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227 Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - Honesty

First aired: Sep/14/1985
Writer: Bobby Crawford
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Ken Foree (Marvin Grant)


2 :01x02 - Mary's Brother

First aired: Sep/21/1985
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield, Winston Moss
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Harrison Page (Lewis Hurley)


3 :01x03 - Family Hero

First aired: Sep/28/1985
Writer: Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn


4 :01x04 - The Refrigerator

First aired: Oct/05/1985
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn
Guest star: Sena Ayn Black (Woman), Fitzhugh G. Houston (Friend), Fran Drescher (Mrs. Baker)


5 :01x05 - Do You Love Me?

First aired: Oct/19/1985
Writer: Jack Elinson, Bill Boulware
Director: Gary Brown
Guest star: Rosie Lee Hooks (Harriet)


6 :01x06 - Pilot

First aired: Oct/26/1985
Writer: Jack Elinson, Bill Boulware
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Reni Santoni (Louie Esobar), Eve Smith (Cora), Wally Taylor (Building Inspector), Peter Kwong (Kim), James Karen (Lawyer)


7 :01x07 - The Sidewalk Sale

First aired: Nov/02/1985
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Lyle Talbot (Harold), Connie Sawyer (Louise), Luise Heath (Woman), Don Sparks (Lawyer)


8 :01x08 - A Letter to the President

First aired: Nov/09/1985
Writer: Sara V. Finney, Vida Spears
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Leslie Nielsen (Bob Gamble), Marty Schiff (Worker), Dana Scott Galloway (Agent)


9 :01x09 - Pity the Poor Working Girl

First aired: Nov/16/1985
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield
Director: Gerren Keith


10 :01x10 - Football Widow

First aired: Nov/23/1985
Writer: Vida Spears, Sara V. Finney
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Jo Jo D'Amore (Man #2), Nathaniel Taylor (Man #3), Wally Taylor (Charlie), Alice Nunn (Woman), Dave Shelley (Man #1)


11 :01x11 - A Daughter is a Precious Thing

First aired: Nov/30/1985
Writer: Bob Myer, Bob Young
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn


12 :01x12 - The Big Piano Play-Off

First aired: Dec/07/1985
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Benard Ighner (Himself)


13 :01x13 - Mary's Christmas

First aired: Dec/14/1985
Writer: Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Ron Richardson (Reverend Davis), Eve Smith (Cora), Frank Jenkins (Man #1)


14 :01x14 - The Bed of Rose's

First aired: Jan/04/1986
Writer: Richard Gurman
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Wesley Thompson (Raymond)


15 :01x15 - Brenda's Last Date

First aired: Jan/11/1986
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield
Director: Tony Singletary


16 :01x16 - A Young Man's Fancy

First aired: Jan/18/1986
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Director: Gerren Keith


17 :01x17 - We the People

First aired: Feb/01/1986
Writer: Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Lou Albano (Gus), Barbara Ann Grimes (Maggie), Stephen Tobolowsky (Professor), John Finnegan (Senator James), Theodore Wilson (Cousin Ray)


18 :01x18 - Redecorating Blues

First aired: Feb/08/1986
Writer: Robert Drysdale, Sylvia Alan
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Dennis Haysbert (Sgt. Hall), Harry Waters, Jr. (Richard), Michael K. Woods (Al)


19 :01x19 - Fifty Big Ones

First aired: Feb/15/1986
Writer: Bill Boulware, Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Virginia Capers (Aunt Gwendolyn), Rod Gist (Caterer), Whitman Mayo (Henry Hurley), John Hawker (Uncle Al), Beah Richards (Carolyn Hurley), Mel Carter (Fred), James Louis Watkins (Perry)


20 :01x20 - Slam Dunked

First aired: Feb/22/1986
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Julius Carry (Rocketman), Mark Patrick (Photographer #1)


21 :01x21 - Pick Six

First aired: Mar/08/1986
Writer: Fred Johnson, Bobby Crawford
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Lee Weaver (Frank), LaWanda Page (Ethel), Vincent Lucchesi (Harry), David Chung (Clerk), Frank Jenkins (Neighbor), Hector Elias (Randy)


22 :01x22 - Young Man with a Job

First aired: May/03/1986
Writer: Vida Spears, Sara V. Finney
Director: Ellen Gittelsohn


23 :02x01 - The Wheel of Misfortune

First aired: Oct/04/1986
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jack Clark (Announcer), Vanna White (Herself), Sena Ayn Black (Woman #1), Gretchen German (Diane Evans), Jim Doughan (Rusty)


24 :02x02 - Mary Nightingale

First aired: Oct/11/1986
Writer: Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Michael Frank (First Orderly), Kevin Guillaume (Second Orderly)


25 :02x03 - Washington Affair

First aired: Nov/01/1986
Writer: Ron Bloomberg, Bill Boulware
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: David Muir (Presenter), Michael Sheehan (Photographer), Darrow Igus (Bernard Vincoz), Robert Hooks (Congressman Rivers), Jayne Kennedy (Betty Mumphry), Elias Zarou (Nicholas Triandos)


26 :02x04 - The Great Manhunt

First aired: Nov/08/1986
Writer: Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Melvin Taylor (Paramedic #1), Sheeneeka Smith (Christine Rogers), Beau Billingslea (Man #1), Willard E. Pugh (Jim Rogers), Kendall McCarthy (Man #2), Michael Dorn (Dr. Walker)


27 :02x05 - Temptations

First aired: Nov/15/1986
Writer: Jack Elinson, Dick Bensfield
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Lynn Hamilton (Emma), Joey Isaac (Little Girl), Leo D. Frank III (Dog Trainer), The Temptations (Themselves)


28 :02x06 - Pillow Talk

First aired: Nov/22/1986
Writer: Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Joe Sicari (Charles)


29 :02x07 - Come Into My Parlor

First aired: Nov/29/1986
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jack Lightsey (Fred), Kia Goodwin (Tiffany), De'voreaux White (Harvey), Bert Rosario (Carlos)


30 :02x08 - Father's Day

First aired: Dec/06/1986
Writer: Jack Elinson, Bill Boulware
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: Willie H. Reaves (Bill)


31 :02x09 - Author, Author

First aired: Dec/13/1986
Writer: Margaret Weisman, C. M. Leon
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Lynn Hamilton (Emma)


32 :02x10 - Matchmakers

First aired: Jan/03/1987
Writer: Al Gordon, Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: George C. Simms (Jerome Bailey), Clarence Gilyard, Jr. (Harold Bailey), Wally Taylor (Charlie), Arthur Burghardt (Walter Gipson)


33 :02x11 - The Handwriting on the Wall

First aired: Jan/10/1987
Writer: Jack Elinson, Dick Bensfield
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Cylk Cozart (Bailiff), Jo Marie Payton (Mrs. Herman), Larron Tate (JoJo Herman), Lee Weaver (Frank), Rodney Saulsberry (Renaldo)


34 :02x12 - A Matter of Choice

First aired: Jan/17/1987
Writer: Ron Bloomberg, Bill Boulware
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Hank Rolike (Electrician), Peggy Blow (Melinda), Kirby Tepper (Marvin), Vaughn Jelks (David)


35 :02x13 - Got a Job

First aired: Jan/24/1987
Writer: Bobby Crawford, Fred Johnson
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Cynthia Howard (Debbie), Sonya Winton (Carla Brown), Sloan Fischer (Customer #2), Roy Brocksmith (Customer #1)


36 :02x14 - Far From the Tree

First aired: Feb/07/1987
Writer: Billi Gordon
Director: Ed Cambridge, Arlando Smith
Guest star: Bruce A. Young (Mop)


37 :02x15 - Toyland

First aired: Feb/14/1987
Writer: Richard Vaczy, Tracy Gamble
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Paul Reubens (Himself), Terry Kiser (Tony (the robber))


38 :02x16 - The Audit

First aired: Feb/21/1987
Writer: Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Red Buttons (Toots), Doreen Remo (Receptionist), Rick Ducommun (Leonard), Louise Troy (Cindy), Ron Glass (Robert Stone), David Leisure (Perry), Richard Paul (Mr. Davis), James Lashly (Chris)


39 :02x17 - A Good Citizen

First aired: Feb/28/1987
Writer: Al Gordon, Bill Boulware
Director: Whitney J. LeBlanc
Guest star: Geno Silva (Det. Molina), Sam Scarber (Justin)


40 :02x18 - Happy Twentieth

First aired: Mar/07/1987
Writer: Reynaldo Rey, J. Stanford Parker
Director: Arlando Smith
Guest star: George Kirby (Milton Jenkins), Whitman Mayo (Henry Hurley), Dorothy Meyer (Ruby Jenkins), Beah Richards (Carolyn Hurley)

Mary and Lester's 20th Anniversary turns into a family fued.


41 :02x19 - The Fourth Time Around

First aired: Mar/21/1987
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Tyrone Granderson Jones (Man #3), Marvin Wright-Bey (Bartender), Charles Lampkin (Felix), Howard Mungo (Man #2), Rif Hutton (Man #1)

Mary and Rose help Pearl face the loneliness of old age by escorting her to a single's bar where she meets the man of her dreams - and promptly gets engaged.


42 :02x20 - Rich Kid

First aired: Apr/11/1987
Writer: Reynaldo Rey, J. Stanford Parker
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: David Moses (Moderator), Veronica Redd (Ann Davis), Rima Lyn (Alice), Kia Goodwin (Tiffany)


43 :02x21 - The Working Game

First aired: May/23/1987
Writer: Al Gordon, Ron Bloomberg
Director: Whitney J. LeBlanc
Guest star: Louie Bonanno (Bellhop), Bill Saito (Kim)


44 :02x22 - Check Snub

First aired: Jun/06/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Livingston Holms (Woman #1), Joan Reid (Weird Woman), Fitzhugh G. Houston (Sergeant), Wendee Winters (Reporter), David Byrd (Supervisor), Charles C. Stevenson, Jr. (Senior), Loyda Ramos (Woman #2)


45 :03x01 - Men's Club

First aired: Sep/26/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: David McKnight (Herbert), Gordon Pinkney (Greeter), Nick LaTour (Guard), John Wesley (Barney Wilson), Roscoe Lee Browne (Albert Henry), Al White (Joe)


46 :03x02 - Low Noon

First aired: Oct/03/1987
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Jack Elinson
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Obaka Adedunyo (Man #1), Rosie Lee Hooks (Miss Peabody), Jimmy Woodard (Sam), Bobby McGee (Wilbur), John Witherspoon (Man #2), Jeris Lee Poindexter (Hombre), Tim Hutchinson (First Poker Player), Ji Tu Cumbuka (Second Poker Player)


47 :03x03 - There Goes the Building

First aired: Oct/17/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Robbie Byrd (Woman #1), Frank Jenkins (Mr. Green), Vincent Lucchesi (Man #1), Frieda Rentie (Woman #2), Ron Glass (Robert Stone)


48 :03x04 - And Baby Makes Three

First aired: Oct/24/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kathi Gibbs (Marci), Alex Uribe (Boy #2), Amanda Sherman (Girl #1), Joi Martins (Girl #2), Nora Boland (Grandmother), Michael Rich (Jerry), Roy Fegan (Cop)


49 :03x05 - Bull's Eye (a.k.a.) Mistaken Identity

First aired: Oct/31/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Bill Henderson (Sgt. Stokes)


50 :03x06 - Teach Me Tonight (1)

First aired: Nov/07/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Gerald Wiggins (Henry), Hector Maisonette (Mickey Wilson), Alex Ruiz (Manny Cepeda)


51 :03x07 - Teach Me Tonight (2)

First aired: Nov/14/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Alex Ruiz (Manny Cepeda), Garwood Perkins (Reverend Williams)


52 :03x08 - See You in Court (a.k.a. They're Playing Our Song)

First aired: Nov/21/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: John Houseman (Himself), Mary Wilson (Herself), Ted Ross (Judge)


53 :03x09 - The Honeymoon's Over (a.k.a. The Most Happy Marriage)

First aired: Nov/28/1987
Writer: Ronald Rubin
Director: Whitney J. LeBlanc
Guest star: Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ed), Vanessa Bell Calloway (Sherry)


54 :03x10 - Rapture

First aired: Dec/05/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Meshell Cole (Helen)


55 :03x11 - The Facade (a.k.a. Tangled Web)

First aired: Dec/12/1987
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Finis Henderson (Ricky), Janet Carroll (Emily Mortimer), Lillian Lehman (Lorraine Powell)


56 :03x12 - The Talk Show

First aired: Jan/02/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Flip Wilson (Mr. Grant)


57 :03x13 - Snowbound

First aired: Jan/09/1988
Writer: David Garber, Bruce Kalish
Director: Gerren Keith


58 :03x14 - Shall We Dance?

First aired: Jan/16/1988
Director: Gerren Keith


59 :03x15 - The Sing-Off

First aired: Jan/23/1988
Writer: Peter Gallay, Al Gordon
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Reina King (Girl #2), Shelly Garrett (Roger Barton), Ron Richardson (Reverend Davis), Tasha Scott (Girl with Solo), Kia Goodwin (Tiffany), Rene Levant (Benjamin Potter), Paul Winfield (Deacon Malcolm Fisk)


60 :03x16 - Sweet Sixteen

First aired: Jan/30/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Lou Beatty, Jr. (Scooter Phelps), Willie H. Reaves (Gerald)


61 :03x17 - The Roommate

First aired: Feb/06/1988
Director: Oz Scott
Guest star: Wendy Edmead (Muffin Tee Matthews), Jimmy Woodard (Robert Barnes), Sheila Frazier (Ida Dalton), Justin Lord (Janet Potter (Richard)), Terry Carter (Fred Dalton), William Allen Young (Tony Langford)


62 :03x18 - The Big Deal

First aired: Feb/13/1988
Director: Gerren Keith


63 :03x19 - The New Neighbors

First aired: Feb/20/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Yvonne Wilder (Anna Gonzales), Santos Morales (Victor), Alfonso Arau (Alfonso Gonzales)


64 :03x20 - Blues

First aired: Feb/27/1988
Writer: Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Fred D. Scott (Russell Hopkins), Whitman Mayo (Henry Hurley), Joe Seneca (Wailing Eddie Tompkins)


65 :03x21 - The Butler Did It

First aired: Mar/12/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Franklin Cover (Albert), Yvonne Wilder (Anna Gonzales), Alfonso Arau (Alfonso Gonzales), Phil Morris (Darren Montagne), Brian George (Jonathan Forsythe)


66 :03x22 - My Aching Back

First aired: Apr/09/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Art Evans (Eddie Williams), Steve Levitt (Glenn Gibson)


67 :03x23 - Country Cousins

First aired: Apr/30/1988
Director: Ed Cambridge
Guest star: Lynn Hamilton (Emma), Robina Ritchie (Bonnie Belle), Brandis Kemp (Amy Jo)


68 :03x24 - Best Friends

First aired: May/07/1988
Director: Bob Lally
Guest star: Roxie Roker (Dr. Thelma Butler), Shelly Garrett (Jordan Gilbert)


69 :04x01 - The Whiz Kid

First aired: Oct/08/1988
Writer: Al Gordon, Ron Bloomberg
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Lionel Mark Smith (Reverend), Lynn Hamilton (Emma)


70 :04x02 - Hide the Star

First aired: Oct/22/1988
Guest star: Marvelous Marvin Hagler (Himself), Amil Gibbs (Boy #1), Robbie Byrd (Woman #1), Frieda Rentie (Woman #2), David Morick (Plumber)


71 :04x03 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant

First aired: Oct/29/1988
Writer: Jeff Abugov
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Bert Parks (Himself), Justin Lord (Miles Standford), Toy Newkirk (Girl #1), Nikki Swasey (Girl #2), Debra Varnado (Alison)


72 :04x04 - Double Your Pleasure

First aired: Nov/05/1988
Writer: Al Gordon, Peter Gallay
Director: Gerren Keith


73 :04x05 - Brother from a Sister City

First aired: Nov/12/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Florence Griffith Joyner (Herself), Andrew May (Photographer), Irv Burton (Announcer), Willie Amakye (Himself)


74 :04x06 - And the Survey Says . . .

First aired: Nov/19/1988
Guest star: Ray Combs (Himself), George Kirby (Milton Jenkins), Gene Wood (Announcer), Danny Breen (Producer), Chuck McCann (Contestant Hopeful), Marla Frees (Interviewer)


75 :04x07 - A Yen for Lester

First aired: Nov/26/1988
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Yoshio Be (Tourist #2), Lenny Imamura (Tour Guide), Glen Chin (Sumo Wrestler), Rodney Kageyama (Mr. Takamura), Robert Kino (Tourist #1), Kurt Fuller (Bosworth Duncan), John Fujioka (Chef)


76 :04x08 - Looking Back

First aired: Dec/03/1988


77 :04x09 - The Night They Arrested Santa Claus

First aired: Dec/10/1988
Writer: Irma Kalish
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Ron Canada (Police Officer), Greg Kean (Officer Perry), Nick LaTour (New Guard), Cliff Emmich (Santa #2), Hugh McGuire (Guard #1)


78 :04x10 - The Real Decoys

First aired: Jan/07/1989
Writer: Al Gordon, Bill Boulware
Director: Mikki Capparelli
Guest star: Susie Garrett (Woman), Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Skater/Officer Wills), Mel Stewart (Franklin McGee)


79 :04x11 - Play it Again, Stan

First aired: Jan/14/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kenneth Dixon (Man), Larry B. Scott (Thief/Mugabi), Johnny Brown (Cab Driver/Fiat), Arthur Burghardt (Krieger), Paul Williams (Stan)


80 :04x12 - A Class Act

First aired: Jan/28/1989
Writer: John Boni, Larry Spencer
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Robbie Byrd (Woman #2), Lynn Hamilton (Emma)


81 :04x13 - The Prince

First aired: Feb/04/1989
Writer: Ilunga Adell, Fred Johnson
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Morris Day (Prince Lionel)


82 :04x14 - Babes in the Woods

First aired: Feb/11/1989
Writer: Peter Gallay
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Vickilyn Reynolds (Ranger Granger), Bill Overton (Doug Tyler), Jaclyn Bernstein (Emily), Yunoka Doyle (Jennifer Tyler)


83 :04x15 - A Date to Remember

First aired: Feb/18/1989
Writer: Bill Boulware, Al Gordon
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: John Pittman (James), Drake Johnson (Austin), Lynnie Godfrey (Cynthia Hunt), Johnny Gilbert (Announcer), T. K. Carter (Gary Hunt)


84 :04x16 - Mary's Cookies

First aired: Feb/25/1989
Writer: Mickey Rose
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Flip Wilson (Ed Fulton), Kenneth Livingston Taylor (Monte Wilcox)


85 :04x17 - For Richer, For Poorer

First aired: Mar/04/1989
Writer: Dick Bensfield
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Tom Wright (Dr. Holt), Cleavon Little (Abner Neal), Gwen Shepherd (Nurse Grubb)


86 :04x18 - The Class of '89

First aired: Mar/18/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Run DMC (Themselves)


87 :04x19 - Trial and Error

First aired: Apr/01/1989
Writer: Daryl Busby
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jim Doughan (Larry), Carol Mansell (Harriet), Jay Gerber (Mike), Gene Barry-Hill (Bailiff)


88 :04x20 - The Bet

First aired: Apr/08/1989
Writer: Mark Tuttle
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Reynaldo Rey (Ray the Mailman), Ginelle Bohanon (Ardita Best), Peter Parros (Pizza Man)


89 :04x21 - No, My Darling Daughter

First aired: Apr/15/1989
Writer: Mike Scott, Daryl G. Nickens
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Lionel Mark Smith (Reverend), Joe Clark (Himself)


90 :04x22 - House Number

First aired: May/06/1989
Writer: Peter Gallay
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Stephanie Covington (Young Pearl), Richard Harder (Manager), Rob Schneider (Jeremy)


91 :04x23 - Jackee

First aired: May/11/1989
Writer: Michael Moye
Director: Tony Singletary
Guest star: Margaret Smith (Margaret), Dan Blom (Sven), Teri Weigel (Gorgeous Girl), Conroy A. Gedeon (Curt J. Banks), Bobby Hosea (Greg), Franc Luz (Roger), Paddi Edwards (Mrs. Newhall), John Karlen (Nathan Pollock)


92 :04x24 - For Sale

First aired: May/13/1989
Writer: Al Gordon, Bill Boulware
Director: Gerren Keith, Dorian Gibbs
Guest star: Toukie A. Smith (Eva Rawley), Paul Bryant (Tenant #2), Frieda Rentie (Tenant #1)


93 :05x01 - Take My Diva . . . Please!

First aired: Sep/23/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Nell Carter (Beverly Morris), Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark), Felton Perry (Armand Bouvier)

Mary’s fundraising event is in jeopardy when the hired performer discovers that Sandra is dating her old boyfriend


94 :05x02 - Tenants, Anyone?

First aired: Sep/30/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark)

The new landlord is doing everything possible to hide from Mary and the tenants of 227.


95 :05x03 - A Pampered Tale

First aired: Oct/14/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark), David Downing (Father Gabbuy), Angela Bassett (Amy Burnett), Diana Bellamy (Courtney Cabot-Blair)

Mary, Rose, Pearl and Sandra go to a weekend spa and enter a beauty contest. Meanwhile, Travis discovers a baby in his limo and Lester and Julian help care for the baby until the mother returns.


96 :05x04 - The Fight of the Century

First aired: Oct/21/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Rochelle Ashana (Kim)

Mary and Lester’s argument over a missed boxing match tests the stability of their marriage.


97 :05x05 - How the West Was Fun (1)

First aired: Oct/28/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark), Hank Rolike (Doc), Rick Hurst (Bronco Bob), Carmen Filpi (Old Geezer)

At a dude ranch, Mary lassos Rose and Sandra into a treasure hunt, and Dylan takes a likin' to a filly.


98 :05x06 - How the West Was Fun (2)

First aired: Nov/04/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark), Rick Hurst (Bronco Bob), Dorothy Parke (Cactus Katie), Hank Rolike (Doc), Jace Kent (Roy)

Lester comes to the rescue of the kidnapped women.


99 :05x07 - Video Activity

First aired: Nov/11/1989
Writer: Larry Spencer, John Boni
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Bobby Brown (Himself), Charmaine Charles (Nancy Grant), Jeff Maynard (Tony DeCarlo)

Hit singer Bobby Brown is shooting a music video at Brenda’s school, and Brenda will do anything to be in it – including plagiarism.


100 :05x08 - Flying Down to Leo's

First aired: Nov/18/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark), William Phipps (Leo), Don Gibb (Skullcrusher), Dan Tullis, Jr. (Meat Hook)

Mary and Sandra are prevented from attending Lester’s birthday party after a biker gang chooses them to be their girlfriends.


101 :05x09 - Reunion Blues

First aired: Nov/25/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Reid Shelton (Mr. McMillan), Charlotte Rae (Mrs. McMillan)

After leaving his father, Dylan’s mother starts dating Julian.


102 :05x10 - The Perfume Game

First aired: Dec/02/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jackée Harry (Sandra Clark), Dominic Oliver (Vinnie), Kristen Lowman (Secretary)

Sandra becomes the new secretary for B.G.P.T. & D but wants promotion as vice president to impress her boyfriend.


103 :05x11 - War is Heck

First aired: Dec/09/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kevin Hunter (Soldier No. 1)

Calvin (guest star Curtis Baldwin) returns from college with surprising decision of joining the army.


104 :05x12 - Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas

First aired: Dec/16/1989
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kevin Peter Hall (Warren Merriwether)

Mary decides to invite her landlord Julian to her Christmas Eve bash in hopes of livening things up.


105 :05x13 - There Go the Clowns

First aired: Dec/23/1989
Writer: Daryl Busby
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Jeff Robinson (Senor Ho Ho), Ronnie Schell (Arnie Holiday), Torrey Anne Cook (Tina), Leeza Vinnichenko (Greta)

Mary accidently sends a mean message to Lester's boss, and must go to his house and erase it, but the trouble is she interrupts a birthday party and her, Dylan and Travis must dusguise themselves as clowns in order to delete the message.


106 :05x14 - Come the Revolution

First aired: Dec/30/1989
Writer: Fred Johnson, Ilunga Adell
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Torri Whitehead (Lisa), Brian Wesley Thomas (Mike), Lisa Marie Russell (Karen), Eugene Williams (Chip)

When Mary and Lester make Brenda return a revealing dress, she stages her own revolution by throwing her own party in Julian's penthouse while he's on vacation.


107 :05x15 - Where Do We Go From Here?

First aired: Jan/06/1990
Writer: John Boni, Larry Spencer
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Richard Moll (Burnie), Della Reese (Grace), Gwen Van Dam (Mrs. Pembroke), Steve Susskind (Jack), John Dewey-Carter (Phil Dawson), Christopher Weeks (William Shakespeare), Nick LaTour (Rev. Pinckney)

While at church, Lester falls alseep and him and Mary both go to Heaven and Hell. In heaven, Brenda and Calvin are successful married couple, Brenda has Lesters company, everyone is doing fine. But in hell, it's a whole different story, Brenda is pregnant with no support from Calvin, he has a un-successful career, Pearl lives with them, Rose is married to Julian. In reality, he finally awakens his dream and is still in the presence of Church.


108 :05x16 - Play Christy for Me

First aired: Jan/13/1990
Director: Mikki Capparelli

Lester enjoys some flirtatious musical requests while he’s working as a DJ.


109 :05x17 - Knock It Off

First aired: Jan/27/1990
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Iman (Eartha Kitten), Gary Coleman (Mr. Big)

Travis gets involved with the local “Family” when he discovers a large sum of cash in his limo and a beautiful woman turns up at his door to retrieve the money for her mob boss.


110 :05x18 - Do Not Pass Go (1)

First aired: Feb/03/1990
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kevin Peter Hall (Warren Merriwether)

The gang at 227 goes to Atlantic City for a Luther Vandross concert.


111 :05x19 - Do Not Pass Go (2)

First aired: Feb/10/1990
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kevin Peter Hall (Warren Merriwether), Jerry 'The Bicycle' Washington (Greg Bell), Luther Vandross (Himself)

Rose’s fiancé, Warren, is caught with a mysterious woman who turns out to be the jewel thief who stole Pearl’s brooch and Luther Vandross’s watch.


112 :05x20 - You Gotta Have Art

First aired: Feb/17/1990
Director: Gerren Keith

Mary becomes a star by accident and appears on The Joan Rivers Show.


113 :05x21 - Gone Fishing

First aired: Feb/24/1990
Director: Mikki Capparelli
Guest star: Maud Winchester (Diane), Lionel Mark Smith (Reverend), Lela Rochon (Leslie), Patrick Cronin (Robert Howard)

Julian’s ex-wife wants to takeover 227, but Mary is able to help him keep the building.


114 :05x22 - Nightmare on 227

First aired: Apr/21/1990
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Kenneth Mars (Joe Bouvier), Lorraine Toussaint (Monica Paxton)

Mary is casted as a crazed murderer in a movie being filmed at 227.


115 :05x23 - The Class of '90

First aired: Apr/29/1990
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: George Kirby (Milton Jenkins), Kevin Peter Hall (Warren Merriwether)

Just before Brenda gets ready to graduate high school, Mary is rushed to the hospital with appendicitis. Mary gets a lesson in plastic surgery from her roomie; and Lester gives low marks to his father's girlfriend.


116 :05x24 - No Place Like Home

First aired: May/06/1990
Director: Gerren Keith
Guest star: Tony Steedman (Mr. Morris), Amentha Dymally (Shopkeeper), Kevin Peter Hall (Warren Merriwether)

Mary dreams that she's homeless after misinterpreting a plea for help from a street person (homeless advocate Theodore Hayes) as a threat to her safety.