Dharma & Greg: 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 Dharma & Greg 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
Intensive Caring
Sep 25, 2001
The fifth season begins in the aftermath of last May's car crash, with both sets of parents arriving at the hospital and Dharma just out of surgery and groggy from anesthesia. The
With a Little Help From My Friend
Sep 25, 2001
Dharma decides that her accident must be a manifestation of the universe shuffling her cosmic deck of cards so that she can help people—from the hospital, physical therapy, insur
Papa Was Almost a Rolling Stone
Oct 2, 2001
Dharma learns that her dad, Larry, used to sing and play guitar in a band but gave it all up when she was born. Feeling guilty, she tries to convince him to perform again. Meanwhil
Sexual Healing
Oct 9, 2001
At the same time that Dharma's doctor gives her permission to resume sexual relations, Greg sees their totaled car for the first time since the accident and learns that the insuran
Without Reservations
Oct 16, 2001
Greg doesn't put out a welcome mat when Dharma turns their place into a temporary bed-and-breakfast.
Try to Remember This Kind of September
Oct 23, 2001
Dharma finds herself inadvertently trying to compete with a visiting childhood friend. Dharma and September grew up together in a commune, and September has remained loyal to her n
Used Karma
Oct 30, 2001
When Greg starts to dress and act strangely after driving the used car Dharma recently bought, she worries he's been possessed by the spirit of the car's previous owner, a petty cr
Home is Where the Art Is
Nov 13, 2001
Jenna Elfman's real-life husband Bodhi Elfman guest stars as an old performance artist friend of Dharma's who convinces her to co-star with him in his latest work: To live ""on dis
Wish We Weren't Here
Nov 20, 2001
Bad weather grounds Dharma and Greg's flight in Indiana.
Dream A Little Dream of Her
Nov 27, 2001
Dharma tries to learn the identity of Greg's fantasy girl; Greg's truthfulness upsets things at his parents' place.
A Fish Tale
Dec 4, 2001
Animal-rights activist Abby bans Greg from the Finkelstein home when she learns he and Edward are going fishing.
Previously on Dharma & Greg
Dec 11, 2001
Greg proposing to another woman? Dharma bringing another man home to meet the folks? This landmark flashback episode takes place six months prior to the series pilot and shows Dhar
Protecting the Ego-System
Jan 8, 2002
Kitty brings Dharma to the ground-breaking ceremony of her arch-nemesis Teensy Manhart's new outdoor amphitheater. But Dharma takes a flying leap into the path of the spade in prot
Near-Death of a Salesman
Mar 5, 2002
A heart attack scare during Larry's business pitch for his chili causes Edward to reminisce about a simpler time in his life, when he wasn't a high-pressured ""captain of industry"
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ... My Wife
Mar 12, 2002
Dharma is the inspiration for her nerdy neighbor/admirer's new comic book heroine, the Blonde Tornado, a sexy, crime-fighting superwoman. While Dharma enjoys her newfound stardom,
I Think, Therefore I Am in Trouble
Mar 19, 2002
Supermodel Claudia Schiffer guest stars as Gretchen, a drop-dead gorgeous new lawyer in Greg's office about whom he's having sexual fantasies. Guilt-ridden over his inappropriate t
She's with the Band
Mar 26, 2002
After suddenly joining a rock band that includes the rebellious teenage daughter of one of Greg's clients, Dharma invites the musicians to live with her and Greg.
Mission: Implausible
Apr 2, 2002
A visit from Kirk, a younger alumnus from Greg's law school, launches an unsuspecting Greg into the middle of a crazy college game with very specific rules developed by ""seriously
This Diamond Ring
Apr 2, 2002
When Dharma discovers that her drivers license has expired, Greg demands that she be a little more responsible—which is when Dharma discovers she has lost the priceless family he
The Tooth Is Out There
Apr 9, 2002
Dharma encourages Larry to ask his brother George for a loan to buy Larry's favourite conspiracy bookshop; when strange things start to go wrong, Dharma suspects that George is plo
The Parent Trap
Apr 16, 2002
While Kitty prepares to renew her marriage vows, Dharma entertains Marlene's parents.
Tuesday's Child
Apr 23, 2002
A little girl forms an attachment to Dharma and Greg; Kitty is ordered to perform community service.
The Mamas and the Papas (a.k.a. Finale) (1)
Apr 30, 2002
In the first part of this special one-hour season and series finale, Dharma and Greg find themselves once again trying to make peace between their polar opposite parents when an a
The Mamas and the Papas (a.k.a. Finale) (2)
Apr 30, 2002
Dharma & Greg get stuck in a snowstorm after leaving the chalet and begin to wonder how their diverse upbringings will affect them as parents. (Part 2 of 2)