227

Mary is delighted to learn that Lester will be named "Man of the Year" by the local Men's Club, and distraught upon discovering she's not allowed to attend the special ceremony.

To protest the opening of a sleazy club in her neighborhood, Mary dreams of running the varmints out of town.

Rose receives an offer to buy her building from a real estate magnate whose plan to renovate means tearing down 227.

Alarmed by Brenda and her friends' casual attitude about teen pregnancy, Mary uses some unusual methods to teach them a lesson about parenting that they'll never forget.

Mayhem and murder plague 227 when a mysterious man with a knife rents an apartment in Mary's building.

When Mary and Lester's schoolteacher friend Mitchell meets Sandra, he sets out to win her pampered heart, no matter how many gifts or expensive dates it takes.

After a whirlwind courtship, Sandra accepts Mitchell's wedding proposal, making a commitment to trade in her glamorous life for what she not-so-long-ago considered a boring existence.

Mary and Sandra go to court to settle a dispute over song royalties. Sandra's ammunition is "barrister" John Houseman, while Mary's ace in the hole is a "Supreme" expert witness, singer Mary Wilson.

Mary and Lester are shocked when his cousin Ed's enviable "picture-perfect" marriage suddenly falls apart.

When Pearl finds out that Calvin is failing his history class, Mary, Rose and Lester each take turns as tutor-in-residence.

In an effort to help Lester build his business, Mary takes some questionable steps to land him a big construction contract.

Sandra's show-biz career as a talk-show host threatens the friendship of the whole group when she questions them on the air about sex in the eighties.

Suffering from a very cold winter spell, the residents of "227" invade Mary and Lester's apartment, which is one of two apartments with heat.

When Lester's old high school sweetheart comes to the neighborhood in search of a new home, Mary fears that she'll try to move in on more than just her turf.

In charge of the big choir competition, Mary must make room in her half for the visiting choir's deacon, who is notoriously arrogant, thoughtless and pushy.

Brenda is a week away from her sixteenth birthday, a milestone marking newfound dating freedom. But Mary won't bend the rules and allow her to attend Calvin's party of the year.

When Mary and Lester assume the role of temporary foster parents, they're horrified to find Sandra's erotic lifestyle rubbing off on the impressionable co-ed.

Mary has a terrible time trying to be polite to Fox, who is rude and obnoxious yet potentially important to Lester's financial future.

The tenants are thrilled when Rose hires a live-in handyman for some much needed repairs, only to find he's handier with the violin than the toolbox.

When Brenda's grandfather gives her his treasured collector's blues recording, she accidentally scratches the record and learns first-hand what the blues are all about.

When Mary and Rose win the services of a butler in the church raffle, they look forward to the pampered life until they meet the pain-in-the-neck hired help.

Mary and Sandra vie for a chance to deliver a line in a movie being shot at their building.

When Mary and Lester go to the reading of his uncle's will, they are surprised to learn they have cousins whom they've never met, and even more confused when they discover they are a different color.

When Mary's best high school chum, a successful television psychologist, pays her a visit, Mary feels somewhat inadequate when compared with her celebrity friend.