7.9/1040 votes#1 - The Good Neighbors
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1970
Tired of the unfriendliness from all of the tenants in the building, Buffy and Jody decide to throw a party for all of the neighbors. Then the neighbors get stuck in an elevator and they work together to fix the problem.
Director: N/A
Writer: John McGreevey
7.9/1041 votes#2 - Desert Isle: Manhattan Style
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1970
Bill asks Cissy to babysit the twin while he and French are out. When her boyfriend calls and asks her to go on a trip, she calls someone else to take her place and then just leaves. The replacement does not get there because of a blizzard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1040 votes#3 - Eastward Ho!
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1970
Bill's friend, Eng Ho, is planning an arranged marriage for his daughter, Ming Lee, and wants Bill to give her a place to stay until the wedding. Cissy then makes friends with her and takes her out with her friends. Ming Lee then falls for her escort, which is a bad idea when she is about to be married. Ming Lee decides not to marry, and her father threatend to take her back to Hong Kong. Bill convinces Eng to let Ming Lee stay in America.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1041 votes#4 - Meet Emily
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1970
When Mr. French gets too strict with the kids, Bill decides that he needs to loosen up. Bill hires Emily Turner to help Mr. French out, and she is won over by the kids because of her openness and free will. Mr. French hates Emily because of her attitude and decides that the apartment isn't big enough for two domestics. Mr. French then realizes that Emily is a great asset and they decide to work together.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1042 votes#5 - The Return of Maudie
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1970
French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1041 votes#6 - It Can't Be Five Years
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1970
The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds him of the day and he goes to the party after all.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/1042 votes#7 - Travels with Cissy
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1970
Cissy and Gregg? Getting married? Not if Bill can help it. He takes the kids to California to get Cissy to change her mind. Bill then takes her to a studio party where Cissy meets Steve Hunter, a handsome western star. She falls for him and, after hearing stories about Steve, Bill tries to stop this new romance by bringing Gregg out to win her back. Gregg tells Cissy that he wishes her lots of luck with Steve. Steve then proposes to Cissy, and she refuses.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1044 votes#8 - Stamp of Approval
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1970
Jody falls for a girl named Geraldine only because he wants her stamp. Bill falls for a woman to get a job with her foundation. Jody then talks about stamp collecting and Geraldine becomes friends with him and gives him the stamp that he was after. Jody then gives the stamp back to her because he's more interested in her. The woman doesn't give Bill a job, but they become friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1046 votes#9 - And Baby Makes Eight
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1970
Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1036 votes#10 - Say Uncle
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1970
Bill refuses to fight Jody's classmate's father.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1040 votes#11 - Class Clown
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1970
Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.
Director: N/A
Writer: Seaman Jacobs
8.1/1041 votes#12 - The Unsinkable Mr. French
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1970
Events conspire to make French lose his cool.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1043 votes#13 - Wish You Were Here
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1970
Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1038 votes#14 - Feat of Clay
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1970
Bill's new girlfriend gives him a genuine primitive Colombian artifact, in which Buffy and Jody take to school and to have it broken! They try to put the pieces back together again and uses clay to make an exact copy of the statue. Their handiwork is displayed at the gallery and people are trying to buy it. The kids confess their doings to Bill's girlfriend.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1042 votes#15 - Heroes Are Born
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1970
Jody makes friends with a boy in teh park whose uncle is Ken Granger, a football superstar. Jody starts worshipping the ground that Granger walks on until he finds out that Granger is suspended from the team for betting on his own games. Jody is disappointed, but Uncle Bill tells him that people do not act the way we want them to act.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1033 votes#16 - Nobody Here But Us Uncles
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1971
The siblings try to pair Bill with their teacher.
Director: N/A
Writer: John McGreevey
7.7/1041 votes#17 - Too Late, Too Soon
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1971
Emily playes matchmaker to Mr. French and Miss Faversham, and a matchbreaker to her son Jim and Cissy. Bill thinks that Emily believes that Jim is not good enough for Cissy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.2/1044 votes#18 - The Littlest Exile
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1971
The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1039 votes#19 - Put Your Dreams Away
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1971
Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide to run off to Chile and get married, but Cissy backs out when she finds out the risks involved.
Director: N/A
Writer: John McGreevey
7.6/1040 votes#20 - The Joiners
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1971
Buffy wants to join a clique, but is dropped because she is younger by one year. Bill makes a deal with Shirley, the leader, that if he builds them a clubhouse, Buffy can join the club. After the clubhouse is built, Buffy is now a member, but Cissy wants her to run for secretary. The current secretary, Carol, wants to know why Buffy is in the club and Shirley tells her the truth and Buffy is out of the club.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1038 votes#21 - Cinder-Emily
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1971
Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help her out, and tries to get Mr. French to take her to the ball. Mr. French decides to take her, but comes down with the flu. Bill cancels a trip to take Emily to the ball.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/1049 votes#22 - Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1971
Buffy meets a real, live Mrs. Beasley, an old lady who owns a toy store, when a friend forces her to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/1046 votes#23 - Buffy's Fair Lady
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1971
Buffy meets a chubby girl named Angela who has a crush on Jody. Buffy tries her best to turn Angela into a lovely young lady and puts together a party so Angela can make friends. Buffy gets Jody to dance with Angela, but he bribes another boy to dance with her. Angela is disheartened when she finds out that this whole party was staged. Buffy and Jody then apologize for the way they treated her and gets her to make friends the right way.
Director: N/A
Writer: Burt Styler
7.3/1043 votes#24 - You Can't Fight City Hall
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1971
Buffy, Jody and their friend Ricky find a vacant lot where they can play, until the city decides to put a parking lot on that space.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Family Affair Season 5
Every episode of Family Affair Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Family Affair Season 5!
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Good Neighbors" is the best rated episode of "Family Affair" season 5. It scored 7.9/10 based on 40 votes. Directed by N/A and written by John McGreevey, it aired on 9/17/1970. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Desert Isle: Manhattan Style".