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Season guide

Head of the Class: Season 5

22 episodes Premiered Sep 11, 1990
Previously on Head of the Class

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 Head of the Class 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.
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Season 5 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 5: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (19): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S5·E1 Mytharc

Where's Charlie?

Sep 11, 1990

Charlie doesn't return for the new school year and the Kids are wondering where's Charlie? Charlie found an acting gig and left and now the students have a new teacher, Billy MacGr

S5·E2 Core

Twelve Angry Nerds

Sep 18, 1990

When Alan is caught cheating, Billy has the class act as a jury to decide his punishment.

S5·E4 Core

And Then There Were None

Oct 2, 1990

Arvid's infectious flu may keep the class from performing in a Shakespeare competition.

S5·E6 Core

Napoleon Blown Apart

Oct 16, 1990

Inspired by his French class, Eric goes to ""find himself"" in Paris.

S5·E7 Core

Billy's Big One

Oct 23, 1990

Billy fakes a heart attack to circumvent a health-insurance bureaucrasy; the IHP girls try writing a romance novel.

S5·E8 Core

Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (1)

Oct 30, 1990

After Billy is robbe, he has the class write papers on gun control, leading Arvid to a harrowing experience when he buys a gun for the assignment. (Part 1 of 2)

S5·E10 Core

Fillmore vs. Billy Jean's

Nov 13, 1990

The IHP class behaves obnoxiously when their bus breaks down at a rural truck stop.

S5·E11 Core

Be My Baby . . . Sitter

Nov 20, 1990

Jasper's overprotective parents hire a babysitter for him -- and to his mortification, it turns out to be Sarah.

S5·E12 Core

Dancing Fools

Nov 27, 1990

Billy and Bernadette take dance lessons at the studio where Alex teaches, and where he's pursued by a woman.

S5·E13 Core

My Son the Primate

Dec 4, 1990

Arvid trains a chimp at his part-time pet store job and, rather than let it be sold, hides it in the classroom.

S5·E14 Core

The Importance of Being Alex

Dec 11, 1990

Simone's reputation suffers when Alex lies to his friends about a romance with her.

S5·E15 Core

Viki's Torn Genes

Dec 18, 1990

At Christmas, Billy helps Viki find her birth mother, but the woman doesn't want to see her.

S5·E16 Core

The Last Waltz

Jan 8, 1991

T.J. turns down Aristotle's invitation to the senior prom.

S5·E17 Core

Most Likely to Be Forgotten

Jan 15, 1991

The kids work on their yearbook, with Eric beginning to regret not having participated more extracurricularly.

S5·E18 Core

The Strange Case of Randy McNally

May 28, 1991

To save Dennis after a prank, Billy creates a fictional student -- who apparently gets the MIT scholarship Dennis wanted.

S5·E19 Core

My Dinner With Darlene

Jun 4, 1991

Darlene promises to treat the class to an elaborate farewell dinner, but then finds her credit card revoked.

S5·E20 Core

The Phantom of the Glee Club

Jun 11, 1991

The class learns T.J. is more than just a contemporary-style musician when Billy discovers her operatic talent.

S5·E21 Mytharc

It Couldn't Last Forever (1)

Jun 18, 1991

With a wrecking ball ready to demolish the school, the IHP class waits to fund out who's to be valedictorian. (Part 1 of 2)

S5·E22 Mytharc

It Couldn't Last Forever (2)

Jun 25, 1991

The IHP class graduates, with T.J. as valedictorian. (Part 2 of 2, and series finale)

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