City Guys: 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 City Guys 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
This Old Nerd
Sep 8, 2001
Jamal creates a monster when he gives his geeky bud a makeover. Meanwhile, the gang gets Miss Noble a hot watch for her birthday.
E-Breakup
Sep 8, 2001
Affairs of the heart plague Dawn, who finds her cyber-beau is an old friend, while Jamal's love life is barely breathing.
Chicken Run
Sep 22, 2001
Jamal is labeled a chicken when he refuses to fight a gang member. Wanting to get rid of his reputation, he fights the gang member. The gang member pulls out a knife and stabs Chri
Papa Please
Sep 22, 2001
Chris meets Cassidy's father for the first time. Also, Dawn vows with the help of Al to rid Ms. Noble of her addictive smoking habit.
Red Dawn
Sep 29, 2001
Dawn has trouble accepting that Al has started dating a new girl so soon after their break up. Meanwhile, Chris, Jamal and El-Train hold a survivor type competition in the park wit
Dances With Malcolm
Sep 29, 2001
Jamal teams up with Malcolm, his dance nemesis to audition as backup dancers for a group called six-street. Dawn and Cassidy ask Al and El-Train to secretly take over their advice
Skips, Lies and Radiotapes
Oct 6, 2001
It is senior ditch day at Manny High. Jamal and Chris want to spend this special day bungee jumping with Cassidy, Al, and El-Train. Ms. Noble tells them they can't go because they
Dawn Don't Know Jack
Oct 13, 2001
Dawn falls for and starts dating Chris's old friend, Jack from his former prep school and she tells Cassidy that he might be the one. Chris finds out that Jack is still with his o
Rosie O'Diner
Oct 13, 2001
Jamal falls for and after some mistakes in introducing himself, he hooks up with and starts dating one of the waitresses at the Manhattan diner named Rosie. She is very independen
Cassidy Couch
Oct 20, 2001
Cassidy auditions for a play with a prominent Broadway director. She manages to get a small role but is thrilled just being in the play. Later, Chris sees the lead actress quit bec
Brother From Another Mother
Oct 20, 2001
There is a heat wave going through New York, Dawn convinces Ms. Noble to allow a small waiting pool on the roof of Manny High. Instead Al and Chris secretly set up a large swimmin
Weight On Jamal
Oct 27, 2001
Jamal wants to get into USC, but his coach tells him that he isn't in shape enough to be considered for the team. He starts working out and is offered steroids at the health club.
Basket Case
Oct 27, 2001
El-Train believes that by participating in any form of sports competition against his new girlfriend, Kianna will result in conflict which will lead to the disintegration of their
An SAT Carol
Nov 3, 2001
Ms. Noble concludes the SAT prep class that she has been teaching and tells her students to go home. She is excited because Billy is taking her out to the disco tonight. Ms. Nobl
Mock The Vote
Nov 3, 2001
Dawn is running for Senior Class President against a pompous and overconfident student named Thane Watkins. Jamal and Chris contribute to Dawn losing out on the position when they
Pros And Cons
Nov 10, 2001
El-Train becomes popular among the ladies during the reciting and singing of his poetry which causes him to pay less attention to his girlfriend, Kianna. Meanwhile Al, Chris, and J
Why Y'All Clippin
Nov 10, 2001
The whole gang is having problems over a yearbook picture and are giving each other the silent treatment. So Ms. Noble calls everybody to Manny High on Saturday to work things out
Model Behavior
Nov 17, 2001
A model agency is recruiting girls for thier magazine. Jamal's girlfriend, Rosie, signs up and gets featured in the magazine. Jamal is having probelms with guys googling over his g
Almost Fatal
Nov 17, 2001
After Chris, Jamal, and Al survive a car crash, they start going through some changes as they now view life in a whole new perspective. The three friends begin live to their lives
Anchors Away
Nov 24, 2001
The time for Ms. Noble's retirement and the gang's graduation is drawing near and everybody is excited, except for Dawn. Witnessing the preparation for next year and the new chang
Video Killed The Radio Star
Dec 1, 2001
The students of Manny High have a statue made of Ms. Noble in honor of her tenure as principal of Manny High placed near the front of the school. At the tribute, Ms. Noble tells t
Prom-Lems
Dec 1, 2001
Prom night finds Chris and Cassidy at odds over their post-graduation futures, while Dawn and Al finally find some common ground when it comes to who should ask whom to the dance.
Goodbye Manny High
Dec 8, 2001
The whole gang is getting ready for graduation, but they are sent the wrong diplomas. There is another problem when El-Train might not be able to graduate. Things all work out in
And Then There Were None
Dec 8, 2001
A few months have passed since Ms. Noble has retired as Principal and Jamal, Chris, Cassidy, El-Train, Dawn, and Al have graduated from Manny High. Ms. Noble and the gang decide t
Al's In Toyland
Dec 15, 2001
At his new job, Al attempts to advertise a toy gun without violence and gore, which is against his boss's wishes. Meanwhile, Ms. Noble has signed up Chris, Jamal, El-Train, Dawn,