Name: 227: We The People
Uploaded: 1986-01-31T16:00:00-08:00
Duration: 24 min 15 s
Description: When Lester's supposedly wealthy friend mysteriously accepts work as the building handyman, Mary sets out reveal his real motive and accidentally unveils more than one skeleton harbored in his 'closet.'

Mary may be faced with eviction when 227's stingy landlord dies, and her nemesis Sandra is in line to inherit the building.

Pilot

When Mary can't solve daughter Brenda's boy problems, Brenda enlists the aid of an expert -- Mary's nemesis, Sandra, their sultry, sexy and 'man-wise' neighbor.

A Daughter Is A Precious Thing

Young Calvin's unemployment has gotten everyone at '227' so concerned that 'always-involved' Mary badgers husband Lester into hiring him--but when Lester is forced to fire the awkward teenager, the residents explode.

Young Man With A Job

After Mary's refrigerator breaks down, her sly and opportunistic neighbor Sandra readily agrees to use her 'influence' on their stingy landlord to get her a new one--in exchange for Mary lending her apartment to Sandra for one of her 'small gatherings.'

The Refrigerator

Mary Jenkins, the irrepressible meddler and protector of '227' gives honesty a beating after she backs into a neighbor's parked car and then calls upon her 'man-wise' nemesis Sandra to use her feminine wiles to calm the handsome man's anger.

Honesty

Mary fires Cupid's arrow at her brother Lewis and best friend Rose, but she misses the mark when Lewis sets his own sights on resident vamp Sandra.

Mary's Brother

Brenda's genealogy assignment triggers a war between her mother Mary and neighbor Sandra over famous ancestors--but Mary's pride soon goes AWOL when she learns her family tree has root rot.

Family Hero

Both Mary and Sandra get a different view of womanhood when housewife Mary attempts to rekindle lost love by 'steppin' out' with husband Lester, while party-happy Sandra is homebound with her six-year-old niece for the weekend.

Do You Love Me?

Everyone's abuzz when the 'birds and the bees' invade '227,' but Brenda and Calvin may wind up getting stung when Mary discovers their secret rendezvous.

Brenda's Last Date

Mary's friends head for the highway after she implicates them in an angry letter to the President about a street pothole--but they make a quick U-turn when they discover the President himself is coming to fill in the hole.

A Letter To The President

Mary gets caught up in the fervor of a sidewalk sale to help new landlady Rose make some much-needed building repairs and sells off Lester's favorite lamp--unaware that he's stashed the sale's proceeds in it.

The Sidewalk Sale

Mary begins to fret when Sandra--fired from her previous job because of a boss' jealous wife--lands a position at Lester's construction firm.

Pity The Poor Working Girl

Trying to tackle the loneliness of football widowhood, Mary snags tickets to the big game--but she fumbles her chance to score points with Lester when she insists on going along.

Football Widow

When Mary buys a piano, Rose peddles her teaching services to both her and Sandra--and the two pupils' rivalry inspires a competitive recital to determine who's learned more in three weeks.

The Big Piano Playoff

When their church loses its lease, Mary coaxes an already overburdened Lester into supervising its move to a new location--but the parishioners are left without a place to worship on Christmas Day when the building mysteriously disappears

Mary's Christmas

Mary and Sandra offer differing opinions when Rose is asked to spend the weekend in New York with the man of her dreams--who also happens to be one of Sandra's ex-nightmares.

The Bed Of Rose's

When Calvin stays at the Jenkins' for the weekend, he misreads Sandra's attempts to cheer him up and falls madly in love with her, putting Mary in an awkward position.

A Young Man's Fancy

When Lester's supposedly wealthy friend mysteriously accepts work as the building handyman, Mary sets out reveal his real motive and accidentally unveils more than one skeleton harbored in his 'closet.'

We The People

Lester's dreams of cashing in his bonus from work for a new sports car come to a screeching halt when burglars break in and clean out the apartment--fueling Mary's desire to get new furniture.

The Redecorating Blues

Mary and Brenda cry foul when Sandra hooks up with a pro basketball player whose arrogant moves and behind-the-back 'passes' rub off on impressionable Calvin.

Slam Dunked

Mary and Lester throw an extravagant bash for her parents' 50th wedding anniversary, only to find that the guests of honor aren't speaking to each other. Veteran performers Beah Richards and Whitman Mayo guest star as Mary's feuding parents.

Fifty Big Ones

Mary gambles her relationship with Rose and Pearl when she belittles their passion for the lottery, but the odds of losing their friendship increase when Sandra spies Mary playing a hunch and buying her own ticket.

We The People

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