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227 Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Men's Club
Sat, Sep 26, 198724 mins
Lester's Uncle's men's club is honoring him. Mary wants to be there with him but his Uncle says that no women are allowed. Mary then decides to dress up like a man and go to the award ceremony as does Sandra.
Episode 2
Low Noon
Sat, Oct 3, 198724 mins
Mary dreams about a Western musical showdown when a friend of Sandra's intends to open a club in her neighborhood.
Episode 3
There Goes the Building
Sat, Oct 17, 198724 mins
Sandra is dating the IRS man who audited Mary. They later learn that the man is planning to buy the building. Later they learn he plans to tear down the building to make condos which everyone will be kicked out. They launch a protest to stop him and do. But later an inspector comes and when he cites so many violations, Rose has to sell. Mary suspects the guy is behind it.
Episode 4
And Baby Makes Three
Sat, Oct 24, 198724 mins
Brenda and Calvin take care of a pig for a class project designed to teach the seriousness of teenage pregnancy.
Episode 5
Bull's Eye
Sat, Oct 31, 198724 mins
Mary is suspicious of her new neighbor just because he throws knives.
Episode 6
Teach Me Tonight: Part 1
Sat, Nov 7, 198724 mins
Sandra falls for a schoolteacher, who's willing to give up his job for an executive position with a high salary.
Episode 7
Teach Me Tonight: Part 2
Sat, Nov 14, 198724 mins
Sandra and Mitchell have doubts about their wedding.
Episode 8
See You in Court
Sat, Nov 21, 198724 mins
Mary, Rose, and Pearl are toying around with Brenda's new keyboard, and Mary sings a song she wrote in high school. Sandra stops by and Mary sings the song for her. Sandra helped her edit it, and Brenda gave the song to Mary Wilson (of the Supremes), who offered to publish the song. When Mary is offered $5000 for the song and refuses to share with Sandra, Sandra sues Mary.
Episode 9
The Honeymoon's Over
Sat, Nov 28, 198724 mins
Lester's cousin Ed and his wife Sherry are visiting Mary and Lester. Ed is absolutely devoted to Sherry and still treats her like they're still on a honeymoon after 5 years of marriage, but Sherry feels stifled by him. Sherry announces to Mary that she's leaving Ed, and surreptitiously leaves during dinner. A depressed Ed mopes around the apartment and it's up to Mary, Lester, Rose, Pearl, and Sandra to cheer him up.
Episode 10
Rapture
Sat, Dec 5, 198723 mins
Calvin and his friend Eddie are about to fail history, so they have a tutor help them. When the tutor is an attractive young woman who inadvertently distracts them, Mary and Rose decide to help them. When both of their efforts fail, Lester decides to help out. Unfortunately, the boys still fail their final exam. Mary helps them get a second chance, but it is up to the Jenkins to get the boys back on track.
Episode 11
The Facade
Sat, Dec 12, 198724 mins
The ladies go to a self-help seminar and Mary meets a developer who has a 50 million dollar museum job. Rose recommends Lester for the job, but when Mary tells Lester about it, he says he can't manage the job because his company is too small. In spite of that, Mary agrees to meet with the developer and uses Sandra's boyfriend's penthouse to make her and Lester appear more affluent than they are.
Episode 12
The Talk Show
Sat, Jan 2, 198824 mins
Sandra gets a job as a weather girl at a cable-TV station following her appearance on a talk show.
Episode 13
Snowbound
Sat, Jan 9, 198824 mins
The residents of 227 gather in Mary's apartment during a blizzard.
Episode 14
Shall We Dance?
Sat, Jan 16, 198824 mins
Lester takes Rose to a dance where he sees his high-school sweetheart.
Episode 15
The Sing-Off
Sat, Jan 23, 198824 mins
Mary plays host to her ill-mannered competitor in a big choir contest.
Episode 16
Sweet Sixteen
Sat, Jan 30, 198824 mins
Mary forbids Brenda from going on a date with Calvin before her 16th birthday.
Episode 17
The Roommate
Sat, Feb 6, 198824 mins
Sandra's roommate steals her boyfriend.
Episode 18
The Big Deal
Sat, Feb 13, 198824 mins
Mary deals with a corporate lawyer Lester is trying to impress.
Episode 19
The New Neighbors
Sat, Feb 20, 198824 mins
When Rose needs a new handyman for the building. One of the kids' friends at school suggests his father, who is actuality a concert violinist. But he tries his best so that they could stay in the handyman's apartment.
Episode 20
Blues
Sat, Feb 27, 198824 mins
Brenda accidentally destroys her grandfather's special recording of a classic blues song.
Episode 21
The Butler Did It
Sat, Mar 12, 198824 mins
Mary and Rose share the butler they won in a raffle.
Episode 22
My Aching Back
Sat, Apr 9, 198824 mins
A director and his assistant are preparing to shoot a scene for a movie in front of 227. When Sandra tries to insinuate herself into the movie by auditioning for a one-line speaking part, she is unable to deliver the line he way the director wants her to. When Mary tries to help her, the director chooses her for the part instead. Sandra becomes upset that Mary stole her part. However, out of nervousness, Mary throws out her back. Rose and Lester try various remedies to help her recover in time to deliver the line.
Episode 23
Country Cousins
Sat, Apr 30, 198824 mins
Mary and Lester go to the reading of Lester's uncle's will. Lester discovers that he has white cousins, and they have to live under the same roof for a week to collect the $10,000 inheritance. Since the cousins live in Arkansas, Mary and Lester invite them to stay at 227. However, Mary is nervous when she feels that their presence could cost her the presidency of the Ladies Auxiliary Club.
Episode 24
Best Friends
Sat, May 7, 198824 mins
Mary goes on a journey of self-analysis after receiving a visit from her best friend, now famous psychiatrist.