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The Jeffersons Season 2 |
| Episode 1 - [A Dinner For Harry] |
| Details : It's Harry Bentley's birthday and the Jeffersons are planning a birthday party at there apartment. However the joyous occasion is anything but when Tom arrives wearing the same dinner jacket as George. Meanwhile Helen keeps the fact that she was mugged from Tom due to the fact that Tom is at the end of his rope with New York. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Libertini | Marla Gibbs | Writer : Michael Ross | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Sep. 13, 1975 |
| Episode 2 - [George's First Vacation] |
| Details : George doesn't know what to do with himself on a Sunday the only day of the week George doesn't work. Tom quickly points out the obvious that George is a workaholic. Just to spite him George decides to show him that he can relax and decides to book him and Louise on a cruise. However Louise and George find themselves with a problem Mother Jefferson has invited herself along. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Sep. 20, 1975 |
| Episode 3 - [Louise's Daughter] |
| Details : When a young woman shows up at the Jefferson's door with the news that she thinks that she's Louise's daughter George has a fit and begins to doubt Louise. Especially since the young woman was born while George was in the Korean War. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Danny Wells as Charley | Diane Sommerfield | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Sep. 27, 1975 |
| Episode 4 - [Harry And Daphne] |
| Details : Harry is sure that his latest girlfriend Daphne is going to pop the question and doesn't have the heart to let her down. So he bolts to the Jefferson's bathroom. Meanwhile George tries to handle an inspector who's inspecting one of George's stores. However George's method to avoid paying a fine by blackmailing the inspector doesn't go over too well. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Melinda Dillon | René Auberjonois | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 04, 1975 |
| Episode 5 - [Mother Jefferson's Fall] |
| Details : After being ignored a hurt Mother Jefferson fakes a fall and gets all the attention she wants and proves to be an even bigger burden to Louise than usual. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Estelle Evans | Maidie Norman | Writer : Erik Tarloff | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 11, 1975 |
| Episode 6 - [Jefferson vs Jefferson] |
| Details : Things aren't going to well for George and Louise on their anniversary. First Louise must contend with the unwelcome Mother Jefferson and then she must contend with George's odd anniversary gift bicycles. She quickly learns his motive for buying them to meet Mr. Whittendale. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 18, 1975 |
| Episode 7 - [Uncle Bertram] |
| Details : Mother Jefferson encounters a masher in the elevator and later discovers he's Jenny's uncle. Things get out of hand when she locks him out on the balcony. Meanwhile George wants to buy antique furniture much to Louise's dismay. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Victor Kilian | Writer : Michael Ross | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 25, 1975 |
| Episode 8 - [Movin' On Down] |
| Details : George is sure that he's movin' back down the ladder after some financial setbacks. His worries soon turn into nightmares and with both Lionel asking for money and Florence asking for a raise George's worries don't appear to be ending anytime soon. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : David Isaacs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 01, 1975 |
| Episode 9 - [George Won't Talk] |
| Details : George is all excited about being invited to speak in front of some youths about his success that is until he discovers the place he is to speak at is in Harlem. Later George's fears are justified when his delivery van is looted. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert Guillaume | Ernest Lee Thomas | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 1975 |
| Episode 10 - [Jenny's Grandparents] |
| Details : Jenny is tired of the bickering between her two grandfathers who have been against each other ever since Tom and Helen wed. So this leads Jenny Louise and Mother Jefferson to concoct a scheme to get the two together at the Jeffersons' apartment since neither of the grandfathers will step foot in the Willis' apartment. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Victor Kilian | Leon Ames | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 1975 |
| Episode 11 - [George's Best Friend] |
| Details : George's old navy buddy Wendell comes for a visit and immediately begins making passes at Louise. Louise quickly finds herself in a difficult situation especially since she likes the unexpected attention since George has recently not been spending any time with her. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Louis Gossett Jr. | Writer : Whitey Mitchell | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 1975 |
| Episode 12 - [George And The Manager] |
| Details : George needs a new manager for his store on the first floor in the apartment building. However the person who's the most qualified for the job he refuses to hire for two reasons she's a woman and she's white. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Norma Donaldson | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 29, 1975 |
| Episode 13 - [George's Alibi] |
| Details : Lionel is in a car accident with the van which results in a broken headlight and dented fender. When Lionel doesn't tell George about it George becomes convinced he was in an accident which could get him in trouble with the mob. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Dec. 06, 1975 |
| Episode 14 - [Lunch With Mama] |
| Details : Louise realizes that Mother Jefferson has a strong hold on George when he refuses to cancel a monthly lunch with his mother and go with Louise to a funeral for a family friend. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : J.A. Preston | Writer : Michael Ross | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Dec. 13, 1975 |
| Episode 15 - [George vs Wall Street] |
| Details : A late night phone call makes George wide-awake when he learns that a flood in Illinois will cause his investment in the stock market to go through the roof. However George himself is the one going through the roof when he learns Lionel turned down an engineering job which quickly leads to a Jefferson Willis fight at the Willis apartment. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Dec. 20, 1975 |
| Episode 16 - [The Breakup Part 1] |
| Details : Lionel is desperate to pass a course but his odds are slim since his passing hinges on a paper he has to write about homosexuality. This leads George to buy a term paper for him but this leads to a tremendous blow up ending with Jenny and Lionel breaking up and Louise and Helen ending their friendship. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 03, 1976 |
| Episode 17 - [The Breakup Part 2] |
| Details : Tom and Helen debate on whether or not to take the first step and try to patch things up with George and Louise while Louise debates the same thing. Meanwhile Lionel makes a final decision about whether or not to use the ready made term paper. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marion Ramsey | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 1976 |
| Episode 18 - [Florence's Problem] |
| Details : Florence goes on a cleaning spree in the Jefferson's apartment as well as behaving extremely strange including kissing Harry and giving away a swimming award to Louise. This leads Louise to believe Florence is contemplating suicide. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1976 |
| Episode 19 - [Mother Jefferson's Birthday] |
| Details : Mother Jefferson is all excited about it being her 70th birthday and even more excited about what George is giving her for a gift. However George and Louise have totally forgotten all about it leading them to scramble to come up with something to please the old bitty. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lillian Randolph | Writer : Seaman Jacobs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1976 |
| Episode 20 - [Louise's Cookbook] |
| Details : Louise is offered the opportunity to write a cookbook for Tom's publishing company Pelham Publishing. However just as she gets started a green-eyed George tries his best to put an end to her cookbook. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Whitey Mitchell | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 07, 1976 |
| Episode 21 - [George Meets Whittendale] |
| Details : George is excited that he's going to finally meet Mr. Whittendale however a previous engagement with Harry could foil George's plans. Things get even worse for George when he becomes trapped in the bathroom with Tom and Helen. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 14, 1976 |
| Episode 22 - [Lionel's Problem] |
| Details : Prior to his graduation from college Lionel takes to drinking to ease the pressure of his expected success. Things come to a head when on the day of his graduation comes home drunk. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 21, 1976 |
| Episode 23 - [Tennis Anyone] |
| Details : George is all excited to be the newest member of an exclusive tennis club. However the real reasons for his induction slowly come to the surface after he meets the club's towel boy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Keene Curtis | Marla Gibbs | Ray Sharkey | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1976 |
| Episode 24 - [The Wedding] |
| Details : After reading an article about Harry Belafonte renewing his marriage vows George decides to do the same thing. However Louise has second thoughts when she gets into an argument with George over her being an equal partner in Jefferson Cleaners. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Mar. 06, 1976 |