Sister, Sister: Season 5
Season 5 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Sister, Sister Season 4.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 5 Progress Shield
Designer Genes
Sep 10, 1997 · 23 min
Lisa learns of a benefit fashion show and tries to persuade one of the designers to look at her portfolio. When she fails, Tia and Tamera strike a pose and sneak backstage - as mod
A Separate Peace
Sep 17, 1997 · 23 min
The girls move into separate bedrooms after they insist that they're growing apart.
Working Girls
Sep 24, 1997 · 23 min
Tamera and Ray have a falling out over his new girlfriend Vivica who, she says, has turned him into a "gallivanting, promise-breaking Romeo." Meanwhile, Tia lands a job at a mall b
Show Me the Money
Oct 1, 1997 · 23 min
Tamera learns that even the best plans can go wrong when she decides to fight Tia's battle with her boss, who's paying a male employee more money: her decision to pose as Tia and d
It's My Party
Oct 8, 1997 · 23 min
The twins heed an uncle's birthday advice to "seize the day" by skipping school and flying to Chicago for a hip-hop concert instead of celebrating with their parents, but a series
Child's Play
Oct 15, 1997 · 23 min
Tia and Tamera find their upcoming SATs a little intimidating, so they hire a tutor to help them prepare, and are shocked when young T.J. Henderson arrives at their door. Meanwhile
A Friend Indeed
Oct 29, 1997 · 23 min
Tamera entangles Tia and her friends in a sticky web of deceit after she lies about being able to get a celebrity to appear at a school fund-raiser. Music group Immature performs.
Popular Mechanic
Nov 5, 1997 · 23 min
Tia's mysterious new friend Tyreke asks her out on a date which, of course, she accepts. When he arrives at the house, everyone learns that he is Ray's new mechanic whom he's mento
The Best Policy
Nov 12, 1997 · 23 min
Tamera accepts Tia's wager that she can't tell the truth for one week, but she faces a dilemma when she spies Ray's girlfriend Vivica cheating on him; a prominent client asks Lisa'
Two's Company
Nov 19, 1997 · 23 min
After Tia and Tyreke tire of Tamera tagging along on their dates, they decide to find her a boyfriend. Meanwhile, Lisa is asked to eulogize a woman she disliked.
Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
Dec 10, 1997 · 23 min
The girls are given a credit card for emergencies but when a real crisis develops, Tia learns that Tamera let her friends max out the card at the mall.
In Sickness and in Health
Jan 7, 1998 · 23 min
The twins try to reunite Lisa with her younger sister Darcy, whom she hasn't spoken to in years. Lisa refuses, until Darcy announces that she's in need of surgery.
The Laws
Jan 21, 1998 · 23 min
After the twins and Diavian are engaged in a battle of the sexes with their beaus, Lisa introduces the girls to "The Laws." The R&B teen trio 702 performs.
Rosebud
Jan 28, 1998 · 23 min
Tamera feels she has something to prove when she pledges an elite social club, but the club's president has other plans for her new plebe. Meanwhile, Ray's old girlfriend "borrows"
Ladies in Waiting
Feb 5, 1998 · 23 min
Tamera decides to make her family proud of her in order to overcome her feelings of inferiority.
Ladies' Choice
Feb 11, 1998 · 23 min
After Tia impresses the WNBA's Lisa Leslie (appearing as herself) at a book signing, she's offered a dream job with the organization's media department. But accepting the job means
Young at Heart
Feb 18, 1998 · 23 min
The twins sneak into an over-21 dance club to see hip-hop artist W.C. (appearing as himself). Meanwhile, Lisa sneaks out of the house to go on a date with Aaron, a just-over-21-yea
I Had a Dream
Feb 25, 1998 · 23 min
The night before a big history test, Tamera dreams of historical figures who paved the road before her.
You Had to be There
Mar 4, 1998 · 23 min
The girls haven't left for college yet, and they're already missing Roger. But when he tags along to the mall with their boyfriends, they're sorry they ever met him. Meanwhile, Lis
Prom Night
Apr 26, 1998 · 23 min
The girls plan for a magical prom, but getting the right dresses proves complicated when everyone else has similar tastes.
Shoeless
May 3, 1998 · 23 min
In a parody of "Cinderella," Tamera's left at home to clean house while Tia and the gang attend Jordan's party - until her grandfather plays fairy godfather to make the impossible
Graduation
May 17, 1998 · 23 min
Tia, Tamera and their friends prepare for graduation. Lisa searches to find the girls a guest commencement speaker for the ceremony while Tamera and Jordan decide on a farewell son