The BEST episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 5
Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 5!
Considered to be one of television's classics, "The Dick Van Dyke Show" centers on the personal and professional lives of Rob Petrie, a writer for the fictional "Alan Brady Show". The non-stop laughs revolved around Rob's relationships with with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell and Sally Rogers, and producer Mel Cooley. At home, we also got to chuckle (and sometimes cry) over Rob's antics involving his wife, son, and neighbors.
#1 - Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/13/1966
In a hurry to go to the theatre, Rob, Buddy and Sally forget to cross out all the insults about Alan they wrote in this week's script.
#2 - The Gunslinger
Season 5 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/25/1966
As Jerry is extracting a tooth, Rob dreams that he lives in the old west and is a sheriff who has to save the town from Big Bad Brady.
#3 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1965
A TV show host gets Laura to reveal some information she wishes she hadn't.
#4 - The Man from My Uncle
Season 5 - Episode 27 - Aired 4/20/1966
A government agent wants to use Ritchie's room to stake out a house across the street.
#5 - Uhny Uftz
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1965
While working very late, Rob thinks he hears and sees a small flying saucer outside the office window.
#6 - The Ugliest Dog in the World
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/6/1965
Rob finds a dog for a sketch on The Alan Brady Show. After the dog's part is cut, Rob is stuck with the Ugliest Dog in the World.
#7 - See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/8/1965
To help sell a local artist's illustrations, Rob and Laura each write wildly different children's stories to go along with them.
#8 - Long Night's Journey into Day
Season 5 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/11/1966
Laura spends the night alone (terrified) while her family is on a fishing trip.
#9 - Talk to the Snail
Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/23/1966
Rob worries he's going to be fired after reading a memo that Alan threw out, so he starts looking for other work.
#10 - A Day in the Life of Alan Brady
Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/6/1966
Jerry & Millie are having their anniversary party, on the same day that Alan Brady wants Rob to appear in his documentary, so Alan invites himself to the party.
#11 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/9/1966
Alan humiliates Mel after Mel forgets to tell him about a change in this week's script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, but his efforts backfire.
#12 - The Last Chapter
Season 5 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/1/1966
Rob finally finishes his memoire after 5 years. As Laura begins to read it, we see flashbacks from all the previous shows, starting from when Rob met Laura.
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#13 - Odd But True
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1965
Richie finds out the freckles on Rob's back form the shape of the Liberty Bell. Millie wants to send a picture in to Odd But True.
#14 - Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/29/1965
In a flashback episode, The Alan Brady Show goes on summer hiatus and Rob is worried how he'll support Laura (who is pregnant with Richie).
#15 - Go Tell the Birds and Bees
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/17/1965
Rob and Laurie Petrie are asked to Richie's principal's office to discuss things that Richie has been telling the other kids.
#16 - The Curse of the Petrie People
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1966
Rob's mother gives Laura a family heirloom - a huge brooch in the shape of the United States.
#17 - Bad Reception in Albany
Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/9/1966
While Rob and Laura are attending a wedding in Albany, Rob is asked by Alan to watch a fashion show to assess a possible guest star - but finding a TV proves to be difficult.
#18 - No Rice at My Wedding
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/13/1965
Rob recalls a time when a date with Laura was a raffle prize.
#19 - You're Under Arrest
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/15/1965
After fighting with Laura, Rob is arrested at a bar for scuffling with an old lady.
#20 - Dear Sally Rogers
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/23/1966
Sally needs some material for her guest spot on "The Stevie Parsons Show", so she decides to "advertise" for a husband, but the results are unexpected.
#21 - Who Stole My Watch?
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/5/1966
After losing his new watch at his birthday party, Rob begins to wonder if one of his friends took it.
#22 - Remember the Alimony
Season 5 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/16/1966
In another flashback episode, Rob and Laura take a romantic trip across the border to Mexico only to find out that the hotel they are staying in is where couples go to get divorced.
#23 - Draw Me a Pear
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1965
Laura talks Rob into going to her art class, but the art teacher seems to like Rob a little too much.
#24 - You Ought to Be in Pictures
Season 5 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/27/1966
Rob gets cast as a lead in a movie, but Laura isn't too thrilled when she finds out he'll have a love interest.
#25 - Body and Sol
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/24/1965
Rob tells Buddy and Sally of the time he became the middle weight champion of his Army Camp.