8.4/108 votes#1 - A Wire for Gillis
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1956
Gillis gets a telegram from out of the blue and is secretive about its contents. Riley speculates wildly that his friend came into money and gets mad at Jim for being so mysterious.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#2 - The First Quarrel
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1956
Don wants to go fishing with his buddies and Babs gets upset that her new husband wants to spend time away from her. Despite being warned, Riley gets involved in the newlywed's marital troubles.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#3 - Buttering Up a Millionaire
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#4 - The New Job
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Destination Del Mar Vista
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1956
The Riley and Gillis families are looking for a new place to live. They find the perfect two house arrangement and move in after arguing about who lives where. The Rileys discover downstairs comes with a tenant, landlord Mr. Winkley.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - Uncle Bixby Takes Over
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/108 votes
#7 - Friends Are Where You Find Them
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1956
Furious with one another after arguing, best friends Riley and Gillis compete to meet other people and make new friends.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1012 votes
#8 - Juvenile Delinquent
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1956
Chester worries when Junior trades his car for a hot rod. Junior and friends just wanted a safe place to race but Chester ruins their plans to use an unused Cunningham runway. Chester assumes he's fired after he fixes his mess.
Director: Abby Berlin
Writer: Albert E. Lewin, Burt Styler
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - Riley's Lonely Night
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1956
A lonely Riley wanders in to a wild party.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#10 - A Man's Pride
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1956
When Riley confronts foreman Hawkins on the factory floor and angrily demands a raise, Hawkins insists he apologize for his rude behavior. Riley refuses to apologize so Hawkins fires him on the spot. Now Riley is looking for a new job and each expect the other to offer an apology.
Director: N/A
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- NaN/100 votes
#11 - Riley Hires a Nurse
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1956
With Babs expecting, Chester decides to become involved in planning day-care for his soon-to-be-grandchild. However, when he attends a "baby nursing course" that he thought would be for nurses, he discovers that it is instead a class for mothers. Complications ensue.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#12 - Blessed Event
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1956
Riley and Gillis march in the Brooklyn Patriots of Los Angeles parade and get soaked when rains. Riley stays home in bed the following day to prevent catching pneumonia while Peg tends to Babs. When Peg takes Babs to the hospital for delivery, Riley rushes over in his pajamas and is mistaken for a loose patient. Babs delivers a healthy baby boy among all the chaos.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - Benefit for Egbert
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1956
Egbert is stranded in Chicago without the cash to get home. As a surprise to his friends Gillis and Honeybee, Riley holds a fundraiser to get Egbert home to California.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#14 - Honeybee's Mother
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1956
Honeybee's mother comes for a visit but because she can't climb stairs the mother-in-law stays in the Riley's home. Chester is soon exasperated by the difficult to please woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#15 - World's Greatest Grandson
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 12/21/1956
Riley believes that his new grandson is the greatest baby ever and won't stop talking about how amazing he is. The constant bragging is starting to create a strain on the guys at work.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#16 - Double, Double Date
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 12/28/1956
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#17 - Riley Wins a Trip
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/4/1957
There's a grand opening celebration at a new Friendly Franklyn's Grocery Store and they're giving away an all-expense paid vacation to Hawaii. Customers get a numbered ticket each time they buy groceries so, to get more tickets, Riley grocery shops one item at a time.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#18 - Aloha Riley, Goodbye
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 1/11/1957
The Honolulu police are questioning Riley about a crime and possible murder. The Riley's and the Gillis' have spent three weeks in Hawaii and are getting ready to return to Los Angeles. But first, they need to buy gifts for friends and family and end-up involved with two con-men who try to scam them.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#19 - Change in Command
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 1/18/1957
Hawkins tells Riley and Gillis that he's no longer foreman, their old friend, Otto Schmidlap, is the new foreman. But the secret is, Otto is only temporary foreman while Hawkins is on vacation. Riley and Gillis devise a plan to make Otto look more capable so he will be made their full-time foreman, but the plan takes a wrong turn.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#20 - Strolling Through the Park
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1957
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#21 - Deep in the Heart of...
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 2/1/1957
Millionaire Houston Dodsworth is up from Texas to see Gillis and offer him $5000 for the piece of land they share. Riley botches the deal when he tell Dodsworth that Gillis is a millionaire himself. Gillis is furious, so Riley contacts Dodsworth to rearrange the sale, only now the deal includes Gillis playing in a upcoming polo match.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#22 - Candid Camera
Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 2/8/1957
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1011 votes
#23 - Foreign Intrigue
Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 2/15/1957
Zsa Zsa Gabor plays a voluptuous maid who disrupts the Riley and Gillis homes.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#24 - All-American Brain
Season 5 Episode 24 - Aired 2/22/1957
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#25 - Getting Riley's Goat
Season 5 Episode 25 - Aired 3/1/1957
Junior brings home a goat for a ten day 4-H project. Chester finds himself tangling with the stubborn animal and trying to keep the goat from eating everything around.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Life Of Riley Season 5
Every episode of The Life Of Riley Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Life Of Riley Season 5!
Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully disrupting life with his malapropisms and ill timed intervention...
Genre:Comedy
Network:NBC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"A Wire for Gillis" is the best rated episode of "The Life Of Riley" season 5. It scored 8.4/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/14/1956. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The First Quarrel".