Charles in Charge - Season 5

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Summer Together, Fall Apart

1 - Summer Together, Fall Apart

Air Date: December 30, 1989

After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.

Get Thee to a Nuttery

2 - Get Thee to a Nuttery

Air Date: January 6, 1990

Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.

Three Dates & a Walnut

3 - Three Dates & a Walnut

Air Date: January 13, 1990

Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

Out with the in Crowd

4 - Out with the in Crowd

Air Date: January 20, 1990

Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

There's a Girl in My Ficus

5 - There's a Girl in My Ficus

Air Date: January 27, 1990

Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.

Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

6 - Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

Air Date: February 3, 1990

Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.

Baby Bummer

7 - Baby Bummer

Air Date: February 10, 1990

Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

Paper Covers Rock

8 - Paper Covers Rock

Air Date: February 17, 1990

A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.

Child Hoods

9 - Child Hoods

Air Date: February 24, 1990

Charles' old friends come to visit.

Advice and Contempt

10 - Advice and Contempt

Air Date: March 3, 1990

Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.

Daffy Doc

11 - Daffy Doc

Air Date: April 28, 1990

Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.

Buddy Flips a Disc

12 - Buddy Flips a Disc

Air Date: May 5, 1990

Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.

Brain Man

13 - Brain Man

Air Date: May 12, 1990

Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.

Don't Rock the Vote

14 - Don't Rock the Vote

Air Date: May 19, 1990

Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.

Let's Quake a Deal

15 - Let's Quake a Deal

Air Date: May 26, 1990

Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.

Up Your IQ

16 - Up Your IQ

Air Date: June 2, 1990

When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.

All That Chaz

17 - All That Chaz

Air Date: June 9, 1990

An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.

Frankie and Mommy

18 - Frankie and Mommy

Air Date: August 25, 1990

Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

Lost Resort

19 - Lost Resort

Air Date: September 1, 1990

Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Dead Puck Society

20 - Dead Puck Society

Air Date: September 8, 1990

Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment

La Cage Aux Fools

21 - La Cage Aux Fools

Air Date: September 15, 1990

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Teacher's Pest

22 - Teacher's Pest

Air Date: September 22, 1990

Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

Almost Family

23 - Almost Family

Air Date: October 20, 1990

Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Seeing Is Believing

24 - Seeing Is Believing

Air Date: October 27, 1990

Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

Fair Exchange

25 - Fair Exchange

Air Date: November 3, 1990

Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

Charles Be DeMille

26 - Charles Be DeMille

Air Date: November 10, 1990

Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.