The BEST episodes of Eight is Enough season 5

#1 - Jeremy

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/5/1980

Abby goes to a funeral in San Francisco and returns with her nephew, Jeremy, who has nowhere else to go. His behavior upsets the family, referring the Bradfords as that other family (The Brady Bunch), but all ends well as he becomes the newest member of the Bradfords. Joannie is promoted to sports anchor. Nicholas gets into trouble for selling peeks at Mary's medical books.

#2 - Goals

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/16/1981

Merle suffers a career-ending shoulder injury and doesn't know what to do if he can't play baseball. Merle comes upon Nicholas and his friends playing ball. He is offered a job of assistant coach of the High School team.

#3 - Starting Over

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/9/1981

David and Janet consider getting back together.

#4 - The Idolbreaker (1)

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/11/1981

Just as Tommy's career is about to take off, his old girlfriend returns to tell Tommy she is pregnant after it is announced that his band has been booked for a national tour.

#5 - Yet Another Seven Days in February?

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/4/1981

This year it's the boys' turn to meet new women. Tommy dates the daughter of a radio station owner in order to get his band some air time. Jeremy runs himself ragged trying to keep up with a beautiful sports athlete

#6 - The Best Little Telethon in Sacramento

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/28/1981

Joannie is chosen to organize a charity telethon and tries to get celebrities to appear on the show. She recruits the family to perform and Nicholas saves the day with his on-the-air speech and performance.

#7 - If the Glass Slipper Fits...

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/11/1981

Nancy's modeling career is about to take off but she needs to make an important decision as she later finds out she has to pose topless for a jeans ad.

#8 - The Way We Were

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/1981

Tommy and Ernie, back from college with a "preppy" look, run into Jill, Tommy's old girlfriend. When Jill picks Ernie over Tommy, David helps him realize that reliving the past is not the real world.

#9 - Vows

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/18/1981

Tom and Abby decide to renew their marriage vows on their 3rd anniversary and they agree to let the kids handle the arrangements. David and Janet try to hide the fact that they have split up

#10 - David's Rib

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/28/1981

Joannie involves David in the renovation of an old opera house. However, Janet is the legal counsel for the developer who wants to build low-income housing on the site.

#11 - Second Thoughts

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/21/1981

Joannie is tired of not getting any serious assignments at work and Abby encourages her to take a leave of absence to evaluate her career, and falls for a co-worker.

#12 - The Darlene Dilemma

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1981

Abby is proud of the progress one of her students has made and invites her to the house for dinner. Jeremy falls for 16-year-old Darlene, who likes to flirt and cause trouble and he refuses to listen to Abby's advice about her.

#13 - Bradfordgate

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/7/1981

Tom is nominated for a political post by the governor. A political appointment for him ends up more than he can live with. Joannie goes undercover to do a story on a video dating service.

#14 - Strike

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/10/1980

Caught up in a newspaper strike and laid-off, Tom tries to bring the feuding parties together thanks to something Nicholas says about giving and compromise.

#15 - The Maltese Airline Bag

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/3/1980

Nicholas and his friend, Melvin, start a messenger service to earn money and get more than they bargained for. One of their first deliveries turns out to be an airline bag full of money to be used for political bribes.

#16 - Generations

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/19/1980

Susan brings the baby, Sandra Sue, home from the hospital. When Joan's parents visit the Bradford household to see the family and their great-grandchild, a conflict with Abby occurs as Joan's parents disapprove of the way Abby is raising Nicholas.

#17 - Welcome to Memorial, Dr. Bradford

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/12/1980

Abby gets a job as a guidance counselor at a rough high school filled with trouble. Tom discovers his driver's license has expired and fails the renewal test. Tom drives his family crazy when they become his chauffeurs. Nicholas's friend dares him to shoplift a desired yo-yo.

#18 - And Baby Makes Nine (2)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/1980

#19 - And Baby Makes Nine (1)

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/29/1980

Nicholas and Tom start boy scouts and Nicholas volunteers Tom to be the assistant scout master. Elizabeth considers moving in with her boyfriend. Susan keeps her pregnancy problems from Merle when his career takes a leap forward.

#20 - Holly

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/26/1980

Ernie introduces Tommy to a slightly older songwriting woman who has a 4-year old son. When he falls for her, she has second thoughts. The Bradford's convert the garage into an apartment for Susan and Merle. Nicholas supervises the conversion job.

#21 - Father Knows Best?

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/1981

Finally ready to be a father, Jeremy's father returns for a visit and wants to take him back to Los Angeles. David relives old memories when four of his old high school buddies return to Sacramento for their 10 year high school reunion.

#22 - The Idolbreaker (2)

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/18/1981

Ellen tells Tommy that she doesn't want to marry him and Tommy isn't sure what he wants to do. At the last minute, they both realize it is not the right thing to do.