The Jeffersons

Louise feels out of place in her new home, and George makes matters worse by insisting that she hire a maid. Louise: Isabel Sanford. George: Sherman Hemsley.

George is thrilled to learn that he is descended from African royalty.

Louise gets a part-time job that is guaranteed to infuriate her husband.

Lionel is neglecting his studies and his family in favor of expensive socializing.

George refuses to join in a tenants' meeting until he learns that his wealthiest neighbor will be there.

George is blackmailed by a boyhood acquaintance (Moses Gunn) who knows an unsavory secret about his past.

A cold reception from George and Lionel greets a visit from Louise's Uncle Ward because the Jefferson men feel a more appropriate name for him is "Uncle Tom." Louise puts George and Lionel on notice that they'd better behave, but things don't exactly work out that way.

Mother Jefferson announces that she is going to marry her boyfriend (Alvin Childress), but George objects.

George tries to harness the power of the press for his own ends. Convinced publicity will mean a boom to his business, George tricks a newspaper reporter into coming to his home for an interview.

George develops an ulcer, but it's Louise who has trouble living with it.

The Jeffersons' dear friends from Harlem arrive on the night that George has invited a snobbish prospective business partner.

When Lionel comes on like his father, sparks start flying between him and Jenny. George makes matters worse by touching off fireworks between Jenny's parents, Tom and Helen.

Lionel's fiancée has a strangely hostile attitude toward her brother (Andrew Rubin).