The Best Episodes of Dharma & Greg Season 5

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.9/10(124 votes)

   #1 - Intensive Caring

   S5:E19/25/2001

   The fifth season begins in the aftermath of last May's car crash, with both sets of parents arriving at the hospital and Dharma just out of surgery and groggy from anesthesia. The car accident has left Dharma with a fractured hip and temporarily confined to a wheelchair. Greg, who fared better with just a few minor cuts, mostly feels guilt, and tries to maintain a ""structured"" approach to Dharma's recovery which, unfortunately for her, doesn't allow for skipping physical therapy appointments in favor of wheelchair-tongue-depressor relay races down the hospital halls. For her part, Abby believes that crystals and chants around her daughter's bed might help. Larry calls it a ""healing ceremony""; Greg calls it ""voodoo.""

   Director:Robert Berlinger

   Writers:Bill Prady, Don Foster

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   Director:Robert Berlinger

   Writers:Bill Prady, Don Foster
2. 

   7.5/10(116 votes)

   #2 - With a Little Help From My Friend

   S5:E29/25/2001

   Dharma decides that her accident must be a manifestation of the universe shuffling her cosmic deck of cards so that she can help people—from the hospital, physical therapy, insurance company, etc.—whom she otherwise wouldn't have met. Yet while Dharma loves giving help to others, she's not nearly as fond of accepting it for herself, even when she's in a wheelchair. Meanwhile, Greg deals with an insurance problem—the company has paid them twice by mistake, but won't listen to his attempts to explain.

   Director:Unknown

   Writers:Susan Beavers, Rachel Sweet

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   Writers:Susan Beavers, Rachel Sweet
3. 

   7.6/10(118 votes)

   #3 - Papa Was Almost a Rolling Stone

   S5:E310/2/2001

   Dharma learns that her dad, Larry, used to sing and play guitar in a band but gave it all up when she was born. Feeling guilty, she tries to convince him to perform again. Meanwhile, Larry and Abby set up some old pirate radio broadcasting equipment in Dharma's living room to give her something to do while she's recuperating. Initially, Greg scoffs at ""Radio Dharma,"" but one on-air debate with a caller later and he's hooked. Meanwhile, Edward's old running suit hits a sour note with Kitty when it is discovered ""lost"" in a box of Greg's old possessions, and Edward refuses to stop wearing it.

   Director:Joel Murray

   Writer:Don Foster

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   Director:Joel Murray

   Writer:Don Foster
4. 

   7.4/10(113 votes)

   #4 - Sexual Healing

   S5:E410/9/2001

   At the same time that Dharma's doctor gives her permission to resume sexual relations, Greg sees their totaled car for the first time since the accident and learns that the insurance adjuster ruled it a case of reckless driving. Now completely guilt-ridden and overly cautious, Greg's unable to enjoy Dharma's romantic advances. Meanwhile, Edward wants Larry to return the rundown desk chair of his that Kitty attempted to throw out. While at first annoyed by Larry's insistence that they play games for the ownership of the chair, Edward grows to enjoy Larry's company.

   Director:Asaad Kelada

   Writers:Bill Prady, Don Foster

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   Director:Asaad Kelada

   Writers:Bill Prady, Don Foster
5. 

   7.0/10(124 votes)

   #5 - Without Reservations

   S5:E510/16/2001

   Greg doesn't put out a welcome mat when Dharma turns their place into a temporary bed-and-breakfast.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Del Shores

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   Writer:Del Shores
6. 

   6.9/10(121 votes)

   #6 - Try to Remember This Kind of September

   S5:E610/23/2001

   Dharma finds herself inadvertently trying to compete with a visiting childhood friend. Dharma and September grew up together in a commune, and September has remained loyal to her nonconformist ways, such as preparing a salad with greens that ""were growing in the cracks in the sidewalk"" and singing songs taught her by Nelson Mandela. Feeling guilty over how much her own life has changed, Dharma decides to get back to basics. First, she simplifies her wardrobe; then she wonders what else she and Greg can do without—like maybe electricity, or at least Greg's beloved television (just before the Superbowl). But what worries her most is a suspicion that September may have designs on Larry. And she's right—but they're not what she fears.

   Director:Robert Berlinger

   Writers:Maxine Lapiduss, David Babcock

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   Director:Robert Berlinger

   Writers:Maxine Lapiduss, David Babcock
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   7.5/10(124 votes)

   #7 - Used Karma

   S5:E710/30/2001

   When Greg starts to dress and act strangely after driving the used car Dharma recently bought, she worries he's been possessed by the spirit of the car's previous owner, a petty criminal and gambler who met an untimely death. Meanwhile, Edward has Larry set up a security camera at his house to help catch the kid who eggs his house every Halloween, but the ""trick"" is still on him.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:David Babcock

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   Writer:David Babcock
8. 

   7.0/10(121 votes)

   #8 - Home is Where the Art Is

   S5:E811/13/2001

   Jenna Elfman's real-life husband Bodhi Elfman guest stars as an old performance artist friend of Dharma's who convinces her to co-star with him in his latest work: To live ""on display"" in an art gallery 24 hours a day for a week. Needless to say, Greg's not thrilled with her decision, and father-in-law Larry's moving in with him doesn't help matters.

   Director:Ted Lange

   Writer:Unknown

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   Director:Ted Lange

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   7.3/10(141 votes)

   #9 - Wish We Weren't Here

   S5:E911/20/2001

   Bad weather grounds Dharma and Greg's flight in Indiana.

   Director:Unknown

   Writer:Bill Prady

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   Writer:Bill Prady
10. 

    7.1/10(122 votes)

    #10 - Dream A Little Dream of Her

    S5:E1011/27/2001

    Dharma tries to learn the identity of Greg's fantasy girl; Greg's truthfulness upsets things at his parents' place.

    Director:Asaad Kelada

    Writers:Susan Beavers, Del Shores

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    Director:Asaad Kelada

    Writers:Susan Beavers, Del Shores
11. 

    7.2/10(114 votes)

    #11 - A Fish Tale

    S5:E1112/4/2001

    Animal-rights activist Abby bans Greg from the Finkelstein home when she learns he and Edward are going fishing.

    Director:Thomas Gibson

    Writer:Rachel Sweet

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    Director:Thomas Gibson

    Writer:Rachel Sweet
12. 

    7.6/10(139 votes)

    #12 - Previously on Dharma & Greg

    S5:E1212/11/2001

    Greg proposing to another woman? Dharma bringing another man home to meet the folks? This landmark flashback episode takes place six months prior to the series pilot and shows Dharma and Greg's lives before they met and married on their first date. Share in Kitty's chagrin as Greg breaks up with his debutante fiancée, and join Larry as he watches Dharma leave a great guy who ""refuses to get a job.""

    Director:Robert Berlinger

    Writers:Susan Beavers, David Babcock

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    Director:Robert Berlinger

    Writers:Susan Beavers, David Babcock
13. 

    7.3/10(121 votes)

    #13 - Protecting the Ego-System

    S5:E131/8/2002

    Kitty brings Dharma to the ground-breaking ceremony of her arch-nemesis Teensy Manhart's new outdoor amphitheater. But Dharma takes a flying leap into the path of the spade in protest when she realizes the theater's intended site is a precious wetland. Abby, Larry and Ed Begley, Jr., a well-known environmental activist, join in her protest.

    Director:Unknown

    Writer:Unknown

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14. 

    7.7/10(119 votes)

    #14 - Near-Death of a Salesman

    S5:E143/5/2002

    A heart attack scare during Larry's business pitch for his chili causes Edward to reminisce about a simpler time in his life, when he wasn't a high-pressured ""captain of industry"" merely acquiring and merging other companies. Trying to persuade him to adopt an an easier life, Dharma is taken aback when Edward seizes command of a mall sports shoe outlet owned by his company and happily settles in as a crackerjack shoe salesman—until Kitty finds out. Meanwhile, picking up papers that need Edward's signature, Greg gets a taste of what life would be like as his father's business successor; and realizes (as Kitty angrily tells Dharma) that the real reason Edward hasn't retired is because he is waiting for Greg to take his place. Dharma sympathizes with Greg about abandoning the practice he has built up over the past year—but since this seems to consist of crabby Marlene mismanaging the office and Pete ""teaching"" three gorgeous young women a ""course"" in sexual harassment, perhaps the transit

    Director:Joel Murray

    Writers:Susan Beavers, Don Foster

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    Writers:Susan Beavers, Don Foster
15. 

    7.6/10(125 votes)

    #15 - It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's ... My Wife

    S5:E153/12/2002

    Dharma is the inspiration for her nerdy neighbor/admirer's new comic book heroine, the Blonde Tornado, a sexy, crime-fighting superwoman. While Dharma enjoys her newfound stardom, Greg's life whirls out of control after a newspaper photo of a burglary hails her as a real life hero and him as her cowardly sidekick.

    Directors:Robert Berlinger, Eddie Gorodetsky

    Writer:Susan Beavers

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    Directors:Robert Berlinger, Eddie Gorodetsky

    Writer:Susan Beavers
16. 

    7.3/10(121 votes)

    #16 - I Think, Therefore I Am in Trouble

    S5:E163/19/2002

    Supermodel Claudia Schiffer guest stars as Gretchen, a drop-dead gorgeous new lawyer in Greg's office about whom he's having sexual fantasies. Guilt-ridden over his inappropriate thoughts—especially since it's his ""four-and-a-half-year anniversary"" with Dharma—Greg tries desperately to get Gretchen off his mind, to no avail.

    Director:Chuck Lorre

    Writer:Maxine Lapiduss

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    Director:Chuck Lorre

    Writer:Maxine Lapiduss
17. 

    7.3/10(129 votes)

    #17 - She's with the Band

    S5:E173/26/2002

    After suddenly joining a rock band that includes the rebellious teenage daughter of one of Greg's clients, Dharma invites the musicians to live with her and Greg.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Eddie Gorodetsky, Del Shores

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    Writers:Eddie Gorodetsky, Del Shores
18. 

    8.0/10(133 votes)

    #18 - Mission: Implausible

    S5:E184/2/2002

    A visit from Kirk, a younger alumnus from Greg's law school, launches an unsuspecting Greg into the middle of a crazy college game with very specific rules developed by ""seriously drunk"" undergraduates. Despite Greg's reluctance to engage in a college prank at this stage in his life, Dharma leaves him no choice when she rallies the gang to help him win back his championship title in a relatively amusing parody of Mission: Impossible. Meanwhile, security guard Larry is disturbed when his supervisor Walter points out that he gets special treatment because his daughter is married to the boss's son. When Larry demands Edward rescind all special treatment, Walter obligingly fires Larry.

    Director:Asaad Kelada

    Writer:David Babcock

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    Writer:David Babcock
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    7.4/10(117 votes)

    #19 - This Diamond Ring

    S5:E194/2/2002

    When Dharma discovers that her drivers license has expired, Greg demands that she be a little more responsible—which is when Dharma discovers she has lost the priceless family heirloom diamong ring Kitty gave her. She discovers it on the roof, coated with tar; and when she takes it to a jeweler for cleaning, she learns it is, in fact, just a really good fake, leading to a confrontation with Kitty. Meanwhile, Pete turns to Dharma for help in getting Gretchen to go out with him. Her simple, sound advice works... Soon Gretchen is head-over-heels for Pete—and he can't stand it. Also, we see Marlene as a judgmental book clerk, and learn that Greg has finally fired her.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Bill Prady, Don Foster

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    7.5/10(128 votes)

    #20 - The Tooth Is Out There

    S5:E204/9/2002

    Dharma encourages Larry to ask his brother George for a loan to buy Larry's favourite conspiracy bookshop; when strange things start to go wrong, Dharma suspects that George is plotting to undermine Larry's success. Her efforts to uncover the plot mean she must undergo multiple dental procedures at George's office, but seem to be justified when the store mysteriously burns down just before the grand re-opening. Meanwhile, Kitty tries to revitalize her love life by making Edward jealous—claiming that her car attendant keeps leaving red roses on the seat for her.

    Director:Asaad Kelada

    Writers:Eddie Gorodetsky, Don Foster

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21. 

    6.8/10(122 votes)

    #21 - The Parent Trap

    S5:E214/16/2002

    While Kitty prepares to renew her marriage vows, Dharma entertains Marlene's parents.

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Susan Beavers, Del Shores

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    7.5/10(130 votes)

    #22 - Tuesday's Child

    S5:E224/23/2002

    A little girl forms an attachment to Dharma and Greg; Kitty is ordered to perform community service.

    Director:Joel Murray

    Writer:David Babcock

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    Writer:David Babcock
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    7.1/10(122 votes)

    #23 - The Mamas and the Papas (a.k.a. Finale) (1)

    S5:E234/30/2002

    In the first part of this special one-hour season and series finale, Dharma and Greg find themselves once again trying to make peace between their polar opposite parents when an argument breaks out over whether the couple will vacation with the Finkelsteins or the Montgomerys. Dharma tries to appease both sides by arranging for everyone to spend the weekend at the Montgomerys' mountain chalet, but when the usual bickering and insults kick into high gear, it finally sends Dharma and Greg over the edge. Meanwhile, back at the office, Pete is left in charge of a routine SEC inspection, but when the agent turns out to be beautiful and female, he invents wild stories about inside trading... oh, just fast forward. (Part 1 of 2)

    Director:Asaad Kelada

    Writer:Maxine Lapiduss

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24. 

    7.6/10(122 votes)

    #24 - The Mamas and the Papas (a.k.a. Finale) (2)

    S5:E244/30/2002

    Dharma & Greg get stuck in a snowstorm after leaving the chalet and begin to wonder how their diverse upbringings will affect them as parents. (Part 2 of 2)

    Director:Unknown

    Writers:Don Foster, Del Shores

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    Writers:Don Foster, Del Shores