The Steve Harvey Show: 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 The Steve Harvey Show 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
When The Funk Hits The Big 4-0
Oct 8, 2000 · 22 min
As Steve is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday, he makes his students list their life goals. Steve finds a similar list he prepared 20 years earlier, only to discover he has
Player, Interrupted
Oct 15, 2000 · 30 min
Regina recruits Steve and Cedric to perform at a charity function to impress the snooty wives of her boyfriend's teammates, since she's having some trouble fitting in. Bullethead a
My Best Piggy's Wedding
Oct 22, 2000 · 30 min
Steve, depressed and feeling jilted over Regina's impending nuptials, kicks his effort to get her back into high gear when he hears of their accelerated plans to elope. Meanwhile,
Love, Death and Basketball
Oct 29, 2000 · 30 min
Steve takes over as principal when Regina leaves town for her wedding, but she returns early from her honeymoon with tragic news. Elsewhere, Lydia nags Romeo and Bullethead about l
Touched by a Pig
Nov 5, 2000 · 30 min
Steve tries to be a good friend and lets Regina stay with him in her time of need. Cedric's visiting Grandma Puddin' makes some soul food out of the cherished possession Regina's h
African-American Pie
Nov 12, 2000 · 30 min
Steve handles the arrangements for the school's annual Teachers Appreciation Day assembly, angering Cedric, who usually plans the event. The acting principal then suffers from the
A Star Is Born Again
Nov 19, 2000 · 30 min
Steve manages an all-girl singing group called Jail-Bait, and books a gig for them that he hopes will revive his own show-business career.
This Little Piggy Went Home
Nov 26, 2000 · 30 min
Regina and Steve get very chummy during a game of Pictionary that also starts a fight between Cedric and Lovita. Lydia takes offense to an assignment Steve gives his music class th
Analyze Dis
Dec 17, 2000 · 30 min
Steve has a hard time relinquishing his duties as acting principal when Regina returns to school, creating tension between them. Cedric is in the doghouse after Lovita discovers he
Tiger Hoods
Jan 7, 2001 · 30 min
Steve conspires with his friends and students to attend a celebrity golf tournament and appear to be in school at the same time after Regina refuses to let him take the day off.
Big Daddy Daddy
Jan 14, 2001 · 30 min
When Romeo's family departs for New York City, he moves in with Steve to finish the school year. A misunderstanding causes Regina to invite herself on a ski weekend that Cedric and
Me, Me and Miss Jones
Jan 21, 2001 · 30 min
Steve and Romeo become rivals for the affections of a twenty-five-year old swimsuit model.
No Free Samples
Feb 4, 2001 · 30 min
Steve and his former Hi-Tops bandmates learn that Lil' Bow Wow wants them to appear in his latest music video.
House Party
Feb 11, 2001 · 30 min
When their apartment is flooded, Cedric and Lovita need a new venue for their planned house party.
Mother and Child Reunion
Feb 18, 2001 · 30 min
Romeo's mother visits from New York City. When Regina keeps hinting about her tenth anniversary as principal, everyone prepares a surprise party.
Not the Best Man
Feb 25, 2001 · 30 min
With her best friend’s wedding coming up, Regina is stunned to discover she won’t be the maid of honor. Steve tells his music class to write a new version of the school song.
After the Fall
Apr 1, 2001 · 30 min
Steve's friend Byron, a television producer, decides to make Steve the subject of a documentary identifying a celebrity whose fifteen minutes of fame has expired.
The Negotiator
Apr 22, 2001 · 30 min
The annual faculty-student talent show brings out the worst in Steve, Regina and Cedric.
Here Comes the Judge
Apr 29, 2001 · 30 min
When Judge Greg Mathis comes to the school's Career Day, Steve makes the mistake of having the television judge's car towed from his personal parking space.
Addicted to Love and Whatnot
May 6, 2001 · 30 min
Regina agrees to go on a date with Steve's friend Clyde, but only if Steve joins them and a friend of hers.
Last Dance
May 13, 2001 · 30 min
Still depressed over her own disappointment years earlier, Regina delegates the planning of the Senior Prom to Cedric and Lovita.
Love is in the Air
May 20, 2001 · 30 min
Worried Steve and Regina will end up spending the rest of their lives alone, Lovita asks Cedric to help arrange a blind date between them.