhat bitter as Charlie isn't amused to see the slick devil court Caitlin. Infatuated with a new colleague, Paul takes Carter's posh courting advice, which drives her into Stuart's uncomplicated arms.
Episode 15
The Image Maker
Wed, Feb 14, 200130 mins
The mayor's popularity is down alarmingly, especially with women. Julia Rhodes, the consultant Caitlin hires, insists that Charlie must make a domesticated, pro-feminist appearance in Rosie O'Donnell's sassy TV talk show. Carter's messed-up matchmaking puts Stuart back under the influence of his classy but wickedly domineering ex Ann, who turns the rebel back into a whipped boy.
Episode 16
Trainstopping
Wed, Feb 21, 200130 mins
Another 'meaningless kiss' from spin-doctor Julia Rhodes lights passion between her and Charlie, who is determined to impress her but the dinner is wrecked by her allergy. He's desperate for another chance at a dinner with her family, but terribly late and in a vile state after being stuck in the subway as the mayor's latest silver spoon gaffe required the team being seen there, with Sturat championing his bid for 'car leader' while it's stuck. Paul's cuckoo laundry is kept 'hostage' until by their weird gay neighbor Kurt until he arranges a date with Carter, who demands a restaurant even he can't get a reservation in, so Paul passes him off as Cuba Gooding Jr.
Episode 17
Rain on My Charades
Wed, Feb 28, 200130 mins
Charlie is sick of Julia's student gang's childishly-tame party games, so he fakes illness to sneakily play truant at a sports stadium with the boys, but Paul gives the game away. The mayor is a nervous wreck due to a visit 'hoem' from his rebellious daughter Meg, who presents her boyfriend Trent, perfect to ruin all his ambitious plans for her to basically follow in his footsteps, so Randall is desperate to check on her.
Episode 18
You've Got Male
Wed, Apr 25, 200130 mins
As only Paul golfs among the staffer, Winston takes him along as fake 'son' in a tournament. After their victory, Paul tries to stretch his 'fikial' privileges too far. Tycoon Daniel Bryant donates valuable real estate to the city. He's quite happy to see it used for basketball as proposed by instant-buddy Charlie, but Caitlin's jealousy of the 'old boys network' requires desperate attempts to sell an alternative project. Stuart finally gets a shot a writing a pron script, but needs inspiration from colleagues, especially Carter.
Episode 19
Minor League
Wed, May 2, 200130 mins
A talent scout remembers Charlie since high-school and offers him a try-out for adult baseball. Hearing that's a nagging old ambition, Caitlin seduces pitcher Carson to allow Charlie a moment of glory to 'get it out of his system', but that only rekindles the flame. After the mayor receives death threats, a security company is hired to provide bodyguards. Paul, as press front man, gets his own, Vince, and shamelessly seizes his change to repay Stuart's yearlong abuse, but the tables turn again. Carter brings Rags along, proud of hair extensions, but everyone mistakes the dog for vermin.
Episode 20
Science Friction
Wed, May 9, 200130 mins
When his wife's book turns out a great laugh, but at the expense of his male pride, mayor Winston gets so depressed he is unfit to appear in public and must be replaced by his top aids. Superrich most eligible bachelor Tim Connelly is very pleased he thus spends an evening with Caitlin, who is attracted to him, except his embarrassingly boyish obsession with a SciFi series, which even means their next date is a fan convention. Charlie has a ball getting mayoral attention. Stuart enjoys taunting his colleagues by helping stingy Paul steal Carter's nicotine chewing gum, so they'll both be tortured by its addictive properties.
Episode 21
Brotherly Love
Wed, May 16, 200130 mins
Carter helps his sister get a job at City Hall, but lets Stuart and Paul think she is his lover. Randall thinks he looks like Charlton Heston. Charlie and Tim compete for Caitlin's affections.
Episode 22
A Shot in the Dark: Part 1
Wed, May 23, 200130 mins
When Tim doesn't just propose another evening with Caitlin but a trip to St.Barts, she has her first real row with Charlie. After the press finds out the mayors limousine was carjacked with him, Paul and Charlie in it, PR demands they spend a night with an officer on patrol in a police car, while Stuart and Carter ride a police horse together; Charlie gets shot -accidentally as a video camera proves, but by...- which brings Caitlin running back to him, only to find out it's just a superficial wound...
Episode 23
A Shot in the Dark: Part 2
Wed, May 23, 200130 mins
Charlie finally gets Caitlin prepared to make love with him despite her relationship with Tim, but decides against risking his best friendship ever with a female. Neither she or the 'mates' would leave him, so he decides to prove being 'unavailable' by resuming his affair with madly jealous Kara, who will torch his bed again if she even gets wind of another woman. feeling guilty for ruining former prep school mate and unbeatable rival Chad Fallensbee, the mayor hires him to lead a program for homeless veterans. Chad's success with press and woman renders Randall so jealous that he set him up again, as wallet thief.
