The BEST episodes of Family Affair season 5

Every episode of Family Affair season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Family Affair season 5!

Family Affair was one of those successful family comedies of the 1960's. Bill Davis' carefree existence as a swinging bachelor was just about perfect. A highly paid consulting engineer, he maintained an elegant apartment off Fifth Avenue in Manhattan and had his domestic needs cared for by a very English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. French. Into this life of independence came three young orphans, the 6-year old twins Buffy and Jody and 15-year-old Cissy. Their parents, Bill's brother and sister-in-law, had died in an accident, and other relatives felt that Bill could best provide for them. Despite initial misgivings, Bill and French became very attached to the children and learned to adjust their lifestyle to make room for the new members of the household. Mr. French, a stickler for neatness and order, had the toughest adjustment to make, he was with the children all the time while Bill was often out of town on assignments. All in all, they were a happy family. Family Affair aka Fed

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It Can't Be Five Years?
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#1 - It Can't Be Five Years?

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1970

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.

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Stamp of Approval
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#2 - Stamp of Approval

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1970

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.

Writer: Brad Radnitz
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And Baby Makes Eight
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#3 - And Baby Makes Eight

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1970

Cissy takes care of her pregnant friend while her soldier husband is out on a job.

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Class Clown
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#4 - Class Clown

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1970

Bill goes out on a date with a funny comedianne.

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The Unsinkable Mr. French
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#5 - The Unsinkable Mr. French

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1970

Events conspire to make French lose his cool.

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Wish You Were Here
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#6 - Wish You Were Here

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1970

Jody worries that Bill can't attend a father/son night.

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Put Your Dreams Away
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#7 - Put Your Dreams Away

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/28/1971

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.

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Cinder-Emily
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#8 - Cinder-Emily

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/11/1971

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.

Writer: Walter Blank
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Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley
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#9 - Goodbye, Mrs. Beasley

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/18/1971

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.

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The Return of Maudie
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#10 - The Return of Maudie

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1970

French knows Maudie, a nobelwoman, as a former barmaid.

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Eastward, Ho!
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#11 - Eastward, Ho!

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1970

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.

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The Joiners
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#12 - The Joiners

Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/4/1971

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.

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Heroes are Born
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#13 - Heroes are Born

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/31/1970

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.

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Feat of Clay
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#14 - Feat of Clay

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1970

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.

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Say Uncle
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#15 - Say Uncle

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1970

Bill refuses to fight Jody's classmate's father.

Writer: Brad Radnitz
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Travels with Cissy
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#16 - Travels with Cissy

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1970

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.

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Meet Emily
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#17 - Meet Emily

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1970

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.

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Desert Isle, Manhattan Style
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#18 - Desert Isle, Manhattan Style

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1970

Uncle Bill leaves Cissy in charge of babysitting the twins, but neglects her duties when Gregg takes her on a plane trip to Dartmouth. Cissy calls for a sitter for the twins and leaves but when the sitter cannot make it, the twins have to stay ll by their lonesome. Especially on the night of a blizzard, which would be totally scary if the phone lines are down and nobody can reach them. Cissy then comes home around dawn. Uncle Bill returns home and Buffy fesses up.

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The Good Neighbors
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#19 - The Good Neighbors

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1970

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.

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Too Late, Too Soon
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#20 - Too Late, Too Soon

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/14/1971

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.

Buffy's Fair Lady
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#21 - Buffy's Fair Lady

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 2/25/1971

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.

Writer: Burt Styler
The Littlest Exile
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#22 - The Littlest Exile

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/21/1971

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.

You Can Fight City Hall
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#23 - You Can Fight City Hall

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/4/1971

Buffy, Jody and their friend Ricky find a vacant lot where they can play, until the city decides to put a parking lot on that space.

Nobody Here but Us Uncles
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#24 - Nobody Here but Us Uncles

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/7/1971

The siblings try to pair Bill with their teacher.