On the way home from running errands, Mary hits a BMW, breaking the tail light. From the persuasion...

When Mary's brother Lewis comes to town on business, she decides to set him up on a date with Rose....

For an assignment that requires her to write about her "Most Interesting Relative", Brenda asks her...

When Mary tries to convince the landlord to order her a new refrigerator, he refuses. Mary then agre...

News of the breakup of her neighbors' marriage has Mary worried that the same thing could happen to...

When the landlord dies, everyone believes that Sandra will become the new landlord, including Sandra...

The tenants have a sidewalk sale to pay for the repairs needed to fix up 227. Lester asks Mary not t...

When Mary writes a letter to the President about the pothole that is on her street that no one has s...

When Sandra tells Mary how she can't keep a job because of jealous wives, Mary asks Lester if he kno...

Mary is upset that whenever Lester watches the football game, she doesn't get any attention. So she...

Brenda desperately tries to get Calvin to notice her. When Mary doesn't seem to help Brenda out, she...

Mary decides to buy a piano, even though Lester hates the idea and Brenda doesn't want to take lesso...

When their church loses their land lease, the tenants must find another lot to place their church on...

Sandra starts dating a man who works with her and Lester, however she finds him boring. She leaves i...

Pearl asks Mary if Lester would have a man-to-man talk with Calvin about sex and Brenda asks her par...

Pearl goes to Baltimore to visit her sister and the Jenkins watch Calvin for her. When he tries out...

Lester's old boss comes to visit the Jenkins from Hawaii. While there, Rose hires him as the buildin...

While at a neighborhood watch meeting, the Jenkins get robbed, with Brenda in the kitchen on the pho...

At their vows renewal ceremony, Mary's parents are in the middle of the argument and are not talking...

Sandra begins dating a basketball player who rubs Mary the wrong way from their first meeting. He co...

While reading the newspaper, Rose and Pearl choose 6 numbers related to an article that is in it. Ho...

When Calvin has a hard time finding a part-time job, Brenda and Pearl persuade Mary to convince Lest...

Mary and Sandra become contestants on ""Wheel of Fortune"" and wind up competing against each other.

Lester comes home from work sick, with the assumption that he has the flu. Using a bell that Sandra...

Mary invites Sandra and her date, an eligible Congressman, to a dinner for Brenda's teacher who is a...

After Sandra sees her neighbors (a married couple) interact with each other and with their daughter,...

Mary is in charge of the church's charity show, and it's like divine providence when the Temptations...

When Sandra sees a pillow that Mary is making for Brenda, she is impressed. She tells Mary that they...

When Brenda meets a cute boy she decides to invite him to her party Saturday night. After getting pe...

Calvin's dad comes to visit D.C. He and Calvin have fun going to basketball games and going to see t...

Sandra is writing a romance novel whose characters resemble the residents of 227: Marie, Rosita, and...

Rose tries a video-dating service, but wonders if she can live up to the image Sandra creates for he...

When Mary and Rose come home from the movie theater, they see JoJo spray painting his gang tag under...

The 227 residents are worried when Calvin's free-spending new friend offers him a chance to make 50...

When Ms. clark uses her feminine wiles to get Brenda a part-time job at Billy Bob's Burgers, Brenda'...

Sandra is very upset when she learns that her mother is coming to visit. She feels as though her mot...

Mary and Lester go to a toy store to purchase toys for kids in the hospital. When they get there, th...

The IRS audits Mary and Lester. At a diner, Mary gets into an argument with a man whose views on wom...

When Sandra comes to show the ladies the new ring that her boyfriend gave her, Mary notices an artic...

When Lester decides to rent a hotel room for the weekend, Mary plans a cruise, and the ladies plan a...

When Lester goes to watch the game at a friend's house, Mary and the ladies decide to have a girl's...

Calvin befriends a new kid named Ron who says that his money comes from his rich uncle. He buys Calv...

Upset when Brenda comes home from University Day wanting to attend Northwestern, Mary anticipates an...

The Social Security office says that Pearl is dead, and the resulting protest lands Pearl, Mary and...

When The Owls Men's Club is giving Lester an award, Mary is excited until she finds out that women a...

When Sandra is dating a man who wants to open a sleazy night club down the street, Mary starts a pet...

Sandra introduces her boyfriend to the ladies, the same man that audited the Jenkins. Mary still doe...

When Mary is concerned at Calvin and Brenda's nonchalance about teenage pregnancy, she designs an ex...

A man with a knife rents an apartment.

When Sandra meets Brenda's math teacher at the Jenkins' apt., they begin dating and he gets more ser...

Sandra overhears how Mitchell interacts with his students and she tells him that he needs to continu...

Mary and Sandra go to court over song royalties.

When Lester's cousin and his wife come to visit the Jenkins, Mary brags about how they are the perfe...

Calvin and his friend Eddie are in danger of failing history, so the Jenkins, Rose, and Pearl try to...

When Mary goes to a seminar about success, she meets a business man who wants to build a $50 million...

Sandra gets a job on a low budget television station, Channel 87. She tried out for the weathergirl...

When Mary and Lester's flight to Hawaii is cancelled due to the blizzard, they go home only to find...

Mary catches Lester dancing with his old girlfriend.

For a choir sing-off, Mary has found housing for all of the competitors except one, and for good rea...

When Calvin asks Brenda to his basketball ball, she is not able to go because she is still one week...

When the daughter of Lester's friend comes to stay with the Jenkins until the dorms at Howard Univer...

Lester's construction company has the chance to be purchased by a multi-national company. The lawyer...

When Rose is looking for a live-in superintendent, Manny suggests his father, knowing that the Super...

Brenda's grandfather arrives with a Wailing Eddie record in tow. While letting Brenda listen to it,...

Mary and Rose win a raffle contest and their prize is a butler for a week. They both become quickly...

When a movie is being shot outside 227, Sandra asks the director if there is any role not yet filled...

Lester is informed that he has an inheritance coming to him. But before he can collect it, he has to...

When Mary's high school friend comes to visit, everyone is excited to meet her because she is a famo...

Mary is the director for the church production of ""The Wiz"" and her cast is edgy. Meanwhile, the J...

Lester's business partner is Marvelous Marvin Hagler, but it must remain a secret. When Rose and Pea...

Sandra is the PR director for the Miss Teen Washington Pageant and she encourages Mary to let Brenda...

Sandra's cousin Conchita (also played by Jackee) comes to visit, and her finacee follows her to Amer...

Brenda is a star track star and her coach comes over to the Jenkins' for a cup of coffee and brings...

Mary is a star player of ""Family Feud""... in her house. She decides to try out for the show when i...

Lester and Raymond decide to buy a Jaoanese Restaurant together. Pearl and Rose each put in $500 and...

When Mary throws pictures of Sandra, Rose and Pearl away, they each find them and reminisce over the...

Alexandria doesn't celebrate Christmas so everyone tries to get her to feel the spirit of the holida...

Sandra gets a job as a meter maid. When Pearl gets her purse snatched while on her way to the bank w...

When Mary and Lester are on their way to the airport their tickets are stolen by a pick pocket who i...

When Mary and Lester go to parent's night a Brenda's school, Mary does not like the playfulness of h...

Sandra asks Rose to take her place on a blind date. Little does she know that her blind date is a Pr...

Mary goes on a hike with the Buttercups, the group of young girls (like the Girl Scouts) that Alexan...

When Sandra goes on the Love Connection, she chooses Gary because he is the owner of a jewelry store...

Mary's cookie sales at Brenda's school is putting Ed's Cookies out of business. He proposes that she...

Sandra's new boyfriend keeps showering her with gifts. When everyone meets him, they are surprised--...

Mary tells the kids that she has the hookup to get Run DMC to play at their prom, but the problem is...

Both Mary and Sandra get commissioned to the same murder trial. There are 11 votes guilty and 1 vote...

Sandra bets Mary and Rose that she can stay away from men better than they can stick to their diet....

Lester hires a young ex-con from the persuasion on Mary. They both admit that he is doing a great jo...

When Pearl, Mary, Rose and Sandra get locked into the laundry room, they all reminisce about how the...

Sandra has moved to New York, but finds herself jobless after she finds out that the film company th...

Rose sells the building and a sister of Lester's friends comes to visit. She staying with the Jenkin...

Mary's organized a charity benefit featuring Diva Beverly Morris. Now she's a prima donna and Mary's...

Mary and the gang try to draw a bead on new landlord Julian Barlow, who's been ducking them, while D...

The women head to a spa to prepare for a beauty contest. Meanwhile, Travis & Dylan care for a baby...

When Mary causes Lester to miss a prizefight, they have a bout that could deliver a knockout punch t...

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

Conclusion. Lester puts together a posse to find the womenfolk when the water rustlers take them hos...

Bobby Brown shoots a video at Brenda's high school, while Brenda plagiarizes an old essay of Mary's...

En route to Lester's birthday party, Mary and Sandra run into gang members who want them as their bi...

Dylan's mother moves in with him after leaving his father, and starts stepping out with Julian (Paul...

Sandra comes up with a slogan for a new perfume, but she thinks it stinks when her ad-agency boss st...

When Calvin wants to quit school and join the Army, Lester puts him through his paces at a mock boot...

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

Mary dons clown garb to erase a nasty message she left on the answering machine of Lester's business...

When Mary and Lester make Brenda return a revealing dress, she stages her own revolution.

Lester falls asleep during church and dreams that he and Mary visit both Heaven and Hell. While in...

While working as a deejay, Lester gets suggestive requests from a caller who he thinks is Mary.

Travis finds $250,000 left in his limo, and is convinced by Mary & Lester to turn the money in. If t...

Everyone goes to Atlantic City for a Luther Vandross concert for Pearl's birthday. While there, Mary...

Mary's luck runs out in Atlantic City and she loses all of her winnings, including $3000 she promise...

While helping Eva straighten up the gallery, Mary inadvertently creates a pop-art sensation, and spe...

Julian recruits Mary to help him keep 227 out of the hands of his soon-to-be ex-wife (Rosalind Cash)...

Mary gets the part of a slasher in a movie, but has an unscheduled rehearsal with an NYU dean.

Just before Brenda gets ready to graduate high school, Mary is rushed to the hospital with appendici...

Mary dreams that she's homeless after misinterpreting a plea for help from a street person (homeless...