Who's the Boss?: 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 Who's the Boss? 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
Sam's Car
Oct 18, 1988 · 23 min
Young Samantha has reached a teenage milestone - she has her driver's license! But in upscale Connecticut she feels left out when Bonnie gets a brand new car but Tony buys Samanth
My Fair Tony
Oct 25, 1988 · 23 min
In an effort to better himself, Tony heads off to college. The public speaking class is headed up by a strict grammer enthusiast who singles Tony out as an impossible case. Its M
Nineteen Again
Nov 1, 1988 · 23 min
Tony has been invited to a frat party and Angela accompanies him. But there Angela drinks a little too much of the (with alcohol mixed) bowle and 'entertains' those present. In the
Yankee Doodle Micelli
Nov 22, 1988 · 23 min
Tony feels guilty when he remembers he got his grandfather in trouble when he was a child, causing him to never take the American citizen swearing in, so Tony does the swearing in
A Jack Story
Nov 29, 1988 · 23 min
Angela engages a new employee. Because in the evening the both work together more and more often and longer, Tony fears the worst:he gets jealous.
Double Dump
Dec 6, 1988 · 23 min
Samantha and Mona both break up with their boyfriends on the same night, so they go out to eat at a restaurant to clear their minds, which troubles Tony.
Life With Father
Dec 13, 1988 · 23 min
Samantha wants to go to Vermont ski lodge for the weekend, but Tony forbids her. Sam goes anyway. Along the way, she remembers everything her father did, even the embarassing momen
A Spirited Christmas
Dec 20, 1988 · 23 min
The wife of Mona's brother has died. But to go to heaven she must make Mona reconcile with her brother. Tony is picked out as the mediator.
Teacher's Pet
Jan 3, 1989 · 23 min
Mason should run a seminar at the college, which also Tony attends. Because Mason is quite nervous Tony and Angela give him some hints: among these is also the tip that he should c
Mrs. Rossini's Uncle
Jan 10, 1989 · 23 min
Mrs. Rossini visits Tony. Accompanying her is her young uncle Al.Al is attending the nearby Beauty College and Tony should take care of him. In the course of this Sam and Al come c
Your Grandmother's a Bimbo
Jan 29, 1989 · 23 min
Mona has saved the order for Angela and designs now the new get-up for the magazine 'Mature Woman'. Jonathan runs for treasurer in his school. For the magazine's cover Mona let her
Ton-An-Enterprises
Jan 31, 1989 · 23 min
Again Sam comes home with an expensive T-shirt. This time Tony wants to show her that she can have them cheaper and produces some of them himself. Angela and Sam persuade him selli
Cardinal Sin
Feb 7, 1989 · 23 min
Tony goes to an 'Old Timer'-meeting of the Cards in St. Louis,accompanied by Angela. There Tony meets also his old friend Betty.But to prevent approaching attempts he introduces An
Winter Break
Feb 14, 1989 · 23 min
Tony and Sam spend a weekend together skiing in Vermont. There Tony meets Lisa, his skiing instructor. But Sam isn't happy about her father's fling. Inbetween - at home - Angela an
First Date
Feb 21, 1989 · 23 min
Discouraged that Angela had to pay for an escort for a dinner event, Mona convinces Tony to ask her out on a date. The date hardly seems like a first for them, though, as they disc
Party Double
Feb 28, 1989 · 23 min
Angela gets invited to a dinner at which Frank Sinatra is to perform; Tony, a huge Sinatra fan, is to be her guest. When business affairs leave her unable to go, Mona goes in her p
Boozin' Buddies
Mar 7, 1989 · 23 min
Samantha gets drunk one night, and when she sees Tony drinking the next day, she calls him a hypocrite because he told her drinking was wrong.
Heather Can Wait
Mar 21, 1989 · 23 min
The Bowers get new neighbors: the Harpers. But they are a little bit too snooty and an big argument between Tony/Angela and the Harpers comes up. But Jonathan and Heather, the Har
Living Dolls
Mar 28, 1989 · 23 min
Sam visits a beauty school run by Angela's friend. While there, she meets Charlie, a friend of hers from the old neighborhood, who is living there. Charlie is unhappy with her life
Men are People, Too
Apr 4, 1989 · 23 min
Angela hires a shy contractor to put a skylight in the kitchen. He takes an immediate liking to Mona, who agrees to go out with him. When he learns that he is not the only man in M
Working Girls
Apr 11, 1989 · 23 min
At a practical program, where students are assigned different jobs, for Sam and Bonnie there are only two left: domestic engineer with Tony or advertising with Angela. Sam decides
Tony Does Golf
Apr 25, 1989 · 23 min
Tony has a new passion: golfing. Angela wins a country club membership for Tony. There Tony meets the owner of the biggest nationwide sport articles store who currently gives away
Ode to Angela
May 2, 1989 · 23 min
Angela married Brian 20 years ago. As this was just meant as a college joke, Brian drove down to Mexico the following day to annul this marriage. But now when Brian wanted to ma
In Sam We Trust
May 9, 1989 · 23 min
Sam's friend Scott gets nervous about French finals, so on test day, Sam gives Scott the answers. When Tony finds out, he takes Sam's car privileges. But when Sam has to take chemi
It's Somebody's Birthday
May 16, 1989 · 23 min
Tony gets a new car as birthday present. First his pride forbids to accept it but after some encouragement he, however, decides to keep the car. But selling his Van brings up memor