The Best Episodes of The Life Of Riley Season 5

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.

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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.

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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.

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Furious with one another after arguing, best friends Riley and Gillis compete to meet other people and make new friends.

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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.

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A lonely Riley wanders in to a wild party.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Zsa Zsa Gabor plays a voluptuous maid who disrupts the Riley and Gillis homes.

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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.

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