The Goldbergs

- Season 5

(2017)

Erica is off to college while Barry is in search of a new girlfriend.

Adam's school project about Pops backfires while Beverly teaches an important lesson to Erica and Barry.

Beverly confronts Coach Mellor who reveals his strained relationship with his brother then Adam and Barry join in after a fight breaks out. Beverly sees that this could be Adam and Barry as adults. Meanwhile, Geoff and Erica struggle with their relationship being long distance.

Beverly tries to reinvent herself in more than one way, while Erica asks for Adam's help at college.

Adam and Jackie disagree on whether to dress up as Star Wars or Star Trek characters for Halloween. Murray tests if agreeing with your spouse on everything saves the relationship. Barry uses the Ouija board to make up with his girl.

Adam and Marvin help Murray as the store faces competition, while Beverly assists Barry as he courts a girl at school.

Uncle Marvin returns with a proposition for the family, while Beverly's plans for Thanksgiving dinner goes awry.

Murray teaches Adam to drive, while Erica needs help with her social life at school.

A song written by Adam and Barry doesn't get the accolades they hoped for, while Erica needs distance from Beverly.

The battle for the best Hanukkah party begins.

Beverly creates her own mom group, while Erica reaches a breaking point with Geoff.

Geoff joins the family for Erica's birthday dinner out.

Adam's actions almost injure his woodshop teacher, while Beverly and Geoff want to be cultured like Erica.

Barry joins the football team but is quickly benched by Coach Mellor due to his lack of playing ability. He convinces himself the coach is testing him; but when Barry realizes the truth of his playing ability, Adam helps his brother understand there are other ways he can contribute to the team and comes up with their own version of the Super Bowl Shuffle. Meanwhile, Beverly designs jackets that she tries to get Murray and Erica to sell when a national TV channel won't.

Adam loves director Steven Spielberg so much and decides to film an original script he wrote about Indiana Jones and his passion for directing is called into question. Meanwhile, Murray and Barry make a bet about whether or not a cheesesteak sandwich in New Jersey is the best one ever.

When Beverly gets a glimpse into a soon-to-be empty nest, she replaces her kids with the Mellor brothers, nursing Coach Mellor back to health after falling off the rope climb. Meanwhile, Erica and her college roommate get on each other's nerves in their dorm room, especially when Valley Erica puts a scrunchie on the door and kicks Erica out.

Barry enlists the JTP to help him break up Beverly's group of friends so Barry can have all the attention but soon realizes he made a major mistake when Beverly gets into a fight with her friends. Meanwhile, Adam's attempts to trick Murray into loving theater backfire.

Hoping to get the true spring break experience, Erica and Barry visit Pops in Florida, yet it's nothing how they expected. Meanwhile, Adam tells the truth to Beverly and Murray but then gets a surprising reaction

The family doesn't support Beverly when she decides to take up dance with the Frentas; when Emmy starts dating a cool guy, Adam thinks their friendship is in jeopardy.

Barry gets the chance to throw the first pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies game and believes this is his chance to play professionally, but it's anything but. Meanwhile, Erica makes an important decision about her future in college.

Adam tries to start a Mel Brooks club after he sees the movie "Spaceballs," and Jackie mistakes his club advertisement for political satire and puts it in the school paper. Meanwhile, when Beverly and Pops come up for parents weekend at school, Erica plans on telling them an important decision she has made, but Murray surprises them and tags along.

When Lainey moves back to town, Barry asks her to the prom; Erica tells Murray she has made a final decision about her future in college.