227

Mary offers to pay for the damage to a car she dented - but soon regrets her decision.

A matchmaking attempt by Mary goes awry when her brother becomes enchanted with Sandra instead of Rose.

Mary helps Brenda find an interesting ancestor for an essay assignment, and is delighted to discover a Civil War corporal - until she also discovers his claim to fame.

Mary agrees to loan Sandra her apartment for a party if Sandra will "persuade" the landlord to get Mary a new refrigerator.

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

In the series' pilot, Mary's landlord problems increase when the owner of the apartment building dies, leaving the place to "a tenant."

A sidewalk sale to raise money for apartment-house repairs nets $2000 - which Lester stashes in a lamp that Mary puts up for sale.

The tenants of 227 applaud Mary for complaining to the president about a pothole - until the Secret Service starts sniffing around.

Mary is worried when Sandra is fired from her previous job - at the behest of a vice-president's wife - and begins working at Lester's construction firm.

Mary has a plan to end the loneliness of football widowhood that includes buying Redskins tickets for herself and Lester.

Hoping to impress a boy who has eyes for an "older woman," Brenda seeks Sandra's advice and ignores her mother's counsel to be herself.

Rose teaches Mary and Sandra to play the piano - and her pupils compete to see who's learned more in three weeks.

When the local church is moved to a new site, the parishioners have no place to worship on Christmas Day.

Rose hits it off with the man Sandra found "boring," but she's on edge when he suggests a weekend in New York.

Lester obliges Pearl by having a man-to-man talk with Calvin about sex, and then worries when Calvin asks Brenda out.

Calvin misinterprets Sandra's neighborly friendliness and falls madly in love with her.

Mary wonders why Lester's friend, who supposedly struck it rich building condos in Hawaii, takes a job as 227's handyman.

Lester gets a bonus at work and considers buying a new sports car - until burglars clean out the apartment.

Mary and Lester throw a bash for her parents' 50th wedding anniversary, only to find that the guests of honor aren't speaking to each other.

Sandra dates a pro-basketball star, whose style both on and off the court is a bad example for his young fan Calvin.

After lecturing to Pearl and Rose on the evils of gambling, Mary finds herself with a lottery entry - using the same numbers her friends had picked.

Lester finds part-time construction work for Calvin, who proves to be inept with his hands.