The BEST episodes of My Family season 5
Every episode of My Family season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of My Family season 5!
My Family is about the life of the Harpers, a fictional middle-class English family, who live in 78 Lancaster Road, Chiswick, London. Ben, a dentist, and Susan, a tour guide who later works for an art gallery, have three children, Nick, Janey and Michael, all of whom cause problems in their own way. While Susan is a control freak, Ben prefers to leave the children to it and tries not to get involved.
#1 - First Past the Post
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2004
With a mixture of civic pride and sense of community, Susan decides to run for the council. As a result of this and Michael's new pet, Ben is tempted to run for the hills.
#2 - My Will Be Done
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2004
Due to the death of Susan's friend, mortality is suddenly on everyone's mind, which results in Ben writing his will, Nick working at an undertakers, and Susan using the Internet to predict Ben's death.
#3 - The Mummy Returns
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/19/2004
More problems for Ben - Janey comes back home, Susan lies to the police, Michael's become born-again and Abi confuses nature with naturism.
#4 - Dentist to the Stars
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/28/2004
One of Britain's best-loved heart-throbs visits Ben's surgery and although the mere mention of his name sends Susan weak at the knees, Ben is singularly, at first, unimpressed.
#5 - My Fair Charlady
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2004
Susan employs a cleaner, who turns out to be such a treasure that she takes over the cooking as well - much to the family's delight, and to Susan's chagrin.
#6 - Going Dental
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/18/2004
Susan forsakes Ben's dental conference to write her novel, while Ben seeks a new partnership in Harley Street and ends up with more partners than he'd bargained for.
#7 - The Book of Love
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 6/11/2004
Susan attends a neighbour's book club. Michael runs a booking agency exclusively for Roger, while Ben books a seat on the sofa but gets a new assistant too close to home.
#8 - A Wife Less Ordinary
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 6/4/2004
Susan is bored with her lot and decides to run her life as a single girl again by swapping places with Janey for a week, who takes the opportunity to try running the home with a husband who is less than perfect.
#9 - You Don't Know Jack
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 3/26/2004
Michael gets a cool new friend called Jack, who seems a bit too interested in Susan, much to the amusement of Ben. Meanwhile, Janey gives Abi some fashion advice.
#10 - Luck Be a Lady Tonight
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2004
In order to awaken Abi's interest, Susan suggests Roger should make her jealous and despite Ben's protests, tries to find a date for him.
#11 - The Mouth Trap
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2004
One of Ben's patients, while under anaesthetic, admits to killing his wife. Susan, currently overdosing on murder mysteries, decides to turn sleuth in an effort to expose the killer but then gets involved in a cover-up of her own.
#12 - What's up, Docklands?
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/2/2004
Ben and Susan decide to help out some friends by flat-sitting their brand new Docklands apartment, and expectedly, things do not go according to plan.
#13 - While You Weren't Sleeping
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/21/2004
When Ben and Susan have some problems in the bedroom that start to drive them apart, Abi thinks she may be at fault, but she has her own problems to deal with.