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The Best Episodes of Charles in Charge Season 5

Every episode of Charles in Charge Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Charles in Charge Season 5!

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Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 1 - Summer Together, Fall Apart
    8.2/10(62 votes)

    #1 - Summer Together, Fall Apart

    S5:E1

    After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 2 - Get Thee to a Nuttery
    8.5/10(62 votes)

    #2 - Get Thee to a Nuttery

    S5:E2

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 3 - Three Dates & a Walnut
    8.4/10(63 votes)

    #3 - Three Dates & a Walnut

    S5:E3

    Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 4 - Out with the in Crowd
    8.3/10(71 votes)

    #4 - Out with the in Crowd

    S5:E4

    Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 5 - There's a Girl in My Ficus
    8.5/10(73 votes)

    #5 - There's a Girl in My Ficus

    S5:E5

    Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 6 - Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
    8.2/10(63 votes)

    #6 - Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

    S5:E6

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 7 - Baby Bummer
    8.8/10(62 votes)

    #7 - Baby Bummer

    S5:E7

    Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 8 - Paper Covers Rock
    8.3/10(68 votes)

    #8 - Paper Covers Rock

    S5:E8

    A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 9 - Child Hoods
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    #9 - Child Hoods

    S5:E9

    Charles' old friends come to visit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 10 - Advice and Contempt
    8.3/10(68 votes)

    #10 - Advice and Contempt

    S5:E10

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 11 - Daffy Doc
    8.6/10(64 votes)

    #11 - Daffy Doc

    S5:E11

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

    Director:Willie Aames
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 12 - Buddy Flips a Disc
    8.3/10(62 votes)

    #12 - Buddy Flips a Disc

    S5:E12

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 13 - Brain Man
    8.6/10(70 votes)

    #13 - Brain Man

    S5:E13

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 14 - Don't Rock the Vote
    8.3/10(63 votes)

    #14 - Don't Rock the Vote

    S5:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 15 - Let's Quake a Deal
    8.2/10(63 votes)

    #15 - Let's Quake a Deal

    S5:E15

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 16 - Up Your IQ
    8.3/10(65 votes)

    #16 - Up Your IQ

    S5:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 17 - All That Chaz
    8.3/10(66 votes)

    #17 - All That Chaz

    S5:E17

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 18 - Frankie and Mommy
    8.1/10(65 votes)

    #18 - Frankie and Mommy

    S5:E18

    Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 19 - Lost Resort
    7.2/10(65 votes)

    #19 - Lost Resort

    S5:E19

    Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 20 - Dead Puck Society
    8.1/10(68 votes)

    #20 - Dead Puck Society

    S5:E20

    Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 21 - La Cage Aux Fools
    8.8/10(61 votes)

    #21 - La Cage Aux Fools

    S5:E21

    Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 22 - Teacher's Pest
    8.4/10(64 votes)

    #22 - Teacher's Pest

    S5:E22

    Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 23 - Almost Family
    6.9/10(67 votes)

    #23 - Almost Family

    S5:E23

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

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 24 - Seeing Is Believing
    8.3/10(68 votes)

    #24 - Seeing Is Believing

    S5:E24

    Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Charles in Charge Season 5 Episode 25 - Fair Exchange
    8.1/10(67 votes)

    #25 - Fair Exchange

    S5:E25

    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.)

    Director:Scott Baio
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Summer Together, Fall Apart" is the best rated episode of "Charles in Charge" season 5. It scored 8.2/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/30/1989. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Get Thee to a Nuttery".