Best Week Ever: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Best Week Ever Season 4.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
September 15th, 2006
Sep 15, 2006
<I>Dancing with the Stars</I>, Racist TV, Diddy, Katie Couric; Sizzler: Lindsay Lohan needs underpants, Kirsten Dunst’s sex stories, Brad Pitt marriage demands, 50 Cent gets arrest
September 22, 2006
Sep 22, 2006
<I>Grey’s Anatomy</I>, Fergie, Daytime Talk, TMX Elmo; Sizzler: Lindsay Lohan actually hurt, Willie Nelson arrested, Jackie Chan admitted to doing porn (31 years ago) Courtney Love
September 29, 2006
Sep 29, 2006
<I>Heroes</I>, <I>Desperate Housewives</I>, Janet Jackson, Oprah’s Road Trip, Screech’s Sex Tape; Sizzler: Tara Reid deflates, Miss Cleo is gay, Jessica Simpson’s rooster pendant;
October 6, 2006
Oct 6, 2006
<I>Lost</I>, Mark Foley, Flavor Flav, Jerry Springer; Sizzler: Paris Hilton gets punched by Shanna Moakler, Jennifer Aniston & Vince Vaughn break up, George Clooney’s fake dates, G
October 20, 2006
Oct 20, 2006
Next Level with Rob Huebel: Dwight Yoakam’s Chicken Lickin Chicken Rings, Business Bib, Neiman Marcus Christmas Catalog; Madonna Adopts, Sara Evans, Studio 60, Catch a Predator; Si
October 27, 2006
Oct 27, 2006
Madonna, Kazakhstan, Rush Limbaugh, 24 Trailer; Pop Culture Mother Teresa Award for Self Sacrifice: Tara Reid on botched boob jobs; Sizzler: Snoop Dog boarded a plane with a baton,
November 3, 2006
Nov 1, 2006
Frangela talks about Oprah’s giveaway; Borat, Halloween, Reese and Ryan, Play 2 Win; Sizzler: Marcia Cross’s nude pics, Flavor Flav becomes a dad for the 7th time; Ugly Betty: Gay
November 10, 2006
Nov 10, 2006
Paul F. Tompkins: Celebrity Defender: K-Fed Divorce; Britney Spears, <I>Dancing with the Stars</I>, <I>Desperate Housewives</I>, Gay Celebs; Sizzler: Matthew McConaughey turned dow
November 17th, 2006
Nov 17, 2006
Tomkat wedding, <I>Dancing with the Stars</I>, PS3, Shatner, OJ Simpson; Sizzler: Hillary Swank hit in the face, Kevin Federline claims to have a sex tape, Madonna plans to adopt a
December 1st, 2006
Dec 1, 2006
Britney and Paris, Michael Richards, Pam & Kid Rock, Holiday Gifts; Sizzler: Sienna Miller buys handcuffs, Lindsay Lohan, Snoop Dogg arrested, Kevin Federline’s affair with a porn
Best Year Ever
Dec 15, 2006
Million Dollar Babies, Deride & Conquer (<I>Borat</I>) Mel-O-Drama; Doug Benson: Pop Culture Bachelor: Fergie, Clay Aiken, Maury Povich, Leslie Nielsen, Vincent from <I>Project Run
January 19th, 2007
Jan 19, 2007
American Idol, Britney Spears, Golden Globes, Pop Culture Bachelor: Armed & Famous, All My Children, Gwen Stefani, Steve Jobs, Tigger; Sizzler: Isaiah Washington, Lindsay Lohan ent
January 26, 2007
Jan 26, 2007
Are you homophobic?; Paris exposed, Lindsay Lohan, <I>American Idol</I>, Oscar nominations; Sizzler: Rachel Ray criticized Oprah?, Resturant industry complaining about K-Fed’s comm
February 2, 2007
Feb 2, 2007
Boston: 911 Call; Tyra Banks, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, American Idol; Doug Benson: Trailer Scene Investigation: Black Snake Moan; Sizzler: Kate Moss & Pete Dougherty, Anne Hech
February 9, 2007
Feb 9, 2007
Astronauts, Britney, American Idol, Prince, Celebrity Rehab, Anna Nicole Smith; Sizzler: Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera on Ellen; Black History Moment with Frangela: Black g
February 23, 2007
Feb 23, 2007
Britney Spears, Anna Nicole Smith, Grey’s Anatomy, Tyra, Oscar Preview Sizzler: Alex Rodriguez, Kim Mathers, Carmeron Diaz & Djimon Honsou Paul Scheer: TV Eulogist: The OC In Ca
March 2nd, 2007
Mar 2, 2007
Race to the Grave: James Brown vs Anna Nicole Smith American Idol, Oscars, Paris Hilton, Jesus’ Tomb Oscar Montage Sizzler: Hugh Hefner getting married, Drew Barrymore & Cameron
March 9th, 2007
Mar 9, 2007
Antonella, Idol Surprises, the Other F Word, Pussycat Dolls, Doug Benson: Trailer Scene Investigator: Spiderman 3 <B>Sizzler</B>: Jared Leto breaks his nose, Jason Wahler, John Po
March 23rd, 2007
Mar 23, 2007
Brandon Rogers Sings Most of Many Popular Songs Sanjaya, Angelina Jolie, Heather Mills, Naomi Campbell <B>Idol Worship</B>: Melinda Dolittle <B>Sizzler</B>: Lindsay Lohan DJing,