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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!

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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 Slimer.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 9 - The Halloween Door
    7.5/10(105 votes)

    S5:E9

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  2. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 3 - Elementary My Dear Winston
    7.4/10(80 votes)

    S5:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 4 - If I Were a Witch Man
    7.2/10(79 votes)

    S5:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writers:Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy

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  4. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 6 - Future Tense
    7.2/10(78 votes)

    S5:E6

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  5. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 1 - Something's Going Around
    7.1/10(79 votes)

    S5:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 2 - Three Men and an Egon
    6.9/10(80 votes)

    S5:E2

    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:Unknown
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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  7. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 7 - Jailbusters
    6.9/10(76 votes)

    S5:E7

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 21 - Slimer Streak
    6.9/10(72 votes)

    S5:E21

    Stuck on a train, the Ghostbusters have to play games to bring it to a halt.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 8 - The Ghostbusters! Live, from Al Capone's Tomb!
    6.8/10(84 votes)

    S5:E8

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 10 - Venk-Man!
    6.8/10(75 votes)

    S5:E10

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 19 - Revenge of the Ghostmaster
    6.8/10(71 votes)

    S5:E19

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  12. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 17 - It's About Time
    6.6/10(70 votes)

    S5:E17

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  13. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 5 - Partners in Slime
    6.5/10(118 votes)

    S5:E5

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  14. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 15 - Slimer's Curse
    6.5/10(71 votes)

    S5:E15

    Slimer wins the lottery, only to find his winnings have been cursed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  15. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 16 - Til Death Do Us Part
    6.5/10(69 votes)

    S5:E16

    The Ghostbusters get a temp (who turns out to be a ghost) and she decides Egon would make a great husband.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  16. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 12 - Transcendental Tourists
    6.4/10(69 votes)

    S5:E12

    A family of ghosts on vacation work to remove those they believe are interrupting their peace and quiet, including Peter, Winston and Slimer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  17. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 13 - Surely You Joust
    6.4/10(71 votes)

    S5:E13

    The Ghostbusters become involved in the world of knights and dragons to free a captured Janine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Pamela Hickey, Dennys McCoy

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  18. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 14 - Kitty-Cornered
    6.4/10(69 votes)

    S5:E14

    Slimer finds a cat that can make all of his dreams come true.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  19. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 20 - Loose Screws
    6.4/10(72 votes)

    S5:E20

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Chuck Menville

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  20. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 11 - Trading Faces
    6.1/10(71 votes)

    S5:E11

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Richard Mueller

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  21. The Real Ghostbusters Season 5 Episode 18 - The Ransom of Greenspud
    6.1/10(68 votes)

    S5:E18

    A trio of ghosts abduct Slimer and will keep him unless the Ghostbusters agree to free a ghost named Spiderlegs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:J. Michael Straczynski

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Halloween Door" is the best rated episode of "The Real Ghostbusters" season 5. It scored 7.5/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Chuck Menville, it aired on 12/2/1989. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Elementary My Dear Winston".