Sister, Sister - Season 5
1 - Designer Genes
Air Date: September 10, 1997
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 models. Supermodel Beverly Peele appears as herself.
2 - A Separate Peace
Air Date: September 17, 1997
The girls move into separate bedrooms after they insist that they're growing apart.
3 - Working Girls
Air Date: September 24, 1997
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 bookstore and becomes enamored of a mysterious customer.
4 - Show Me the Money
Air Date: October 1, 1997
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 demand equal pay gets her sister fired.
5 - It's My Party
Air Date: October 8, 1997
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 of misfortunes turns their dream day into a nightmare - especially when Lisa and Ray uncover the truth.
6 - Child's Play
Air Date: October 15, 1997
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, Lisa accidentally breaks a gift that Vivica gave Ray.
7 - A Friend Indeed
Air Date: October 29, 1997
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.
8 - Popular Mechanic
Air Date: November 5, 1997
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 mentoring. When Ray discloses that Tyreke once was a former juvenile delinquent, he forbids Tia from seeing him.
9 - The Best Policy
Air Date: November 12, 1997
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's opinion about the fit of a gown, forcing her to decide if honesty is really the best policy.
10 - Two's Company
Air Date: November 19, 1997
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.
11 - Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
Air Date: December 10, 1997
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.
12 - In Sickness and in Health
Air Date: January 7, 1998
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.
13 - The Laws
Air Date: January 21, 1998
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.
14 - Rosebud
Air Date: January 28, 1998
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" his business practices for her own use.
15 - Ladies in Waiting
Air Date: February 5, 1998
Tamera decides to make her family proud of her in order to overcome her feelings of inferiority.
16 - Ladies' Choice
Air Date: February 11, 1998
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 giving up her other dream - college.
17 - Young at Heart
Air Date: February 18, 1998
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-year-old.
18 - I Had a Dream
Air Date: February 25, 1998
The night before a big history test, Tamera dreams of historical figures who paved the road before her.
19 - You Had to be There
Air Date: March 4, 1998
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, Lisa tries to avoid having her picture taken by Ray and confessing her fear of cameras.
20 - Prom Night
Air Date: April 26, 1998
The girls plan for a magical prom, but getting the right dresses proves complicated when everyone else has similar tastes.
21 - Shoeless
Air Date: May 3, 1998
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 possible.
22 - Graduation
Air Date: May 17, 1998
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 song. Tyreke feels left out in the celebration since he never got the chance to receive his diploma. He tells Ray that he wants to get his GED after receiving a promotion as full-mechanic and that he will need time off to study. After failing his exam, Tyreke gives up and decides to take Ray up on his promotion. When Tyreke visits Tia, they get into a argument and face a breakup. Once the girls learn of Tyreke's dilemma, he takes the GED exam again and succeeds. Commencement for the class of 1998 begins with Superbowl MVP Terrel Davis giving a touching speech and ending with Roger performing a song for his friends.