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A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
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Episode 1 - The Whiz Kid
Release Date: 1988-10-08Mary is the director for the church production of ""The Wiz"" and her cast is edgy. Meanwhile, the Jenkins' have a house guest. A college student who will be staying with them for a year. They are all... more
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Episode 2 - Hide the Star
Release Date: 1988-10-22Lester's business partner is Marvelous Marvin Hagler, but it must remain a secret. When Rose and Pearl see Mary acting so suspicious, ther decide to find out what is going on. They discover that Marvi... more
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Episode 3 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant
Release Date: 1988-10-29Sandra is the PR director for the Miss Teen Washington Pageant and she encourages Mary to let Brenda enter. After Mary checks everything out, she allows Brenda to enter. But then next day, the head of... more
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Episode 4 - Double Your Pleasure
Release Date: 1988-11-05Sandra's cousin Conchita (also played by Jackee) comes to visit, and her finacee follows her to America. Conchita does not want to marry Carlos in an arranged marriage so she asks Sandra to tell him f... more
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Episode 5 - Brother from a Sister City
Release Date: 1988-11-12Brenda is a star track star and her coach comes over to the Jenkins' for a cup of coffee and brings a friend of his-- Willie Amakye from Ghana. Willie needs to raise money to stay in America and train... more
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Episode 6 - And the Survey Says . . .
Release Date: 1988-11-19Mary is a star player of ""Family Feud""... in her house. She decides to try out for the show when it visits Washington D.C. Sandra also decides to try out, and when she and Mary argue during the inte... more
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Episode 7 - A Yen for Lester
Release Date: 1988-11-26Lester and Raymond decide to buy a Jaoanese Restaurant together. Pearl and Rose each put in $500 and receive a stock of the restaurant. When the deal is sealed, the kitchen staff all quit, right befor... more
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Episode 8 - Looking Back
Release Date: 1988-12-03When Mary throws pictures of Sandra, Rose and Pearl away, they each find them and reminisce over the past 3 227 seasons.
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Episode 9 - The Night They Arrested Santa Claus
Release Date: 1988-12-10Alexandria doesn't celebrate Christmas so everyone tries to get her to feel the spirit of the holiday. Sandra meets a Santa on the street and brings him upstairs to meet Alexandria. But when everyone ... more
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Episode 10 - The Real Decoys
Release Date: 1989-01-07Sandra gets a job as a meter maid. When Pearl gets her purse snatched while on her way to the bank with Mary and Rose's dues, Sandra and Mary hatch up an idea to stage a stake-out in the park. Rose an... more
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Episode 11 - Play it Again, Stan
Release Date: 1989-01-14When Mary and Lester are on their way to the airport their tickets are stolen by a pick pocket who is running from the cops. As Lester and the police officer go after the man Mary waits in the cab and... more
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Episode 12 - A Class Act
Release Date: 1989-01-28When Mary and Lester go to parent's night a Brenda's school, Mary does not like the playfulness of her history teacher, or the fact that he does not give tests or homework. She asks the principal to m... more
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Episode 13 - The Prince
Release Date: 1989-02-04Sandra asks Rose to take her place on a blind date. Little does she know that her blind date is a Prince! The ladies each take turns trying to impress him, but it's Brenda who catches his attention. S... more
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Episode 14 - Babes in the Woods
Release Date: 1989-02-11Mary goes on a hike with the Buttercups, the group of young girls (like the Girl Scouts) that Alexandria wants to join. Sandra comes along also, thinking that the handsome leader would be there. They ... more
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Episode 15 - A Date to Remember
Release Date: 1989-02-18When Sandra goes on the Love Connection, she chooses Gary because he is the owner of a jewelry store. When he arrives, Mary is in Sandra's apt to greet him, because Sandra has gotten Mary's phone glue... more
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Episode 16 - Mary's Cookies
Release Date: 1989-02-25Mary's cookie sales at Brenda's school is putting Ed's Cookies out of business. He proposes that she go into business with him. They agree, but when Mary realizes that she isn't making more than she w... more
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Episode 17 - For Richer, For Poorer
Release Date: 1989-03-04Sandra's new boyfriend keeps showering her with gifts. When everyone meets him, they are surprised-- he is Pearl's age! He asks Sandra to marry him and gives her a day to think about it. She tells him... more
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Episode 18 - The Class of '89
Release Date: 1989-03-18Mary tells the kids that she has the hookup to get Run DMC to play at their prom, but the problem is the kids cannot afford the $5000 fee. Dylan takes their money and invests it in a stock, which goes... more
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Episode 19 - Trial and Error
Release Date: 1989-04-01Both Mary and Sandra get commissioned to the same murder trial. There are 11 votes guilty and 1 vote not-guilty, Sandra choosing not-guilty. After hours, she still has not changed her vote and Mary is... more
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Episode 20 - The Bet
Release Date: 1989-04-08Sandra bets Mary and Rose that she can stay away from men better than they can stick to their diet. They each send temptations the other's way but it all comes to a head when Lester's business partner... more
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Episode 21 - No, My Darling Daughter
Release Date: 1989-04-15Lester hires a young ex-con from the persuasion on Mary. They both admit that he is doing a great job and are happy with him until he asks Brenda out. They object and eventually tell Mike that he is ... more
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Episode 22 - House Number
Release Date: 1989-05-06When Pearl, Mary, Rose and Sandra get locked into the laundry room, they all reminisce about how they each arrived at 227. Pearl moved in with her mother, Rose lived across the hall from a loud rock b... more
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Episode 23 - Jackee
Release Date: 1989-05-11Sandra has moved to New York, but finds herself jobless after she finds out that the film company that she works for specializes in porn films! So once she find her apt., she meet a woman who tells he... more
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Episode 24 - For Sale
Release Date: 1989-05-13Rose sells the building and a sister of Lester's friends comes to visit. She staying with the Jenkins and is driving them crazy. She gets hired as the building manager. The company that bought 227 wa... more