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The Jeffersons Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - A Friend in Need

First aired: Jan/18/1975
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Paulene Myers (Diane Stockwell)

Louise isn't comfortable with George's idea of getting a maid.



2 :01x02 - George's Family Tree

First aired: Jan/25/1975
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield
Director: Jack Shea

George takes interest in his heritage when he discovers some of his family may have been in a tribe of kings.



3 :01x03 - Louise Feels Useless

First aired: Feb/01/1975
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Milton Selzer (Mr. Wexler)

George will not let Louise work at one of his stores. Because of this, she gets a job with a competitor.



4 :01x04 - Lionel the Playboy

First aired: Feb/08/1975
Writer: Roger Shulman, John Baskin
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ronnell Bright (Piano Player)

With the Jeffersons new status, Lionel starts to live life a little more, including wanting to quit school.



5 :01x05 - Mr. Piano Man

First aired: Feb/15/1975
Writer: Don Nicholl, Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence Johnston), Ivor Francis (Mr. Curtis), Rozelle Gayle (Bill Simpson)

George might get to meet with the landlord, which might lead to redecorating the apartment, including a grand piano.



6 :01x06 - George's Skeleton

First aired: Feb/22/1975
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Moses Gunn (Monk Davis)

Monk Davis, an old friend of George, shows up, and Louis watches Mr. Bentley's bird.



7 :01x07 - Lionel Cries Uncle

First aired: Mar/01/1975
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Albert Reed (Uncle Ward)

During Uncle Ward's visit, Lionel gets in a little trouble at school: a fight.



8 :01x08 - Mother Jefferson's Boyfriend

First aired: Mar/08/1975
Writer: Arnold Kane, Gordon Farr
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Alvin Childress (Herbert Russell), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)



9 :01x09 - Meet the Press

First aired: Mar/15/1975
Writer: Dixie Brown Grossman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Carole Androsky (Tanya), Bo Kaprall (Mike Moreno), Marla Gibbs (Florence)

George has a reporter come over to profile him. However, Mr. Bentley and the Willises cause some distractions.



10 :01x10 - Rich Man's Disease

First aired: Mar/22/1975
Writer: Bruce Howard
Director: Jack Shea



11 :01x11 - Former Neighbors

First aired: Mar/29/1975
Writer: Ben Joelson, Art Baer
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Maye Henderson (Natalie Simms), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Santiago Gonzalez (Coleman Harris), Ernie Lee Banks (Roy Simms)

George invites a possible client over. However, Louise has some people from Harlem.



12 :01x12 - Like Father, Like Son?

First aired: Apr/05/1975
Writer: Frank Tarloff
Director: Jack Shea

Lionel is starting to become more of George, and Tom and Helen are for different candidates in an election.



13 :01x13 - Jenny's Low

First aired: Apr/12/1975
Writer: John Ashby
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Danny Wells (Charlie), Andrew Rubin (Allan Willis)

Tom and Helen's son comes home from Europe, and Jenny's thoughts toward him worries everybody.



14 :02x01 - A Dinner for Harry

First aired: Sep/13/1975
Writer: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernie West
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence), Ben Rizzi (Jack Peterson), Zackie Cooper (Neighbor's Wife), Richard Libertini (Neighbor), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

George and Louis have a dinner party for Mr. Bentley. When the Willises arrive, there are problems.



15 :02x02 - George's First Vacation

First aired: Sep/20/1975
Writer: Frank Tarloff
Director: Jack Shea

George's mother wants to join her son and his wife on a cruise they go on because George is called a workaholic.



16 :02x03 - Louise's Daughter

First aired: Sep/27/1975
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Diane Sommerfield (Gail Bryant), Danny Wells (Charlie)

A surprise comes into Louise's life: a lady claims to be her daughter.



17 :02x04 - Harry and Daphne

First aired: Oct/04/1975
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Rene Auberjonois (Inspector Keller), Melinda Dillon (Daphne)

Harry Bentley has to worry about his girlfriend, who is thinking of marriage, while George is trying to deal with a building inspector.



18 :02x05 - Mother Jefferson's Fall

First aired: Oct/11/1975
Writer: Erik Tarloff
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Estelle Evans (Mary), Dorothy Butts (Bernice), Hilda Haynes (Alice), Ruth Lee (Dorothy), Maidie Norman (Rachel), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

George's mother fakes that she had a fall, while Louise battles out in a gin tournament.



19 :02x06 - Jefferson vs. Jefferson

First aired: Oct/18/1975
Writer: Robert Fisher, Arthur Marx
Director: Jack Shea

It's George and Louise's anniversary, and who would intrude into their anniversary but George's mother. Also, Louise is asked by George to lie about a bike accident.



20 :02x07 - Uncle Bertram

First aired: Oct/25/1975
Writer: Bernie West, Michael Ross, Don Nicholl, Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Victor Kilian (Uncle Bertram), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

Mother Jefferson starts dating Uncle Bertram, a white man related to the Willises.



21 :02x08 - Movin' on Down

First aired: Nov/01/1975
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

George is afraid that he is going to go out of business, while Lionel wants more money and Florence wants a raise.



22 :02x09 - George Won't Talk

First aired: Nov/08/1975
Writer: John Ashby
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Robert Guillaume (Charles Thompson), Ernest Thomas (Ronnie Walker)

George is asked to speak at a college in Harlem.



23 :02x10 - Jenny's Grandparents

First aired: Nov/15/1975
Writer: James Ritz
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Leon Ames (Grandpa Willis), Victor Kilian (Uncle Bertram), Fred Pinkard (Grandpa Douglas)

Jenny's grandfathers end up in the Jeffersons apartment because of their bickering.



24 :02x11 - George's Best Friend

First aired: Nov/22/1975
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Wendell Brown)

George realizes he hasn't payed enough attention to Louise when one of his old friends hits on her.



25 :02x12 - George and the Manager

First aired: Nov/29/1975
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan, Don Boyle
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Norma Donaldson (Dale Parker), Rhoda Gemignani (Emily Bates)

George faces his wife and mother when he won't hire a white woman as a manager.



26 :02x13 - George's Alibi

First aired: Dec/06/1975
Writer: Sandy Krinski
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Thomas Brown (Radio Announcer)

Lionel is afraid to tell George about a fender bender, which leads to George fearing the mob.



27 :02x14 - Lunch With Mama

First aired: Dec/13/1975
Writer: Don Nicholl, Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner, Bernie West, Michael Ross
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: J. A. Preston (Rev. Greenwood)

George won't go to a funeral with Louise because he's going to have lunch with his mother. Mother Jefferson ends up going to the funeral with them.



28 :02x15 - George vs. Wall Street

First aired: Dec/20/1975
Writer: George Burditt
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

Lionel refuses to take a job, leading to a fight between the Jeffersons and Willises. Also, George gets a stock tip.



29 :02x16 - The Breakup (1)

First aired: Jan/03/1976
Writer: Dixie Brown Grossman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Jenny and Lionel break up after a fight between the Jeffersons and Willises.



30 :02x17 - The Breakup (2)

First aired: Jan/10/1976
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Marion Ramsey (Tracy Davis)

Both the Jeffersons and the Willises are deciding whether to get Jenny and Lionel back together. George ends up setting Lionel up on a date.



31 :02x18 - Florence's Problem

First aired: Jan/24/1976
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Louise believes that Florence is suicidal by her recent behavior.



32 :02x19 - Mother Jefferson's Birthday

First aired: Jan/31/1976
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Fred S. Fox
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Lillian Randolph (Emma)

George forgets his mother's 70th birthday, and Louise tries to reunite her with her sister.



33 :02x20 - Louise's Cookbook

First aired: Feb/07/1976
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Robert Lussier (Howard Brooks)

A publisher asks Louise to write a cookbook.



34 :02x21 - George Meets Whittendale

First aired: Feb/14/1976
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

George hides in a bathroom with Tom and Helen to meet with Mr. Whittendale.



35 :02x22 - Lionel's Problem

First aired: Feb/21/1976
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Lionel starts to feel pressure of his upcoming graduation. Louise and Jenny try to hide him when he comes home drunk.



36 :02x23 - Tennis, Anyone?

First aired: Feb/28/1976
Writer: Sandy Veith
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Davis Roberts (Carl), Marla Gibbs (Florence), Ray Sharkey (Robert Phelps), Keene Curtis (Judge John Markell)



37 :02x24 - The Wedding

First aired: Mar/06/1976
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner, John Donley
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Nick LaTour (Reverend Perry), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Marla Gibbs (Florence), Bobby Johnson (Skeeter Jackson)

George wants to renew his vowels with Louise, but she may not when the couple get into an argument.



38 :03x01 - George and the President

First aired: Sep/25/1976
Writer: Howard Albrecht, Sol Weinstein
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Marla Gibbs (Florence), David Dukes (Cal Roberts)

George dresses up as Thomas Jefferson to attract new customers.



39 :03x02 - Louise Gets Her Way

First aired: Oct/02/1976
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Richard McKenzie (Mr. Owens)



40 :03x03 - Louise Suspects

First aired: Oct/09/1976
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Jack Shea

George is trying to open a new store, but Louise finds a love letter and suspects something else.



41 :03x04 - The Lie Detector

First aired: Oct/16/1976
Writer: David Talisman, Tedd Anasti
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Macon McCalman (Roger Tulley), Tom Lacy (Bill Hoffman), Arny Freeman (Mr. Prescott)

At his new job, Lionel will not take a lie detector test.



42 :03x05 - George's Diploma

First aired: Oct/23/1976
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Lionel pretends that his dad is a graduate of Harvard rather than a man who dropped out of high school.



43 :03x06 - The Retirement Party

First aired: Oct/30/1976
Writer: Dixie Brown Grossman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence), Richard Ward (Ben)

George either has to sell his business or have to sell someome out.



44 :03x07 - Lionel's Pad

First aired: Nov/10/1976
Writer: Kurt Taylor, Booker Bradshaw
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Lionel finds himself an apartment. His roommate ends up being Jenny.



45 :03x08 - Tom the Hero

First aired: Nov/17/1976
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Mickey Deems (Mickey), Marla Gibbs (Florence), Ed Cambridge (Curt Randall)

Tom uses the Heimlich Maneuver on George, saving his life. George makes a plan to make things even.



46 :03x09 - Jenny's Discovery

First aired: Nov/24/1976
Writer: Bob Baublitz
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Bob Duggan (Police Officer), Marla Gibbs (Florence), Ginny Tyler (Police Dispatcher)

Jenny questions her feelings toward Lionel, but she thinks he might have been killed in a bus crash.



47 :03x10 - The Agreement

First aired: Dec/08/1976
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Paul Barselou (Man in Elevator)

George gives Lionel a suggestion to get a prenup with Jenny.



48 :03x11 - Florence in Love

First aired: Dec/15/1976
Writer: Richard Freiman, Stephen Young
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence), Robert DoQui (T.J. Davis)

There's an intruder at the Jefferson's place, but it ends up being Florence's boyfriend. Florence ends up quitting after a battle about boundaries with the Jeffersons.



49 :03x12 - The Christmas Wedding

First aired: Dec/22/1976
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Robert Sampson (Minister), Marla Gibbs (Florence), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

Lionel and Jenny's wedding is back on. It has been set for Christmas Eve, but an argument between Tom and George might ruin things.



50 :03x13 - Louise Forgets

First aired: Jan/05/1977
Writer: Bill Davenport
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Marla Gibbs (Florence)

George wants Louise's memory to be better, so she takes a class to do that, while Florence is taking a Judo class.



51 :03x14 - Bentley's Problem

First aired: Jan/12/1977
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Paul Larson (Bressler), Alan Manson (Officer Rossi), Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Bentley ends up going to jail after being afraid of a bully and taking advice from George.



52 :03x15 - Jefferson Airplane

First aired: Jan/17/1977
Writer: Dixie Brown Grossman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Conrad Janis (Stratton), Billy Sands (Mechanic)

George and Louise take flying lessons.



53 :03x16 - George's Guilt

First aired: Jan/24/1977
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Bill Henderson (JoJo), Marla Gibbs (Florence), Henry Harris (Gabby), Lee Weaver (Willie)

George gets together a reunion after one of his old friends dies.



54 :03x17 - A Case of Black and White

First aired: Jan/31/1977
Writer: Fred S. Fox, Seaman Jacobs, Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence), J. Jay Saunders (Frank Howard), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Barbara Cason (Jean Howard)

George asks Tom and Helen to join him at dinner with a couple he is dealing with. The couple, however, are black and white. This causes the Willises to leave before the dinner, so George just gets Ralph and Florence to join instead.



55 :03x18 - Louise vs. Jenny

First aired: Feb/07/1977
Writer: John Ashby
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

Lionel needs care, but Jenny and Louise get in a battle as to who will take care of him.



56 :03x19 - The Marriage Counselors

First aired: Feb/21/1977
Writer: John V. Hanrahan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Tom and Helen have been seeing a marriage counselor, so Louise thinks that it will work for her and George.



57 :03x20 - Louise's Friend

First aired: Feb/28/1977
Writer: Richard Freiman, Stephen Young, Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Hal Williams (Michael), Danny Wells (Charlie), Saundra Sharp (Mabel), Marla Gibbs (Florence)

Louise gets a new friend, Michael, which isn't to George's liking.



58 :03x21 - The Old Flame

First aired: Mar/07/1977
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Lillian Lehman (Harriet Johnson)

George's mother invites one of his old girlfriends to dinner.



59 :03x22 - Jenny's Opportunity

First aired: Mar/21/1977
Writer: Gordon Mitchell, Lloyd Turner
Director: Jack Shea

Jenny gets the chance to transfer to Oxford, but Lionel can't. This causes a fight between the men and women of the two families.



60 :03x23 - George the Philanthropist

First aired: Mar/28/1977
Writer: Larry Balmagia, Dennis Koenig
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Henry G. Sanders (Lester Phillips), Ernest Harden, Jr. (Jason King), Marla Gibbs (Florence)

George tries to win an award by donating more money to a charity than his competition.



61 :03x24 - Louise's Physical

First aired: Apr/11/1977
Writer: Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell, Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Rhonda Cunningham (Girl in Elevator), C. Lindsay Workman (Man in Elevator)

Louise's doctor tells her that she will live to be 100 years old, upsetting her. George and some other people are throwing a surprise party for her.



62 :04x01 - The Grand Opening (1)

First aired: Sep/24/1977
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty, John Baskin, Roger Shulman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Michael Alldredge (Man #1), James Staley (Man #2), Danny Wells (Charlie)

George gets a new office, but his loud mouth gets him in trouble. Two thugs hear him and try to kidnap Louise.



63 :04x02 - The Grand Opening (2)

First aired: Sep/24/1977
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty, John Baskin, Roger Shulman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Rod Colbin (Mr. Billings), James Staley (Man #2), Michael Alldredge (Man #1), David Pendleton (Detective)

The two thugs put a ransom for Louise at $100,000, but they have made a mistake. They kidnap Florence instead.



64 :04x03 - Once a Friend

First aired: Oct/01/1977
Writer: Michael S. Baser, Kim Weiskopf
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Vernon Washington (Leroy), Veronica Redd (Eddie/Edie Stokes)

One of George's old friends have made a change. A big one. Eddie has become Edie. He has undergone a sex change.



65 :04x04 - George's Help

First aired: Oct/08/1977
Writer: Patt Shea
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: F. William Parker (Mr. Stockwell), Bhetty Waldron (Clara), Ernest Harden, Jr. (Marcus Henderson)

George gets Marcus Henderson to work for him at half price, then a suede jacket goes missing.



66 :04x05 - George's Legacy

First aired: Oct/15/1977
Writer: Don Siegel
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Vernon Weddle (Vincent Carter)

George gets a sculptor to make a bust of him so he leaves behind a legacy.



67 :04x06 - Good News, Bad News

First aired: Oct/22/1977
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Fay DeWitt (Fay Blanchard)

Louis wants a job at the Help Center, but Helen gets it.



68 :04x07 - The Visitors

First aired: Oct/29/1977
Writer: Roger Shulman, John Baskin
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Jinaki (Dora Johnston), Hank Rolike (Don Johnston)

Florence's parents come for a visit. However, they are bickering, so the Jeffersons lose some sleep.



69 :04x08 - The Camp-Out

First aired: Nov/05/1977
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ernest Harden, Jr. (Marcus Henderson), Fred Stuthman (Barney Hunter)

George wants to avoid his mother, so he takes Marcus camping. Louise and Helen get tickets to see Stevie Wonder.



70 :04x09 - The Last Leaf

First aired: Nov/12/1977
Writer: Laura Levine
Director: Jack Shea

Louise thinks that her marriage might be over, but George tries to make her think otherwise.



71 :04x10 - Louise's New Interest

First aired: Nov/19/1977
Writer: Olga Vallance
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Paul Barselou (Businessman), Percy Rodriguez (Dr. Bob Jessup)

Louise finds out that she likes archaeology while volunteering at the museum. An archaeologist she sees there is going to go on a trip, and he plans for her to be the only person going with him.



72 :04x11 - The Costume Party

First aired: Nov/26/1977
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Herb Voland (Mr. Fletcher), Vernon Washington (Leroy), Priscilla Morrill (Mrs. Fletcher)

The Interracial Awareness Association is going to have a ball, and George could meet someone there to give him more business.



73 :04x12 - Florence Gets Lucky

First aired: Dec/03/1977
Writer: Bob DeVinney
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Thalmus Rasulala (Kurt Hendricks)

George wants Florence to insult him in front of a potential customer. George ends up taking her on a trip.



74 :04x13 - George Needs Help

First aired: Dec/10/1977
Writer: Roger Shulman, John Baskin
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Theodore Wilson (Clarence)

George has to choose a general manager because Louise wants him home more.



75 :04x14 - The Jefferson Curve

First aired: Dec/17/1977
Writer: Robert Wolterstoff, Paul M. Belous
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ernest Harden, Jr. (Marcus Henderson), Ronalda Douglas (Natalie), Jack Somack (Papa Panelli)

Marcus tells a girl that he is Lionel, leading to George and Louise to believe that Lionel is having an affair.



76 :04x15 - 984 W. 124th Street, Apt. 5C

First aired: Dec/24/1977
Writer: Roger Shulman, John Baskin
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Vernon Washington (Leroy), Alvin Childress (Wino), De'voreaux White (Warren Barnes), Hope Clarke (Sherry Barnes), Al White (William Barnes)

Louise trys to figure out who George is sending presents and money to in Harlem.



77 :04x16 - George and Whitty

First aired: Jan/07/1978
Writer: Sol Weinstein, Howard Albrecht
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: John O'Leary (Mr. Fox), Ruth Manning (Mrs. Fox), Peter Leeds (R.S. Whittendale), Matthew Tobin (Mr. Curtis)

George and Louise are about to be evicted by Mr. Whittendale, so they have him come over so they can talk about this problem.



78 :04x17 - Lionel Gets the Business

First aired: Jan/14/1978
Writer: Nancy Vince, Ted Dale
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Dwan Smith (Doris)

Lionel joins the cleaning business when he is persuaded by his dad to do so.



79 :04x18 - The Blackout

First aired: Jan/21/1978
Writer: Richard B. Eckhaus
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Wendell Wright (Unknown)

New York City has a blackout, so George and Marcus go to the store to make sure the store doesn't get looted. However, they are mistaken for looters and arrested.



80 :04x19 - Florence's Union

First aired: Jan/28/1978
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Adrian Ricard (Maid #1), Fumilayo (Maid #2), Georgie Paul (Maid #3), Jack Fletcher (Mr. Whittendale), Frances E. Nealy (Maid #4), Alma Beltran (Puerto Rican Maid), Barbara Mealy (Millie), William Bogert (Frank Miller), Dorothy Meyer (Cassie Kincaid)

Florence wants to make a union for maids, but Mr. Whittendale doesn't, which makes George disapprove. When Florence is going to have a meeting to possibly make the union, Louise has to help her hide it from George.



81 :04x20 - George and Jimmy

First aired: Feb/04/1978
Writer: Richard Freiman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Antony Ponzini (Neil), Alfie Wise (Dean), Rod Browning (Allen), Dave Shelley (Valery Kamikov)

George gets more publicity than he expected when he calls President Carter.



82 :04x21 - Thomas H. Willis & Co.

First aired: Feb/11/1978
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

George might be starting a publishing business, and Helen doesn't want Tom to sign a loan with him. Meanwhile, Louise makes a horrible mistake and drops her wedding ring down the sink.



83 :04x22 - Uncle George and Aunt Louise

First aired: Feb/18/1978
Writer: John Baskin, Roger Shulman
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Gary Coleman (Raymond)

George's nephew comes to stay with the Jeffersons for a while.



84 :04x23 - George and Louise in a Bind (1)

First aired: Feb/25/1978
Writer: Jim Rogers
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Philip Charles MacKenzie (Burglar)

George and Louise are tied up by a burglar.



85 :04x24 - George and Louise in a Bind (2)

First aired: Feb/25/1978
Writer: Jim Rogers
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Philip Charles MacKenzie (Burglar)

Clips are shown as George and Louise are still tied up.



86 :04x25 - George and Louise in a Bind (3)

First aired: Feb/25/1978
Writer: Jim Rogers
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Philip Charles MacKenzie (Burglar)

Florence finds George and Louise, and rescues them. The moments they have shared together while tied up have brought them closer.



87 :04x26 - Jenny's Thesis

First aired: Mar/04/1978
Writer: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstoff
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ernest Harden, Jr. (Marcus Henderson), Anthony Thompkins (Huey), Bobby F. Ellerbee (Slick), Bob Harcum (Domino), Bhetty Waldron (Clara), Ron Trice (Rollo), Joseph Burns (L.C.), Margaret Wheeler (Lady Customer)

Jenny is in danger when she does research on street gangs.



88 :05x01 - Louise's Painting

First aired: Sep/20/1978
Writer: Ted Dale, Nancy Vince
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Robert Dolittle (Charlie), Ingrid Greer (Nancy), Sara Seegar (Mrs. Pomeroy)

Helen suggests to Louise that she should take art classes. However, she draws nude models, which George isn't very happy about.



89 :05x02 - Homecoming (1)

First aired: Sep/27/1978
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Jay Hammer (Allan Willis)

The Willises son, Allan, comes back to town and eventually moves in with the Jeffersons.



90 :05x03 - Homecoming (2)

First aired: Oct/04/1978
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Jay Hammer (Allan Willis), Gordon Connell (Jenkins), T. K. Carter (Richard), Margaret Wheeler (Alice)

Allan realizes that George wants to get his warehouse, so George's plan to get the warehouse might be ruined. Meanwhile, Louise needs to move the Help Center.



91 :05x04 - How Slowly They Forget

First aired: Oct/11/1978
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ted Ross (Mr. Mayflower), Jay Hammer (Allan Willis), Danny Wells (Charlie)

George tries to give Louise help with relocating the Help Center by getting help from the bank. He visits an old friend to do so.



92 :05x05 - George's Dream

First aired: Oct/18/1978
Writer: Bob Baublitz
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Candy Mobley (Doris), James A. Watson, Jr. (Byron Jackson), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Vernon Washington (Leroy)

George has a dream about what his future will be like.



93 :05x06 - George's New Stockbroker

First aired: Nov/01/1978
Writer: Jim Rogers, Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan, Bryan Joseph
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Willie Tyler (Roy Crandall), Jack Knight (Fireman)

A ventriloquist is George's new stockbroker.



94 :05x07 - Me and Billy Dee

First aired: Nov/04/1978
Writer: Bryan Joseph
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Billy Dee Williams (Himself)

Florence can't be convinced that a man in the Jeffersons living room really is Billy Dee Williams.



95 :05x08 - Half a Brother

First aired: Nov/08/1978
Writer: Bob Baublitz
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ed Grover (Phil Taylor), Sally Hightower (Debbie Taylor)

Allan tries to hit off with the daughter of a banker George is being interviewed by.



96 :05x09 - What are Friends For?

First aired: Nov/22/1978
Guest star: Lloyd Hollar (Dusty Jefferson)

George's cousin, Dusty, comes to visit, but asks George if he will donate one of his kidneys.



97 :05x10 - George, Who?

First aired: Nov/29/1978
Writer: Christine Houston
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Joe Petrullo (Customer), Karen Anders (Lady), Herb Davis (Dr. Norris), Vernon Washington (Leroy)

Louise gets amnesia when she is mugged.



98 :05x11 - Harry's House Guest

First aired: Dec/13/1978
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Fred S. Fox
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Carol Swarbrick (Felicia), Danny Wells (Charlie)

Harry's house guest gets to be annoying, so he moves in with George. When he tries to get rid of her, she thinks he's proposing.



99 :05x12 - George Finds a Father

First aired: Dec/20/1978
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Raymond Allen (Zeke), Arnold Johnson (Buddy)

George finds out a huge secret about his mother and his old friend, Buddy.



100 :05x13 - Louise's Sister

First aired: Jan/03/1979
Writer: Bob Baublitz
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Josephine Premice (Maxine), Justin Lord (Jason)

George's birthday surprise for Louise is her sister, but Louise doesn't react to that the way George thinks she will.



101 :05x14 - Louise's Reunion

First aired: Jan/10/1979
Writer: Sol Weinstein, Howard Albrecht
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Edye Byrde (Woman), Ernie Wheelwright (Bo Morrison)

Louise finds out that George's new will would not give her any money if she was to remarry.



102 :05x15 - A Bedtime Story

First aired: Jan/24/1979
Writer: Stephen Neigher
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Barrie Youngfellow (Dr. Beamish)

George searches for solutions for his problems in the bedroom.



103 :05x16 - Florence Meets Mr. Right

First aired: Jan/31/1979
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Larry McCormick (Buzz Thatcher), Tamu Blackwell (Betty)

Florence's "Mr. Right" is a Christian, and wants her to lead a Christian life. Florence says 'yes' when he asks her to marry him.



104 :05x17 - Louise's Award

First aired: Feb/07/1979
Writer: M. Martez Thomas
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Jay Hammer (Allan Willis), John Bottoms (Elliot Kane), Sip Culler (Bill Davis)

George tries to bribe one of the judges when Louise is in the running to win Volunteer of the Year.



105 :05x18 - The Other Woman

First aired: Feb/21/1979
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Jack Manning (Mr. Kramer), Judy Landers (Judy Smith), Darlene Conley (Mother)

Tom's going on a business trip with a woman, which upsets Helen.



106 :05x19 - The Hold Out

First aired: Feb/28/1979
Writer: Bryan Joseph
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Alma Beltran (Woman Picketer #2), James Ray (Gerald Woodley), E. M. Margolese (Man Picketer #2), Dick Whittington (Newscaster), Peter Turgeon (Bill Walters), Maxine Elliott (Woman Picketer #1), Vernon Washington (Leroy), Robert Phalen (Jim Baker), Davis Roberts (Man Picketer #3)

George has to make a decision when a developer wants him to sell his store.



107 :05x20 - The Ones You Love

First aired: Mar/07/1979
Writer: Stephen Neigher
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Ernest Harden, Jr. (Marcus Henderson), David Downing (Albert Fox)

An interviewer comes to the Jeffersons place to interview them about their "perfect marriage". However, they're having a huge fight.



108 :05x21 - Every Night Fever

First aired: Mar/28/1979
Writer: Bryan Joseph
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Emory Bass (Clifford Wentworth)

George keeps going to a disco palace to dance - every night.



109 :05x22 - Three Faces of Florence

First aired: Apr/04/1979
Writer: Paul M. Belous, Robert Wolterstoff
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Adam Wade (Dr. Greg Martin), Jane Brody (Nancy)

Florence tries to meet men by acting like different women. However, one of them is a psychiatrist.



110 :05x23 - Louise's Convention

First aired: Apr/11/1979
Writer: Robert Wolterstoff, Paul M. Belous
Director: Jack Shea
Guest star: Jay Hammer (Allan Willis), Sheryl Lee Ralph (Jeanie), Sam McMurray (Howard Benson)

George tries to avoid celebrating his anniversary, and Louise tries to go to a convention out of town.



111 :05x24 - The Freeze-in

First aired: Apr/18/1979
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian, Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Jack Shea

Florence, Mr. Bentley, and the Willises all experience problems with the cold when their heat goes off. This makes them pack into the Jeffersons place.



112 :06x01 - The Announcement

First aired: Sep/23/1979
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Henry Sutton (Mr. Winters), Al Stellone (Hugo)

Lionel tries to hid the fact that Jenny's pregnant from George.



113 :06x02 - A Short Story

First aired: Sep/30/1979
Writer: Neil Lebowitz
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Joe Alfasa (Small Businessman #3), Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (Small Businessman #1), Don Potter (Jack Feldman), Bob Gorman (Bob Simmons), Dave Nicolson (Small Businessman #4)

The Midtown Small Businessman of the year goes to...George Jefferson! However, Louise finds out that the award was for short businessman.



114 :06x03 - Louise's Old Boyfriend

First aired: Oct/07/1979
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Albert Marotta (Maitre d'), Ford Lile (Bill Simpson), Caleb Chung (Acrobat)

Louise has Florence pretend to be her so she won't have to see an old boyfriend.



115 :06x04 - Now You See It, Now You Don't (1)

First aired: Oct/21/1979
Writer: Sheila Judis Weisberg, Mary-David Sheiner
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: James Calvert (Willy), Danny Wells (Charlie), Bill Calvert (Wally), Charles Walker (Policeman Rabbit), Patrick Collins (Killer Rabbit)

Louise thinks that she has seen a giant rabbit commit a murder.



116 :06x05 - Now You See It, Now You Don't (2)

First aired: Oct/28/1979
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Patrick Collins (Killer Rabbit), Danny Wells (Charlie), Mimi Cozzens (Mother), Charles Walker (Policeman Rabbit), Billy Stevenson (Roger), Neal Kaz (Sultan)

The murderer in the rabbit suit traps Louise in her apartment.



117 :06x06 - Where's Papa?

First aired: Nov/04/1979
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Gordon Connell (Homer Calder), Danny Wells (Charlie)

George's father wanted to be buried next to George's mother, so George sets out on a quest to find him.



118 :06x07 - The Expectant Father

First aired: Nov/11/1979
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Danny Wells (Charlie), Earl Boen (Nathan Weems)

Lionel leaves when he is given too much advice about being a father.



119 :06x08 - Joltin' George

First aired: Nov/18/1979
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Vernon Washington (Leroy), Ernest Harden, Jr. (Marcus Henderson), Luis Avalos (Boxer)

George teaches Marcus to box, leading him to become a boxer again.



120 :06x09 - Baby Love

First aired: Dec/02/1979
Writer: Joanne Pagliaro
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Gino Conforti (Chuck Furman), Bill P. Murry (Delivery Man), Roger Robinson (Mark Randolph)

The family is getting ready for the arrival of Jenny's baby, and Florence decides that she wants to be a mother.



121 :06x10 - Louise vs. Florence

First aired: Dec/09/1979
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Dorothy Butts (Mrs. Van Morris), Fred D. Scott (Mr. Van Morris)

A battle between Louise and Florence makes George beg Florence for her services. It also endangers a social event.



122 :06x11 - Me and Mr. G.

First aired: Dec/30/1979
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Alene Wilson (Abby), Marlene Warfield (Mrs. Owens), Tom Lawrence (Mr. Curry)

Louise takes in an orphan for a weekend, but she starts to become like George.



123 :06x12 - One Flew Into the Cuckoo's Nest

First aired: Jan/06/1980
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: John Tuell (Attendant #3), Gerry Black (Attendant #1), Kevin Scannell (Herbie), Anthony Gourdine (Lester), George Loros (Ballpoint), Vernon Weddle (Attendant #2)

George is mistaken for somebody else at a mental instution, and is locked up.



124 :06x13 - Louise's Setback

First aired: Jan/13/1980
Writer: Robert Wolterstoff
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Renee Brown (Ruthie Graham)

Louise is excited about being interviewed on TV about the suicide helpline at the Help Center. A teenager named Ruthie overdoses on sleeping medicine when Louise is ignoring her.



125 :06x14 - Brother Tom

First aired: Jan/27/1980
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally

Helen has some old friends over, leading Tom to want to learn how to "be black", so he asks George to teach him.



126 :06x15 - The Arrival (1)

First aired: Feb/03/1980
Writer: Neil Lebowitz
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Pat Lawson (Alice), Esther Sutherland (Mary), Myra Taylor (Pearl)

Lionel and Jenny might be moving to Chicago. While Lionel is talking to who might be his future employer, George takes Jenny to her natural-childbirth class, but she ends up going into labor.



127 :06x16 - The Arrival (2)

First aired: Feb/10/1980
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Myra Taylor (Pearl), Dick Davalos (Red Ryder), Esther Sutherland (Mary), Ta-Tanisha (Nurse #3)

George gets Jenny to the maternity hospital in time, while Lionel hurries back to New York to be with Jenny when the baby comes.



128 :06x17 - The Shower

First aired: Feb/17/1980
Writer: Celia Bonaduce, Arthur Bonaduce
Director: Bob Lally

Instead of going to the baby shower for his newly-born daughter Jessica, Lionel goes to work.



129 :06x18 - The Longest Day

First aired: Feb/24/1980
Writer: Bob Baublitz
Director: Bob Lally

George, Lionel, and Tom have to watch Jessica while the women are shopping.



130 :06x19 - George's Birthday

First aired: Mar/02/1980
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally

George's 50th birthday is coming up, and Louise is going to have a surprise birthday for him, but George is planning his own birthday party.



131 :06x20 - A Night to Remember

First aired: Mar/09/1980
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally

George and Louise have another argument, this time on their anniversary. George goes to a hotel, and when Louise goes to his hotel room, there is another woman there.



132 :06x21 - The Loan

First aired: Mar/23/1980
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally

Lionel and Jenny can't get a loan from a bank, so they can't get a good home to raise their daughter in. Also, Lionel will not let his parents help them.



133 :06x22 - Louise Takes a Stand

First aired: Mar/30/1980
Writer: Bryan Joseph, Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally

George tries to take over Charlie's Bar when the lease for it is not renewed.



134 :06x23 - The First Store

First aired: Apr/06/1980
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: John Gunn (Announcer (voice only) (Uncredited))

In a flashback sequence, George and Louise remember back in 1968 when George opened his shop. Lionel almost costs George the loan he's going to get, but the shop ends up opening anyway. The opening day for it was also a very sad day; it opened the same day Martin Luther King Jr. was killed.



135 :06x24 - Once Upon a Time

First aired: Apr/13/1980
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally

George tells a story to Jessica, using the cast as characters.



136 :07x01 - Marathon Men

First aired: Nov/02/1980
Writer: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson
Director: Bob Lally

George and Tom both plan to run in a marathon, both trying to show that they are in better shape than the other.



137 :07x02 - The Jefferson's Go to Hawaii (1)

First aired: Nov/09/1980
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally

Florence is given a plane ticket to Hawaii by Louise, but George learns some bad news about his heart, showing him that he needs a vacation too.



138 :07x03 - The Jefferson's Go to Hawaii (2)

First aired: Nov/16/1980
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty, Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally

George tries to have a dream vacation with Louise, but it's in danger with the Willises there.



139 :07x04 - The Jefferson's Go to Hawaii (3)

First aired: Nov/16/1980
Writer: Michael Moye, Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Bob Lally

George tries to get Tom to help him talk Louise into moving to Hawaii permanently. After that, George and Tom go sailing and get lost.



140 :07x05 - The Jefferson's Go to Hawaii (4)

First aired: Nov/23/1980
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty, Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally

Tom and George end up on an island, but the island is gonna be replaced by a land development project that George has invested in.



141 :07x06 - Put It On

First aired: Nov/30/1980
Writer: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson
Director: Bob Lally

George orders Louise not to go to a striptease club, but Louise goes anyway after George tells her that.



142 :07x07 - Florence's Cousin

First aired: Dec/07/1980
Writer: Marshall Goldberg
Director: Bob Lally

Florence's cousin, Ernie, gets her to borrow $1,000 from George since he needed it, but George thinks that he's a crook.



143 :07x08 - All I Want For Christmas

First aired: Dec/21/1980
Writer: Ron Leavitt, David W. Duclon
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Meeno Peluce (Billy)

George has to dress up and act as Santa at the Help Center. Tom, who was originally going to do it, sprained his ankle.



144 :07x09 - Calendar Girl

First aired: Jan/04/1981
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic, David Silverman
Director: Bob Lally

George an Louise want to enter Jessica in a contest, but Lionel and Jenny don't. But George and Louise end up doing it anyway, and misplace her.



145 :07x10 - As Florence Turns

First aired: Jan/11/1981
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally

Florence writes a soap opera script, with the main character being very similar to George. He is shot, and they are trying to figure out who shot him.



146 :07x11 - God Bless Americans

First aired: Jan/18/1981
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally

George wants to be on a patriotic talk show, but him sponsoring a Cuban refugee might ruin his chance.



147 :07x12 - Alley Oops

First aired: Jan/25/1981
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally

George goes up against his rival in the dry-cleaning business to win their bowling league championship. However, George's teams best bowler gets sick, so he asks Tom to take his place.



148 :07x13 - And the Doorknobs Shined Like Diamonds

First aired: Feb/01/1981
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Vivian Bonnell (Mrs. Mills), Sharon Brown (Adult Louise Mills), Carl Lumbly (Jimmy), Lashana Dendy (Young Louise Mills), Ta-Ronce Allen (Debra)

Louise finds out that the city is planning to tear down the building where she grew up.



149 :07x14 - Sorry, Wrong Meeting

First aired: Feb/15/1981
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally

George goes to what he thinks is a tenants' meeting because of the many robberies in his apartment building. The meeting is actually being sponsored by the KKK.



150 :07x15 - My Hero

First aired: Feb/22/1981
Director: Bob Lally

George rescues a woman from a mugger, and becomes a hero. But the mugger escapes from the police, and threatens whoever turned him in to the police.



151 :07x16 - I Buy the Songs

First aired: Mar/01/1981
Director: Bob Lally

Tom writes a poem for Helen on Valentine's Day. Not only does George forget Valentine's Day, he tries to make up for it by giving Louise money.



152 :07x17 - Small Fish, Big Pond

First aired: Mar/08/1981
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally

George gets his business into a tycoons' club. He makes a $100 donation during a club fundraiser, but he is marked down for a $100,000 donation.



153 :07x18 - Not So Dearly Beloved

First aired: Mar/15/1981
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Al Fann (Funeral Director)

George is going to fire his store manager, Wendell. But when he's about to do that, Wendell drops dead, and George has to give the eulogy at his funeral.



154 :07x19 - Florence's New Job (1)

First aired: Mar/29/1981
Writer: Jay Moriarty, Mike Milligan
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Liz Torres (Elena Beltran)

Florence is offered a job as a hotel's executive housekeeper.



155 :07x20 - Florence's New Job (2)

First aired: Mar/29/1981
Writer: Mike Milligan, Jay Moriarty
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Liz Torres (Elena Beltran)

Florence accepts the job offer, and has to fire an old friend and tell George that the hotel won't give him a dry-cleaning contract.



156 :08x01 - The Separation (1)

First aired: Oct/04/1981
Writer: Bob Bendetson, Howard Bendetson
Director: Bob Lally

George, Louise, Tom, and Helen try to prevent Lionel and Jenny from splitting up.



157 :08x02 - The Separation (2)

First aired: Oct/11/1981
Writer: Ted Dale, Nancy Vince
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Bob Delegall (Dr. Ed Foster)

George has a marriage counselor come over to play poker with Lionel to prevent him and Jenny from splitting up.



158 :08x03 - Louise's Father

First aired: Oct/18/1981
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Leonard Jackson (Harold Mills), John Hawker (Man)

George sees a picture in the paper of Harold Mills, which is Louise's dad's name. But her dad has been dead since she was two. Louise won't believe it's her dad.



159 :08x04 - My Maid, Your Maid

First aired: Oct/25/1981
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel, Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Roseanna Christiansen (Carmen), Diana Webster (Mrs. Prudhomme)

Without talking to each other about it, Louise and George both pick new housekeepers.



160 :08x05 - I've Still Got It

First aired: Nov/01/1981
Writer: Seaman Jacobs, Fred S. Fox
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Jocelyne Lew (Woman), Frank Dent (Phil Hazeltine), Danny Wells (Charlie), Vernee Watson-Johnson (Carol)

George thinks that his secretary is attracted to him when Louise sends him flowers.



161 :08x06 - Florence Did it Different (1)

First aired: Nov/08/1981
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Roseanna Christiansen (Carmen)

George and Carmen don't get along very well, so Louise tries to show Carmen how Florence handled him. Then, Florence comes back, wanting her job back after the hotel burned down.



162 :08x07 - Florence Did it Different (2)

First aired: Nov/15/1981
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Roseanna Christiansen (Carmen)

Florence decides to let Carmen keep her job, but Carmen doesn't want to take Florence's job away. Florence ends up trying to get fired after Louise decides to hire them back.



163 :08x08 - The House That George Built

First aired: Nov/29/1981
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Peter Lawford (Museum Guide), Rodney Kageyama (Tour Guide), Phil Rubenstein (Lou)

George is going to write memoirs to leave a legacy. But he soon gets rid of this idea and decides to make a museum about himself.



164 :08x09 - A Whole Lot of Trouble

First aired: Dec/06/1981
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Jeffrey Jacquet (Leonard)

George is planning to build a new building where a playground was supposed to be built.



165 :08x10 - I've Got a Secret

First aired: Dec/20/1981
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel, Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally

Louise has been writing in a diary, and George tries to find out what she's writing.



166 :08x11 - A Charmed Life

First aired: Dec/27/1981
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Daniel Frishman (Louis Alfred Grayson III)

George realizes that Mr. Whittendale doesn't like him, so George tries to make himself more likable.



167 :08x12 - Thammy the Thongwriter

First aired: Jan/03/1982
Writer: David W. Duclon, Ron Leavitt
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Tom Case (Bartender), Victoria Jackson (Wendy), Frank DeVol (Sammy), Joni Demarest (Girl)

Bentley has to go to Europe, so Sammy, a songwriter, takes over his apartment. George tries to get him to do a commerical for him, but he's having problems with his marriage.



168 :08x13 - I Spy

First aired: Jan/17/1982
Writer: Sara V. Finney
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Terry Carter (Carl Davis), Alex Rodine (Alfonse), Edward Penn (Marty)

George thinks that Helen is cheating on Tom when she is really doing something about Tom is neglecting her.



169 :08x14 - Dog-Gone

First aired: Jan/24/1982
Writer: Mark Rothman, Jeffrey Duteil
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Olive Dunbar (Mrs. Whittendale), Ivor Francis (Mr. Whittendale), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

George watches Mr. Whittendale dog for him. The dog pratically destroys the apartment and then dies in an accident.



170 :08x15 - Blazing Jeffersons

First aired: Jan/31/1982
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey, Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Don Dolan (Fire Marshal), Logan Ramsey (Stan Greene)

A fire damages one of George's store. The person that started it was Lionel.



171 :08x16 - Men of the Cloth

First aired: Feb/07/1982
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Myra Taylor (Pearl), Andraé Crouch (Himself), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Esther Sutherland (Mary), Pat Lawson (Alice)

Florence wants to sing at Jessica's baptism with her gospel group, but George doesn't want her to. George eventually learns that a famous singer is in town, and wants to get her to sing.



172 :08x17 - A Case of Self-Defense

First aired: Feb/21/1982
Writer: Joyce Gittlin, Jeffrey Richman
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Danny Wells (Charlie), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Rick Podell (Theodore), Ashley Hester (Delores), Frank DeVol (Sammy)

George gets a gun after Lionel and Jenny's apartment is broken into.



173 :08x18 - My Wife, I Think I'll Keep Her

First aired: Mar/07/1982
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Karrie Emerson (Girl on TV)

Helen and Louise move in together, and kick out Tom and George.



174 :08x19 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?

First aired: Mar/14/1982
Writer: Brian Pollack, Rick Shaw
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

Florence thinks that she is not invited to a party, but it's actually a party for her. She gets some of George's wine when she thinks this and gets drunk.



175 :08x20 - The Strays (1)

First aired: Mar/21/1982
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Leonard Lightfoot (Officer Barrett), Lasaundra Hall (Stray #1), Will Gill, Jr. (Ed), Irwin Keyes (Hugo Mojelewski), Lydia Nicole (Rachel)

George and his messenger are beat up by a gang of teenage girls.



176 :08x21 - The Strays (2)

First aired: Mar/28/1982
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Bernadette Colognne (Wanda)

George tries to find the gang that beat him up and get Louise's wedding ring back.



177 :08x22 - Jeffersons Greatest Hits

First aired: Apr/11/1982
Writer: Ralph Phillips
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Steve R. Tracy (Steve), James A. Watson, Jr. (Mike Davis)

A record producer hears Florence's choir, and likes them. But George and Louise try to stop her from giving him money because he might be a fake.



178 :08x23 - A Small Victory

First aired: Apr/18/1982
Writer: David W. Duclon, Ron Leavitt
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Greg Zadikov (Sugar), Peter Schrum (Mom), Lynne Moody (Maggie)

A prostitute might show Helen and Louise that their efforts at the Help Center are not useless.



179 :08x24 - Lesson in Love

First aired: May/02/1982
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Karl Held (Fred), Kene Holliday (Officer Kenwood)

Florence thinks that she will be single her whole life, until George tells her how she can get a guy.



180 :08x25 - Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Helen

First aired: May/16/1982
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Stan Haze (Pecos Darryl), Clyde J. Barrett (Darryl), James McIntire (Cowboy #1), Andy Jarrell (Cowboy #2), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Danny Wells (Charlie), Bob Gorman (Clyde)

Helen accepts an invitation to go to lunch with her old boyfriend, and Tom gets jealous. He daydreams that he is in the Old West, with the rest of the cast in it.



181 :09x01 - Laundry is a Tough Town (1)

First aired: Sep/26/1982
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Thomas Callaway (Steve Winslow), Billy Sands (Mr. Johanssen)

Louise becomes one of George's competitors one millionth customer. It just happens that at this time, George is battling with that company.



182 :09x02 - Laundry is a Tough Town (2)

First aired: Oct/03/1982
Writer: Ron Leavitt, David W. Duclon
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Thomas Callaway (Steve Winslow), Ben Frommer (Fisherman)

George makes the decision to sell out to his competitor, Big Sky, and retire.



183 :09x03 - Anatomy of a Stain

First aired: Oct/10/1982
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Earl Montgomery (Judge Cronin), Dick Gjonola (Announcer)

Tom's suit gets a stain after it was cleaned at George's business, but it was caused from Tom leaving a candy bar in it. Because of this, Tom wants a refund. This causes them to go on a court television show.



184 :09x04 - Social Insecurity

First aired: Oct/17/1982
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally

Florence goes on strike when George won't set up a pension plan for her.



185 :09x05 - Charlie's Angels

First aired: Oct/24/1982
Writer: Neil Lebowitz
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Margaret Michaels (Trudy), Danny Wells (Charlie)

George gives advice to Charlie on how to get more business, and Tom gives him financial help. George wants to be a part of the action when Charlie gets more business.



186 :09x06 - Heeeere's Johnny

First aired: Oct/31/1982
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Johnny Brown (Johnny Moore)

Louise invites George's friend Johnny to stay with them on accident.



187 :09x07 - A Date With Danger

First aired: Nov/07/1982
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: William Marshall (Joe Blake), Keone Young (Maitre d'), Yung Sun (Uncle Ling Chow Johnston)

An author, Tom Blake, asks Florence to go out with him one night. But she is unaware that he was once in prison for killing his girlfriend.



188 :09x08 - Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (1)

First aired: Nov/21/1982
Writer: Ron Leavitt, David W. Duclon, Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Edie McClurg (Audrey Blume), Bill Erwin (T.J. Wheeler), Steve Nevil (Steward), Bernard Fox (Andrew Derek), Zale Kessler (Accountant), Russell Johnson (Mac Steele), David Downing (Edgar), Robert Burleigh (Lawyer), Barrie Ingham (Captain Marshall Monahan), Dorothy Konrad (Bertha)

George and Louise go on a cruise ship, getting a discount by George pretending to be a mystery novelist. While there, a murder takes place.



189 :09x09 - Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (2)

First aired: Nov/28/1982
Writer: Ron Leavitt, David W. Duclon, Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Barrie Ingham (Captain Marshall Monahan), Edie McClurg (Audrey Blume), David Downing (Edgar), Steve Nevil (Steward), Russell Johnson (Mac Steele), Bernard Fox (Andrew Derek)

George tries to solve a murder case on the cruise ship. But all the other people on board, all real mystery writers, try to solve it too.



190 :09x10 - Appointment in 8-B

First aired: Dec/12/1982
Writer: David W. Duclon, Ron Leavitt
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Grand L. Bush (George Nylund), Sheila Wills (Dede Anderson), Ned Wertimer (Ralph)

George goes to a apartment 8-B to drop off a cleaning bill. Later, Ralph hears Dede Sanderson, the tenant living there, saying the name "George". He suspects that George is cheating on Louise.



191 :09x11 - Poetic Justice

First aired: Dec/19/1982
Writer: Lou Messina, Dianne Messina
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Peter White (Gregory Graham)

Some of George's poems he wrote for Louise end up with some of their friends, and he is upset, until a publisher might put them into a book.



192 :09x12 - How Now Dow Jones

First aired: Dec/26/1982
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Adrian Ricard (Lucy), Bebe Drake (Emma), Marianne Muellerleile (Connie), Vanda Barra (Frances)

George gives Tom some financial advice, and from this, he gets a small fortune. Florence wants George to help her too, but he won't, considering she doesn't have much money.



193 :09x13 - The Defiant Ones

First aired: Jan/02/1983
Writer: Jeffrey Richman, Joyce Gittlin
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Jan Stratton (Guard), Rebecca Stanley (Crystal)

Helen and Louise end up in jail when they try to break into George's safe to see a picture kept in there.



194 :09x14 - My Maid. . . My Wife

First aired: Jan/09/1983
Writer: Marilyn Anderson, Wayne Kline
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Kim Hamilton (Pauline), Ken Olfson (Ben)

Florence has Louise switch roles with her. She pretends to be married to George, and Louise pretends to be her maid. She does this to impress an old friend, who is now wealthy.



195 :09x15 - Mr. Wonderful

First aired: Jan/16/1983
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Sandy Helberg (Bellboy)

George doesn't like always being compared to Tom, so he reveals a secret about Tom to Helen.



196 :09x16 - My Girl, Louise

First aired: Jan/23/1983
Writer: Sandy Sprung, Marcy Vosburgh
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Amzie Strickland (Lillian Warren)

Louise tries to get Lillian Warren, one of her former employers, to help her when the help center is in financial trouble.



197 :09x17 - Bodyguards Are People Too

First aired: Jan/30/1983
Writer: Brent Stevens, Wade Stevens
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Irwin Keyes (Hugo Mojelewski), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson)

George's bodyguard, Hugo, comes back, and starts to like Jenny.



198 :09x18 - True Confessions

First aired: Feb/06/1983
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Michael Pataki (Mr. Carlisle), Garrett Morris (Jimmy)

George and Louise have been helping with Jimmy Townsend's education, who they think is a young boy. However, they find out he's middle-aged.



199 :09x19 - Mr. Clean

First aired: Feb/13/1983
Writer: Carole Olson, Marita Epp
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Dap Sugar Willie (Fred), Will Gill, Jr. (Ed), Bobby Herbeck (Moose)

George bets that he can do a day of Florence's cleaning in three hours.



200 :09x20 - The Good Life

First aired: Feb/20/1983
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Pat Lawson (Alice), Susan Plumb (Employee #2), Melodee Spevack (Employee #3), Esther Sutherland (Mary), Gladys Knight (Herself)

Florence goes to a spa where Helen met some famous people. While there, she sees Gladys Knight, who she doesn't recognize.



201 :09x21 - Father's Day

First aired: Mar/06/1983
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Dain Turner (Darren), Norman D. Wilson (Ray)

George is going to go to a father-son bowling tournament with a boy who says he has no father.



202 :09x22 - Change of a Dollar

First aired: Mar/13/1983
Writer: Michael Moye, Ron Leavitt
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: John Del Regno (Man), Katie Ward (Woman), Peter Schrum (Dollar), Mina Kolb (Mrs. Colby), Bob Ari (Officer Casey), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson)

George goes to his old store in the Queens, and he thinks about his first customer and first dollar.



203 :09x23 - Designing Woman

First aired: Mar/20/1983
Writer: Patrick Egan, Ilene Cooper
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Georgann Johnson (Camille Hendricks), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson)

George has Jenny come to his apartment with some of her designs. But she doesn't know that he has a fashion designer there.



204 :09x24 - Double Trouble

First aired: Mar/27/1983
Writer: Patrick Egan
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Phil Boroff (Woody), Lynne Marie Stewart (Lucille), Stephanie Braxton (Leontyne Farrell/ Miss McDonald), John Dewey-Carter (Kent Tobin)

George tries to get a celebrity for a personal appearance, but he has to settle for lookalikes.



205 :09x25 - Silver Lining

First aired: Apr/03/1983
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian, David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Peggy McCay (Shirley Schneider)

Florence finds $2500 in a hat she buys, but there is a chance that the owner will come to claim it.



206 :09x26 - The Wheel of Forever

First aired: Apr/10/1983
Writer: Sandy Sprung, Marcy Vosburgh
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson)

Florence tells George he won't be able to go to Heaven with his attitude after he won't give her money to buy a TV. George has a dream about a game called "The Wheel of Forever".



207 :09x27 - Personal Business

First aired: May/01/1983
Writer: Marcy Vosburgh, Sandy Sprung
Director: Bob Lally

George agrees to spend one night a week with Louise. One night, him and Louise break their legs while bicycling.



208 :10x01 - Mission: Incredible (1)

First aired: Oct/02/1983
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Greg Morris (Jimmy's Cousin), Jason Bernard (Lloyd Tyndall), Peter Iacangelo (Police Officer), Stefan Gierasch (Allan West), Garrett Morris (Jimmy)

George and some of his old friends get Tom into giving up $15,000 he had been saving for a new home when they are trying to teach him a lesson.



209 :10x02 - Mission: Incredible (2)

First aired: Oct/03/1983
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Greg Morris (Jimmy's Cousin), Stefan Gierasch (Allan West), Garrett Morris (Jimmy), Jason Bernard (Lloyd Tyndall)

George, along with Tom, go to Los Angeles to get back the $15,000.



210 :10x03 - Mission: Incredible (3)

First aired: Oct/09/1983
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Greg Morris (Jimmy's Cousin), Garrett Morris (Jimmy), Stefan Gierasch (Allan West), Jason Bernard (Lloyd Tyndall)

Louise, Helen, and Florence track the guys to Los Angeles, where Jimmy's mysterious cousin is helping them convince con men Tyndall and West that a Caribbean country is launching a nuclear attack on the city so they have to get the stolen $15,000 out of the bank.



211 :10x04 - I Do, I Don't

First aired: Oct/16/1983
Writer: Joyce Gittlin, Jeffrey Richman
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Lycia Naff (Donna), David Paymer (David), Rai Tasco (Leon), Robin Pearson Rose (Heather), Grant Wilson (Steve), Jon Gries (Frank), Sharee Gregory (Judy), Helen Martin (Alice)

Louise refuses to host a seminar for newlyweds, so Tom and Helen do it. But opportunity arises for George when Tom gets sick.



212 :10x05 - How Not to Marry a Millionaire

First aired: Oct/23/1983
Writer: Kim Weiskopf
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Robin Braxton (Betty), Bennet Guillory (Harry Crawford)

Florence goes to the museum with her friend, trying to find a millionaire man. Florence finds one that likes her, but there's a problem: he's married.



213 :10x06 - And the Winner Is . . .

First aired: Oct/30/1983
Writer: Neil Lebowitz
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Bumper Robinson (Artis), Cynthia Lea Clark (Tennant), Dorothy Butts (Mrs. Van Morris)

Louise is in the running for the Volunteer of the Year award, and it seems that she will win, but her rival returns before the award is given and gives a huge donation to the Help Center.



214 :10x07 - The Return of Bentley

First aired: Nov/06/1983
Guest star: Joey Jupiter (Rebecca), Jack Fletcher (Mr. Whittendale), John Considine (Roger Keller)

Harry is being helped by the Jeffersons and Willises to get his old apartment back. But George loses his loyalty to Harry when he finds out who the person is that's going to be living there.



215 :10x08 - The List

First aired: Nov/20/1983
Guest star: Rosey Grier (Powerhouse Watson), John Wesley (Gambler #2), Al White (Bouncer), Anna Young (Buffy), Ernie Lee Banks (Man in Pool Hall), Jay Scorpio (Gambler #1)

George has accomplished all the goals on a list he made as a teenager, except one: to punch out a bully.



216 :10x09 - Who's the Fairest?

First aired: Dec/04/1983
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Ruby Handler (Diane), Lana Clarkson (Sophia), Darwyn Carson (Dorothy), Danny Wells (Charlie), Julie Brown (Cherry), Jack Fletcher (Mr. Whittendale)

George has a contest at the store to get business. Whittendale's niece is in the contest, and if she doesn't win, George will be evicted.



217 :10x10 - Father Christmas

First aired: Dec/11/1983
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Larry O. Williams, Jr. (Young George Jefferson), Garth Wilton (James), Jonathan Ian (Larry), James Avery (Coleman), Christian Brackett-Zika (Young Tom Willis)

George and Tom decorate George's Christmas tree, and talk about Christmas with their fathers.



218 :10x11 - What Makes Sammy Run?

First aired: Jan/01/1984

Sammy Davis, Jr. moves into the apartment next to the Jeffersons using an alias, hoping to get away from his fans and a reporter.



219 :10x12 - Getting Back to Basiks

First aired: Jan/08/1984
Writer: Sandy Sprung, Marcy Vosburgh
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Randy Brooks (Walter)

George hires Walter, an artist, to help him make a commercial. But, Walter can't read or write. Now George has to persuade Walter to get the rest of his education.



220 :10x13 - The Command Post

First aired: Jan/15/1984
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Howard Mann (Torqovich), Stephen Furst (Wiley), Susann Akers (Woman), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Bernadette Birkett (Nurse), Conroy A. Gedeon (Comstock)

Florence allows the police to use the Jeffersons apartment as a command post while George and Louise are away. But, Florence ends up in the hospital wounded.



221 :10x14 - Real Men Don't Dry Clean

First aired: Jan/29/1984
Writer: Ed Burnham, Elaine Newman
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Dorian Gibbs (Delivery Boy #2), Gary Hays (Delivery Boy #1), Michael Halsey (Ben Carter)

Tom and George try to prove that they are manly by going hunting. Failing at that, they try to impress their wives with a stuffed animal collection.



222 :10x15 - Trading Places

First aired: Feb/12/1984
Writer: Marcy Vosburgh, Sandy Sprung
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Susan Kellermann (Marie Husar)

Louise is angry at George for breaking two dinner plans with their friends. She imagines herself as George, with his attitude.



223 :10x16 - My Guy, George

First aired: Mar/04/1984
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Michael Talbott (Cowboy), Timothy Scott (Ruby), Sister Sledge (The Satin Sisters)

George acts as the manager of the singing group the Satin Sisters, who are Florence's friends. George arranges for them to a sing at a western bar.



224 :10x17 - A New Girl in Town

First aired: Mar/11/1984
Writer: Marty Farrell
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Kyle T. Heffner (Lawrence Tiverton), Ren Woods (Rhonda), Ed Call (Police Officer)

Louise and Florence try to persuade George into letting Rhonda, Florence's cousin, to stay in their apartment. However, Rhonda gets into an argument with Florence and becomes a mud wrestler.



225 :10x18 - Otis

First aired: Mar/18/1984
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: John Dewey-Carter (Carter), Charles Lampkin (Otis), Susie Garrett (Amanda)

A magazine is going to do a story about George's business, making him worry about Otis, the owner of a shoeshine stand right outside of George's store.



226 :10x19 - Hart to Heart???

First aired: Mar/25/1984
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Jack Fletcher (Mr. Whittendale), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Anita Keith (Elderly Woman)

Whittendale is going to put in an automatic door in the building, making Ralph useless.



227 :10x20 - George's Old Girl Friend

First aired: Apr/01/1984
Writer: Kurt Taylor
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Barbara McNair (Yvonne McBride)

George gets a letter from his old girlfriend, so George goes to visit her. But she is up to something, involving a gun in her purse.



228 :10x21 - Honeymoon Hotel

First aired: Apr/15/1984
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Alice Cadogan (Young Newlywed Wife), Fred McGrath (Young Newlywed Husband), Charles Tyner (Bellboy)

It's Tom and Helen's 30th anniversary, and they go to the hotel where they spent their honeymoon, but it's not what it used to be.



229 :10x22 - In the Chips

First aired: May/06/1984
Writer: David Lee, Peter Casey
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Carl M. Craig (Minister), Elma V. Jackson (Esther), Garrett Morris (Jimmy), Ernestine Mercer (Tammy), Irwin Keyes (Hugo Mojelewski)

Jimmy Townsend's back with casino chips; $50,000 worth. Soon after, some gamblers show up claiming they've been ripped off by someone named George Jefferson.



230 :11x01 - Blood and Money

First aired: Oct/14/1984
Writer: Jeffrey Richman, Joyce Gittlin
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Gene Ross (Bum), Ned Wertimer (Ralph), Jack Fletcher (Mr. Whittendale)

George has Ralph donate blood, but only under the name George Jefferson. The blood ends up saving the life of Mrs. Wertimer, Whittendale's wife.



231 :11x02 - Ebony and Ivory

First aired: Oct/21/1984
Writer: Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Ebonie Smith (Jessica Jefferson), Jaleel White (Van Van Morris), Gino Conforti (Pete Anqelus), Dorothy Butts (Mrs. Van Morris)

Louise plans for Jessica to go up against Mrs. Van Morris's grandson in a piano recital.



232 :11x03 - Bobbles, Bangles and Booboos

First aired: Oct/28/1984
Writer: Winston Moss
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Terence McGovern (Undercover Cop), Suzanne Larusch (Masseuse #3), Judy Kerr (Madame), Michael Prokopuk (Police Officer), Linda Darlow (Daisy), Johnny Haymer (Stan Fromin), Gloria Charles (Masseuse #1), Marcia Del Mar (Masseuse #2)

George is tricked by Louise and Florence to be on a hidden camera TV show. But the producers of this show might be burglars.



233 :11x04 - A House Divided

First aired: Nov/04/1984
Writer: Joel Kimmel, Ann Gibbs
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Jack Fletcher (Mr. Whittendale), David Fresco (Mr. Donlevy), Dale Reynolds (Mr. Parkins)

The council of the apartment buildings tenants' is having an election to decide who the president will be. George and Louise are running against each other.



234 :11x05 - Some Enchanted Evening

First aired: Nov/18/1984
Writer: Sandy Sprung, Marcy Vosburgh
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Mabel King (Mother Tobin), Becky Bonar (Mrs. Rockefeller Vanderbilt), Gertrude Clement (Elderly Woman), Hal Williams (Kent Tobin)

Florence's favorite soap opera actor is going to be at a ball that the Jeffersons and Willises are going to, but she can't go. This causes her to imagine herself as Cinderella, with the actor as Prince Charming.



235 :11x06 - The Gift

First aired: Nov/25/1984
Writer: Bobby Herbeck
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Kip King (Mr. Mendelson), Danny Wells (Charlie)

George tries to find a birthday present for Louise when she thinks that he is going to throw a surprise party for her.



236 :11x07 - They Don't Make Preachers Like Him Anymore

First aired: Dec/16/1984
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Julius Harris (Rev. Taylor), Jozella Reed (Eula), Rene Levant (Rev. Daniels)

Florence is going to go to Ohio with her church choir for a convention, but the money for the trip is stolen by the minister.



237 :11x08 - Try a Little Tenderness

First aired: Dec/23/1984
Writer: George Scott, Joe Rosario
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Tony LaTorre (Randy), Pamela Adlon (Stevie), Michael Wyle (Pizza Man)

George and Louise catch some kid thieves, and Louise thinks she can change the kids. But George disagrees, and says that he will give a check for $2,000 to the arts program at the Help Center if Louise indeed does change them.



238 :11x09 - You'll Never Get Rich

First aired: Jan/08/1985
Guest star: Michael Yama (Mr. Lee), Rif Hutton (Roulette Spinner), Engelbert Humperdinck (Himself), Helen Reddy (Herself), Gloria Hayes (Blackjack Dealer), Phyllis Diller (Herself), James F. Dean (Husband), Charo (Herself), Millie Baron (Woman), Michael Spinks (Himself), Michael Hawkins (Croupier), Deanna Oliver (Pregnant Woman), Joe Frazier (Himself)

Florence gambles in hopes of raising money so she can go to a graduation. While she is doing that, Louise goes around Atlantic City looking for stars, but when she finds them, she doesn't recognize them.



239 :11x10 - The Unnatural

First aired: Jan/15/1985
Writer: Jerry Perzigian, Don Siegel
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Reggie Jackson (Himself), Bobby Herbeck (Towel Boy), Peter Iacangelo (Guard), Mike Witt (Himself), Brian Downing (Himself)

Reggie Jackson hit a homerun at a baseball game George is at, and George catches it! But he ends up dropping the ball, embarrassing himself in front millions of people.



240 :11x11 - Chairman of the Bored

First aired: Jan/22/1985
Guest star: Marcy Hanson (Playmate #1), Denise Kellogg (Playmate #5), Michele Drake (Playmate #3), Victoria Cooke (Playmate #4), Susie Scott (Playmate #2), Trish Garland (Sabrina)

Tom wonders if he is attractive while everyone else is busy. Mr. Bentley's girlfriend's sister practically answers his question for him.



241 :11x12 - Sayonara (1)

First aired: Jan/29/1985
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Mike Evans (Lionel Jefferson), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson), Ebonie Smith (Jessica Jefferson)

Lionel and Jenny come back from Japan with some bad news.



242 :11x13 - Sayonara (2)

First aired: Feb/05/1985
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Lindy Nisbet (Mrs. Sampson), Peggy Blow (Miss Anderson), Ebonie Smith (Jessica Jefferson), Mike Evans (Lionel Jefferson), Parker Jacobs (Johnny), Berlinda Tolbert (Jenny Willis Jefferson)

Lionel and Jenny make their announcement: their getting a divorce. A battle between the Jeffersons and Willises follows.



243 :11x14 - Last Dance

First aired: Feb/19/1985
Writer: Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Crystal Jenious (Shauna), Arthur Burghardt (Mr. Harris), Jere Fields (Janay), Penny Johnson Jerald (Donelle), Larry B. Scott (Clark), Stoney Jackson (Mark)

Clark, a trainee of George's, can't get a date to go to his prom with, so Florence goes with him. Florence sees a man there she wanted to go to the prom with when she was in school.



244 :11x15 - The Gang's All Here

First aired: Mar/05/1985
Writer: Al Aidekman
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: William Brondler (Steve), Dick Yarmy (Phil), Steve Susskind (Bob), Danny Wells (Charlie), Reid Shelton (Tony), Warren Berlinger (Chuck), Bill Marcus (Al)

Charlie, to get more profit, decides to host a party at his bar. But Louise has to work there for him when he has to go out-of-town. The party is for a bunch of tough bikers.



245 :11x16 - Hail to the Chief

First aired: Mar/12/1985
Writer: Hans Kracauer
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: R.J. Miller (Marketing Director), Patience Cleveland (Secretary), Herb Vigran (Mr. Pelham), Tim Silva (Corporate Officer)

Tom gets promoted to president of Pelham Publishing after the original president retires, but he's not sure if he can handle the job.



246 :11x17 - A Secret in the Back Room

First aired: Mar/19/1985
Writer: Don Siegel, Jerry Perzigian
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Danny Wells (Charlie)

George and Louise have to try to help Charlie with his marriage while trying to celebrate their anniversary, but they find out that he is an alcoholic.



247 :11x18 - That Blasted Cunningham

First aired: Apr/02/1985
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Billy Beck (Mr. Gillespie), Dave Shelley (Mr. Rollins), Tak Kubota (Mr. Yamata), Pierrino Mascarino (Mr. Toqnazzi), Susan Ruttan (Mrs. Cunningham), Richard Foronjy (Mr. Bassin)

George is in another battle with Cunningham, his rival. But this one is different; Cunningham dies.



248 :11x19 - State of Mind

First aired: Apr/23/1985
Writer: Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Mary Jackson (Mrs. Donahue), Kathleen Wilhoite (Robin), Elmarie Wendel (Mrs. Pardella), Fred Carney (Mr. Donahue)

Louise tries to get the other people in the apartment to make a formal compliant about a new tenant, in apartment 12-C. The young woman is constantly partying.



249 :11x20 - And Up We Go

First aired: Apr/30/1985
Writer: Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Edie McClurg (Woman on Television (voice only) (Uncredited)), Luise Heath (Reporter)

George and Tom try to set a world record for the most times riding up and down an elevator while Louise and Helen are at a spa.



250 :11x21 - The Truth Hurts

First aired: Jun/04/1985
Writer: Vida Spears, Sara V. Finney
Director: Paul Benedict
Guest star: Danny Wells (Charlie), Cal Gibson (Will Hicks), Oliver Clark (Whitney Emmett)

Louise makes a painting, and her friends and family tell her that they they are good - although they do not think so. So, Louise decides to enter an art show.



251 :11x22 - The Odd Couple

First aired: Jun/11/1985
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Susie Garrett (Amanda)

Florence puts an ad in a column of a singles magazine, trying to find a man. The ad is responded to, but by none other than Harry Bentley.



252 :11x23 - Off-Off-Off-Off Broadway

First aired: Jun/25/1985
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Steve Devorkin (Wilbur the Gnome), Jennifer Barlow (Popi the Mime), George McGrath (Bert Reynolds), Julius Carry (Bobby), Jackie Kinner (Pepi the Mime)

George uses a talent show started by Louise and Helen to get business for his store. The winner will get time on TV to promote their favorite charity.



253 :11x24 - Red Robins

First aired: Jul/02/1985
Writer: Peter Casey, David Lee, Cheri Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Penina Segall (Rosie), Phil Rubenstein (Cap Scanlon), Keri Houlihan (Skipper), Bridget Sienna (Woman), Ebonie Smith (Jessica Jefferson)

George becomes the nest mother for the Red Robins, which Jessica is in. He does this so he can qualify to be Dry Cleaner of the Year.