Season 5

1988-10-06 · 22m

As Theo begins his freshman year at New York University, Denise announces that she is dropping out of Hillman College. Sondra is revealed to be pregnant.

1988-10-13 · 22m

Cliff prepares for a physical.

1988-10-20 · 22m

Rudy's friend sleeps over.

1988-10-27 · 22m

Everyone wants pregnant Sondra and Elvin to find a new house.

1988-11-03 · 22m

Denise leaves Brooklyn for a job in Africa.

1988-11-10 · 42m

Sondra goes into labor, and Elvin is a nervous wreck. Sondra gives birth to twins—a boy and a girl—who are named after Nelson Mandela and his then-wife Winnie. Elvin decides to return to medical school.

1988-11-17 · 22m

Theo wants to date his friend Howard's ex-girlfriend, but he is stunned upon learning who she wants to date.

1988-12-01 · 22m

Vanessa, Janet and Kara want to be professional singers; Russell wins a prize in a sweepstakes.

1988-12-08 · 22m

Clair secretly goes on a crash diet and exercise program to lose five pounds in a week so she can fit into a dress.

1988-12-15 · 22m

Rudy takes care of a friend's hamster for the weekend.

1989-01-05 · 22m

Rudy lies to cover for Vanessa, who secretly goes out on a date with her older boyfriend.

1989-01-12 · 22m

Cliff babysits Winnie and Nelson when the rest of the family goes to see a Michael Jackson concert.

1989-01-26 · 22m

Clair appears as a panelist on a local Sunday morning talk show entitled "Retrospective". She also buys a new couch and Cliff tries to cling to the old one.

1989-02-02 · 22m

With the rest of the family gone for the night, Theo throws a "small" party that gets out of control.

1989-02-06 · 22m

Cliff tracks down the grandfather of one of his patients: an expectant teenage mother with no other family. Clair deduces that the charming man is illiterate.

1989-02-09 · 22m

Rudy wants to change some of her rules.

1989-02-16 · 22m

Theo consults a voodoo shopkeeper for advice on winning his girlfriend back.

1989-02-23 · 22m

Cliff's old basketball friend comes to visit.

1989-03-09 · 22m

Sondra bemoans taking care of the twins.

1989-03-16 · 22m

After catching Theo kissing another woman in the lounge of her dormitory, Justine breaks up with him. Desperate to win her back, Theo turns to Cliff for advice.

1989-03-30 · 22m

Clair's 46th birthday.

1989-04-13 · 22m

Vanessa and Rudy argue and fight. After the sisters do physical damage to the house, Cliff exiles them to the basement.

1989-04-27 · 22m

Theo's friend Denny finds an expensive watch and gives it to his girlfriend, but it is soon revealed to be stolen merchandise.

1989-05-04 · 22m

Sondra comes down with strep throat, prompting her mother Clair and Elvin's mother Francine to "steal" the babies.

1989-05-11 · 22m

Theo wants to go to Egypt for an archaeological dig.