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The Jeffersons Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Louise's Painting
Wed, Sep 20, 1978 30 mins
George approves of Louise's art lessons until she produces her first painting---a male nude. Louise: Isabel Sanford. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Ms. Pomeroy: Sara Seegar. Charlie: Robert Doolittle.
Episode 2
Homecoming
Wed, Sep 27, 1978 30 mins
George needs a warehouse, so he befriends Tom's son who just inherited one. First of two parts. Tom: Franklin Cover. Louise: Isabel Sanford. Helen: Roxie Roker. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Jenny: Berlinda Tolbert.
Episode 3
Homecoming
Wed, Oct 4, 1978 30 mins
Conclusion. Allan has a falling-out with his father and George offers to take him in. Tom: Franklin Cover. Louise: Isabel Sanford.
Episode 4
How Slowly They Forget
Wed, Oct 11, 1978 30 mins
George seeks out an old Navy buddy to help Louise get a permit for the Help Center. Isabel Sanford. Helen: Roxie Roker. Allan: Jay Hammer. Charlie: Danny Wells. Bentley: Paul Benedict.
Episode 5
George's Dream
Wed, Oct 18, 1978 30 mins
George dreams that Louise and their friends celebrate his company's 25th anniversary after he's dead. Tom: Franklin Cover. Hawkins: James A. Watson Jr. Helen: Roxie Roker. Leroy: Vernon Washington.
Episode 6
George's New Stockbroker
Wed, Nov 1, 1978 30 mins
George's stockbroker is a former ventriloquist who was once institutionalized. George: Sherman Hemsley. Louise: Isabel Sanford. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Fireman: Jack Knight.
Episode 7
Me and Billy Dee
Sat, Nov 4, 1978 30 mins
George connives to get Billy Dee Williams to speak at a fund-raiser. Louise: Isabel Sanford. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Helen: Roxie Roker. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Ralph: Ned Wertimer.
Episode 8
Half a Brother
Wed, Nov 8, 1978 30 mins
George is trying to impress a white banker, while Allan (Jay Hammer) wants to impress the official's daughter. Phil Taylor: Edward Grover. Debbie: Sally Hightower. Louise: Isabel Sanford.
Episode 9
What Are Friends For?
Wed, Nov 22, 1978 30 mins
George's favorite cousin needs a kidney transplant---and a donor. Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford. Allan: Jay Hammer. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker.
Episode 10
George Who?
Wed, Nov 29, 1978 30 mins
Louise loses her memory as the result of a mugging. Sherman Hemsley. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Helen: Roxie Roker. Tom: Franklin Cover. Leroy: Vernon Washington.
Episode 11
Harry's House Guest
Wed, Dec 13, 1978 30 mins
George helps Bentley (Paul Benedict) get rid of an unwanted houseguest. Isabel Sanford. Felicia: Carol Swarbick. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Charlie: Danny Wells.
Episode 12
George Finds a Father
Wed, Dec 20, 1978 30 mins
The revelation of a secret by George's old guardian puts a damper on Christmas spirit. Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Zeke: Raymond Allen. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. Ralph: Ned Wertimer.
Episode 13
Louise's Sister
Wed, Jan 3, 1979 30 mins
When Louise and her sister are reunited after 30 years, a long-simmering rivalry comes to a boil. Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. Bentley: Paul Benedict.
Episode 14
Louise's Reunion
Wed, Jan 10, 1979 30 mins
George's will stipulates that Louise would lose everything if she remarried. Isabel Sanford, Sherman Helmsley. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Ralph: Ned Wertimer. Bo Morrison: Ernie Wheelwright.
Episode 15
A Bedtime Story
Wed, Jan 24, 1979 30 mins
George has been having troubles in the bedroom, and his anxiety is only making matters worse. Isabel Sanford. Dr. Beamish: Barrie Youngfellow. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Bentley: Paul Benedict.
Episode 16
Florence Meets Mr Right
Wed, Jan 31, 1979 30 mins
Florence's boyfriend is coming for dinner---with an appetite for matrimony. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Buzz Thatcher: Larry McCormick. George: Sherman Hemsley. Louise: Isabel Sanford. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. Bentley: Paul Benedict.
Episode 17
Louise's Award
Wed, Feb 7, 1979 30 mins
George resorts to bribery to ensure that Louise wins a Volunteer of the Year award. Elliott Kane: John Bottoms. Councilman Perry: Edmund Stoiber. Tom: Franklin Cover. Helen: Roxie Roker. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Allan: Jay Hammer. Bentley: Paul Benedict.
Episode 18
The Other Woman
Wed, Feb 21, 1979 30 mins
Helen is suspicious of a blonde who is accompanying Tom on a business trip. George: Sherman Hemsley. Florence: Marla Gibbs. J.R.: Jack Manning. Mother: Darlene Conley.
Episode 19
The Holdout
Wed, Feb 28, 1979 30 mins
George refuses to sell his store to make way for a construction project that would displace hundreds of people. Louise: Isabel Sanford. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Leroy: Vernon Washington. Helen: Roxie Roker. Woodley: James Ray. Sterling James: Sweet Dick Whittington. Bill Walters: Peter Turgeon. Jim Baker: Robert Phalen.
Episode 20
The Ones You Love
Wed, Mar 7, 1979 30 mins
George and Louise (Isabel Sanford) have a spat just before they are to be interviewed as a happily married black couple. Tom: Franklin Cover. Allan: Jay Hammer. Florence: Marla Gibbs. Albert: David Downing.
Episode 21
Every Night Fever
Wed, Mar 28, 1979 30 mins
George reluctantly goes to a disco---and catches disco fever. Isabel Sanford. Helen: Roxie Roker. Tom: Franklin Cover. Wentworth: Emory Bass.
Episode 22
Three Faces of Florence
Wed, Apr 4, 1979 30 mins
Trying to impress an eligible doctor with tales of her varied pursuits, Florence convinces him that she has multiple personalities. Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford. Bentley: Paul Benedict. Nancy: Jane Brody.
Episode 23
Louise's Convention
Wed, Apr 11, 1979 30 mins
George's and Louise's business commitments threaten to conflict with their anniversary, but neither knows how to tell the other. Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford. Howard: Sam McMurray. Jeanie: Sheryl Lee Ralph. Helen: Roxie Roker.
Episode 24
The Freeze-in
Wed, Apr 18, 1979 30 mins
Bentley and the Willises (Franklin Cover, Roxie Roker) congregate at the Jeffersons' when the heat goes off. Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford. Florence: Marla Gibbs.
