The fifth season of ''

iCarly ''iCarly'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider, which originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series tells the story of Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), a teenager who creates and hosts ...

'' began airing on Nickelodeon on August 13, 2011, and finished its run on January 21, 2012. This season features Carly Shay (

Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress and singer. She was the highest-paid child actor in 2012 and was included on ''Forbes'' magazine's " 30 Under 30" list in 2022. She is known for her career on television, parti ...

), Sam Puckett (

Jennette McCurdy Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy (born June 26, 1992) is an American writer, director, podcaster, singer and former actress. McCurdy's breakthrough role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom '' iCarly'' (2007–2012) earned her various awards ...

), Freddie Benson (

Nathan Kress Nathan Karl Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American actor and director. Kress began his career at the age of four, notably appearing in several television commercials and providing the voices of Easy and Tough Pup in the comedy-drama film ...

) and Gibby Gibson (

Noah Munck Noah Bryant Munck (born May 3, 1996) is an American actor, comedian, YouTube personality and music producer known for his roles as Gibby in the Nickelodeon series '' iCarly'' and "Naked Rob" Smith in the ABC comedy series '' The Goldbergs''. He ...

) as their web show, ''iCarly'', is becoming more popular worldwide, with Sam and Freddie now as a confirmed couple, until the episode, "iLove You".

Jerry Trainor Gerald William "Jerry" Trainor (born January 21, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for playing Spencer Shay in the teen sitcom ''iCarly'', winning three Kids' Choice Awards for his performance, and reprises the role on its revival series o ...

co-stars as Carly's older brother Spencer, and

co-stars as Gibby. This season had the specials "iLost My Mind", "iDate Sam & Freddie", "iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo", "iStill Psycho, and "iMeet the First Lady".

Season synopsis

Following the events of "iOMG", Sam checks herself into a mental hospital, unable to handle her mixed feelings towards Freddie. During an iCarly webcast live from the institution, Freddie and Sam share a kiss, symbolizing the start of a new relationship. In the next few episodes ("iDate Sam & Freddie", "iCan't Take It", and "iLove You"), Sam and Freddie continue their relationship. In "iDate Sam & Freddie", Freddie and Sam are constantly arguing, and enlist the help of Carly to resolve all their fights. By the end of the episode, Carly is fed up and tells them to simply break up if all they do is fight. In "iCan't Take It," Freddie and Sam have stopped arguing, but their relationship proves to create problems for those around him. Gibby, indignant at Sam now directing her violent tendencies towards him now that she's dating her previous target, devises a plan to break them up with the help of Freddie's disapproving mother. This plan nearly works but Carly eventually convinces them to make up. In "iLove You," Freddie and Sam's relationship comes to an official end after they realize they have little to nothing in common with each other, though not before they profess their love for one another and suggest that they may rekindle their relationship. After the first few episodes of this season, T-Bo moves into Freddie and Mrs. Benson's apartment in Bushwell Plaza after being evicted from The Groovy Smoothie. Sam and Freddie help him do this by disguising him as a respectful gentleman. This initially works, but Mrs. Benson later evicts him upon discovering his true personality, though she later has a change of heart and decides to let him stay after he rescues the gang from an obsessed fan.

Development

In late January 2011, while doing press for her North American

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concert tour,

began telling news sources that she was looking forward to returning to Hollywood to begin filming a 5th season of ''iCarly''. On January 27, 2011, Cosgrove told Cleveland Live News "We're getting ready to start the next season, right after the tour. I would be willing to do the show as long as people like it and as long as it works." On January 28, 2011,

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news agency also reported that Cosgrove was preparing to begin filming a 5th season of ''iCarly'', and on February 3, 2011 Cosgrove told The Middletown Press, when speaking of the show and her co-stars

and

, "I've known them since I was little. I can't wait to get back. I'm really comfortable doing iCarly. It's like my home away from home." Cosgrove concluded her

concert tour on February 24, 2011, and Jennette McCurdy finished her Generation Love mall tour on April 14, 2011. The entire cast did not even get together until the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards. Miranda Cosgrove recently confirmed that filming would resume shortly.Gonna start filming...
– MirandaBuzz twitter At the 2011 Kids' Choice Awards,

stated that filming would resume in May.iCarly Spoilers INTERVIEW

Cast

Main cast

as Carly Shay *

as Sam Puckett *

as Freddie Benson *

as Spencer Shay *

as Gibby Gibson

Recurring cast

* BooG!e as T-Bo *

Mary Scheer Mary Scheer (born March 19, 1963) is an American actress, comedian, screenwriter and producer, who is best known for her work throughout television. She had recurring roles as Marissa Benson on the Nickelodeon-sitcom ''iCarly,'' and as Gladys ...

as Marissa Benson * Danielle Morrow as Nora Dershlit

Guest stars

Jim Parsons James Joseph Parsons (born March 24, 1973) is an American actor. From 2007 to 2019, he played Sheldon Cooper in the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory''. He has received various awards, including four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead A ...

as Caleb ("iLost My Mind") *

Taran Killam Taran Hourie Killam (born April 1, 1982) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is known for his television work on ''The Amanda Show'', ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''MADtv'', ''New Girl'', ''Saturday Night Live'', and ''Single Parents''. ...

as Secret Service Agent ("iMeet The First Lady") *

Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...

as herself ("iMeet The First Lady")

Episodes

References

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