Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist: 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 Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 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
Old Man
Jun 17, 1998
Katz seems to be losing energy and is sleeping later in the morning. He wonders if he's feverish, but in fact, he feels a little cold.
Fanny Pack
Jun 22, 1998
Katz gets a fanny pack to hold his cell phone, beeper, electronic organizer, and various other technological gadgets.
Metaphors
Jun 29, 1998
Katz brings up the job issue with Ben, and a series of metaphors ensues.
Movies
Jul 6, 1998
Katz and Ben try to decide on a movie. Katz wants to see ""Love Strings"" (a chick flick), while Ben wants to see ""Fire Power.
Ticket
Jul 13, 1998
Katz gets a ticket for running a stop sign, despite his efforts to lighten up the cop (""That is a great color for you""). Ben asks, ""Why didn't you play with his mind?"" and sugg
Phone Luv
Jul 20, 1998
Ben becomes enamored of Cindy, a telemarketer from Telepurchase. He mistakes her powerful sales skills for actual affection, and wants to have a private conversation with her, resu
Chain Letter
Jul 27, 1998
Ben is surprised to get a letter from boyhood friend Lance Garcy. Turns out it's a chain letter, and Ben is quite awed by its power of causing tragedy to strike those who ignore it
Babysitting Ben
Aug 3, 1998
Katz gets a death threat, via Laura, who is unclear on the details; she didn't press for more information because ""I didn't want to make him angry--er.""
Miles Away
Aug 10, 1998
Ben's goes to visit his cousin Sarah, in an unnamed city, from whom he once stole money when he was 6 (""It was over a dollar,"" he says as he worries whether she's still upset).
London Broil
Aug 17, 1998
Ben points out, ""When we spend time together over breakfast: boring,"" leading to a discussion of the old games he and Katz used to play when Ben was a kid. Katz asks him to take
Feng Shui
Aug 24, 1998
Ben begins rearranging the furniture in the apartment after picking up a book on Feng Shui, an ancient Chinese philosophy that teaches believers to arrange the objects in their sur
Alderman
Sep 21, 1998
Katz is disturbed to learn that the city alderman he voted for is corrupt. He talks about what HE would do if he were alderman: ""I'd like to bring crime back into the streets and
Paranoia
Sep 28, 1998
Ben wakes Katz up in the middle of the night, claiming to hear a noise. Katz hears it too, and they both think they're being burglarized. After first trying to scare off the burgla
Waltz
Oct 5, 1998
As Katz and Ben prepare to go to Katz's niece Rachel's wedding, Katz discovers that since Uncle Morty is dead, he'll have to dance with Rachel -- and he can't waltz.
Anniversary
Oct 12, 1998
Katz's wedding anniversary is approaching, so Ben wants to do something for him.
Community Theater
Oct 19, 1998
Katz is auditioning for a community theater production of ""Love's Retreat.
Ping-Pong
Oct 26, 1998
Katz's old ping-pong rival David Stanick calls and wants to play again -- for $750. Katz agrees and starts to train and worry.
Thanksgiving
Nov 23, 1998
It's Thanksgiving, and something big happening: Katz's ex-wife Roz is coming for dinner