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The Jeffersons Season 3 |
| Episode 1 - [George And The President] |
| Details : George's rival in the dry cleaning business Cunningham is running a campaign due to the Bicentennial celebration. This prompts George to come up with his own campaign and decides to dress up as Thomas Jefferson to lure in new customers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | David Dukes | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Sep. 25, 1976 |
| Episode 2 - [Louise Gets Her Way] |
| Details : Florence breaks down and tells Louise that she's losing her apartment due to the fact that the building is going to be torn down this leads Louise to offer Florence a live-in maid position at the Jeffersons. Now the only problem is to get George to allow her to accept the job. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 02, 1976 |
| Episode 3 - [Louise Suspects] |
| Details : George is sneaking around trying to hide the fact that he's opening another store. He goes so far as to convince Louise he's having an affair after she discovers a love letter she thinks is to him from a woman named Adele. However Adele is really Bentley's girlfriend and Adele wrote the letter to Bentley. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 09, 1976 |
| Episode 4 - [The Lie Detector] |
| Details : Lionel is ecstatic about his first day at his new job. However when he is forced to take a lie detector test to verify everything in his portfolio he promptly quits. Meanwhile Louise and George plan for a family portrait to be taken. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Macon McCalman | Writer : Tedd Anasti | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 16, 1976 |
| Episode 5 - [George's Diploma] |
| Details : George sets out to get a diploma after Lionel lies about George's education to his college pals saying he graduated from Harvard. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 23, 1976 |
| Episode 6 - [The Retirement Party] |
| Details : George is ready to sell out to a big corporation after a company makes him a lucrative offer. This would make him a vice president however after reading over a booklet on the rules and regulations George discovers that this would also mean some of his best workers will be forced into retirement. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard Ward | Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 1976 |
| Episode 7 - [Lionel's Pad] |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 10, 1976 |
| Episode 8 - [Tom The Hero] |
| Details : George becomes indebted to Tom after he gives George the Heimlich remover at Charlie's bar when George begins to choke on some popcorn. However George quickly finds away to end the debt after everyone makes a fuss over Tom's good deed. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 17, 1976 |
| Episode 9 - [Jenny's Discovery] |
| Details : Jenny comes down with a case of premarital jitters and begins to doubt her feelings for Lionel. However her feelings are tested when George Tom and Lionel all appear to have been in a bus crash on their way to a football game. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Nov. 24, 1976 |
| Episode 10 - [The Agreement] |
| Details : George interferes in Lionel and Jenny's relationship by suggesting to Lionel that he have Jenny sign a pre-nuptial agreement. This leads to Jenny and Lionel to get into an argument which ends in them calling off the wedding. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Dec. 08, 1976 |
| Episode 11 - [Florence In Love] |
| Details : One early morning Louise and George are startled to discover a man in the kitchen it isn't until after George threatens to beat him with a trophy that he learns that Florence let him spend the night. This leads to a major argument resulting in Florence quitting her job. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Robert DoQui | Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Dec. 15, 1976 |
| Episode 12 - [The Christmas Wedding] |
| Details : Christmas eve brings disharmony to the Jefferson household when George argues with Tom over the preparations for Lionel and Jenny's wedding which is to take place that evening. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Dec. 22, 1976 |
| Episode 13 - [Louise Forgets] |
| Details : Louise is reading a book to try to help her to remember things but the one thing George doesn't want her to forget she does. She forgets to call his broker to invest some money after he gets a stock tip. Meanwhile Florence takes a Judo class. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 05, 1977 |
| Episode 14 - [Bentley's Problem] |
| Details : Harry is having problems with the person who parks his car next to him in the garage. Seeking advice Harry goes to George. However George's advice lands Harry in jail after he punches out a police officer. Meanwhile Louise is looking forward to a trip to California. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 12, 1977 |
| Episode 15 - [Jefferson Airplane] |
| Details : Louise is fed up with George's workaholic attitude and urges him to get a hobby. However the hobby he chooses has her worried sick he's decided to take up flying. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Billy Sands | Conrad Janis | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 17, 1977 |
| Episode 16 - [George's Guilt] |
| Details : George feels guilty for not staying in touch with the members of a childhood gang after the death of one of the members. This leads George to hold a reunion at the apartment which also leads to a confrontation with the leader JoJo. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Lee Weaver | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1977 |
| Episode 17 - [A Case Of Black And White] |
| Details : George's latest business deal is with a black man married to a white woman so when he invites them over for dinner he also has Tom and Helen come over to make it look like he doesn't have racial prejudices. However when Tom and Helen discover his plot they storm out before the guests have arrived. This leads to George having Florence and Ralph impersonate Tom and Helen. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Writer : Seaman Jacobs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1977 |
| Episode 18 - [Louise vs Jenny] |
| Details : Lionel falls ill while visiting his parents and Louise goes all out to take care of him. When Jenny comes over she wants to take care of her sick husband which leads to a battle between who gets to take care of him Lionel's mother or Lionel's wife. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 07, 1977 |
| Episode 19 - [The Marriage Counselors] |
| Details : After learning that Tom and Helen are taking a course on how to improve their marriage and seeing their results Louise tries to get George to take the course with her. However George refuses to consider the possibility that their marriage could use improvement. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 21, 1977 |
| Episode 20 - [Louise's Friend] |
| Details : Louise is taking French lessons and makes a friend with one of her classmates. However when George discovers that her friend is a man he is furious and can't believe that a woman can be just good friends with a man. This leads to yet another argument which leaves George sleeping on the couch. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Danny Wells as Charley | Hal Williams | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1977 |
| Episode 21 - [The Old Flame] |
| Details : Mother Jefferson invites a secret guest over for dinner and Louise and George are curious. When George learns that the guest is his old girlfriend Harriet Johnson he goes all out getting ready. However George quickly learns Harriet has her own secret agenda. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Lillian Lehman | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Mar. 07, 1977 |
| Episode 22 - [Jenny's Opportunity] |
| Details : Jenny has just one a scholarship to study for the summer at Oxford in England. Lionel thinks it would be a great experience for Jenny that is until he learns his company won't transfer him there. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Mar. 21, 1977 |
| Episode 23 - [George The Philanthropist] |
| Details : George is in the running for a prestigious award and is out to beat a fierce competitor by pledging more to a charity than his competitors. He pledges his money to open up a youth center in Harlem however when he learns he lost he plans to withdraw his pledge. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Marla Gibbs | Henry G. Sanders | Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Mar. 28, 1977 |
| Episode 24 - [Louise's Physical] |
| Details : George Tom Helen Harry and Florence are all sneaking around to set up a surprise birthday party for Louise. However Louise is not exactly in a party mood after she comes back from a checkup at the doctor's office. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Jack Shea | |
| Air Date : Apr. 11, 1977 |