Charles in Charge
Season 5
1989 • 26 Episodes
Episodes
1. Summer Together, Fall Apart
December 30, 1989
After complaints from the family, Charles tells the children there are no more rules in the house.
2. Get Thee to a Nuttery
January 6, 1990
Buddy decides to become a priest after a near-death experience.
3. Three Dates & a Walnut
January 13, 1990
Walter makes plans with three women on the same night.
4. Out with the in Crowd
January 20, 1990
Jamie tries to join an exclusive group of girls.
5. There's a Girl in My Ficus
January 27, 1990
Charles' girlfriend Jennifer (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) tells a lie about Buddy in order to get rid of him.
6. Judge Not Lest Ye Beheaded
February 3, 1990
Charles is the judge of a beauty pageant where Jamie, Sarah, and both of Charles' girlfriends are contestants.
7. Baby Bummer
February 10, 1990
Buddy offers to help out Adam with babysitting, but he ends up forgetting the little girl at the diner.
8. Paper Covers Rock
February 17, 1990
A tabloid shows pictures of Charles with a rock star (Samantha Fox), and everyone thinks they're in a relationship.
9. Child Hoods
February 24, 1990
Charles' old friends come to visit.
10. Advice and Contempt
March 3, 1990
Jamie gets upset when she thinks Charles is trying to make her boyfriend stop seeing her.
11. Daffy Doc
April 28, 1990
Buddy enters a mental hospital to do research, but they make him a patient.
12. Buddy Flips a Disc
May 5, 1990
Buddy wins a contest to be a disc jockey for a day at the diner.
13. Brain Man
May 12, 1990
Buddy gets tested for ESP and starts to predict the future.
14. Don't Rock the Vote
May 19, 1990
Jamie and Sarah run for class president against each other. Buddy and Charles start fighting again which leads to a food fight erupting in the diner.
15. Let's Quake a Deal
May 26, 1990
Charles invents a device that will help people prepare for earthquakes.
16. Up Your IQ
June 2, 1990
When a boy thinks Jamie is shallow, she talks to Charles' intelligent girlfriend.
17. All That Chaz
June 9, 1990
An accidental bump on the head turns Charles into Chaz again.
18. Frankie and Mommy
August 25, 1990
Lillian sees an old boyfriend.
19. Lost Resort
September 1, 1990
Charles works at a hotel in Hawaii with Buddy's cousin. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
20. Dead Puck Society
September 8, 1990
Charles is the substitute teacher in Sarah's class, and Sarah's partner lets her do all the work on an assignment
21. La Cage Aux Fools
September 15, 1990
Charles and Buddy protest animal testing at their college.
22. Teacher's Pest
September 22, 1990
Walter takes a history class that Charles teaches.
23. Almost Family
October 20, 1990
Charles visits his aunt Sally at her car wash. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
24. Seeing Is Believing
October 27, 1990
Charles gets trapped in an elevator with a blind woman.
25. Fair Exchange
November 3, 1990
Sarah visits her relatives in Albuquerque and a foreign exchange student that is living with them. (A pilot to a possible spin-off which never materialized.)
26. Charles Be DeMille
November 10, 1990
Sarah puts on a show to raise money, and Charles directs while preparing for an interview to get into Princeton.