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227 Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1989 - 1990
Episode 1
Take My Diva... Please!
Sat, Sep 23, 198925 mins
Mary's church opera benefit is jeopardized by a diva who blames her for losing her voice and Sandra for losing her boyfriend.
Episode 2
Tenants, Anyone?
Sat, Sep 30, 198925 mins
The new landlord keeps avoiding the tenants of 227, while Dylan looks for a new roommate.
Episode 3
A Pampered Tale
Sat, Oct 14, 198925 mins
While Mary and the girls are getting pampered at a health spa, Lester and the boys are pampering an abandoned baby Travis found in his limo.
Episode 4
The Fight of the Century
Sat, Oct 21, 198925 mins
Mary and Lester have a fight that could end their marriage -- she made him miss a prizefight.
Episode 5
How the West Was Fun: Part 1
Sat, Oct 28, 198925 mins
The Jenkins, Sandra, Pearl, Rose, and Dylan vacation at a ranch in Arizona. Mary convinces Sandra and Rose to participate in a treasure hunt, and Dylan has his sights set on a ranch girl.
Episode 6
How the West Was Fun: Part 2
Sat, Nov 4, 198924 mins
When water rustlers take the women hostage, Lester creates a posse to find them.
Episode 7
Video Activity
Sat, Nov 11, 198925 mins
Bobby Brown is shooting a video at Brenda's high school, so she plagiarizes an old essay of Mary's in order to be an extra.
Episode 8
Flying Down to Leo's
Sat, Nov 18, 198925 mins
On their way to Lester's birthday party, Mary and Sandra encounter gang members trying to claim them as their biker chicks.
Episode 9
Reunion Blues
Sat, Nov 25, 198925 mins
Dylan's mother moves in with him after she leaves his father and starts dating Julian.
Episode 10
The Perfume Game
Sat, Dec 2, 198925 mins
Sandra's boss at the ad agency steals her idea for a slogan promoting a new perfume.
Episode 11
War Is Heck
Sat, Dec 9, 198925 mins
Calvin wants to quit school and join the Army, so Lester puts him through a mock boot camp.
Episode 12
Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas
Sat, Dec 16, 198925 mins
Mary decides to invite Julian to her Christmas Eve party in order to liven things up.
Episode 13
There Go the Clowns
Sat, Dec 23, 198925 mins
Mary dresses up as a clown to erase a nasty message she left on the answering machine of Lester's business partner -- an eccentric novelties magnate.
Episode 14
Come the Revolution
Sat, Dec 30, 198925 mins
Brenda starts her own revolution when Mary and Lester force her to return a revealing dress.
Episode 15
Where Do We Go From Here?
Sat, Jan 6, 199025 mins
As Lester sleeps in church, he dreams that he and Mary go to heaven, hell and a 227 where they wouldn't exist.
Episode 16
Play Christy for Me
Sat, Jan 13, 199025 mins
Lester gets a temporary gig as a DJ and when a woman calls him and is clearly hitting on him. When he talks to Mary about she says that if it ever really happens he'll run like a scared rabbit. And he says no. Later an attractive shows up and hits on him and he tells her no but she keeps on coming. Later he learns what's going on and decides to have some fun.
Episode 17
Knock It Off
Sat, Jan 27, 199024 mins
Dylan and Travis find some money and they want to keep it but Mary tells them to turn it in and after a certain period of time if no one claims it, it's theirs. And just as they are about to get the money, a guy shows up claiming the money is his. But they refuse to give it to him, but the guy turns out to be a mobster and he threatens them. And eventually everyone shows up and he holds them there. And it's on the day Mary and her family are suppose to go on vacation.
Episode 18
Do Not Pass Go: Part 1
Sat, Feb 3, 199024 mins
On a trip to Atlantic City, Mary is on a hot streak and Rose thinks Warren may be the one.
Episode 19
Do Not Pass Go: Part 2
Sat, Feb 10, 199024 mins
Mary's luck runs out in Atlantic City, while Rose catches Warren with another woman and Travis blows a comedy contest.
Episode 20
You Gotta Have Art
Sat, Feb 17, 199024 mins
Mary unintentionally creates a pop-art sensation when she helps Eva straighten up the gallery and makes an appearance on "The Joan Rivers Show".
Episode 21
Gone Fishing
Sat, Feb 24, 199024 mins
Julian is getting a divorce and he needs Mary to make sure his soon-to-be ex-wife doesn't get 227.
Episode 22
Nightmare on 227
Sat, Apr 21, 199024 mins
Mary is cast as a slasher in a movie, but she has an unplanned rehearsal with a dean from NYU.
Episode 23
The Class of '90
Sun, Apr 29, 199024 mins
As Brenda prepares for graduation, Mary receives a lesson in plastic surgery from her hospital roommate, and Lester gives his father's girlfriend low points.
Episode 24
No Place Like Home
Sun, May 6, 199023 mins
Mary dreams about being homeless when she thinks a plea for help from a street person is a threat to her safety.