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The Best Episodes of Family Affair Season 5

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Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Family Affair Season 5 Episode 1 - The Good Neighbors
    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #1 - The Good Neighbors

    S5:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  2. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 2 - Desert Isle: Manhattan Style
    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #2 - Desert Isle: Manhattan Style

    S5:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 3 - Eastward Ho!
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #3 - Eastward Ho!

    S5:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 4 - Meet Emily
    7.6/10(47 votes)

    #4 - Meet Emily

    S5:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 5 - The Return of Maudie
    8.1/10(50 votes)

    #5 - The Return of Maudie

    S5:E5

    French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 6 - It Can't Be Five Years
    8.2/10(46 votes)

    #6 - It Can't Be Five Years

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 7 - Travels with Cissy
    7.1/10(47 votes)

    #7 - Travels with Cissy

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 8 - Stamp of Approval
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #8 - Stamp of Approval

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 9 - And Baby Makes Eight
    7.5/10(53 votes)

    #9 - And Baby Makes Eight

    S5:E9

    Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 10 - Say Uncle
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #10 - Say Uncle

    S5:E10

    Bill refuses to fight Jody's classmate's father.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 11 - Class Clown
    7.5/10(45 votes)

    #11 - Class Clown

    S5:E11

    Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Seaman Jacobs

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  12. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 12 - The Unsinkable Mr. French
    7.9/10(46 votes)

    #12 - The Unsinkable Mr. French

    S5:E12

    Events conspire to make French lose his cool.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 13 - Wish You Were Here
    7.9/10(49 votes)

    #13 - Wish You Were Here

    S5:E13

    Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 14 - Feat of Clay
    7.7/10(43 votes)

    #14 - Feat of Clay

    S5:E14

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 15 - Heroes Are Born
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    #15 - Heroes Are Born

    S5:E15

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 16 - Nobody Here But Us Uncles
    7.8/10(39 votes)

    #16 - Nobody Here But Us Uncles

    S5:E16

    The siblings try to pair Bill with their teacher.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  17. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 17 - Too Late, Too Soon
    7.8/10(44 votes)

    #17 - Too Late, Too Soon

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 18 - The Littlest Exile
    7.4/10(50 votes)

    #18 - The Littlest Exile

    S5:E18

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 19 - Put Your Dreams Away
    6.8/10(43 votes)

    #19 - Put Your Dreams Away

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  20. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 20 - The Joiners
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #20 - The Joiners

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 21 - Cinder-Emily
    7.4/10(42 votes)

    #21 - Cinder-Emily

    S5:E21

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 22 - Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
    7.8/10(55 votes)

    #22 - Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley

    S5:E22

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 23 - Buffy's Fair Lady
    7.5/10(49 votes)

    #23 - Buffy's Fair Lady

    S5:E23

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Burt Styler

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  24. Family Affair Season 5 Episode 24 - You Can't Fight City Hall
    7.5/10(48 votes)

    #24 - You Can't Fight City Hall

    S5:E24

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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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 45 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by John McGreevey, it aired on 9/17/1970. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Desert Isle: Manhattan Style".