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While Mary is directing a church production of The Wiz, the Jenkins family opens their home to Alexandria DeWitt. The precocious 11-year-old college freshman causes friction in the household.

In order to insure the success of a big construction deal, Lester swears Mary to secrecy about the identity of his famous houseguest/investor, Marvelous Marvin Hagler.

Mary and her neighbors turn a local teen beauty pageant upside down when they learn that Brenda and the other contestants are required to compete in a bikini competition.

Emmy winner Jackée plays both her sultry, man-hungry Sandra and her South American cousin, Conchita, who is desperately trying to avoid a man.

Olympic gold-medallist Florence Griffith Joyner helps put Brenda back on track after she loses a race.

Mary and Sandra are leaders of opposing teams of apartment building occupants battling each other on television's Family Feud.

Against Mary's better judgment, Lester and the neighbors invest in a Japanese restaurant, only to find themselves slinging sushi when the chef and staff quits.

While looking through a box of old photographs, Mary, Lester, Sandra, Pearl and Rose reminisce about the greatest moments they have spent together as residents of the same apartment building.

After Pearl is mugged in the park, Mary and Rose pose as elderly women to help Sandra, a newly appointed meter maid, nab the criminal.

In their efforts to inspire Alexandria to believe in Christmas, the tenants of 227 fall victim to a thief who masquerades as Santa Claus and takes all the gifts they planned to exchange.

While waiting to depart for Acapulco, Mary dreams she's in Casablanca, with Lester as the lovelorn "Rick" and Billy Dee Williams as Billy Dee Hasbro, her freedom fighter husband.

Unimpressed with Brenda's wisecracking history teacher, Mary has words with the school principal.

When her parents refuse to send her to Europe, Brenda turns to coercion by accepting a proposal of marriage from a visiting prince.

While on a hike with Alexandria and her Buttercup troop, Mary and Sandra capture an escaped killer.

In a flashback, Sandra recaps the highlights of her Love Connection date--which ruined Mary's dinner party and nearly cost Lester an important business deal.

Mary's partnership with a local baker turns stale when he tries to con her out of a cookie recipe that could be worth a fortune.

When a rich old man's fancy turns to thoughts of love and marriage, fiscally-minded Sandra must decide if making her geriatric suitor's final days happy is worth giving up her playgirl lifestyle.

After Dylan loses the kids' senior prom money in the stock market, Mary tries to save the day by posing as a rock magazine editor to persuade the famous rap group "Run D.M.C." to perform for free.

A deadlocked jury forces jurors Mary and Sandra to spend the night together in a hotel roam on Mary's anniversary, but a lonely Lester and a flirtatious bailiff keep the girls entertained.

Mary and Rose bet Sandra that they can stay on a diet longer than she can go without a date, but no one plays fair and the building swarms with good looking men and tempting taste treats.

With an impassioned speech, controversial educator Joe Clark inspires Mary to hire a young ex-con to work at her husband's construction company. The young man begins dating their daughter Brenda.

After getting trapped in the storeroom, Mary, Rose, Sandra and Pearl take a sentimental journey back as far as 1944 and reflect on their hilarious experiences at their Washington address.

Sandra moves to New York City and becomes the assistant manager of an upscale health club with an odd assortment of employees and customers.

Mary throws a surprise birthday party for Rose but Rose has an even bigger surprise when she announces she has sold the apartment building.