227: Season 2

S2·E1 Mytharc

The Wheel of Misfortune

Oct 4, 1986

Mary and Sandra become contestants on ""Wheel of Fortune"" and wind up competing against each other.

S2·E2 Core

Mary Nightingale

Oct 11, 1986

Lester comes home from work sick, with the assumption that he has the flu. Using a bell that Sandra gives him, he drives Mary crazy with his demands for ""water"" and ""celery salt

S2·E3 Core

Washington Affair

Nov 1, 1986

Mary invites Sandra and her date, an eligible Congressman, to a dinner for Brenda's teacher who is attracted to the legislator.

S2·E4 Core

The Great Manhunt

Nov 8, 1986

After Sandra sees her neighbors (a married couple) interact with each other and with their daughter, Sandra decides that she wants a husband and a child. She goes out on a series o

S2·E5 Core

The Temptations

Nov 15, 1986

Mary is in charge of the church's charity show, and it's like divine providence when the Temptations show up at her door.

S2·E6 Core

Pillow Talk

Nov 22, 1986

When Sandra sees a pillow that Mary is making for Brenda, she is impressed. She tells Mary that they could go into business and make lots of money. So Mary agrees to a 50/50 deal w

S2·E7 Core

Come Into My Parlor

Nov 29, 1986

When Brenda meets a cute boy she decides to invite him to her party Saturday night. After getting permission to actually have the party, she then hears Sandra tell a story about ho

S2·E8 Core

Father's Day

Dec 6, 1986

Calvin's dad comes to visit D.C. He and Calvin have fun going to basketball games and going to see the Blue Angels fly. Because he and his grandma have been arguing a lot lately, C

S2·E9 Core

Author, Author

Dec 13, 1986

Sandra is writing a romance novel whose characters resemble the residents of 227: Marie, Rosita, and Pearlie Mae. With Mary up against Emma Johnson for the presidency of the Ladies

S2·E10 Core

Matchmakers

Jan 3, 1987

Rose tries a video-dating service, but wonders if she can live up to the image Sandra creates for her.

S2·E11 Core

The Handwriting on the Wall

Jan 10, 1987

When Mary and Rose come home from the movie theater, they see JoJo spray painting his gang tag underneath Pearl's window. Pearl hits him with her pillow, Rose grabs the spray can a

S2·E12 Core

A Matter of Choice

Jan 17, 1987

The 227 residents are worried when Calvin's free-spending new friend offers him a chance to make 50 dollars for doing what ""sounds like a Miami Vice drug deal.""

S2·E13 Core

Got a Job

Jan 24, 1987

When Ms. clark uses her feminine wiles to get Brenda a part-time job at Billy Bob's Burgers, Brenda's parents are divided: she wants Brenda to study full time, while he is delighte

S2·E14 Core

Far From the Tree

Feb 7, 1987

Sandra is very upset when she learns that her mother is coming to visit. She feels as though her mother doesn't love her because she is so different from her ""normal"" siblings an

S2·E15 Core

Toyland

Feb 14, 1987

Mary and Lester go to a toy store to purchase toys for kids in the hospital. When they get there, the guy lets them in even though the sign on the door says closed. The Jenkins dis

S2·E16 Core

The Audit

Feb 21, 1987

The IRS audits Mary and Lester. At a diner, Mary gets into an argument with a man whose views on women are old-fashioned and clash with Mary's views. She goes as far as to insult h

S2·E17 Core

A Good Citizen

Feb 28, 1987

When Sandra comes to show the ladies the new ring that her boyfriend gave her, Mary notices an article in the newspaper that mentions a robbery at the same jewelry store where Sand

S2·E18 Core

Happy Twentieth

Mar 7, 1987

When Lester decides to rent a hotel room for the weekend, Mary plans a cruise, and the ladies plan a surprise party for Mary and Lester's Anniversary, it's all Brenda can take to k

S2·E19 Core

The Fourth Time Around

Mar 21, 1987

When Lester goes to watch the game at a friend's house, Mary and the ladies decide to have a girl's night out. They go to a club/bar where Pearl meets man. They hit it off. When P

S2·E20 Core

Rich Kid

Apr 11, 1987

Calvin befriends a new kid named Ron who says that his money comes from his rich uncle. He buys Calvin a new pair of shoes and offers to take Calvin and Brenda to a Stevie Wonder C

S2·E21 Mytharc

The Working Game

May 23, 1987

Upset when Brenda comes home from University Day wanting to attend Northwestern, Mary anticipates an empty nest by demanding that Lester give her a job at the construction site --a

S2·E22 Mytharc

Check Snub

Jun 6, 1987

The Social Security office says that Pearl is dead, and the resulting protest lands Pearl, Mary and Rose in jail.