Sister, Sister
Season 5
199722 episodes
Episode 1
Designer Genes
Sep 10, 199723m
Lisa learns of a benefit fashion show and tries to persuade one of the designers to look at her portfolio. When she fails, Tia and Tamera strike a pose and sneak backstage - as models. Supermodel Beverly Peele appears as herself.
Episode 2
A Separate Peace
Sep 17, 199723m
The girls move into separate bedrooms after they insist that they're growing apart.
Episode 3
Working Girls
Sep 24, 199723m
Tamera and Ray have a falling out over his new girlfriend Vivica who, she says, has turned him into a "gallivanting, promise-breaking Romeo." Meanwhile, Tia lands a job at a mall bookstore and becomes enamored of a mysterious customer.
Episode 4
Show Me the Money
Oct 1, 199723m
Tamera learns that even the best plans can go wrong when she decides to fight Tia's battle with her boss, who's paying a male employee more money: her decision to pose as Tia and demand equal pay gets her sister fired.
Episode 5
It's My Party
Oct 8, 199723m
The twins heed an uncle's birthday advice to "seize the day" by skipping school and flying to Chicago for a hip-hop concert instead of celebrating with their parents, but a series of misfortunes turns their dream day into a nightmare - especially when Lisa and Ray uncover the truth.
Episode 6
Child's Play
Oct 15, 199723m
Tia and Tamera find their upcoming SATs a little intimidating, so they hire a tutor to help them prepare, and are shocked when young T.J. Henderson arrives at their door. Meanwhile, Lisa accidentally breaks a gift that Vivica gave Ray.
Episode 7
A Friend Indeed
Oct 29, 199723m
Tamera entangles Tia and her friends in a sticky web of deceit after she lies about being able to get a celebrity to appear at a school fund-raiser. Music group Immature performs.
Episode 8
Popular Mechanic
Nov 5, 199723m
Tia's mysterious new friend Tyreke asks her out on a date which, of course, she accepts. When he arrives at the house, everyone learns that he is Ray's new mechanic whom he's mentoring. When Ray discloses that Tyreke once was a former juvenile delinquent, he forbids Tia from seeing him.
Episode 9
The Best Policy
Nov 12, 199723m
Tamera accepts Tia's wager that she can't tell the truth for one week, but she faces a dilemma when she spies Ray's girlfriend Vivica cheating on him; a prominent client asks Lisa's opinion about the fit of a gown, forcing her to decide if honesty is really the best policy.
Episode 10
Two's Company
Nov 19, 199723m
After Tia and Tyreke tire of Tamera tagging along on their dates, they decide to find her a boyfriend. Meanwhile, Lisa is asked to eulogize a woman she disliked.
Episode 11
Mo' Credit, Mo' Problems
Dec 10, 199723m
The girls are given a credit card for emergencies but when a real crisis develops, Tia learns that Tamera let her friends max out the card at the mall.
Episode 12
In Sickness and in Health
Jan 7, 199823m
The twins try to reunite Lisa with her younger sister Darcy, whom she hasn't spoken to in years. Lisa refuses, until Darcy announces that she's in need of surgery.
Episode 13
The Laws
Jan 21, 199823m
After the twins and Diavian are engaged in a battle of the sexes with their beaus, Lisa introduces the girls to "The Laws." The R&B teen trio 702 performs.
Episode 14
Rosebud
Jan 28, 199823m
Tamera feels she has something to prove when she pledges an elite social club, but the club's president has other plans for her new plebe. Meanwhile, Ray's old girlfriend "borrows" his business practices for her own use.
Episode 15
Ladies in Waiting
Feb 5, 199823m
Tamera decides to make her family proud of her in order to overcome her feelings of inferiority.
Episode 16
Ladies' Choice
Feb 11, 199823m
After Tia impresses the WNBA's Lisa Leslie (appearing as herself) at a book signing, she's offered a dream job with the organization's media department. But accepting the job means giving up her other dream - college.
Episode 17
Young at Heart
Feb 18, 199823m
The twins sneak into an over-21 dance club to see hip-hop artist W.C. (appearing as himself). Meanwhile, Lisa sneaks out of the house to go on a date with Aaron, a just-over-21-year-old.
Episode 18
I Had a Dream
Feb 25, 199823m
The night before a big history test, Tamera dreams of historical figures who paved the road before her.
Episode 19
You Had to be There
Mar 4, 199823m
The girls haven't left for college yet, and they're already missing Roger. But when he tags along to the mall with their boyfriends, they're sorry they ever met him. Meanwhile, Lisa tries to avoid having her picture taken by Ray and confessing her fear of cameras.
Episode 20
Prom Night
Apr 26, 199823m
The girls plan for a magical prom, but getting the right dresses proves complicated when everyone else has similar tastes.
Episode 21
Shoeless
May 3, 199823m
In a parody of "Cinderella," Tamera's left at home to clean house while Tia and the gang attend Jordan's party - until her grandfather plays fairy godfather to make the impossible possible.
Episode 22
Graduation
May 17, 199823m
Tia, Tamera and their friends prepare for graduation. Lisa searches to find the girls a guest commencement speaker for the ceremony while Tamera and Jordan decide on a farewell song. Tyreke feels left out in the celebration since he never got the chance to receive his diploma. He tells Ray that he wants to get his GED after receiving a promotion as full-mechanic and that he will need time off to study. After failing his exam, Tyreke gives up and decides to take Ray up on his promotion. When Tyreke visits Tia, they get into a argument and face a breakup. Once the girls learn of Tyreke's dilemma, he takes the GED exam again and succeeds. Commencement for the class of 1998 begins with Superbowl MVP Terrel Davis giving a touching speech and ending with Roger performing a song for his friends.