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First Aired: January 18th, 1975
Status: Ended
Genre: Comedy
Network: CBS
Summary: Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
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Season 8
Episode 1: The Separation (1)
Air Date: October 4th, 1981
Summary: Louise and George are heartbroken when they discover Lionel and Jenny are having marital problems that result in a separation. This prompts George, Louise, Helen and Tom to convene to try to get them back together.
Episode 2: The Separation (2)
Air Date: October 11st, 1981
Summary: Due to the separation, Lionel is living at home with George and Louise. This prompts George to trick a marriage counselor into showing up at the Jefferson's apartment for the intention of bring Lionel and Jenny back together.
Episode 3: Louise's Father
Air Date: October 18th, 1981
Summary: A newspaper photo alerts George to the fact that the man in the photo could very well be Louise's father, since they both have the same name. Louise refuses to entertain this notion since she believes that her father died when she was young. However, George learns the truth after visiting the man.
Episode 4: My Maid, Your Maid
Air Date: October 25th, 1981
Summary: With Florence working at a new job, Louise and George decide to hire a new maid. However, George and Louise are at odds when they each have separate candidates in mind for the position.
Episode 5: I've Still Got It
Air Date: November 1st, 1981
Summary: George has become convinced that age is taking it's toll on him, with a receding hairline and larger midsection. To try to revitalize him, Louise sends him some flowers with a seductive note at his office. However, George becomes convinced the flowers are from his secretary.
Episode 6: Florence Did it Different (1)
Air Date: November 8th, 1981
Summary: Constant bickering between George and Carmen prompts Louise to tell Carmen how Florence handled George (via flashbacks). However, just as Carmen gets a handle on how to handle George, Florence shows up with news that the hotel burned down and she would like her old job back.
Episode 7: Florence Did it Different (2)
Air Date: November 15th, 1981
Summary: When Florence learns the Jeffersons have hired a new maid she decides to let Carmen have the job. However, Carmen doesn't want to take Florence's job away from her so she decides to let her have it. With both Florence and Carmen at odds over who should keep the job, Louise decides to hire them both. However, on the sly, Florence makes plans to get fired.
Episode 8: The House That George Built
Air Date: November 29th, 1981
Summary: George wants everyone to know him when he dies so he sets out to create himself into a legend. First he tries writing a book about his life but he then changes his mind and does the unthinkable. He buys a building and turns it into the George Jefferson Museum, complete with exhibits about his life and times.
Episode 9: A Whole Lot of Trouble
Air Date: December 6th, 1981
Summary: Louise is furious when she learns that George is the businessman who plans on building over a local children's playground. However, George has second thoughts after he makes a visit to the playground.
Episode 10: I've Got a Secret
Air Date: December 20th, 1981
Summary: When George discovers Louise is keeping a diary, he goes all out to try to read it. Including staying up all night to try to wriggle it out of Louise's clutches. However, one day when she leaves it unguarded, George takes a peek and is shocked by it's contents which detail a number of affairs that Louise appears to be carrying on.
Episode 11: A Charmed Life
Air Date: December 27th, 1981
Summary: George doesn't understand why he wasn't invited to a posh gala event at the Whittendale apartment, until Tom, Helen, Louise and Florence break the news the Whittendale ""hates his guts."" Wanting to earn some respect, George takes charm lessons in order to live up to the standards of the behavior of ""rich folks""
Episode 12: Thammy the Thongwriter
Air Date: January 3rd, 1982
Summary: George and Louise receive a post card from Harry, who's been transfered out of the country. Soon after, they meet the man who's moving into Harry's old apartment, a jingle writer whom George tries to get to write a jingle for his business. However, jingles are far from his mind, since he's having marital problems.
Episode 13: I Spy
Air Date: January 17th, 1982
Summary: Helen's comments that Tom hasn't been paying any attention to her, fuel George's belief that she is having an affair especially since he sees her and another man having lunch together. This leads George to bring Tom down to the restaurant to see for himself.
Episode 14: Dog-Gone
Air Date: January 24th, 1982
Summary: George has the task of taking care of Mr. Whittendale's wife's pet Doberman. However, when a freak accident occurs, ending in the dog's death, George is scared that he will end up on the streets.
Episode 15: Blazing Jeffersons
Air Date: January 31st, 1982
Summary: George is distraught when he learns that his Brooklyn store has burned down due to faulty wiring. However, Tom raises his spirits by reminding him that his insurance will cover it by taking to court the person responsible for the faulty wiring. Just then George remembers who put in the wiring, Lionel.
Episode 16: Men of the Cloth
Air Date: February 7th, 1982
Summary: For Jessica's baptism, Louise wants Florence and her gospel singing group to perform and Jenny agrees with her. However, George wants someone else and sets out to get Andrae Crouch to preform at the baptism, going so far as to say he is a reverend.
Episode 17: A Case of Self-Defense
Air Date: February 21st, 1982
Summary: When Lionel and Jenny's apartment gets broken into, George begins to worry that his apartment could just as easily be broken into. His solution: buy a gun, something that Louise is totally against. However, George buys one on the sly and later proves to be a dangerous possession.
Episode 18: My Wife, I Think I'll Keep Her
Air Date: March 7th, 1982
Summary: Upset that their husbands do not feel they should be involved in business matters, Louise and Helen move in together leaving George and Tom to live together in the Jefferson apartment. All this prompted by George not consulting Louise about a commercial he was making and Tom's plans to go ahead publishing a book by written by a sexist.
Episode 19: Guess Who's Not Coming to Dinner?
Air Date: March 14th, 1982
Summary: Louise, George, Tom and Helen plan a surprise party for Florence just to let her know how much they appreciate her friendship. However, when Florence walks in on the planning stages Tom makes an excuse and tells her she's invited but only to serve the meal. This prompts Florence to drown her sorrows in a $500 bottle of wine George just bought.
Episode 20: The Strays (1)
Air Date: March 21st, 1982
Summary: For their anniversary, George decides to replace the setting on Louise's wedding ring. Meanwhile, one of George's messenger's is robbed by an all-female street gang who gets away with the week's proceeds. Trying to combat the gang, George is stabbed and left for dead but not before they steal Louise's ring.
Episode 21: The Strays (2)
Air Date: March 28th, 1982
Episode 22: Jeffersons Greatest Hits
Air Date: April 11st, 1982
Summary: A record producer follows Florence home from church, after hearing her gospel singing. Once at the Jefferson's apartment, he offers Florence the chance to make a record in exchange for $1200. Smelling a con, Louise and George try to stop Florence from making a big mistake that would cost her dearly.
Episode 23: A Small Victory
Air Date: April 18th, 1982
Summary: Louise and Helen consider leaving the Help Center due to lack of involvement from others as well as lack of funds. However, just as they're about to call it quits, a young hooker named Maggie walks in the door.
Episode 24: Lesson in Love
Air Date: May 2nd, 1982
Summary: Florence becomes depressed when her latest boyfriend doesn't call her for a second date. She later is asked out by a police officer and in order to keep him interested her, George gives Florence some tips on what men like in a woman.
Episode 25: Do Not Forsake Me, Oh, My Helen
Air Date: May 16th, 1982
Summary: Helen gets an invitation to have lunch with an old boyfriend and Tom is seething with jealousy. This leads him to have a dream about the Old West where he has a shootout with Pecos Darryl, a man after Helen's heart.
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