Season 5 - Episode Guide

Jamal creates a monster when he gives his geeky bud a makeover. Meanwhile, the gang gets Miss Noble a hot watch for her birthday.

Affairs of the heart plague Dawn, who finds her cyber-beau is an old friend, while Jamal's love life is barely breathing.

Jamal ends up putting Chris's life in peril after he takes on a gun-toting gang-banger to dispose of his cowardly reputation. Meanwhile, the rest of the gang goes in search of a secret room in the high school.

Cassidy recruits El-Train to pose as her abrasive new beau in hopes of changing her father's mind about Chris. Meanwhile, Al and Dawn refuse to butt out after they spy Nobel smoking.

Dawn has a hard time dealing with Al's new gal; Miss Noble refs as the guys try to outwit, outmatch and outplay each other in the park.

Jamal dumps Chris as his dance partner and ends up having to compete against his new sidekick for a spot on a national tour. Meanwhile, El-Train and Al take over Cassidy and Dawn's advice column in hopes of scoring dates.

Al and El-Train's internship at a record label hits a sour note when one of them fails to pull his weight; Dawn and Cassidy get a lesson in higher learning when they land a gig as assistant principals.

Jamal and Chris skip out on a charity radio show to participate in Senior Ditch Day.

Dawn falls for Chris's prep-school chum, a player who may be hiding the truth about his not-so-ex-girlfriend; El-Train and the guys head to a DMX concert and are almost DOA after offering a ride to a total stranger.

Jamal makes a mess of things after he tries to clean up after a clumsy waitress he's been dating; the gang learns a dirty little secret about Miss Noble's years as a student at Manny High.

Cassidy's big break comes with a price after the director puts the moves on her; El-Train believes a fall out of bed has triggered his sixth sense.

El-Train's mom goes on a date with Jamal's dad, leaving the two students to ponder what lies ahead for their fraternizing folks.

Jamal takes a dangerous new drug to bulk up after a big college shows interest in recruiting him for its basketball team.

El-Train jumps through hoops to avoid having to play against his new gal in a charity basketball event. Meanwhile, Jamal has a full plate running his dad's diner and dealing with an expected food critic.

El-Train gets a visit from a familiar ghost, who takes him on a tour of his ill-fated future after he decides to ditch the SAT exams.

Chris and Jamal's on-air antics keep Dawn from being elected class president; Cassidy's new fan may be more misery than he's worth.

El-Train's romance with Kianna takes a hit after he starts reciting his private love poems to her in public.

The gang looks back on the ups and downs of their friendships after Chris and Jamal skip out on a group photo for the Manny High yearbook.

Jamal can't deal with Rosie's new career after the guys at school get a good look at her latest modelling shots.

A near-death experience has Chris living life on the edge, Jamal out to love everyone he sees and El-Train afraid that he has escaped his fate.

Dawn's acceptance into Harvard is upstaged by news of Noble's retirement, and the guys get even more upsetting info about their principal.

The gang's new show for Manny High TV begins to steal listeners away from Chris and Jamal's afternoon radio gig, so the guys set out to bring down their friends' ratings. Meanwhile, Miss Nobel wants to know who keeps dressing up her newly installed statue in the school's courtyard.

Prom night finds Chris and Cassidy at odds over their post-graduation futures, while Dawn and Al finally find some common ground when it comes to who should ask whom to the dance.

A race to find the diplomas and finish up finals keeps the gang on their toes as graduation day nears. But when Chris and Jamal fail to find a way to end their radio show, a bizarre twist of fate hooks them up with the perfect goodbye.

El-Train, Chris, Dawn, Jamal, Al and Cassidy all gather at the diner for a final farewell on the day after graduation.

Miss Noble ropes the gang into joining the school band; Al's ethics nearly get him fired after he lands a job at a firm that markets toy guns.