This popular sitcom that starred Marla Gibbs, who played Florence Johnston for many years on The Jeffersons, got her own show. She played Mary Jenkins, a housewife who lived with her contractor husband, Lester and their 14-year-old daughter Brenda. Mary's best friend was Rose Lee Holloway, who used to sit out with her on the stoop of the apartment building (#227) and discuss many things, especially Sandra Clark, the wise-cracking, hyperactive, and often scatter-brained woman from upstairs. Rose…
This popular sitcom that starred Marla Gibbs, who played Florence Johnston for many years on The Jeffersons, got her own show. She played Mary Jenkins, a housewife who lived with her contractor husband, Lester and their 14-year-old daughter Brenda. Mary's best friend was Rose Lee Holloway, who used to sit out with her on the stoop of the apartment building (#227) and discuss many things, especially Sandra Clark, the wise-cracking, hyperactive, and often scatter-brained woman from upstairs. Rose…
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Seasons (5)
Season 1
14 Sep 1985 – 3 May 1986 · 22 episodes
1Honesty14 Sep 1985
2Mary's Brother21 Sep 1985
3Family Hero28 Sep 1985
4The Refrigerator5 Oct 1985
5Do You Love Me?19 Oct 1985
6Pilot26 Oct 1985
7The Sidewalk Sale2 Nov 1985
8A Letter to the President9 Nov 1985
9Pity the Poor Working Girl16 Nov 1985
10Football Widow23 Nov 1985
11A Daughter is a Precious Thing30 Nov 1985
12The Big Piano Play-Off7 Dec 1985
13Mary's Christmas14 Dec 1985
14The Bed of Rose's4 Jan 1986
15Brenda's Last Date11 Jan 1986
16A Young Man's Fancy18 Jan 1986
17We the People1 Feb 1986
18Redecorating Blues8 Feb 1986
19Fifty Big Ones15 Feb 1986
20Slam Dunked22 Feb 1986
21Pick Six8 Mar 1986
22Young Man with a Job3 May 1986
Season 2
4 Oct 1986 – 6 Jun 1987 · 22 episodes
1The Wheel of Misfortune4 Oct 1986
2Mary Nightingale11 Oct 1986
3Washington Affair1 Nov 1986
4The Great Manhunt8 Nov 1986
5Temptations15 Nov 1986
6Pillow Talk22 Nov 1986
7Come Into My Parlor29 Nov 1986
8Father's Day6 Dec 1986
9Author, Author13 Dec 1986
10Matchmakers3 Jan 1987
11The Handwriting on the Wall10 Jan 1987
12A Matter of Choice17 Jan 1987
13Got a Job24 Jan 1987
14Far from the Tree7 Feb 1987
15Toyland14 Feb 1987
16The Audit21 Feb 1987
17A Good Citizen28 Feb 1987
18Happy Twentieth7 Mar 1987
19The Fourth Time Around21 Mar 1987
20Rich Kid11 Apr 1987
21The Working Game23 May 1987
22Check Snub6 Jun 1987
Season 3
26 Sep 1987 – 7 May 1988 · 24 episodes
1Men's Club26 Sep 1987
2Low Noon3 Oct 1987
3There Goes the Building17 Oct 1987
4And Baby Makes Three24 Oct 1987
5Bull's Eye (a.k.a.) Mistaken Identity31 Oct 1987
6Teach Me Tonight (1)7 Nov 1987
7Teach Me Tonight (2)14 Nov 1987
8See You in Court (a.k.a.) They're Playing Our Song21 Nov 1987
9The Honeymoon's Over (a.k.a.) The Most Happy Marriage28 Nov 1987
10Rapture5 Dec 1987
11The Facade (a.k.a.) Tangled Web12 Dec 1987
12The Talk Show2 Jan 1988
13Snowbound9 Jan 1988
14Shall We Dance?16 Jan 1988
15The Sing-Off23 Jan 1988
16Sweet Sixteen30 Jan 1988
17The Roommate6 Feb 1988
18The Big Deal13 Feb 1988
19The New Neighbors20 Feb 1988
20Blues27 Feb 1988
21The Butler Did It12 Mar 1988
22My Aching Back9 Apr 1988
23Country Cousins30 Apr 1988
24Best Friends7 May 1988
Season 4
8 Oct 1988 – 13 May 1989 · 24 episodes
1The Whiz Kid8 Oct 1988
2Hide the Star22 Oct 1988
3A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant29 Oct 1988