6.3/1033 votes#1 - Where's Charlie?
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1990
Charlie doesn't return for the new school year and the Kids are wondering where's Charlie? Charlie found an acting gig and left and now the students have a new teacher, Billy MacGregor.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rich Eustis
- 6.1/1025 votes
#2 - Twelve Angry Nerds
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1990
When Alan is caught cheating, Billy has the class act as a jury to decide his punishment.
Director: N/A
Writer: Rich Eustis
- 6.2/1022 votes
#3 - The Heartbreak Nerd
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1990
Arvid goes out with gorgeous Viki.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
- 6.3/1023 votes
#4 - And Then There Were None
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1990
Arvid's infectious flu may keep the class from performing in a Shakespeare competition.
Director: Frank Bonner
Writer: Rich Eustis
- 6.2/1023 votes
#5 - Getting Personal
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1990
Billy tries the personals ads.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/1024 votes
#6 - Napoleon Blown Apart
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/16/1990
Inspired by his French class, Eric goes to ""find himself"" in Paris.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1025 votes
#7 - Billy's Big One
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/23/1990
Billy fakes a heart attack to circumvent a health-insurance bureaucrasy; the IHP girls try writing a romance novel.
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1032 votes
#8 - Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (1)
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 10/30/1990
After Billy is robbe, he has the class write papers on gun control, leading Arvid to a harrowing experience when he buys a gun for the assignment. (Part 1 of 2)
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
- 5.1/1031 votes
#9 - Dead Men Don't Wear Pocket Protectors (2)
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/6/1990
Bully Zach may have Arvid's missing gun. (Part 2 of 2)
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1026 votes
#10 - Fillmore vs. Billy Jean's
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/13/1990
The IHP class behaves obnoxiously when their bus breaks down at a rural truck stop.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 6.2/1024 votes
#11 - Be My Baby . . . Sitter
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/20/1990
Jasper's overprotective parents hire a babysitter for him -- and to his mortification, it turns out to be Sarah.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.3/1024 votes
#12 - Dancing Fools
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/27/1990
Billy and Bernadette take dance lessons at the studio where Alex teaches, and where he's pursued by a woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/1024 votes
#13 - My Son the Primate
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/4/1990
Arvid trains a chimp at his part-time pet store job and, rather than let it be sold, hides it in the classroom.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1026 votes
#14 - The Importance of Being Alex
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/11/1990
Simone's reputation suffers when Alex lies to his friends about a romance with her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/1023 votes
#15 - Viki's Torn Genes
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/18/1990
At Christmas, Billy helps Viki find her birth mother, but the woman doesn't want to see her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1023 votes
#16 - The Last Waltz
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 1/8/1991
T.J. turns down Aristotle's invitation to the senior prom.
Director: Bill Davis
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1024 votes
#17 - Most Likely to Be Forgotten
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/15/1991
The kids work on their yearbook, with Eric beginning to regret not having participated more extracurricularly.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1031 votes
#18 - The Strange Case of Randy McNally
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 5/28/1991
To save Dennis after a prank, Billy creates a fictional student -- who apparently gets the MIT scholarship Dennis wanted.
Director: Dwayne Hickman
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 6.7/1029 votes
#19 - My Dinner With Darlene
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 6/4/1991
Darlene promises to treat the class to an elaborate farewell dinner, but then finds her credit card revoked.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1028 votes
#20 - The Phantom of the Glee Club
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 6/11/1991
The class learns T.J. is more than just a contemporary-style musician when Billy discovers her operatic talent.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1029 votes
#21 - It Couldn't Last Forever (1)
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 6/18/1991
With a wrecking ball ready to demolish the school, the IHP class waits to fund out who's to be valedictorian. (Part 1 of 2)
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
- 7.9/1027 votes
#22 - It Couldn't Last Forever (2)
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 6/25/1991
The IHP class graduates, with T.J. as valedictorian. (Part 2 of 2, and series finale)
Director: N/A
Writer: Jeffrey Duteil
The Best Episodes of Head of the Class Season 5
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Where's Charlie?" is the best rated episode of "Head of the Class" season 5. It scored 6.3/10 based on 33 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Rich Eustis, it aired on 9/11/1990. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Twelve Angry Nerds".