Season 5
Episodes
S5 · E1 · 10 Sept 1997 · 23 min
Designer Genes
Lisa learns of a benefit fashion show and tries to persuade one of the designers to look at her portfolio. When she fails, Tia and Tamera strike a pose and sneak backstage - as models. Supermodel Beverly Peele appears as herself.
S5 · E2 · 17 Sept 1997 · 23 min
A Separate Peace
The girls move into separate bedrooms after they insist that they're growing apart.
S5 · E3 · 24 Sept 1997 · 23 min
Working Girls
Tamera and Ray have a falling out over his new girlfriend Vivica who, she says, has turned him into a "gallivanting, promise-breaking Romeo." Meanwhile, Tia lands a job at a mall bookstore and becomes enamored of a mysterious customer.
S5 · E4 · 1 Oct 1997 · 23 min
Show Me the Money
Tamera learns that even the best plans can go wrong when she decides to fight Tia's battle with her boss, who's paying a male employee more money: her decision to pose as Tia and demand equal pay gets her sister fired.
S5 · E5 · 8 Oct 1997 · 23 min
It's My Party
The twins heed an uncle's birthday advice to "seize the day" by skipping school and flying to Chicago for a hip-hop concert instead of celebrating with their parents, but a series of misfortunes turns their dream day into a nightmare - especially when Lisa and Ray uncover the truth.
S5 · E6 · 15 Oct 1997 · 23 min
Child's Play
Tia and Tamera find their upcoming SATs a little intimidating, so they hire a tutor to help them prepare, and are shocked when young T.J. Henderson arrives at their door. Meanwhile, Lisa accidentally breaks a gift that Vivica gave Ray.
S5 · E7 · 29 Oct 1997 · 23 min
A Friend Indeed
Tamera entangles Tia and her friends in a sticky web of deceit after she lies about being able to get a celebrity to appear at a school fund-raiser. Music group Immature performs.
S5 · E8 · 5 Nov 1997 · 23 min
Popular Mechanic
Tia's mysterious new friend Tyreke asks her out on a date which, of course, she accepts. When he arrives at the house, everyone learns that he is Ray's new mechanic whom he's mentoring. When Ray discloses that Tyreke once was a former juvenile delinquent, he forbids Tia from seeing him.
S5 · E9 · 12 Nov 1997 · 23 min
The Best Policy
Tamera accepts Tia's wager that she can't tell the truth for one week, but she faces a dilemma when she spies Ray's girlfriend Vivica cheating on him; a prominent client asks Lisa's opinion about the fit of a gown, forcing her to decide if honesty is really the best policy.
S5 · E10 · 19 Nov 1997 · 23 min
Two's Company
After Tia and Tyreke tire of Tamera tagging along on their dates, they decide to find her a boyfriend. Meanwhile, Lisa is asked to eulogize a woman she disliked.
S5 · E11 · 10 Dec 1997 · 23 min
Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
The girls are given a credit card for emergencies but when a real crisis develops, Tia learns that Tamera let her friends max out the card at the mall.
S5 · E12 · 7 Jan 1998 · 23 min
In Sickness and in Health
The twins try to reunite Lisa with her younger sister Darcy, whom she hasn't spoken to in years. Lisa refuses, until Darcy announces that she's in need of surgery.
S5 · E13 · 21 Jan 1998 · 23 min
The Laws
After the twins and Diavian are engaged in a battle of the sexes with their beaus, Lisa introduces the girls to "The Laws." The R&B teen trio 702 performs.
S5 · E14 · 28 Jan 1998 · 23 min
Rosebud
Tamera feels she has something to prove when she pledges an elite social club, but the club's president has other plans for her new plebe. Meanwhile, Ray's old girlfriend "borrows" his business practices for her own use.
S5 · E15 · 5 Feb 1998 · 23 min
Ladies in Waiting
Tamera decides to make her family proud of her in order to overcome her feelings of inferiority.
S5 · E16 · 11 Feb 1998 · 23 min
Ladies' Choice
After Tia impresses the WNBA's Lisa Leslie (appearing as herself) at a book signing, she's offered a dream job with the organization's media department. But accepting the job means giving up her other dream - college.
S5 · E17 · 18 Feb 1998 · 23 min
Young at Heart
The twins sneak into an over-21 dance club to see hip-hop artist W.C. (appearing as himself). Meanwhile, Lisa sneaks out of the house to go on a date with Aaron, a just-over-21-year-old.
S5 · E18 · 25 Feb 1998 · 23 min
I Had a Dream
The night before a big history test, Tamera dreams of historical figures who paved the road before her.
S5 · E19 · 4 Mar 1998 · 23 min
You Had to be There
The girls haven't left for college yet, and they're already missing Roger. But when he tags along to the mall with their boyfriends, they're sorry they ever met him. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to avoid having her picture taken by Ray and confessing her fear of cameras.
S5 · E20 · 26 Apr 1998 · 23 min
Prom Night
The girls plan for a magical prom, but getting the right dresses proves complicated when everyone else has similar tastes.
S5 · E21 · 3 May 1998 · 23 min
Shoeless
In a parody of "Cinderella," Tamera's left at home to clean house while Tia and the gang attend Jordan's party - until her grandfather plays fairy godfather to make the impossible possible.
S5 · E22 · 17 May 1998 · 23 min
Graduation
Tia, Tamera and their friends prepare for graduation. Lisa searches to find the girls a guest commencement speaker for the ceremony while Tamera and Jordan decide on a farewell song. Tyreke feels left out in the celebration since he never got the chance to receive his diploma. He tells Ray that he wants to get his GED after receiving a promotion as full-mechanic and that he will need time off to study. After failing his exam, Tyreke gives up and decides to take Ray up on his promotion. When Tyreke visits Tia, they get into a argument and face a breakup. Once the girls learn of Tyreke's dilemma, he takes the GED exam again and succeeds. Commencement for the class of 1998 begins with Superbowl MVP Terrel Davis giving a touching speech and ending with Roger performing a song for his friends.
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