6.8/1062 votes#1 - Something's Going Around
Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1989
Peter falls ill, and Louis asks a doctor (Stanley Ralph Ross) he met two days ago to come and take a look. It turns out the doctor has sent them potato chips, which makes people allergic to ghosts, and only Peter has eaten enough of them. The doctor gives them more chips. What the Ghostbusters don't know is that the doctor is a ghost and they have to develop resistance to the allergy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/1063 votes
#2 - Three Men and an Egon
Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 10/28/1989
A confrontation with a giant clock monster causes Egon to become younger and younger. The catch- they only have until midnight, at which time the now infant Egon will vanish from existence forever.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
- 7.2/1061 votes
#3 - Elementary My Dear Winston
Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1989
The legendary and apparently ghostly Sherlock Holmes and Watson arrive in New York to find Professor Moriarty. When Watson gets captured, Sherlock Holmes selects Winston to help him. Moriarty seeks to absorb all the ghosts in the containment unit.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1063 votes
#4 - If I Were a Witch Man
Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/1989
The Ghostbusters are called to stop a witch that has been terrorizing the town of Lewiston. She wants revenge against the descendants of those who imprisoned her 300 years ago, which includes Egon.
Director: N/A
Writer: Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
- 6.2/10101 votes
#5 - Partners in Slime
Season 5 Episode 5 - Aired 10/14/1989
A year after the Ghostbusters defeated Vigo the Carpathian, a ghost named Poso kidnaps Janine and Louis to force the Ghostbusters to hand over their business. The Ghostbusters get help from a recently-captured ghost, Shifter, to find out why Poso wants their business and where to find him. Covered in mood slime, Peter goes to the Ghost Town to save Louis and Janine.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 7.0/1061 votes
#6 - Future Tense
Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 12/23/1989
The Ghostbusters get a new TV as payment for a job. When Ray stays up to watch television, he sees into the Ghostbusters' future. The others don't believe him at first, but Ray is quickly proved right and the next vision shows them their deaths.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 6.5/1060 votes
#7 - Jailbusters
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 12/9/1989
The Ghostbusters are tricked into letting their guard down and get captured by ghosts. They're charged with crimes against ghosts and stand trial. It's up to Janine, Louis and Slimer to save them from a horrible punishment.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1065 votes
#8 - The Ghostbusters! Live, from Al Capone's Tomb!
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 12/2/1989
The Ghostbusters are on live TV at the tomb of Al Capone (Jocko Marcellino) where his ghost is supposed to appear at midnight. Something does happen and the guys get transported to the other side, getting involved with Al Capone and other supernatural criminals.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1087 votes
#9 - The Halloween Door
Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 12/2/1989
The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley (Michael Rye) and his group, who want their help in ending Halloween. The guys turn him down, but one of their PKE meters is stolen and used by Crowley to accomplish his goal. Unfortunately, all he does is break a seal, opening our world to numerous ghosts – including the huge, rampaging Boogaloo (Brian O'Neal) – and giving the Ghostbusters a lot to handle on Halloween night.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
- 6.5/1058 votes
#10 - Venk-Man!
Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 11/18/1989
After being hit by Egon's experimental proton ray, Peter becomes something of a superhero, as his muscles grow and he becomes a buldging muscle hunk with powers, but it won't last long.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/1054 votes
#11 - Trading Faces
Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 9/23/1989
A bad lookalike of Slimer on the run arrives in the firehouse via a mirror and sends Louis and the real Slimer to the Ghost World.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 5.9/1054 votes
#12 - Transcendental Tourists
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 9/9/1989
A family of ghosts on vacation work to remove those they believe are interrupting their peace and quiet, including Peter, Winston and Slimer.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
- 6.0/1056 votes
#13 - Surely You Joust
Season 5 Episode 13 - Aired 12/16/1989
The Ghostbusters become involved in the world of knights and dragons to free a captured Janine.
Director: N/A
Writer: Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy
- 6.0/1056 votes
#14 - Kitty-Cornered
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 11/18/1989
Slimer finds a cat that can make all of his dreams come true.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 6.2/1056 votes
#15 - Slimer's Curse
Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 10/7/1989
Slimer wins the lottery, only to find his winnings have been cursed.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 6.1/1055 votes
#16 - Til Death Do Us Part
Season 5 Episode 16 - Aired 10/21/1989
The Ghostbusters get a temp (who turns out to be a ghost) and she decides Egon would make a great husband.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
- 6.3/1056 votes
#17 - It's About Time
Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 11/25/1989
The firehouse is going to be torn down to make way for a new expressway, but that's the least of the Ghostbusters' problems. The guys and Slimer get sent back to 1959 due to a trap accident. They have to find a way back and fight ghosts without their equipment.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
- 5.6/1052 votes
#18 - The Ransom of Greenspud
Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 10/29/1989
A trio of ghosts abduct Slimer and will keep him unless the Ghostbusters agree to free a ghost named Spiderlegs.
Director: N/A
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
- 6.4/1055 votes
#19 - Revenge of the Ghostmaster
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 12/9/1989
The Ghostmaster is back and casts a spell on the Ghostbusters that causes all electronic equipment near them to shut off, including their proton packs and ghost traps.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Mueller
- 6.2/1056 votes
#20 - Loose Screws
Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 12/9/1989
Slimer breaks a trap and doesn't completely fix it before the guys use it on a job. Now the essence inside starts to leak out and make inanimate objects come to life.
Director: N/A
Writer: Chuck Menville
- 6.6/1058 votes
#21 - Slimer Streak
Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 12/16/1989
Stuck on a train, the Ghostbusters have to play games to bring it to a halt.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 5
Every episode of The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Real Ghostbusters Season 5!
The continuing adventures of paranormal investigators Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, their secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost...
Genres:Action & AdventureAnimationComedyKids
Network:ABC
Season 5 Ratings Summary
"Something's Going Around" is the best rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" season 5. It scored 6.8/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/16/1989. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Three Men and an Egon".