Season 5

Season 5 • 1994

⭐ 3.9 / 5

Will meets Lisa — and before you can say “Go slow, bro,” he’s in love, engaged, and standing before the minister with 50 pounds of iced shrimp melting in the banquet hall. All that romance must be contagious, because Carlton finds his soul sister through online dating. Unfortunately, that’s only half right. It’s Hilary. And there’s a lot more than love going on as Will grapples with a big orange whale, a mobster, a bear, Jay Leno, Lisa’s cantankerous dad, and in one of the series’ most memorable episodes, a bullet with his name on it. Get ready for laugh-out-loud fun!

Episodes

1. The Client

Will revels in Ashley's music industry success, but both Will and Ashley are about to have a rude surprise.

1994-09-19 • 23 min

2. What's Will Got to Do With It?

Will helps Ashley make a big impression on a recording executive, but Philip is adamantly against her pursuing a singing career.

1994-09-19 • 23 min

3. Reality Bites

Will loses points as a role model for Nicky while visiting an ever-positive kiddie hero who brings joy to youngsters - but not to Will.

1994-09-26 • 23 min

4. Grumpy Young Men

War breaks out when the girl Will likes plants a big one on Carlton.

1994-10-03 • 23 min

5. Fresh Prince: The Movie

Will tells a tall tale about seeing a mob killing, then being placed in a witness-protection program in the backwoods of Alabama.

1994-10-10 • 23 min

6. Will's Misery

The Banks hate the ugly golf shirts Hilary gives them - until they see Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wearing the same design.

1994-10-17 • 23 min

7. Father Knows Best

To help Ashley out of a jam at school, Will poses as her father. Oh yeah, this is gonna work.

1994-10-24 • 23 min

8. Soul Train

At a Soul Train reunion, middle-aged Philip feels like his train has left the station.

1994-11-07 • 23 min

9. Love Hurts

Lisa humiliates Will by knocking out a guy with her self-defense moves.

1994-11-14 • 23 min

10. Will's Up a Dirt Road

Will tries his hand at journalism to prove something to Lisa, but his efforts get him sued for libel - by Jay Leno.

1994-11-21 • 23 min

11. Will Steps Out

To understand Philip's battle with the scale, Will dons a fat suit and gets a big fat lesson in empathy.

1994-11-28 • 23 min

12. Same Game, Next Season

Will works so hard to impress Lisa's dad that he spends all his free time with his new best buddy.

1994-12-12 • 23 min

13. Three's a Crowd

Will gets roped into a weekend ski trip with Carlton that quickly turns to disaster when their party arrives; meanwhile, back home, Hilary prepares to leave the nest.

1995-01-09 • 23 min

14. It's a Wonderful Lie

The party's over. Will and Lisa tell each other lies so they can sneak off to the (uh-oh) same party.

1995-01-23 • 23 min

15. Bullets Over Bel-Air

A planned camping trip is cut short for Carlton and Will when a robber approaches them at an automated bank-teller machine - and fires a gun.

1995-02-06 • 23 min

16. A Decent Proposal

Mr. and Mrs. Smith? Will pops the question from his hospital room. And Lisa's answer is...

1995-02-13 • 23 min

17. Will is from Mars...

Thanks to relationship counseling, Will and Lisa hop to move on up to a new understanding in preparation for marriage. Meanwhile Hillary wants Geoffrey to work at her new home.

1995-02-20 • 23 min

18. The Wedding Show (Psyche!)

Shafted! The engaged couple opts for flashy Vegas vows, complete with costumes. The tasteful theme: Shaft.

1995-02-27 • 23 min

19. Slum Like It... Not!

Will vows Philip with his sound investment advice to buy Jazz's apartment building - but the tenants scream slumlord after Philip acts on Will's moneymaking tip.

1995-03-13 • 23 min

20. As the Will Turns

Will inadvertently finds himself in the right place at the right time and lands a part in a daytime soap opera.

1995-04-10 • 23 min

21. Save the Last Trance for Me

Put into a trance by a stage hypnotist, Will behaves like a 4-year-old just as the family gears up for an interview with the admissions head of a private school.

1995-04-17 • 23 min