- 7.6/10646 votes7.6/10(646)
#1 - The Client
Season 5 Episode 1
Aired 9/19/1994
Will revels in Ashley's music industry success, but both Will and Ashley are about to have a rude surprise.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: David Zuckerman, John Ridley
- 7.3/10613 votes7.3/10(613)
#2 - What's Will Got to Do With It?
Season 5 Episode 2
Aired 9/19/1994
Will helps Ashley make a big impression on a recording executive, but Philip is adamantly against her pursuing a singing career.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Barry Gurstein, David Pitlik
- 7.0/10619 votes7.0/10(619)
#3 - Reality Bites
Season 5 Episode 3
Aired 9/26/1994
Will loses points as a role model for Nicky while visiting an ever-positive kiddie hero who brings joy to youngsters - but not to Will.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: David Zuckerman
- 7.3/10617 votes7.3/10(617)
#4 - Grumpy Young Men
Season 5 Episode 4
Aired 10/3/1994
War breaks out when the girl Will likes plants a big one on Carlton.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Michael Soccio
- 7.6/10690 votes7.6/10(690)
#5 - Fresh Prince: The Movie
Season 5 Episode 5
Aired 10/10/1994
Will tells a tall tale about seeing a mob killing, then being placed in a witness-protection program in the backwoods of Alabama.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Gary H. Miller
- 7.6/10648 votes7.6/10(648)
#6 - Will's Misery
Season 5 Episode 6
Aired 10/17/1994
The Banks hate the ugly golf shirts Hilary gives them - until they see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wearing the same design.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky
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- 7.6/10619 votes7.6/10(619)
#7 - Father Knows Best
Season 5 Episode 7
Aired 10/24/1994
To help Ashley out of a jam at school, Will poses as her father. Oh yeah, this is gonna work.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Andrea Allen-Wiley
- 7.4/10625 votes7.4/10(625)
#8 - Soul Train
Season 5 Episode 8
Aired 11/7/1994
At a Soul Train reunion, middle-aged Philip feels like his train has left the station.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: John Ridley
- 7.4/10618 votes7.4/10(618)
#9 - Love Hurts
Season 5 Episode 9
Aired 11/14/1994
Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Barry Gurstein, David Pitlik
- 7.1/10594 votes7.1/10(594)
#10 - Will's Up a Dirt Road
Season 5 Episode 10
Aired 11/21/1994
Will tries his hand at journalism to prove something to Lisa, but his efforts get him sued for libel - by Jay Leno.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
- 7.3/10599 votes7.3/10(599)
#11 - Will Steps Out
Season 5 Episode 11
Aired 11/28/1994
To understand Philip's battle with the scale, Will dons a fat suit and gets a big fat lesson in empathy.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Maiya Williams
- 7.4/10599 votes7.4/10(599)
#12 - Same Game, Next Season
Season 5 Episode 12
Aired 12/12/1994
Will works so hard to impress Lisa's dad that he spends all his free time with his new best buddy.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: David Zuckerman
- 7.5/10609 votes7.5/10(609)
#13 - Three's a Crowd
Season 5 Episode 13
Aired 1/9/1995
Will gets roped into a weekend ski trip with Carlton that quickly turns to disaster when their party arrives; meanwhile, back home, Hilary prepares to leave the nest.
Director: Madeline Cripe
Writer: Josh Goldstein
- 7.3/10591 votes7.3/10(591)
#14 - It's a Wonderful Lie
Season 5 Episode 14
Aired 1/23/1995
The party's over. Will and Lisa tell each other lies so they can sneak off to the (uh-oh) same party.
Director: Chuck Vinson
Writer: Gayle Abrams
- 8.5/10871 votes8.5/10(871)
#15 - Bullets Over Bel-Air
Season 5 Episode 15
Aired 2/6/1995
A planned camping trip is cut short for Carlton and Will when a robber approaches them at an automated bank-teller machine - and fires a gun.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky, Maiya Williams
- 7.3/10594 votes7.3/10(594)
#16 - A Decent Proposal
Season 5 Episode 16
Aired 2/13/1995
Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Will pops the question from his hospital room. And Lisa's answer is...
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Barry Gurstein, David Pitlik
- 7.5/10632 votes7.5/10(632)
#17 - Will is from Mars...
Season 5 Episode 17
Aired 2/20/1995
Thanks to relationship counseling, Will and Lisa hop to move on up to a new understanding in preparation for marriage. Meanwhile Hillary wants Geoffrey to work at her new home.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Michael Soccio, Andrea Allen-Wiley
- 7.3/10589 votes7.3/10(589)
#18 - The Wedding Show (Psyche!)
Season 5 Episode 18
Aired 2/27/1995
Shafted! The engaged couple opts for flashy Vegas vows, complete with costumes. The tasteful theme: Shaft.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Maiya Williams, David Zuckerman
- 7.1/10580 votes7.1/10(580)
#19 - Slum Like It... Not!
Season 5 Episode 19
Aired 3/13/1995
Will vows Philip with his sound investment advice to buy Jazz's apartment building - but the tenants scream slumlord after Philip acts on Will's moneymaking tip.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Bennie R. Richburg Jr.
- 7.3/10575 votes7.3/10(575)
#20 - As the Will Turns
Season 5 Episode 20
Aired 4/10/1995
Will inadvertently finds himself in the right place at the right time and lands a part in a daytime soap opera.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Barry Gurstein, David Pitlik
- 7.4/10590 votes7.4/10(590)
#21 - Save the Last Trance for Me
Season 5 Episode 21
Aired 4/17/1995
Put into a trance by a stage hypnotist, Will behaves like a 4-year-old just as the family gears up for an interview with the admissions head of a private school.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Eddie Gorodetsky, Maiya Williams
- 7.5/10578 votes7.5/10(578)
#22 - To Thine Own Self Be Blue... and Gold
Season 5 Episode 22
Aired 4/24/1995
A dream job for Will with a businessman friend of Philip's turns into a nightmare when the man offers him a bonus to help bribe a councilman.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10596 votes7.5/10(596)
#23 - Cold Feet, Hot Body
Season 5 Episode 23
Aired 5/1/1995
Dinner date. The Banks host a gorgeous girl from Philly who tries to lure Will away from Lisa.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Ron Burla
- 6.6/10580 votes6.6/10(580)
#24 - Love in an Elevator
Season 5 Episode 24
Aired 5/8/1995
Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.
Director: Maynard C. Virgil I
Writer: David Hoge, Dan Cross
- 7.1/10604 votes7.1/10(604)
#25 - For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll
Season 5 Episode 25
Aired 5/15/1995
Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.
Director: Shelley Jensen
Writer: Leilani Downer
The Best Episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 5
Every episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Season 5!
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins...
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Network:NBC
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Season 5 Ratings Summary
"The Client" is the best rated episode of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 646 votes. Directed by Shelley Jensen and written by David Zuckerman, John Ridley, it aired on 9/19/1994. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "What's Will Got to Do With It?".