The BEST episodes of The Real Ghostbusters season 5
Every episode of The Real Ghostbusters season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Real Ghostbusters season 5!
The Real Ghostbusters continues where the first movie left off, with the four Ghostbusters facing forces of the supernatural. Helping out the Ghostbusters would be their secretary, Janine Melnitz, and (eventually) Louis Tully. Also joining in would be the green ghost busted at the Sedgewick Hotel in the first movie, which was given the name Slimer.
#1 - Elementary My Dear Winston
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1989
The fictional spirits of Sherlock Holmes, his trusted aide Watson, and the nefarious Moriarty materialize in Manhattan. Moriarty begins absorbing evil from various modern-day sources, determined to transform into a real, corporeal villain! Winston soon learns that the game's afoot!
#2 - Three Men and an Egon
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1989
Egon accidentally gets caught in the Proton Beams along with a ghost, causing them to exchange aging processes. Egon begins regressing at an alarming rate and the Ghostbusters must reverse the process before he dissappears into nothingness!
#3 - The Halloween Door
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/29/1989
The Chairman of Citizens United Against Halloween, a man named Crowley, wishes to hire the Ghostbusters to assist him in his crusade. When they refuse, Crowley mistakenly opens up the Halloween Door and breaks the underworld's ancient contract of imprisonment! The Ghostbusters must now battle Boogaloo and save the world!
#4 - Jailbusters
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1989
Due to their egos, the Ghostbusters are tricked into attending separate functions where they are each captured and swept away into the Ghostworld. There, they are subjected to a bizarre trial for their crimes against ghostkind.
#5 - Revenge of the Ghostmaster
Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/16/1989
A very angry Ghostmaster returns to capture the Ghostbusters. The guys find themselves surrounded by a force field wherever they go, a force field that shuts of all energy, including Proton Packs!
#6 - Trading Faces
Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1989
A bullying ghost resembling Slimer escapes from the Ghostworld through an antique mirror, then traps Slimer and Louis in Ghostworld.
#7 - Something's Going Around
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1989
When the mysterious Doctor McCatheter gives Louis Tully free samples of supernaturally tainted health chips, the Ghostbusters snack their way into a debilitating allergy to ghosts and ghost-fighting equipment!
#8 - Slimer Streak
Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/23/1989
A powerful, high-stakes gambling spirit enjoys toying with the Ghostbusters, trapping them in a steam locomotive at the original New York Penn Station.
#9 - Live! from Al Capone's Tomb
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/28/1989
Much to his comrades' displeasure Peter sells the Ghostbusters' television rights and telecasts the new show live from Al Capone's tomb in order to stage the fake appearance of his ghost ad midnight. Unfortunately, the real Al Capone shows up, and he's angry.
#10 - The Ransom of Greenspud
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/9/1989
Three ghosts enter the firehouse intent on releasing their ghostly leader, Spiderlegs, from the Containment Unit. They kidnap Slimer, taking him into their hideout to barter with the Ghostbusters.
#11 - Slimer's Curse
Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/2/1989
Slimer wins a million dollars in cash on the lottery, but everything Slimer buys with his prize money is cursed!
#12 - Transcendental Tourists
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/18/1989
Peter, Winston and Slimer head for Mount Rushmore on a much-anticipated vacation. However, a ghost family on their centennial holiday want the place all to themselves!
#13 - If I Were a Witch Man
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1989
The Ghostbusters are called to a small, New England village to exorcise a recently escaped ancient witch, Kestrel. Her intent is to exact revenge on various town descendants, including the Spengler family. Undercover in the local all-girls school, Egon is taken possession of by Kestrel!
#14 - Partners in Slime
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1989
An overstuffed ghost named Poso wishes to become the ghostfather of all ghosts. He kidnaps Janine and Louis and as ransom for their release, he demands that the Ghostbusters turn over their headquarters and their ghostbusting equipment.
#15 - Surely You Joust
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/25/1989
An ethereal baby dragon draws the Ghostbusters into a real fairy tale, complete with an evil wizard and a climactic duel pitting ancient wizardry against ghostbusting technology!
#16 - Kitty-Cornered
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 11/25/1989
A witch's lost black cat is found by Slimer and use its powers to grant all of Slimer's fondest wishes, resulting in chaos at the firehouse.
#17 - Venk-Man!
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1989
Peter becomes supercharged with extraordinary powers of strength and flight, but his new super powers are not without a price.
#18 - It's About Time
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 12/9/1989
The firehouse, by the Mayor's mandate, must be torn down to make way for an urban renewal project. In the midst of their packing, Peter inadvertently short-circuits a Ghost Trap and catapults them all back to the year 1959!
#19 - Future Tense
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1989
After a successful bust the Ghostbusters are given a television set as thanks, but due to a piece of spectral matter that has become lodged within it, the television reveals alarming visions of the future… including the death of the Ghostbusters!
#21 - Til Death Do Us Part
Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/2/1989
With Janine on vacation, a beautiful temporary secretary, Dixie, is hired as a substitute. Dixie, secretly a ghost, is short on office skills, but her beauty has the Ghostbusters falling over themselves to impress her.