Charles in Charge: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Charles in Charge Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Summer Together, Fall Apart
Dec 30, 1989 · 30 min
After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.
Get Thee to a Nuttery
Jan 6, 1990 · 30 min
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
Three Dates & a Walnut
Jan 13, 1990 · 30 min
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
Out with the in Crowd
Jan 20, 1990 · 30 min
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
There's a Girl in My Ficus
Jan 27, 1990 · 30 min
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
Feb 3, 1990 · 30 min
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
Baby Bummer
Feb 10, 1990 · 30 min
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
Paper Covers Rock
Feb 17, 1990 · 30 min
A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.
Advice and Contempt
Mar 3, 1990 · 30 min
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
Daffy Doc
Apr 28, 1990 · 30 min
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
Buddy Flips a Disc
May 5, 1990 · 30 min
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
Brain Man
May 12, 1990 · 30 min
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
Don't Rock the Vote
May 19, 1990 · 30 min
Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.
Let's Quake a Deal
May 26, 1990 · 30 min
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
Up Your IQ
Jun 2, 1990 · 30 min
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
All That Chaz
Jun 9, 1990 · 30 min
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
Lost Resort
Sep 1, 1990 · 30 min
Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Dead Puck Society
Sep 8, 1990 · 30 min
Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment
La Cage Aux Fools
Sep 15, 1990 · 30 min
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
Almost Family
Oct 20, 1990 · 30 min
Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Seeing Is Believing
Oct 27, 1990 · 30 min
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
Fair Exchange
Nov 3, 1990 · 30 min
Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
Charles Be DeMille
Nov 10, 1990 · 30 min
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.