So Season 5 of The Real Ghostbusters was different in many
ways from the earlier seasons. It was longer than any of the
other ABC seasons with a total of 21 episodes.
They were in this season still using the one hour format from the
rebranding to Slimer! And The Real Ghostbusters in the previous season. Instead of Slimer shorts they wisely chose to
simply have bonus 15-mintue extra episodes.
One of
the things I have learned from this series over all is you can do a lot of
storytelling in a twenty-five minutes.
This season really shows what you can do with only fifteen minutes. However season does have a lot of ups and
downs. There are some episodes that I
could recall from childhood such as “It’s about Time” and “Venk-Man.” There are also some lows such as “Slimer’s Curse” and “Til Death do us Part” that were terrible. Then there is the “Halloween Door” which
honestly I didn’t know what to think.
They chose to stay with the opening theme from the previous
season with exception to the Halloween special that had its own intro that you
can see in the video above. Also in
these videos is the only musical numbers the Ghostbusters have ever done. At least I don’t remember any others.
Season 5 ranks as an overall positive for me.
The addition of Louis Tully as a continuing character is a huge
plus. If only he could be more
persuasive with the Ghostbusters about their regular financial situation. But maybe they wouldn’t be the Ghostbusters
if they knew how to handle money.
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