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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!

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.
Genre:Comedy
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
8.4
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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 8.4/10 based on 59 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/30/1989. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Get Thee to a Nuttery".

  • Summer Together, Fall Apart
    8.4/10(59)

    #1 - Summer Together, Fall Apart

    Season 5 Episode 1

    Aired 12/30/1989

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Get Thee to a Nuttery
    8.6/10(58)

    #2 - Get Thee to a Nuttery

    Season 5 Episode 2

    Aired 1/6/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Three Dates & a Walnut
    8.5/10(59)

    #3 - Three Dates & a Walnut

    Season 5 Episode 3

    Aired 1/13/1990

    Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Out with the in Crowd
    8.4/10(67)

    #4 - Out with the in Crowd

    Season 5 Episode 4

    Aired 1/20/1990

    Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • There's a Girl in My Ficus
    8.5/10(69)

    #5 - There's a Girl in My Ficus

    Season 5 Episode 5

    Aired 1/27/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
    8.4/10(59)

    #6 - Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded

    Season 5 Episode 6

    Aired 2/3/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

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  • Baby Bummer
    8.8/10(59)

    #7 - Baby Bummer

    Season 5 Episode 7

    Aired 2/10/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Paper Covers Rock
    8.3/10(64)

    #8 - Paper Covers Rock

    Season 5 Episode 8

    Aired 2/17/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Child Hoods
    7.8/10(63)

    #9 - Child Hoods

    Season 5 Episode 9

    Aired 2/24/1990

    Charles' old friends come to visit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Advice and Contempt
    8.4/10(65)

    #10 - Advice and Contempt

    Season 5 Episode 10

    Aired 3/3/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Daffy Doc
    8.7/10(61)

    #11 - Daffy Doc

    Season 5 Episode 11

    Aired 4/28/1990

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

    Director: Willie Aames

    Writer: N/A

  • Buddy Flips a Disc
    8.5/10(59)

    #12 - Buddy Flips a Disc

    Season 5 Episode 12

    Aired 5/5/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Brain Man
    8.6/10(67)

    #13 - Brain Man

    Season 5 Episode 13

    Aired 5/12/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Don't Rock the Vote
    8.4/10(60)

    #14 - Don't Rock the Vote

    Season 5 Episode 14

    Aired 5/19/1990

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Let's Quake a Deal
    8.3/10(60)

    #15 - Let's Quake a Deal

    Season 5 Episode 15

    Aired 5/26/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Up Your IQ
    8.4/10(62)

    #16 - Up Your IQ

    Season 5 Episode 16

    Aired 6/2/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • All That Chaz
    8.5/10(62)

    #17 - All That Chaz

    Season 5 Episode 17

    Aired 6/9/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Frankie and Mommy
    8.3/10(61)

    #18 - Frankie and Mommy

    Season 5 Episode 18

    Aired 8/25/1990

    Lillian sees an old boyfriend.

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Lost Resort
    7.5/10(61)

    #19 - Lost Resort

    Season 5 Episode 19

    Aired 9/1/1990

    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: N/A

  • Dead Puck Society
    8.3/10(65)

    #20 - Dead Puck Society

    Season 5 Episode 20

    Aired 9/8/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • La Cage Aux Fools
    8.8/10(58)

    #21 - La Cage Aux Fools

    Season 5 Episode 21

    Aired 9/15/1990

    Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Teacher's Pest
    8.4/10(60)

    #22 - Teacher's Pest

    Season 5 Episode 22

    Aired 9/22/1990

    Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Almost Family
    7.4/10(62)

    #23 - Almost Family

    Season 5 Episode 23

    Aired 10/20/1990

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

    Director: Scott Baio

    Writer: N/A

  • Seeing Is Believing
    8.6/10(64)

    #24 - Seeing Is Believing

    Season 5 Episode 24

    Aired 10/27/1990

    Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Fair Exchange
    8.4/10(63)

    #25 - Fair Exchange

    Season 5 Episode 25

    Aired 11/3/1990

    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: N/A