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The Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5

Every episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 1 - Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth
    9.0/10(541 votes)

    S5:E1

    A talk show host gets Laura to tell a TV audience that Alan Brady is bald!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 26 - Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.
    8.7/10(370 votes)

    S5:E26

    The staff sends a script to Alan Brady without deleting the insults directed at the star that they routinely add to blow off steam.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Carl Kleinschmitt, Dale McRaven

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  3. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 30 - Long Night's Journey into Day
    8.5/10(413 votes)

    S5:E30

    Rob & Jerry go fishing leaving Laura (who has a cold) home alone with a mynah bird. Millie comes back to keep Laura company, Millie couldn't find Laura (She was taking a shower).

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  4. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 3 - Uhny Uftz
    8.3/10(455 votes)

    S5:E3

    Rob and Buddy are working late, and keep thinking they hear a metallic voice saying ""Uhny Uftz""! The explore a supposedly abandoned office somewhere in the building, and find a somewhat 'mad' inventor (complete with a taciturn and vaguely menacing assistant) who has constructed a toy flying saucer. It works quite well, except that, instead of saying ""Merry Christmas"" as the inventor intended, the saucer only says ""Uhny Uftz"".

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  5. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 7 - The Great Petrie Fortune
    8.3/10(373 votes)

    S5:E7

    After Rob and Laura finish watching a movie Uncle Hezekiah gives Rob and Laura clue as to what the fortune might be.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 27 - The Man from My Uncle
    8.3/10(375 votes)

    S5:E27

    Ritchie's bedroom is used as a stakeout point (it has the best view) Harry Bond is looking for the nephew of Wendell Gerard, Rob loves the gadgets the agent brings to solve the case.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  7. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 18 - The Curse of the Petrie People
    8.0/10(323 votes)

    S5:E18

    Laura gets a brooch that (in the shape of the United States) tells the history of the Petrie family. Laura later puts the brooch in the garbage! We learn that Rob's mom hates the brooch!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  8. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 19 - The Bottom of Mel Cooley's Heart
    8.0/10(306 votes)

    S5:E19

    Mel is in trouble for not telling Alan that there was a change in the script. Rob tries to get Mel to stick up for himself, But Mel gets fired.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:John Whedon

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  9. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 6 - Draw Me a Pear
    7.9/10(345 votes)

    S5:E6

    Laura talks Rob into going to her art class unaware that Valerie falls in love with Rob.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 25 - A Day in the Life of Alan Brady
    7.9/10(302 votes)

    S5:E25

    Jerry & Millie are having their anniversary party, at the Petrie home one problem the party is a part of documentary that focuses on Alan.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Joseph Bonaduce

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  11. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 13 - You're Under Arrest
    7.8/10(314 votes)

    S5:E13

    After fighting with Laura, Rob is arrested for hurting an old Lady. Rob has trouble telling police he didn't hurt the Lady (whom he saw in a barroom).

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 24 - Talk to the Snail
    7.7/10(316 votes)

    S5:E24

    Rob fears his job is gone after reading a memo (found in the trash where they are looking for this week's script that Buddy lost) Rob almost writes for Jelly Bean a snail!

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Garry Marshall, Jerry Belson

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  13. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 31 - The Gunslinger
    7.7/10(334 votes)

    S5:E31

    Under anesthesia for a dental procedure, Rob dreams he is a sheriff in the old west.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 4 - The Ugliest Dog in the World
    7.6/10(326 votes)

    S5:E4

    Rob tries to write a part for a dog who is going to be on The Alan Brady Show. After the dog's part is cut from the show Rob tries to find a home for the dog, But nobody wants the dog.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 2 - A Farewell to Writing
    7.5/10(327 votes)

    S5:E2

    Rob tries to write a novel, but finds that writing comedy is easier.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 21 - Dear Sally Rogers
    7.5/10(309 votes)

    S5:E21

    Sally really wants a husband she goes on ""The Stevie Parsons Show"" thinking she has finally found a husband or has she? Stevie asks Rob to help in a stunt where Stevie picks a letter written to Sally, One problem Sally has no idea what will happen! Wait until Sally finds out who Box 7030 is!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 22 - Buddy Sorrell, Man and Boy
    7.5/10(334 votes)

    S5:E22

    Rob & Sally think Buddy is having an affair but he is getting ready for his bar mitzvah.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 32 - The Last Chapter
    7.5/10(327 votes)

    S5:E32

    Rob gives Laura his book (it took 5 years to write.) As Laura begins to read the book, we see classic moments from several episodes. The book takes us through how Rob and Laura met as well as how Rob almost missed his wedding! Later Rob talks about waiting for the birth Ritchie. As Laura finishes the book Rob tells her the publisher hated the book, Alan Brady decides to make the book into a TV series!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Carl Reiner

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  19. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 5 - No Rice at My Wedding
    7.4/10(333 votes)

    S5:E5

    Rob recalls a time when Laura was the prize of a raffle. Rob does everything he can to keep Clark Rice from marrying Laura.

    Director:Lee Philips
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  20. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 15 - Who Stole My Watch?
    7.4/10(312 votes)

    S5:E15

    After Rob loses his watch that he got as birthday gift, He thinks everyone he knows took his watch. Laura and Rob plan a party to say they are sorry after they learn a crook stole Rob's watch.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 20 - Remember the Alimony
    7.4/10(315 votes)

    S5:E20

    Rob and Laura leave Anchor Texas to go to Mexico only to find that marriage is hard to do. They soon find out that getting a divorce is easier than they thought (it costs $10 in Mexico!)

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Carl Kleinschmitt

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  22. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 23 - Bad Reception in Albany
    7.4/10(313 votes)

    S5:E23

    Rob and Laura are attending a wedding in Albany, Rob is asked by Alan to watch a fashion show. He promises to tell Alan what he thought of it. Rob has to hurry to the church to usher a wedding.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  23. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 8 - Odd But True
    7.3/10(306 votes)

    S5:E8

    Ritchie finds out the freckles on Rob's back form the shape of the Liberty Bell. Millie wants to send a pictrue to Odd But True. (a nwespaper column)

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Garry Marshall

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  24. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 12 - See Rob Write, Write Rob, Write
    7.3/10(316 votes)

    S5:E12

    After going to the Butcher's Shop to get something for dinner, Laura sees pictures (drawn By Charlie Wheelright) Laura wants to write a story to help sell Charlie's pictures. Rob doesn't like the idea because he always finshes her stories.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Dick Van Dyke Show Season 5 Episode 14 - Fifty-Two, Forty-Five or Work
    7.3/10(307 votes)

    S5:E14

    The Alan Brady Show is on hiatus Rob is worried about to support Laura (who is pregnant with Ritchie) Rob doesn't anyone to know he needs a job until The Alan Brady Show returns from hiatus.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Coast-to-Coast Big Mouth" is the best rated episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show season 5. It scored 9.0/10 from 541 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Unknown, it aired on September 15, 1965. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Obnoxious, Offensive, Egomaniac, Etc.".