Season 5

06.10.1988 · 22 Min.

As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College. Sondra is revealed to be pregnant.

13.10.1988 · 22 Min.

Cliff prepares for a physical.

20.10.1988 · 22 Min.

Rudy's friend sleeps over.

27.10.1988 · 22 Min.

Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.

03.11.1988 · 22 Min.

Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

10.11.1988 · 42 Min.

Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—who are named after Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie. Elvin decides to return to medical school.

17.11.1988 · 22 Min.

Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.

01.12.1988 · 22 Min.

Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes.

08.12.1988 · 22 Min.

Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.

15.12.1988 · 22 Min.

Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.

05.01.1989 · 22 Min.

Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.

12.01.1989 · 22 Min.

Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.

26.01.1989 · 22 Min.

Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". She also buys a new couch and Cliff tries to cling to the old one.

02.02.1989 · 22 Min.

With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.

06.02.1989 · 22 Min.

Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.

09.02.1989 · 22 Min.

Rudy wants to change some of her rules.

16.02.1989 · 22 Min.

Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.

23.02.1989 · 22 Min.

Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.

09.03.1989 · 22 Min.

Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.

16.03.1989 · 22 Min.

After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.

30.03.1989 · 22 Min.

Clair's 46th birthday.

13.04.1989 · 22 Min.

Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.

27.04.1989 · 22 Min.

Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.

04.05.1989 · 22 Min.

Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.

11.05.1989 · 22 Min.

Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.