Charles in Charge - Season 5
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.
2 - Get Thee to a Nuttery
Air Date: January 6, 1990
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
3 - Three Dates & a Walnut
Air Date: January 13, 1990
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
4 - Out with the in Crowd
Air Date: January 20, 1990
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
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.
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.
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.
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.
9 - Child Hoods
Air Date: February 24, 1990
Charles' old friends come to visit.
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.
11 - Daffy Doc
Air Date: April 28, 1990
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
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.
13 - Brain Man
Air Date: May 12, 1990
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
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.
15 - Let's Quake a Deal
Air Date: May 26, 1990
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
16 - Up Your IQ
Air Date: June 2, 1990
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
17 - All That Chaz
Air Date: June 9, 1990
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
18 - Frankie and Mommy
Air Date: August 25, 1990
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
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.)
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
21 - La Cage Aux Fools
Air Date: September 15, 1990
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
22 - Teacher's Pest
Air Date: September 22, 1990
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
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.)
24 - Seeing Is Believing
Air Date: October 27, 1990
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
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.)
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.