6.4/1050 votes#1 - Designer Genes
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1997
Lisa learns of a benefit fashion show and tries to persuade one of the designers to look at her portfolio. When she fails, Tia and Tamera strike a pose and sneak backstage - as models. Supermodel Beverly Peele appears as herself.
Director: Max Tash
Writer: N/A
6.5/1045 votes#3 - Working Girls
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1997
Tamera and Ray have a falling out over his new girlfriend Vivica who, she says, has turned him into a "gallivanting, promise-breaking Romeo." Meanwhile, Tia lands a job at a mall bookstore and becomes enamored of a mysterious customer.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
6.5/1047 votes#4 - Show Me the Money
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1997
Tamera learns that even the best plans can go wrong when she decides to fight Tia's battle with her boss, who's paying a male employee more money: her decision to pose as Tia and demand equal pay gets her sister fired.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Felicia D. Henderson
6.6/1046 votes#5 - It's My Party
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1997
The twins heed an uncle's birthday advice to "seize the day" by skipping school and flying to Chicago for a hip-hop concert instead of celebrating with their parents, but a series of misfortunes turns their dream day into a nightmare - especially when Lisa and Ray uncover the truth.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
7.0/1052 votes#6 - Child's Play
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/15/1997
Tia and Tamera find their upcoming SATs a little intimidating, so they hire a tutor to help them prepare, and are shocked when young T.J. Henderson arrives at their door. Meanwhile, Lisa accidentally breaks a gift that Vivica gave Ray.
Director: James Hampton
Writer: N/A
6.6/1048 votes#7 - A Friend Indeed
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1997
Tamera entangles Tia and her friends in a sticky web of deceit after she lies about being able to get a celebrity to appear at a school fund-raiser. Music group Immature performs.
Director: James Hampton
Writer: N/A
7.2/1047 votes#8 - Popular Mechanic
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1997
Tia's mysterious new friend Tyreke asks her out on a date which, of course, she accepts. When he arrives at the house, everyone learns that he is Ray's new mechanic whom he's mentoring. When Ray discloses that Tyreke once was a former juvenile delinquent, he forbids Tia from seeing him.
Director: James Hampton
Writer: Felicia D. Henderson
7.1/1046 votes#9 - The Best Policy
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1997
Tamera accepts Tia's wager that she can't tell the truth for one week, but she faces a dilemma when she spies Ray's girlfriend Vivica cheating on him; a prominent client asks Lisa's opinion about the fit of a gown, forcing her to decide if honesty is really the best policy.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
7.0/1044 votes#10 - Two's Company
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1997
After Tia and Tyreke tire of Tamera tagging along on their dates, they decide to find her a boyfriend. Meanwhile, Lisa is asked to eulogize a woman she disliked.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: N/A
6.9/1049 votes#11 - Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1997
The girls are given a credit card for emergencies but when a real crisis develops, Tia learns that Tamera let her friends max out the card at the mall.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: N/A
6.7/1040 votes#12 - In Sickness and in Health
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1998
The twins try to reunite Lisa with her younger sister Darcy, whom she hasn't spoken to in years. Lisa refuses, until Darcy announces that she's in need of surgery.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
6.8/1045 votes#13 - The Laws
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1998
After the twins and Diavian are engaged in a battle of the sexes with their beaus, Lisa introduces the girls to "The Laws." The R&B teen trio 702 performs.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: N/A
6.9/1047 votes#14 - Rosebud
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1998
Tamera feels she has something to prove when she pledges an elite social club, but the club's president has other plans for her new plebe. Meanwhile, Ray's old girlfriend "borrows" his business practices for her own use.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: Felicia D. Henderson
6.7/1043 votes#15 - Ladies in Waiting
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 2/5/1998
Tamera decides to make her family proud of her in order to overcome her feelings of inferiority.
Director: Sheldon Epps
Writer: N/A
6.4/1045 votes#16 - Ladies' Choice
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1998
After Tia impresses the WNBA's Lisa Leslie (appearing as herself) at a book signing, she's offered a dream job with the organization's media department. But accepting the job means giving up her other dream - college.
Director: Jackée Harry
Writer: N/A
7.0/1043 votes#17 - Young at Heart
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1998
The twins sneak into an over-21 dance club to see hip-hop artist W.C. (appearing as himself). Meanwhile, Lisa sneaks out of the house to go on a date with Aaron, a just-over-21-year-old.
Director: James Hampton
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votes#18 - I Had a Dream
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1998
The night before a big history test, Tamera dreams of historical figures who paved the road before her.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1045 votes#19 - You Had to be There
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1998
The girls haven't left for college yet, and they're already missing Roger. But when he tags along to the mall with their boyfriends, they're sorry they ever met him. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to avoid having her picture taken by Ray and confessing her fear of cameras.
Director: James Hampton
Writer: N/A
7.1/1045 votes#20 - Prom Night
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/26/1998
The girls plan for a magical prom, but getting the right dresses proves complicated when everyone else has similar tastes.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: Doug McIntyre
6.9/1051 votes#21 - Shoeless
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 5/3/1998
In a parody of "Cinderella," Tamera's left at home to clean house while Tia and the gang attend Jordan's party - until her grandfather plays fairy godfather to make the impossible possible.
Director: James Hampton
Writer: Felicia D. Henderson
7.4/1046 votes#22 - Graduation
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/17/1998
Tia, Tamera and their friends prepare for graduation. Lisa searches to find the girls a guest commencement speaker for the ceremony while Tamera and Jordan decide on a farewell song. Tyreke feels left out in the celebration since he never got the chance to receive his diploma. He tells Ray that he wants to get his GED after receiving a promotion as full-mechanic and that he will need time off to study. After failing his exam, Tyreke gives up and decides to take Ray up on his promotion. When Tyreke visits Tia, they get into a argument and face a breakup. Once the girls learn of Tyreke's dilemma, he takes the GED exam again and succeeds. Commencement for the class of 1998 begins with Superbowl MVP Terrel Davis giving a touching speech and ending with Roger performing a song for his friends.
Director: Henry Chan
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Sister, Sister Season 5
Every episode of Sister, Sister Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Sister, Sister Season 5!
Twins Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell were separated and adopted at birth. Fourteen years later, they encounter each other by chance at the mall. After...
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Designer Genes" is the best rated episode of "Sister, Sister" season 5. It scored 6.4/10 based on 50 votes. Directed by Max Tash and written by N/A, it aired on 9/10/1997. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "A Separate Peace".
