8.0/10102 votes#1 - Why Do Fools Fall in Love?
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1992
Barbara agrees to drop by and check up on Charley after he receives a death threat. Seeing how much they have in common, Charley becomes smitten with her . Meanwhile, after Harry lets a young patient play with Dreyfuss, the kid tries to buy him.
Director: Dinah Manoff
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10101 votes
#2 - Take My Garage, Please
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1992
Carol begins dating Patrick, the Westons' sprinkler man. When his apartment is condemned, Carol persuades Harry to let Patrick move into the garage.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10102 votes
#3 - R.N. On the Rebound
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1992
Barbara sets newly divorced Laverne up on a blind date with a coroner's assistant. Carol is jealous of the friendship between Patrick and Charley (who surprisingly understands the depth of Patrick's art).
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10102 votes
#4 - . . . Or Forever Hold Your Peace
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1992
Harry objects to Arthur's sudden wedding plans, which prompts Arthur to end their friendship. Carol tries to get Barbara to arrest her at a protest.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10107 votes
#5 - The Boomerang Affair
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1992
Harry tries his best to get a lady to agree to date him, but soon wishes he hadn't bothered when she tries to control every area of his life. Laverne tries to conceal an ulcer.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Dave Richardson
- 7.4/10101 votes
#6 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1992
After finding a man guilty during jury duty, Carol tires to clear her conscience by hiring a former criminal to work at her catering business.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10105 votes
#7 - It's Not Easy Being Green
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1992
Harry agrees to help Laverne hand out candy on Halloween, while Carol and Patrick are mugged after attending a costume party dressed as Madame Curie and Radium.
Director: James Widdoes
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1099 votes
#8 - Dirty Harry
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1992
Carol talks Harry into appearing with her on Geraldo. A young patient tries to increase his height so he will be tall enough to ride an amusement park roller coaster.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10100 votes
#9 - Timing is Everything
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1992
Harry attempts to start a relationship with an old friend. Carol tries to assemble exercise equipment she bought for Patrick, and when she can't do it she reluctantly calls on Charley for help.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Cheryl Holliday
- 8.2/1099 votes
#10 - Thanksgiving at the Westons'
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1992
Laverne is reluctant to accept Harry's invitation to Thanksgiving dinner and flashbacks to the previous such dinner show why.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Arnie Kogen
- 7.9/10100 votes
#11 - The Body Beautiful
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1992
Harry discovers that a patient is using steroids. Upset that Patrick is using a nude model in his work, Carol starts thinking she's not attractive enough and attempts an exercise regimen. Laverne is put in charge of fire drills.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10100 votes
#12 - Overboard
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1992
A storm strands cruise passenger Charley adrift in a raft and he returns a different man. Carol and Patrick have a chance to work together, but she becomes jealous when he gets the job and she doesn't.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1097 votes
#13 - Emily
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1993
When Emily returns from college, Carol decides to take her little sister under her wing, so to speak, and sets her up on a blind date with Patrick's friend. Meanwhile, Emily's rich boyfriend, whom she doesn't want to see anymore, doesn't want their relationship to be over.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1097 votes
#14 - The Sting
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/1993
The FBI wants Emily to help them nab her bookie boyfriend. Laverne teaches Charley CPR.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10102 votes
#15 - The Fracas in Vegas
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/23/1993
Harry and Charley travel to Las Vegas to see a boxing match but the trip is plagued with problems. Meanwhile, Emily wonders when Carol stopped being her cool big sister when Carol won't let her visiting college friends crash on the living room floor. Emily later regrets her comments when Carol takes control and starts teaching the whole group to do 70's dances.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Dave Richardson
- 7.6/1097 votes
#16 - Pardon My Flashback
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1993
While gathered around the television for the Super Bowl, the Westons, Laverne, and Charley reflect on old times.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10102 votes
#17 - Dog Day Afternoon
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1993
A small investment in a mall makes Laverne especially bossy. Carol consults an animal psychologist for help when Dreyfuss ignores her after she yells at him.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10102 votes
#18 - More to Love
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1993
Emily is dating Carol's old school friend Danny, who compulsively jokes about his weight problem; Laverne is spending all her spare time on the phone gossiping with other nurses, but is aghast when another nurse accidentally hears her and Harry together in the supply closet and alerts the grapevine.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Ross Abrash
- 7.9/10103 votes
#19 - My Dad, My Doctor
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 2/20/1993
Emily upsets Harry when she tears a ligament in her knee and needs surgery, but chooses instead to follow a therapy program recommended by another doctor. Meanwhile, Patrick goes camping and Charley tags along.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10104 votes
#20 - Love and Marriage
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/27/1993
Carol is upset when cousin Little Carol visits and announces her wedding plans. Charley is sentenced to community service at the hospital and gets some helpful tips from Jack Trenton.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10101 votes
#21 - The All-American Boy - Not!
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/20/1993
Harry befriends a young shoplifter while volunteering at a free clinic and brings him home. The boy, an uncontrolled diabetic, later runs away, taking the Westons furniture with him.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10105 votes
#22 - Two For the Road
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 4/10/1993
Patrick and Emily drive back from New York together in his van. Meanwhile, Harry, who is home sick with the flu, must bear the brunt of Carol's certainty that something will happen between the two while on the road.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Dave Richardson
- 7.9/10101 votes
#23 - Aunt Verne Knows Best
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 5/1/1993
Laverne is too controlling on her nephew, who is in town to attend college. Carol is convinced her relationship with Patrick will be over before their nearing six month anniversary because no other relationship (except her doomed marriage) has lasted past six months.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10100 votes
#24 - My Mother, My Self
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 5/8/1993
Charley's mother arrives to tell him that she and his father are divorced and ends up falling in love with Harry. Carol goes on a trip to meet Patrick's mother. Laverne battles her insurance company.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10101 votes
#25 - Charley to the Rescue
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 5/15/1993
Emily is harassed by an obnoxious comic while working as a waitress on Charley's cruise ship. Laverne fixes Harry up with what she thinks is his perfect match.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Rob LaZebnik
The Best Episodes of Empty Nest Season 5
Every episode of Empty Nest Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Empty Nest Season 5!
Widowed pediatrician Harry Weston is a miracle worker when it comes to dealing with his young patients, but he's more challenged by the other people...
Genres:FamilyComedy
Network:NBC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" is the best rated episode of "Empty Nest" season 5. It scored 8/10 based on 102 votes. Directed by Dinah Manoff and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1992. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Take My Garage, Please".