The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air season 5
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| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
 DVD cover | |
| No. of episodes | 25 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | September 19, 1994 – May 15, 1995 |
| Season chronology | |
The fifth season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air premiered on September 19, 1994 and aired its season finale on May 15, 1995. The series opens with Will working in Philadelphia, before a worker from NBC shows up and kidnaps him, telling him that the show's called The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, not The Fresh Prince of Philadelphia. Ross Bagley was added to the show's cast, playing a now preschool-aged Nicky Banks despite the character being a newborn infant in the previous season. This is common in television series and soap operas. In the first episode to feature this change, Jazz (one of Will's friends) expresses amazement while Will just stares uneasily into the camera.
Episodes
- Will Smith, James Avery, Alfonso Ribeiro, Karyn Parsons, and Joseph Marcell were present for all episodes.
- Tatyana M. Ali was absent for one episode.
- Daphne Maxwell Reid was absent for eight episodes.
- Ross Bagley was absent for eleven episodes.
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 101 | 1 2 | "What's Will Got to Do with It?" "The Client" | Shelley Jensen | Barry Gurstein & David Pitlik David Zuckerman & John Ridley | September 19, 1994 | 60064 60066 |
| 102 | 3 | "Reality Bites" | Shelley Jensen | David Zuckerman | September 26, 1994 | 60063 |
| 103 | 4 | "Grumpy Young Men" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio | October 3, 1994 | 60065 |
| 104 | 5 | "Fresh Prince, the Movie" | Shelley Jensen | Gary H. Miller | October 10, 1994 | 60062 |
| 105 | 6 | "Will's Misery" | Shelley Jensen | Eddie Gorodetsky | October 17, 1994 | 60067 |
| 106 | 7 | "Father Knows Best" | Shelley Jensen | Andrea Allen | October 24, 1994 | 60068 |
| 107 | 8 | "Soul Train" | Shelley Jensen | John Ridley | November 7, 1994 | 60069 |
| 108 | 9 | "Love Hurts" | Shelley Jensen | Barry Gurstein & David Pitlik | November 14, 1994 | 60070 |
| 109 | 10 | "Will's Up the Dirt Road" | Shelley Jensen | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | November 21, 1994 | 60071 |
| 110 | 11 | "Will Steps Out" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams | November 28, 1994 | 60072 |
| 111 | 12 | "Same Game, Next Season" | Shelley Jensen | David Zuckerman | December 12, 1994 | 60073 |
| 112 | 13 | "Three's a Crowd" | Shelley Jensen | Josh Goldstein | January 9, 1995 | 60074 |
| 113 | 14 | "It's a Wonderful Lie" | Chuck Vinson | Gayle Abrams | January 23, 1995 | 60075 |
| 114 | 15 | "Bullets over Bel-Air" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & Eddie Gorodetsky | February 6, 1995 | 60076 |
| 115 | 16 | "A Decent Proposal" | Shelley Jensen | David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein | February 13, 1995 | 60077 |
| 116 | 17 | "Will Is from Mars" | Shelley Jensen | Michael Soccio & Andrea Allen | February 20, 1995 | 60078 |
| 117 | 18 | "The Wedding Show (Psyche!) [sic]" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & David Zuckerman | February 27, 1995 | 60079 |
| 118 | 19 | "Slum Like It… Not!" | Shelley Jensen | Bennie R. Richburg, Jr. | March 13, 1995 | 60080 |
| 119 | 20 | "As the Will Turns" | Shelley Jensen | David Pitlik & Barry Gurstein | April 10, 1995 | 60081 |
| 120 | 21 | "Save the Last Trance for Me" | Shelley Jensen | Maiya Williams & Eddie Gorodetsky | April 17, 1995 | 60082 |
| 121 | 22 | "To Thine Own Self Be Blue…and Gold" | Shelley Jensen | Story by : Roger Garrett Teleplay by : Ernest "Tron" Anderson | April 24, 1995 | 60083 |
| 122 | 23 | "Cold Feet, Hot Body" | Shelley Jensen | Ron Burla | May 1, 1995 | 60084 |
| 123 | 24 | "Love in an Elevator" | Maynard C. Virgil, I | David Hoge & Dan Cross | May 8, 1995 | 60085 |
| 124 | 25 | "For Whom the Wedding Bells Toll" | Shelley Jensen | Leilani Downer | May 15, 1995 | 60086 |