Season 5

September 26, 1994

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.

October 3, 1994

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

October 10, 1994

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

October 17, 1994

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

October 24, 1994

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

November 7, 1994

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

November 14, 1994

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

November 21, 1994

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

November 28, 1994

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

December 12, 1994

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

January 9, 1995

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.

January 23, 1995

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

February 6, 1995

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.

February 13, 1995

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

February 20, 1995

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.

February 27, 1995

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

March 13, 1995

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.

April 10, 1995

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

April 17, 1995

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.

April 24, 1995

A dream job for Will with a businessman friend of Philip's turns into a nightmare when the man offers him a bonus to help bribe a councilman.

May 1, 1995

Dinner date. The Banks host a gorgeous girl from Philly who tries to lure Will away from Lisa.

May 8, 1995

Stuck and out of luck, Will spends his bachelor party trapped in an elevator with a feuding Carlton and Jazz.

May 15, 1995

Husband-to-be Will has the bride, the ring, the date...and second thoughts about the whole idea.