Season 5
Charles in Charge
26 EPISODES • 1989
Season 5 of Charles in Charge was released on December 30 and consists of 26 episodes.

Season 4

Episodes

1: Summer Together, Fall Apart
Dec 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
Jan 6, 1990
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
3: Three Dates & a Walnut
Jan 13, 1990
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
4: Out with the in Crowd
Jan 20, 1990
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
5: There's a Girl in My Ficus
Jan 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
Feb 3, 1990
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
7: Baby Bummer
Feb 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
Feb 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
Feb 24, 1990
Charles' old friends come to visit.
10: Advice and Contempt
Mar 3, 1990
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
11: Daffy Doc
Apr 28, 1990
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
12: Buddy Flips a Disc
May 5, 1990
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
13: Brain Man
May 12, 1990
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
14: Don't Rock the Vote
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
May 26, 1990
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
16: Up Your IQ
Jun 2, 1990
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
17: All That Chaz
Jun 9, 1990
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
18: Frankie and Mommy
Aug 25, 1990
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
19: Lost Resort
Sep 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
Sep 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
Sep 15, 1990
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
22: Teacher's Pest
Sep 22, 1990
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
23: Almost Family
Oct 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
Oct 27, 1990
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
25: Fair Exchange
Nov 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
Nov 10, 1990
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.
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