Ellen (season 5)
| Ellen season 5 | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 24, 1997 – August 22, 1998 |
The fifth season of Ellen, an American television series, began September 24, 1997, and ended on July 22, 1998. It aired on ABC. The region 1 DVD was released on November 28, 2006. Note that although Disc 2 of the Region 1 DVD release has "The Funeral" before "Womyn Fest," the content of the next two episodes suggests that "Womyn Fest" goes before "The Funeral."
Cast
Main cast
- Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan
- Joely Fisher as Paige Clark
- David Anthony Higgins as Joe Farrell
- Clea Lewis as Audrey Penney
- Jeremy Piven as Spence Kovak
Episodes
See also: List of Ellen episodes
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1 | "Guys or Dolls" | Gil Junger | Ric Swartzlander | September 24, 1997 | 501 |
| An old boyfriend, Dan, shows up, making Ellen think she might be bisexual. (Dan previously appeared in the season 2 episodes "30-Minute Man" and "30-Kilo Man"). | ||||||
| 89 | 2 | "Social Climber" | Gil Junger | Mike Larsen | October 1, 1997 | 502 |
| Ellen climbs a difficult mountain to impress an athletic woman. | ||||||
| 90 | 3 | "Roommates" | Gail Mancuso | Dan Cohen & F.J. Pratt | October 8, 1997 | 503 |
| Ellen's friends teach her the gay codewords. | ||||||
| 91 | 4 | "Gay Yellow Pages" | Gil Junger | Tod Himmel & Lisa K. Nelson | October 15, 1997 | 504 |
| Ellen hires a plumber out of the gay yellow pages. | ||||||
| 92 | 5 | "Just Coffee" | Gail Mancuso | Maxine Lapiduss | October 29, 1997 | 505 |
| Ellen meets her mortgage banker (Lisa Darr) for coffee. | ||||||
| 93 | 6 | "G.I. Ellen" | Gil Junger | Mike Larsen | November 5, 1997 | 506 |
| Ellen plays a soldier in a Civil War re-enactment. | ||||||
| 94 | 7 | "Public Display of Affection" | Gail Mancuso | David Walpert | November 12, 1997 | 507 |
| Ellen has trouble expressing her affection for Laurie in public. | ||||||
| 95 | 8 | "Emma" | Gail Mancuso | Lawrence Broch | November 19, 1997 | 508 |
| Paige gets Ellen a job as Emma Thompson's personal assistant and Ellen learns Emma Thompson's most shocking secret. | ||||||
| 96 | 9 | "Like a Virgin" | Gail Mancuso | Jane Espenson | November 26, 1997 | 509 |
| Ellen is anxious about her first time being intimate with a woman. | ||||||
| 97 | 10 | "All Ellen, All the Time" | Gil Junger | Ric Swartzlander | December 3, 1997 | 510 |
| Ellen gets a job at a radio station. | ||||||
| 98 | 11 | "Break Up" | Gil Junger | Matt Berry | December 17, 1997 | 511 |
| Laurie misunderstands Ellen's 1-month gift as an invitation to move in. | ||||||
| 99 | 12 | "Womyn Fest" | Lorraine Sevre-Richmond | Jane Espenson | January 7, 1998 | 512 |
| Ellen, Paige and Audrey go to Womyn Fest (a fictionalized Lilith Fair), where a fortuneteller convinces Audrey that Ellen will meet a new soulmate at the festival and forget about Laurie. Singing duo Indigo Girls guest star. | ||||||
| 100 | 13 | "The Funeral" | Gil Junger | Matt Berry | January 14, 1998 | 513 |
| Now back together, Ellen helps Laurie deal with the death of her father. | ||||||
| 101 | 14 | "Escape from L.A." | Gil Junger | Lisa K. Himmel & Tod Nelson | January 28, 1998 | 514 |
| Ellen and Laurie go on vacation, but Laurie is annoyed that Ellen won't follow the vacation itinerary. The two of them hang out with an interracial straight couple. | ||||||
| 102 | 15 | "Ellen in Focus" | Gil Junger | Leif Sandaas | February 11, 1998 | 515 |
| Paige gets Ellen on a focus group so Ellen can convince the others that Paige's idea for a TV show featuring a tall cop and a short cop is a good idea. | ||||||
| 103 | 16 | "Neighbors" | Gail Mancuso | Teleplay: Cynthia Greenburg & Charmaine Noel Dixon Story: Kit Pongetti | February 18, 1998 | 516 |
| Ellen gets off on the wrong foot with her new neighbors, the Patels, an immigrant couple from India, when a variety of circumstances conspire to make Ellen look like a fool in front of them. | ||||||
| 104 | 17 | "It's a Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay World!" | Gil Junger | David Walpert | February 25, 1998 | 517 |
| After an accident, Spence imagines a parallel Earth in which gays are the norm. Spence rejects Joe's advances because he's straight. | ||||||
| 105 | 18 | "Hospital" | Gail Mancuso | Matt Berry & Ric Swartzlander | March 4, 1998 | 518 |
| Ellen goes to the hospital after getting the news Laurie was in an accident. There, she meets Laurie's ex, Karen (Anne Heche). | ||||||
| 106 | 19 | "Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (1)" | Gil Junger | Tim Doyle | May 13, 1998 | 521 |
| Part one of a mockumentary tracing Ellen's career from her days in vaudeville to the present. Guest stars included Cindy Crawford & Helen Hunt as auditionees for the role of Ellen. | ||||||
| 107 | 20 | "Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute (2)" | Gil Junger | Tim Doyle | May 13, 1998 | 522 |
| Part two of a mockumentary tracing Ellen's career from her days in vaudeville to the present. Guest stars include Woody Harrelson as Ellen's husband with Phil Donahue, Jennifer Aniston, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Kathy Najimy & Bea Arthur as themselves. | ||||||
| 108 | 21 | "When Ellen Talks, People Listen" | Gil Junger | Mike Larsen | July 15, 1998 | 519 |
| On her talk show, Ellen suggests that everyone should reach out to their neighbors with a helping hand. This winds up having negative consequences. | ||||||
| 109 | 22 | "Vows" | Lorraine Sevre-Richmond | F.J. Pratt & Dan Cohen | July 22, 1998 | 520 |
| Ellen's parents renew their vows in a special ceremony. Ellen asks Laurie to marry her but Laurie is reluctant. | ||||||
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