Season 5

Oct 6, 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.

Oct 13, 1988 · 22 min

Cliff prepares for a physical.

Oct 20, 1988 · 22 min

Rudy's friend sleeps over.

Oct 27, 1988 · 22 min

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

Nov 3, 1988 · 22 min

Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

Nov 10, 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.

Nov 17, 1988 · 22 min

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

Dec 1, 1988 · 22 min

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

Dec 8, 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.

Dec 15, 1988 · 22 min

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

Jan 5, 1989 · 22 min

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

Jan 12, 1989 · 22 min

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

Jan 26, 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.

Feb 2, 1989 · 22 min

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

Feb 6, 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.

Feb 9, 1989 · 22 min

Rudy wants to change some of her rules.

Feb 16, 1989 · 22 min

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

Feb 23, 1989 · 22 min

Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.

Mar 9, 1989 · 22 min

Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.

Mar 16, 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.

Mar 30, 1989 · 22 min

Clair's 46th birthday.

Apr 13, 1989 · 22 min

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

Apr 27, 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.

May 4, 1989 · 22 min

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

May 11, 1989 · 22 min

Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.