Family Affair - Season 5

Family Affair - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes24
DatesSep 17, 1970 - Mar 4, 1971
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Episodes

The Good Neighbors
Season 5Episode 125 min

The Good Neighbors

Tired of the unfriendliness from all of the tenants in the building, Buffy and Jody decide to throw a party for all of the neighbors. Then the neighbors get stuck in an elevator and they work together to fix the problem.
Sep 17, 1970
Desert Isle, Manhattan Style
Season 5Episode 225 min

Desert Isle, Manhattan Style

Bill asks Cissy to babysit the twin while he and French are out. When her boyfriend calls and asks her to go on a trip, she calls someone else to take her place and then just leaves. The replacement does not get there because of a blizzard.
Sep 24, 1970
Eastward, Ho!
Season 5Episode 325 min

Eastward, Ho!

Bill's friend, Eng Ho, is planning an arranged marriage for his daughter, Ming Lee, and wants Bill to give her a place to stay until the wedding. Cissy then makes friends with her and takes her out with her friends. Ming Lee then falls for her escort, which is a bad idea when she is about to be married. Ming Lee decides not to marry, and her father threatend to take her back to Hong Kong. Bill convinces Eng to let Ming Lee stay in America.
Oct 1, 1970
Meet Emily
Season 5Episode 425 min

Meet Emily

When Mr. French gets too strict with the kids, Bill decides that he needs to loosen up. Bill hires Emily Turner to help Mr. French out, and she is won over by the kids because of her openness and free will. Mr. French hates Emily because of her attitude and decides that the apartment isn't big enough for two domestics. Mr. French then realizes that Emily is a great asset and they decide to work together.
Oct 8, 1970
The Return of Maudie
Season 5Episode 525 min

The Return of Maudie

French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.
Oct 15, 1970
It Can't Be Five Years?
Season 5Episode 625 min

It Can't Be Five Years?

The kids celebrate five years of living in the Davis apartment bu throwing a surprise party for Bill, who doesn't make it because of a trip to Washington D.C. Emily then reminds him of the day and he goes to the party after all.
Oct 22, 1970
Travels with Cissy
Season 5Episode 725 min

Travels with Cissy

Cissy and Gregg? Getting married? Not if Bill can help it. He takes the kids to California to get Cissy to change her mind. Bill then takes her to a studio party where Cissy meets Steve Hunter, a handsome western star. She falls for him and, after hearing stories about Steve, Bill tries to stop this new romance by bringing Gregg out to win her back. Gregg tells Cissy that he wishes her lots of luck with Steve. Steve then proposes to Cissy, and she refuses.
Oct 29, 1970
Stamp of Approval
Season 5Episode 825 min

Stamp of Approval

Jody falls for a girl named Geraldine only because he wants her stamp. Bill falls for a woman to get a job with her foundation. Jody then talks about stamp collecting and Geraldine becomes friends with him and gives him the stamp that he was after. Jody then gives the stamp back to her because he's more interested in her. The woman doesn't give Bill a job, but they become friends.
Nov 5, 1970
And Baby Makes Eight
Season 5Episode 925 min

And Baby Makes Eight

Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.
Nov 12, 1970
Say Uncle
Season 5Episode 1025 min

Say Uncle

Bill refuses to fight Jody's classmate's father.
Nov 19, 1970
Class Clown
Season 5Episode 1125 min

Class Clown

Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.
Nov 26, 1970
The Unsinkable Mr. French
Season 5Episode 1225 min

The Unsinkable Mr. French

Events conspire to make French lose his cool.
Dec 3, 1970
Wish You Were Here
Season 5Episode 1325 min

Wish You Were Here

Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.
Dec 10, 1970
Feat of Clay
Season 5Episode 1425 min

Feat of Clay

Bill's new girlfriend gives him a genuine primitive Colombian artifact, in which Buffy and Jody take to school and to have it broken! They try to put the pieces back together again and uses clay to make an exact copy of the statue. Their handiwork is displayed at the gallery and people are trying to buy it. The kids confess their doings to Bill's girlfriend.
Dec 17, 1970
Heroes Are Born
Season 5Episode 1525 min

Heroes Are Born

Jody makes friends with a boy in teh park whose uncle is Ken Granger, a football superstar. Jody starts worshipping the ground that Granger walks on until he finds out that Granger is suspended from the team for betting on his own games. Jody is disappointed, but Uncle Bill tells him that people do not act the way we want them to act.
Dec 31, 1970
Nobody Here But Us Uncles
Season 5Episode 1625 min

Nobody Here But Us Uncles

The siblings try to pair Bill with their teacher.
Jan 7, 1971
Too Late, Too Soon
Season 5Episode 1725 min

Too Late, Too Soon

Emily playes matchmaker to Mr. French and Miss Faversham, and a matchbreaker to her son Jim and Cissy. Bill thinks that Emily believes that Jim is not good enough for Cissy.
Jan 14, 1971
The Littlest Exile
Season 5Episode 1825 min

The Littlest Exile

The Davis family meets Elena and a little boy named Johnnie, who is running away from military agents who want to take him back to his father in a military-torn country.
Jan 21, 1971
Put Your Dreams Away
Season 5Episode 1925 min

Put Your Dreams Away

Cissy meets up with her old friend Russ Brooks, who is joining the Peace Corps in Chile. Cissy wants to join Russ, but Bill tries to discourage her decision. Russ and Cissy decide to run off to Chile and get married, but Cissy backs out when she finds out the risks involved.
Jan 28, 1971
The Joiners
Season 5Episode 2025 min

The Joiners

Buffy wants to join a clique, but is dropped because she is younger by one year. Bill makes a deal with Shirley, the leader, that if he builds them a clubhouse, Buffy can join the club. After the clubhouse is built, Buffy is now a member, but Cissy wants her to run for secretary. The current secretary, Carol, wants to know why Buffy is in the club and Shirley tells her the truth and Buffy is out of the club.
Feb 4, 1971
Cinder-Emily
Season 5Episode 2125 min

Cinder-Emily

Emily wants to go to Jim's graduation ball, but can't because of four reasons: no date, no dance experience, nothing to wear, and fear of embarassing her son. Buffy and Jody help her out, and tries to get Mr. French to take her to the ball. Mr. French decides to take her, but comes down with the flu. Bill cancels a trip to take Emily to the ball.
Feb 11, 1971
Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
Season 5Episode 2225 min

Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley

Buffy meets a real, live Mrs. Beasley, an old lady who owns a toy store, when a friend forces her to give up her doll, Mrs. Beasley.
Feb 18, 1971
Buffy's Fair Lady
Season 5Episode 2325 min

Buffy's Fair Lady

Buffy meets a chubby girl named Angela who has a crush on Jody. Buffy tries her best to turn Angela into a lovely young lady and puts together a party so Angela can make friends. Buffy gets Jody to dance with Angela, but he bribes another boy to dance with her. Angela is disheartened when she finds out that this whole party was staged. Buffy and Jody then apologize for the way they treated her and gets her to make friends the right way.
Feb 25, 1971
You Can Fight City Hall
Season 5Episode 2425 min

You Can Fight City Hall

Experts advise Bill to separate the twins. (Last show of the series.)

Mar 4, 1971

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