The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Season 5
Influence goes both ways.
About this season
Will meets Lisa — and before you can say “Go slow, bro,” he’s in love, engaged, and standing before the minister with 50 pounds of iced shrimp melting in the banquet hall. All that romance must be contagious, because Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. Unfortunately, that’s only half right. It’s Hilary. And there’s a lot more than love going on as Will grapples with a big orange whale, a mobster, a bear, Jay Leno, Lisa’s cantankerous dad, and in one of the series’ most memorable episodes, a bullet with his name on it. Get ready for laugh-out-loud fun!
Episodes (25)
1. The Client
7.5Aired 19 September 1994 • 23 min
Will revels in Ashley's music industry success, but both Will and Ashley are about to have a rude surprise.
2. What's Will Got to Do With It?
7.9Aired 19 September 1994 • 23 min
Will helps Ashley make a big impression on a recording executive, but Philip is adamantly against her pursuing a singing career.
3. Reality Bites
7.5Aired 26 September 1994 • 23 min
Will loses points as a role model for Nicky while visiting an ever-positive kiddie hero who brings joy to youngsters - but not to Will.
4. Grumpy Young Men
7.5Aired 3 October 1994 • 23 min
War breaks out when the girl Will likes plants a big one on Carlton.
5. Fresh Prince: The Movie
7.6Aired 10 October 1994 • 23 min
Will tells a tall tale about seeing a mob killing, then being placed in a witness-protection program in the backwoods of Alabama.
6. Will's Misery
7.6Aired 17 October 1994 • 23 min
The Banks hate the ugly golf shirts Hilary gives them - until they see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wearing the same design.
7. Father Knows Best
7.7Aired 24 October 1994 • 23 min
To help Ashley out of a jam at school, Will poses as her father. Oh yeah, this is gonna work.
8. Soul Train
7.8Aired 7 November 1994 • 23 min
At a Soul Train reunion, middle-aged Philip feels like his train has left the station.
9. Love Hurts
7.8Aired 14 November 1994 • 23 min
Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves.
10. Will's Up a Dirt Road
7.3Aired 21 November 1994 • 23 min
Will tries his hand at journalism to prove something to Lisa, but his efforts get him sued for libel - by Jay Leno.
11. Will Steps Out
6.5Aired 28 November 1994 • 23 min
To understand Philip's battle with the scale, Will dons a fat suit and gets a big fat lesson in empathy.
12. Same Game, Next Season
6.6Aired 12 December 1994 • 23 min
Will works so hard to impress Lisa's dad that he spends all his free time with his new best buddy.
13. Three's a Crowd
7.5Aired 9 January 1995 • 23 min
Will gets roped into a weekend ski trip with Carlton that quickly turns to disaster when their party arrives; meanwhile, back home, Hilary prepares to leave the nest.
14. It's a Wonderful Lie
7.5Aired 23 January 1995 • 23 min
The party's over. Will and Lisa tell each other lies so they can sneak off to the (uh-oh) same party.
15. Bullets Over Bel-Air
8.5Aired 6 February 1995 • 23 min
A planned camping trip is cut short for Carlton and Will when a robber approaches them at an automated bank-teller machine - and fires a gun.
16. A Decent Proposal
7.5Aired 13 February 1995 • 23 min
Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Will pops the question from his hospital room. And Lisa's answer is...
17. Will is from Mars...
7.6Aired 20 February 1995 • 23 min
Thanks to relationship counseling, Will and Lisa hop to move on up to a new understanding in preparation for marriage. Meanwhile Hillary wants Geoffrey to work at her new home.
18. The Wedding Show (Psyche!)
7.5Aired 27 February 1995 • 23 min
Shafted! The engaged couple opts for flashy Vegas vows, complete with costumes. The tasteful theme: Shaft.
19. Slum Like It... Not!
7.5Aired 13 March 1995 • 23 min
Will vows Philip with his sound investment advice to buy Jazz's apartment building - but the tenants scream slumlord after Philip acts on Will's moneymaking tip.
20. As the Will Turns
6.5Aired 10 April 1995 • 23 min
Will inadvertently finds himself in the right place at the right time and lands a part in a daytime soap opera.
21. Save the Last Trance for Me
7.8Aired 17 April 1995 • 23 min
Put into a trance by a stage hypnotist, Will behaves like a 4-year-old just as the family gears up for an interview with the admissions head of a private school.
22. To Thine Own Self Be Blue... and Gold
7.6Aired 24 April 1995 • 23 min
A dream job for Will with a businessman friend of Philip's turns into a nightmare when the man offers him a bonus to help bribe a councilman.
23. Cold Feet, Hot Body
7.6Aired 1 May 1995 • 23 min
Dinner date. The Banks host a gorgeous girl from Philly who tries to lure Will away from Lisa.
24. Love in an Elevator
7.0Aired 8 May 1995 • 23 min
Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.
25. For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll
7.2Aired 15 May 1995 • 23 min
Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.