Charles in Charge
Charles in Charge: Season 5

Air Date

December 30, 1989

Episodes

26 episodes

Charles in Charge

Season 5

Episodes

Summer Together, Fall Apart

1. Summer Together, Fall Apart

December 30, 1989
30 min

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

January 6, 1990
30 min

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

Three Dates & a Walnut

3. Three Dates & a Walnut

January 13, 1990
30 min

Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

Out with the in Crowd

4. Out with the in Crowd

January 20, 1990
30 min

Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

There's a Girl in My Ficus

5. There's a Girl in My Ficus

January 27, 1990
30 min

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

February 3, 1990
30 min

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

Baby Bummer

7. Baby Bummer

February 10, 1990
30 min

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

February 17, 1990
30 min

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

February 24, 1990
30 min

Charles' old friends come to visit.

Advice and Contempt

10. Advice and Contempt

March 3, 1990
30 min

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

Daffy Doc

11. Daffy Doc

April 28, 1990
30 min

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

Buddy Flips a Disc

12. Buddy Flips a Disc

May 5, 1990
30 min

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

Brain Man

13. Brain Man

May 12, 1990
30 min

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

Don't Rock the Vote

14. Don't Rock the Vote

May 19, 1990
30 min

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

May 26, 1990
30 min

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

Up Your IQ

16. Up Your IQ

June 2, 1990
30 min

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

All That Chaz

17. All That Chaz

June 9, 1990
30 min

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

Frankie and Mommy

18. Frankie and Mommy

August 25, 1990
30 min

Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

Lost Resort

19. Lost Resort

September 1, 1990
30 min

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

September 8, 1990
30 min

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

September 15, 1990
30 min

Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

Teacher's Pest

22. Teacher's Pest

September 22, 1990
30 min

Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

Almost Family

23. Almost Family

October 20, 1990
30 min

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

24. Seeing Is Believing

October 27, 1990
30 min

Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

Fair Exchange

25. Fair Exchange

November 3, 1990
30 min

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

November 10, 1990
30 min

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