Family Affair: 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 Family Affair 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
The Good Neighbors
Sep 17, 1970 · 30 min
Tired of the unfriendliness from all of the tenants in the building, Buffy and Jody decide to throw a party for all of the neighbors. Then the neighbors get stuck in an elevator an
Desert Isle: Manhattan Style
Sep 24, 1970 · 30 min
Bill asks Cissy to babysit the twin while he and French are out. When her boyfriend calls and asks her to go on a trip, she calls someone else to take her place and then just leave
Eastward Ho!
Oct 1, 1970 · 30 min
Bill's friend, Eng Ho, is planning an arranged marriage for his daughter, Ming Lee, and wants Bill to give her a place to stay until the wedding. Cissy then makes friends with her
Meet Emily
Oct 8, 1970
When Mr. French gets too strict with the kids, Bill decides that he needs to loosen up. Bill hires Emily Turner to help Mr. French out, and she is won over by the kids because of h
The Return of Maudie
Oct 15, 1970 · 30 min
French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.
It Can't Be Five Years
Oct 22, 1970 · 30 min
The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds hi
Travels with Cissy
Oct 29, 1970 · 30 min
Cissy and Gregg? Getting married? Not if Bill can help it. He takes the kids to California to get Cissy to change her mind. Bill then takes her to a studio party where Cissy meets
Stamp of Approval
Nov 5, 1970 · 30 min
Jody falls for a girl named Geraldine only because he wants her stamp. Bill falls for a woman to get a job with her foundation. Jody then talks about stamp collecting and Geraldine
And Baby Makes Eight
Nov 12, 1970 · 30 min
Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
The Unsinkable Mr. French
Dec 3, 1970 · 30 min
Events conspire to make French lose his cool.
Wish You Were Here
Dec 10, 1970 · 30 min
Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.
Feat of Clay
Dec 17, 1970 · 30 min
Bill's new girlfriend gives him a genuine primitive Colombian artifact, in which Buffy and Jody take to school and to have it broken! They try to put the pieces back together again
Heroes Are Born
Dec 31, 1970
Jody makes friends with a boy in teh park whose uncle is Ken Granger, a football superstar. Jody starts worshipping the ground that Granger walks on until he finds out that Granger
Too Late, Too Soon
Jan 14, 1971 · 30 min
Emily playes matchmaker to Mr. French and Miss Faversham, and a matchbreaker to her son Jim and Cissy. Bill thinks that Emily believes that Jim is not good enough for Cissy.
The Littlest Exile
Jan 21, 1971 · 30 min
The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.
Put Your Dreams Away
Jan 28, 1971 · 30 min
Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide
The Joiners
Feb 4, 1971 · 30 min
Buffy wants to join a clique, but is dropped because she is younger by one year. Bill makes a deal with Shirley, the leader, that if he builds them a clubhouse, Buffy can join the
Cinder-Emily
Feb 11, 1971 · 30 min
Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help h
Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
Feb 18, 1971 · 30 min
Buffy meets a real, live Mrs. Beasley, an old lady who owns a toy store, when a friend forces her to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley.
Buffy's Fair Lady
Feb 25, 1971 · 30 min
Buffy meets a chubby girl named Angela who has a crush on Jody. Buffy tries her best to turn Angela into a lovely young lady and puts together a party so Angela can make friends. B
You Can't Fight City Hall
Mar 4, 1971 · 30 min
Buffy, Jody and their friend Ricky find a vacant lot where they can play, until the city decides to put a parking lot on that space.