Who's the Boss?
Season 5
TV-PG
Tony Micelli, a retired baseball player, becomes the housekeeper of Angela Bower, an advertising executive in New York. Together they raise their kids, Samantha Micelli and Jonathan Bower, with help from Mona Robinson, Angela's man-crazy mother.
Where to Watch Who's the Boss? • Season 5
25 Episodes
- Sam's Car
E1Sam's CarYoung Samantha has reached a teenage milestone - she has her driver's license! But in upscale Connecticut she feels left out when Bonnie gets a brand new car but Tony buys Samantha a hazard light on wheels! It comes down to pride vs love when it's discovered she's parking blocks away from her school. - My Fair Tony
E2My Fair TonyIn an effort to better himself, Tony heads off to college. The public speaking class is headed up by a strict grammer enthusiast who singles Tony out as an impossible case. Its My Fair Lady as Tony does a complete turnaround, but he alienates himself from his family and friends and must rely on the ""inner Tony"" to figure out who he really wants to be. - Double Dump
E6Double DumpJesse Nash is warmly welcomed back by Tony after an ecology boat trip. However, he met a fellow idealist girl and politely dumps selfish Sam, who acts aloof. When Mona gets stood up also, a week of men-bashing follows. Finally, the 'celibacy converts' go out for a girls-only night together, and regain perspective. - Life With Father
E7Life With FatherTony wisely forbids Sam to drive to Bonnie's parents' cabin for a weekend in Vermont with an immature sister as chaperone. They go anyway, leaving him worried sick especially as the weather report is stormy. Meanwhile, Bonnie gets tired of guilty Sam's recollections of over-protective Tony and bites back that it's better than her absent, uninterested dad, which ends up making Sam reconsider. - A Spirited Christmas
E8A Spirited ChristmasTony is chosen as divine vessel by St. Peter, who won't let Mona's late sister-in-law Laura into heaven until the rift she caused between her husband Archie and Mona twenty years earlier is undone. Tony presses the Bowers to accept an invitation to enjoy a snowy Christmas holiday in his Maine home, ignoring it was magically fixed by heaven. So is a letter which Tony is to find there and convince the fighting siblings to accept as olive branch. - Mrs. Rossini's Uncle
E10Mrs. Rossini's UncleDuring a visit from old Brooklyn friends, Tony decides to take Mrs. Rossini's cocky adolescent cousin Al under his wing. He is proud when the knave starts making something of his life in a beautician school. Still, Tony turns defensive once Samantha responds to this bad boy's irresistible charm, which Tony knows all too well, having grown up pretty much the same way. - Your Grandmother's a Bimbo
E11Your Grandmother's a BimboMona has saved the order for Angela and designs now the new get-up for the magazine 'Mature Woman'. Jonathan runs for treasurer in his school. For the magazine's cover Mona let herself photograph scantily dressed. When Jonathan schoolfellows see this cover, his chances getting elected seem to be gone. - Ton-An-Enterprises
E12Ton-An-EnterprisesAgain Sam comes home with an expensive T-shirt. This time Tony wants to show her that she can have them cheaper and produces some of them himself. Angela and Sam persuade him selling them at the flea market. Both of them help him, especially Sam hopes she can get rid of her debts which she has made at Jonathan. But it happens what has to happen: Angela and Tony quarrel. - First Date
E15First DateDiscouraged that Angela had to pay for an escort for a dinner event, Mona convinces Tony to ask her out on a date. The date hardly seems like a first for them, though, as they discover how much they know about each other. Things get ugly when Angela learns the reason behind the evening, and attacks an obnoxious comedian. - Boozin' Buddies
E17Boozin' BuddiesWhen Tony finds out Samantha's airhead friends let her illegally drinking beer at a frat party, he gives her a sound lecture. For once firmly seconded by Angela, he refuses to cover up Sam's drunken state. However, they commit the error of feeling guilty just for having innocent drinks at home, and Tony's sports fan-buddies are not much help in 'setting the good example'. - Men are People, Too
E20Men are People, TooAngela hires a shy contractor to put a skylight in the kitchen. He takes an immediate liking to Mona, who agrees to go out with him. When he learns that he is not the only man in Mona's life, he abandons the skylight job. Tony accuses Mona of having no respect for men's feelings. - Working Girls
E21Working GirlsAt a practical program, where students are assigned different jobs, for Sam and Bonnie there are only two left: domestic engineer with Tony or advertising with Angela. Sam decides in favor of the housekeeping job which she regrets soon. The following day Bonnie and Sam switch their jobs but working for Angela isn't any fun, neither. - In Sam We Trust
E24In Sam We TrustSam's friend Scott gets nervous about French finals, so on test day, Sam gives Scott the answers. When Tony finds out, he takes Sam's car privileges. But when Sam has to take chemistry finals, someone gives Sam the answers to the test, but she does not use it. When the teacher sees the answers under Sam's desk, he calls Tony. But will anyone believe anything she says?
