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Hang Time: Season 5

14 episodes Premiered Sep 11, 1999
Previously on Hang Time

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 Hang Time 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.
Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (11): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Hello and Goodbye

Sep 11, 1999

Hammer is offered an out of state scholarship and is forced to leave the team and Mary Beth. Meanwhile, Antonio moves to Texas to be with Kristy, and Rico has already left the tea

S5·E2 Core

Managing Michael

Sep 18, 1999

After becoming the manager of Michael's band, Mary Beth tries to talk to a record executive. However, she finds that he's not willing to listen to anything that a female manager h

S5·E3 Core

Beer Pressure

Oct 2, 1999

Julie starts dating an older guy named Jason. He continually encourages her to do more mature things, like stay out late on school nights. Because she's still a high school stude

S5·E4 Core

Extreme Eugene

Oct 9, 1999

Eugene takes up an interest in skateboarding and starts to act like it's more important than basketball. After the Coach won't cut Eugene any breaks and allow him time for both sp

S5·E5 Core

Too Good to Be True

Oct 16, 1999

Michael meets a man at a pickup basketball game and gets not only a loan from him, but a job as well. After Julie finds out that the man is a college recruiter, they're worried th

S5·E6 Core

Shall We Dance?

Oct 23, 1999

Julie and Antonio both love swing dancing and decide to enter a competition together. At first, Kristy and Michael are just annoyed that they can barely spend time with either of

S5·E7 Core

Joint Venture

Oct 30, 1999

Eugene and Silk both get jobs co-managing a new dance club. They're faced with a difficult decision when they find that a classmate and a great customer is dealing dope. Meanwhil

S5·E8 Core

Revolver, Problem Solver?

Nov 6, 1999

Silk's dad is a police officer and as part of the job, he puts criminals behind bars. Silk starts to be terrorized by a vengeful criminal named Eric who was recently released from

S5·E9 Core

Tolerance

Nov 13, 1999

After becoming lab partners with Syd, a grote (what teens from Deering call goths), Kristy tries to befriend her and close the gap between their cliques a little. As part of Krist

S5·E10 Core

Big Brother Blues

Nov 20, 1999

Michael and Silk sign up for a Big Brother program in which they will spend time with a younger boy and be his mentors. The guys get assigned to a boy named Daniel, and he and Sil

S5·E11 Core

Finals Fury

Nov 27, 1999

The team travel to yet another state final. Antonio meets up with some friends of his that are in a fraternity. Kristy becomes jealous when she finds out that other girls were at

S5·E12 Core

The Upset

Dec 4, 1999

The Deering team discover that in the playoffs they're playing against a team that's generally considered easy to beat. Being overly confident, they start to slack off on their pr

S5·E13 Mytharc

Fighting for Your Dreams

Jan 8, 2000

Antonio is offered a scholarship from the University of Kentucky. However, he gets injured and decides to give up on taking the scholarship. Coach and the other team members try

S5·E14 Mytharc

My Family

Mar 11, 2000

Coach's 17-year-old daughter, Kate, returns from Chicago to visit. However, he doesn't know that she has a baby. She confides her secret in the girls and they offer to sit for the