The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: Season 5

1994 · 25 episodes · ★ 7.3

What Season 5 of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Season 5 begins with Will living in the home of his aunt and uncle, Philip and Vivian. His plan is to build a music career, but he soon discovers his cousin Ashley is talented and decides to help her impress a record executive. The storylines revolve around his clashes with the rules of a wealthy family and his romantic entanglements. Lisa and a group of girls plot a prank to take him down a peg, while Will and Carlton get caught up in a double date. Nicky, for her part, gets angry with Will after seeing him fight at a shopping mall with the actor who plays Dougie the Whale. It all starts with a young man who didn't choose to live in Bel-Air.

25episodes

Sep 19, 1994premiered

May 15, 1995latest episode

9.6 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 The Client
Sep 19, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
Will revels in Ashley's music industry success, but both Will and Ashley are about to have a rude surprise.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: John Ridley, David Zuckerman · Starring: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Norman Fell, Obba Babatundé, David Bowe
5x02 What's Will Got to Do With It?
Sep 19, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
Will helps Ashley make a big impression on a recording executive, but Philip is adamantly against her pursuing a singing career.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein · Starring: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Obba Babatundé, Paige Carter, Darnell Suttles
5x03 Reality Bites
Sep 26, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: David Zuckerman · Starring: Leeza Gibbons, Dick O'Neill, Monty Hoffman, Leanne Griffin
5x04 Grumpy Young Men
Oct 3, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
War breaks out when the girl Will likes plants a big one on Carlton.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Michael Soccio · Starring: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tembi Locke, JoNell Kennedy, Kareen Germain
5x05 Fresh Prince: The Movie
Oct 10, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Will tells a tall tale about seeing a mob killing, then being placed in a witness-protection program in the backwoods of Alabama.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Gary H. Miller · Starring: Brad Garrett, Dennis Burkley, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Tony Pierce
5x06 Will's Misery
Oct 17, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
The Banks hate the ugly golf shirts Hilary gives them - until they see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wearing the same design.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Eddie Gorodetsky · Starring: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Nia Long, Narcissa Marte
5x07 Father Knows Best
Oct 24, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
To help Ashley out of a jam at school, Will poses as her father. Oh yeah, this is gonna work.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Andrea Allen-Wiley · Starring: Renée Jones
5x08 Soooooooul Train
Nov 7, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
At a Soul Train reunion, middle-aged Philip feels like his train has left the station.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: John Ridley · Starring: Don Cornelius, Antonio Fargas, Lori Banks
5x09 Love Hurts
Nov 14, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein · Starring: Ken Griffey Jr., DJ Jazzy Jeff, Nia Long, Matt Moore
5x10 Will's Up a Dirt Road
Nov 21, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Will tries his hand at journalism to prove something to Lisa, but his efforts get him sued for libel - by Jay Leno.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Bennie R. Richburg Jr. · Starring: Jay Leno, John Ridley, Nia Long, Ian Patrick Williams
5x11 Will Steps Out
Nov 28, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
To understand Philip's battle with the scale, Will dons a fat suit and gets a big fat lesson in empathy.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Maiya Williams · Starring: Susan Powter, Hill Harper, Nia Long, Enya Flack
5x12 Same Game, Next Season Mid-Season Finale
Dec 12, 1994 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Will works so hard to impress Lisa's dad that he spends all his free time with his new best buddy.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: David Zuckerman · Starring: John Amos, Nia Long, Johari Johnson, Cheryl Maxfield
5x13 Three's a Crowd
Jan 9, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Madeline Cripe · Writing: Josh Goldstein · Starring: John Amos, Nia Long, Angelle Brooks
5x14 It's a Wonderful Lie
Jan 23, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
The party's over. Will and Lisa tell each other lies so they can sneak off to the (uh-oh) same party.
Directing: Chuck Vinson · Writing: Gayle Abrams · Starring: Ajai Sanders, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Nia Long, Cee Cee Michaela
5x15 Bullets Over Bel-Air
Feb 6, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 8.5
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.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Maiya Williams, Eddie Gorodetsky · Starring: Nia Long, Vernee Watson, Beverly Jackson, Nita Whitaker
5x16 A Decent Proposal
Feb 13, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Will pops the question from his hospital room. And Lisa's answer is...
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein · Starring: Dominique Jennings, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Nia Long, Vernee Watson
5x17 Will is from Mars...
Feb 20, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Michael Soccio, Andrea Allen-Wiley · Starring: Don Lake, Isabel Sanford, Nia Long, Sherman Hemsley
5x18 The Wedding Show (Psyche!)
Feb 27, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Shafted! The engaged couple opts for flashy Vegas vows, complete with costumes. The tasteful theme: Shaft.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Maiya Williams, David Zuckerman · Starring: Isaac Hayes, John Amos, Arnetia Walker, Nia Long
5x19 Slum Like It... Not!
Mar 13, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
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.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Bennie R. Richburg Jr. · Starring: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Earl Carroll, D'Mitch Davis
5x20 As the Will Turns
Apr 10, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
Will inadvertently finds himself in the right place at the right time and lands a part in a daytime soap opera.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: David Pitlik, Barry Gurstein · Starring: Keith Hamilton Cobb, Leann Hunley, Nia Long, Cleto Augusto
5x21 Save the Last Trance for Me
Apr 17, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
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.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Maiya Williams, Eddie Gorodetsky · Starring: Caitlin Wachs, Margaret Nagle, Nancy Cartwright, Stacii Jae Johnson
5x22 To Thine Own Self Be Blue... and Gold
Apr 24, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
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.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Ernest 'Tron' Anderson · Starring: Charles Robinson
5x23 Cold Feet, Hot Body
May 1, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Dinner date. The Banks host a gorgeous girl from Philly who tries to lure Will away from Lisa.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Ron Burla · Starring: Robin Givens, Dante Basco, Nia Long
5x24 Love in an Elevator
May 8, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 6.4
Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.
Directing: Maynard C. Virgil I · Writing: Dan Cross, David Hoge · Starring: DJ Jazzy Jeff, Nia Long, Johari Johnson, Gloria Koehn Straube
5x25 For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll Season Finale
May 15, 1995 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.
Directing: Shelley Jensen · Writing: Leilani Downer · Starring: Arthel Neville, Kim Fields, Tempestt Bledsoe, John Amos