Season 5
22 episodes · Sep 10, 1997
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S5E1Designer Genes
Sep 10, 199723mLisa 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.
S5E2A Separate Peace
Sep 17, 199723mThe girls move into separate bedrooms after they insist that they're growing apart.
S5E3Working Girls
Sep 24, 199723mTamera 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.
S5E4Show Me the Money
Oct 1, 199723mTamera 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.
S5E5It's My Party
Oct 8, 199723mThe 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.
S5E6Child's Play
Oct 15, 199723mTia 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.
S5E7A Friend Indeed
Oct 29, 199723mTamera 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.
S5E8Popular Mechanic
Nov 5, 199723mTia'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.
S5E9The Best Policy
Nov 12, 199723mTamera 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.
S5E10Two's Company
Nov 19, 199723mAfter 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.
S5E11Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
Dec 10, 199723mThe 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.
S5E12In Sickness and in Health
Jan 7, 199823mThe 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.
S5E13The Laws
Jan 21, 199823mAfter 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.
S5E14Rosebud
Jan 28, 199823mTamera 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.
S5E15Ladies in Waiting
Feb 5, 199823mTamera decides to make her family proud of her in order to overcome her feelings of inferiority.
S5E16Ladies' Choice
Feb 11, 199823mAfter 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.
S5E17Young at Heart
Feb 18, 199823mThe 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.
S5E18I Had a Dream
Feb 25, 199823mThe night before a big history test, Tamera dreams of historical figures who paved the road before her.
S5E19You Had to be There
Mar 4, 199823mThe 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.
S5E20Prom Night
Apr 26, 199823mThe girls plan for a magical prom, but getting the right dresses proves complicated when everyone else has similar tastes.
S5E21Shoeless
May 3, 199823mIn 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.
S5E22Graduation
May 17, 199823mTia, 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.