S05 Episode 1

Something's Going Around

Peter falls ill, and Louis asks a doctor he met two days ago to come and take a look.

23 mins · Sat, 9 Sep 1989

S05 Episode 2

Something's Going Around

Peter falls ill, and Louis asks a doctor (Stanley Ralph Ross) he met two days ago to come and take a look. It turns out the doctor has sent them potato chips, which makes people allergic to ghosts, and only Peter has eaten enough of them. The doctor gives them more chips. What the Ghostbusters don't know is that the doctor is a ghost and they have to develop resistance to the allergy.

25 mins · Sat, 16 Sep 1989

S05 Episode 3

Trading Faces

A bad lookalike of Slimer on the run arrives in the firehouse via a mirror and sends Louis and the real Slimer to the Ghost World.

25 mins · Sat, 23 Sep 1989

S05 Episode 4

Elementary My Dear Winston

The legendary and apparently ghostly Sherlock Holmes and Watson arrive in New York to find Professor Moriarty. When Watson gets captured, Sherlock Holmes selects Winston to help him. Moriarty seeks to absorb all the ghosts in the containment unit.

25 mins · Sat, 30 Sep 1989

S05 Episode 5

Slimer's Curse

Slimer wins the lottery, only to find his winnings have been cursed.

25 mins · Sat, 7 Oct 1989

S05 Episode 6

Partners in Slime

A year after the Ghostbusters defeated Vigo the Carpathian, a ghost named Poso kidnaps Janine and Louis to force the Ghostbusters to hand over their business. The Ghostbusters get help from a recently-captured ghost, Shifter, to find out why Poso wants their business and where to find him. Covered in mood slime, Peter goes to the Ghost Town to save Louis and Janine.

25 mins · Sat, 23 Sep 1989

S05 Episode 7

Til Death Do Us Part

The Ghostbusters get a temp (who turns out to be a ghost) and she decides Egon would make a great husband.

25 mins · Sat, 30 Sep 1989

S05 Episode 8

The Ghostbusters Live! From Al Capone's Tomb!

The Ghostbusters are on live TV at the tomb of Al Capone where his ghost is supposed to appear.

23 mins · Sat, 28 Oct 1989

S05 Episode 9

The Halloween Door

The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley and his group, who want their help in ending Halloween.

23 mins · Sun, 29 Oct 1989

S05 Episode 10

If I Were a Witch Man

The Ghostbusters are called to stop a witch that has been terrorizing the town of Lewiston. She wants revenge against the descendants of those who imprisoned her 300 years ago, which includes Egon.

25 mins · Sat, 21 Oct 1989

S05 Episode 11

It's About Time

The firehouse is going to be torn down to make way for a new expressway, but that's the least of the Ghostbusters' problems. The guys and Slimer get sent back to 1959 due to a trap accident. They have to find a way back and fight ghosts without their equipment.

25 mins · Sat, 28 Oct 1989

S05 Episode 12

The Halloween Door

The Ghostbusters are confronted by Crowley (Michael Rye) and his group, who want their help in ending Halloween. The guys turn him down, but one of their PKE meters is stolen and used by Crowley to accomplish his goal. Unfortunately, all he does is break a seal, opening our world to numerous ghosts – including the huge, rampaging Boogaloo (Brian O'Neal) – and giving the Ghostbusters a lot to handle on Halloween night.

25 mins · Sat, 18 Nov 1989

S05 Episode 13

Jailbusters

The Ghostbusters are tricked into letting their guard down and get captured by ghosts. They're charged with crimes against ghosts and stand trial. It's up to Janine, Louis and Slimer to save them from a horrible punishment.

25 mins · Sat, 4 Nov 1989

S05 Episode 14

Surely You Joust

The Ghostbusters become involved in the world of knights and dragons to free a captured Janine.

25 mins · Sat, 11 Nov 1989

S05 Episode 15

Future Tense

The Ghostbusters get a new TV as payment for a job. When Ray stays up to watch television, he sees into the Ghostbusters' future. The others don't believe him at first, but Ray is quickly proved right and the next vision shows them their deaths.

25 mins · Sat, 11 Nov 1989

S05 Episode 16

Venk-Man!

After being hit by Egon's experimental proton ray, Peter becomes something of a superhero, as his muscles grow and he becomes a buldging muscle hunk with powers, but it won't last long.

25 mins · Sat, 18 Nov 1989

S05 Episode 17

Loose Screws

Slimer breaks a trap and doesn't completely fix it before the guys use it on a job. Now the essence inside starts to leak out and make inanimate objects come to life.

25 mins · Sat, 9 Dec 1989

S05 Episode 18

The Ghostbusters! Live, from Al Capone's Tomb!

The Ghostbusters are on live TV at the tomb of Al Capone (Jocko Marcellino) where his ghost is supposed to appear at midnight. Something does happen and the guys get transported to the other side, getting involved with Al Capone and other supernatural criminals.

25 mins · Sat, 2 Dec 1989

S05 Episode 19

Revenge of the Ghostmaster

The Ghostmaster is back and casts a spell on the Ghostbusters that causes all electronic equipment near them to shut off, including their proton packs and ghost traps.

25 mins · Sat, 9 Dec 1989

S05 Episode 20

Slimer Streak

Stuck on a train, the Ghostbusters have to play games to bring it to a halt.

25 mins · Sat, 16 Dec 1989

S05 Episode 21

The Ransom of Greenspud

A trio of ghosts abduct Slimer and will keep him unless the Ghostbusters agree to free a ghost named Spiderlegs.

25 mins · Sat, 23 Dec 1989

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