Clarissa Explains It All: Season 5
Clarissa Explains It All Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 13 episodes.
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 Clarissa Explains It All 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.
Season overview
Clarissa Explains It All Season 5 continues the overarching saga across 13 episodes.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
The Cycle
Oct 23, 1993
When Olvia's brother wants to sell his motorcycle, Clarissa stores it in the garage and plans to later buy it. Her parents have always told her she couldn't get a car but they nev
A New Mom
Nov 13, 1993
Clarissa has a history assignment: take something old, tired, and worn out, and reinvent it. So Clarissa tries to reinvent her mom.
Editor In Chief
Nov 13, 1993
Clarissa learns a few lessons about responsibility when she becomes the editor in chief for her school newspaper.
Piper Comes to Visit
Dec 4, 1993
Clarissa has her work cut out for her, when Piper, the daughter of one of her mom's old school friends comes to stay and is far from friendly.
Alter Ego
Dec 18, 1993
Clarissa and Sam go to a party dressed as cool, hip, outrageous characters. Clarissa dons a wig, a tatoo, and a nose ring and decides to call herself Jade. At the party, she falls
Sam's Dad
Jan 8, 1994
Clarissa and Sam sign up for the school intern program to help them get aquainted with the real world. Clarissa ends up as Mr. Ander's intern and Sam is Mr. Darling's intern. How
The Firm
Jan 15, 1994
Marshall joins an architectual firm after receiving some very generous offers from the corporation. But the money doesn't seem to make up for how the entire family feels about the
Janet and Clarissa, Inc.
Feb 10, 1994
After Clarissa is given a class assignment to invent and market an environmentally safe product, she teams up with her mom to market Bouncy Balls- yummy health treats that bounce w
Dear Clarissa
Mar 12, 1994
Clarissa is given her own advice column in the school paper. She soon finds out that giving people good advice isn't as easy as she thought.
Ferguson Explains It All
Apr 23, 1994
Ferguson orders a pair of new mind control glasses and decides to try them out on the family. However, Clarissa decides to fight back too as she has the same mind control glasses.
U.F.O.
Jul 16, 1994
Clarissa discovers that real science can be really weird. After interviewing a woman who supposedly spotted a UFO, Clarissa decides to get to the bottom of the UFO phenomena hersel
Clarissa Gets Arrested
Jul 23, 1994
When Clarissa decides to protest against animal testing at Woolcott Industries, she and Sam end up getting arrested! But afterward they can't decide whose parents they should call
The Last Episode
Oct 1, 1994
It's a sad day as Clarissa complete her last assignment for the Dispatch - an article dedicated to the future.. where will everyone be in 20 years?