8.2/10184 votes#1 - Held Back
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1994
After failing math in Mr. Buzzcut's class, the boys get sent back to 7th grade, but they don't do so well there either, and keep getting sent back -- all the way to kindergarten.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.6/10168 votes#2 - Killing Time
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/31/1994
Beavis and Butt-head try to figure out things to do during a two hour period when there is nothing on TV.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.6/10140 votes#3 - Beard Boys
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/1994
The boys decide they need beards to score, so they cut their hair and glue it to their faces.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.8/10187 votes#4 - Choke
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 11/2/1994
While eating some chicken nuggets, Butt-head starts to choke. Beavis, remembering the ""Him-lick Manure"" poster at Burger World, heads there but gets distracted along the way.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: Larry Doyle
6.9/10157 votes#5 - Safe House
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 11/3/1994
Todd needs a place to stay while being pursued by a rival gang, so he chooses Butt-head's house and directs the boys to 'act dumb' and keep him safe.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.8/10125 votes#6 - Hard Sell
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 11/4/1994
The boys get jobs as telemarketers; Beavis becomes the top salesman, and Butt-head can't figure out what to do.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.3/10159 votes#7 - Walkathon
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/10/1994
Beavis and Butt-head pledge money to Daria for a walkathon, then have to walk off the money when they can't pay.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.6/10152 votes#8 - Temporary Insanity
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1994
The boys ditch school and work as temps at a real estate agency (and break stuff).
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.4/10153 votes#9 - Dude, A Reward
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1994
When Beavis finds a camera, the boys photograph their butts and their ""captains,"" and return the camera for a reward.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.6/10128 votes#10 - Walking Erect
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1994
The boys go to the zoo to check out the animals' weiners (and grab snakes).
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.5/10140 votes#11 - Career Day
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/16/1994
The boys become security guards at the mall for Mr. Van Driesen's career day.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.4/10155 votes#12 - Plastic Surgin'
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1994
Beavis and Butt-head go to a plastic surgeon to get wiener implants.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.4/10142 votes#13 - Take A Number
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1994
Beavis and Butt-head go to the ""Creatures of Rock"" concert and spend the whole time waiting in line for the toilet.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.5/10153 votes#14 - Beaverly Buttbillies
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/26/1994
After watching ""The Beverly Hillbillies"" on TV, Beavis and Butt-head decide to dig for oil but break a sewage line instead.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: Guy Maxtone-Graham
7.9/10167 votes#15 - Tainted Meat
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/29/1994
Beavis develops an infection and transfers it to the customers at Burger World through tainted hamburgers.
Director: Yvette Kaplan
Writer: Joe Stillman
7.6/10163 votes#16 - Stewart Moves Away
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/5/1995
Beavis and Butt-head learn how to be movers and break stuff from two guys who rob the Stevensons.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.9/10159 votes#17 - Top o' the Mountain
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1995
Beavis and Butt-head go to the hair salon to see the stylist's boobs...and maybe get their hair cut.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: Joe Stillman
7.4/10152 votes#18 - Party
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1995
When the boys decide to throw a party so they can 'cop a feel,' it is almost ruined when Stewart and his friends show up, but then Todd arrives and trashes the house.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.6/10143 votes#19 - Wet Behind The Rears
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/29/1995
Buzzcut orders the boys to take a shower after gym class, when suddenly the fire alarm goes off and they are forced to exit the building clad in only their skivvies.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10151 votes#20 - Bad Dog
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/9/1995
Beavis and Butt-head go to the animal shelter to get a dog, and find one that really likes Beavis.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.8/10157 votes#21 - Lightning Strikes
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/16/1995
Imitating a PBS documentary about Ben Franklin, Beavis and Butt-head get struck by lightning, and attract the interest of ""Betsy Wiener"" from ""Decency In Media.""
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.9/10160 votes#22 - Dream On
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1995
Beavis and Butt-head can't seem to get up and off the couch, but this time it's because they keep drifting in and out of dreamland.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
8.3/10173 votes#23 - Candy Sale
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 4/8/1995
The boys are supposed to sell candy for school, but end up only selling it to each other -- with the same two dollars.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.8/10162 votes#24 - Animation Sucks
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 4/8/1995
Mr. Van Driessen teaches the class about animation; Beavis and Butt-head draw hundreds of ""dead people"" for their project, but can't understand why the finished film shows only two.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
7.4/10143 votes#25 - What's the Deal?
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 6/5/1995
Beavis & Butt-head sit in on Mr. Anderson's poker game and try to collect all the cards.
Director: Mike Judge
Writer: N/A
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Held Back" is the best rated episode of "Beavis and Butt-Head" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 184 votes. Directed by Mike Judge and written by N/A, it aired on 10/31/1994. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Killing Time".