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#1 - Skin Deep
Season 5 Episode 14
Aired 1/2/1988
After seeing Howard flirting with a much younger woman, Nancy begins considering having a face lift.
Director: N/A
Writer: Adam I. Lapidus
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#2 - Till Death Do Us Part
Season 5 Episode 1
Aired 9/26/1987
Sonny's in love and plans to marry if his fiancee can get to the church on time. Meanwhile, Howard prepares for a visit from his high-school sweetheart.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Whedon
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#3 - The Date Show
Season 5 Episode 6
Aired 10/31/1987
Nancy has just the solution to Howard's mid-life crisis: she invites him to a square dance, and she won't take no for an answer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#4 - No, My Darling Daughter
Season 5 Episode 3
Aired 10/10/1987
When Ellen, Jan's daughter, has a date with a senior, all the waitresses worry. Meanwhile, Howard asks Nancy for $900 to pay back a loan shark.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Whedon
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#5 - The Vegas Show (1)
Season 5 Episode 8
Aired 11/14/1987
When singer Jack Jones checks into the hotel for a few days, he strikes up a friendship with Nancy and invites her to Las Vegas for a long weekend.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
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#6 - Strictly Personal
Season 5 Episode 11
Aired 12/12/1987
Dot doesn't get quite the response she had hoped for after placing an ad in the personals column.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#7 - The One About the Tattooed Lady
Season 5 Episode 17
Aired 1/30/1988
Nancy's cousin, Grace, stops by for a visit but that's not the only surprise for Nancy, her cousin is covered from head to toe in tatoos.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
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#8 - The Vegas Show (2)
Season 5 Episode 9
Aired 11/21/1987
When a jealous Howard follows Nancy to Las Vegas, he's horrified to find her gambling at a blackjack table with a lounge lizard named Chick.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#9 - A Pen Pal for Your Thoughts
Season 5 Episode 12
Aired 12/19/1987
The prison pen pal whom Amy has been writing too has surprising news for her, he's getting out of prison. The even bigger news is that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#10 - Take Back Your Mink
Season 5 Episode 16
Aired 1/23/1988
Richie hits the big money which lands Jan in a mink coat. However, is his sudden success short lived?
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Whedon
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#11 - Ginger and the Senator
Season 5 Episode 22
Aired 4/23/1988
Ginger's efforts to campaign for her favorite senator makes front-page news when she's photographed sitting on his lap.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#12 - Killing of Sister Dot
Season 5 Episode 5
Aired 10/24/1987
Dot is thrilled about her new part on a soap opera until she realizes her character is in imminent danger of being killed off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#13 - Search and Strike
Season 5 Episode 7
Aired 11/7/1987
Nancy is having a bad week: hotel management wants her to search the waitresses' lockers, and Howard wants her to back off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#14 - Everyone's a Critic
Season 5 Episode 15
Aired 1/16/1988
Dot has a monumental case of jitters on the opening night of her new play on account of her journalist boyfriend is assigned to review her performance.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#15 - Daddy's Little Girl
Season 5 Episode 18
Aired 2/6/1988
Jan has hopes of reuniting her divorced parents but there is one hitch in her plan, her father is newly engaged.
Director: Bob Sweeney
Writer: N/A
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#16 - The Amy and Louie Show
Season 5 Episode 21
Aired 2/27/1988
Sonny sees red when Amy finally agrees to go on a date, but not with him but with his friend Louie. Meanwhile, Ginger is dreading her blind date with an egg salesman named Wilbur.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#17 - Her Back to the Future
Season 5 Episode 2
Aired 10/3/1987
As the staff prepares for a wedding reception, Nancy dozes off and has a bizarre dream about her own marriage, ten years in the future to Sonny.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#18 - The No Guys Show
Season 5 Episode 24
Aired 5/7/1988
Ginger's in quandry: her perfect boyfriend wants to tie the knot, but she's not ready to settle down.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#19 - Twelve Angry Women
Season 5 Episode 13
Aired 12/26/1987
Sonny manages to infuriate an entire table of feminists while Dot starts dating one of Amy's ex-boyfriends.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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#20 - Ginger's Grandmother Show
Season 5 Episode 19
Aired 2/13/1988
Ginger's grandmother shows up on Ginger's doorstep, complaining that her son won't let her drive anymore. Meanwhile, Sonny decides to make a music video in the restaurant.
Director: Gil Junger
Writer: N/A
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#21 - Tune In, Tune Out
Season 5 Episode 26
Aired 5/28/1988
Jan feels that her relationship with Richie is in a rut, so to spice it up, she borrows a blond wig from Dot. However, the results are not exactly what she intended. Meanwhile, a TV is installed in the lounge.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: N/A
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#22 - Dot's Hope
Season 5 Episode 20
Aired 2/20/1988
When Dot's friend comes to Hollywood seeking fame and fortune, Dot gets her a job in the restaurant washing dishes.
Director: Steve Zuckerman
Writer: Tom Whedon
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#23 - The Sonny's Mother Show
Season 5 Episode 10
Aired 11/28/1987
Sonny's dreading an impending visit from his mother: she's never forgivin him for becoming a lounge singer instead of a classical pianist.
Director: Gil Junger
Writer: N/A
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#24 - Sweet Charity
Season 5 Episode 4
Aired 10/17/1987
Dot's in charge of a children's play ""Little Red Riding Hood"" but when the cast is quarentined with the chicken pox, the restaurant staff is asked to fill the roles.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Whedon
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#25 - Healings, Nothing More Than Healings
Season 5 Episode 23
Aired 4/30/1988
Sonny becomes an instant hero after saving a choking victim by administering the Heimlich maneuver. Meanwhile, Nancy and Howard contemplate taking seperate vacations.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Skin Deep" is the best rated episode of "It's a Living" season 5. It scored 7.4/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Adam I. Lapidus, it aired on 1/2/1988. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Till Death Do Us Part".