Best of The Jeffersons, S8
My top 10 episodes from the eighth season of The Jeffersons.
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- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerPreparations are underway for Jessica's baptism, so George jettisons Florence's gospel singers and impersonates a minister to recruit Andrae Crouch to officiate at the ceremony.Andrae Crouch guest stars.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerA newspaper article reveals that a man with the same name as Louise's father thwarted a crime. Since the man's picture and name are similar to those of Louise's presumed-dead father, George investigates.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerOne of the delivery boys at Jefferson Cleaners is robbed at gunpoint by a street gang ... made up entirely of female hoods. When George goes to confront the female gangsters, they easily subdue him and then stab him. While he is writhing in pain on the sidewalk, the girls help themselves to Louise's ring George was taking to have reset as an anniversary gift.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerIt turns out that George is OK and will recover, but while recuperating, he contemplates a plan to get Louise's ring back from The Strays (the all-female gang whose members nearly killed George), despite her objections. George decides to hatch his plan for revenge anyway, knowing full well that the consequences could be far more severe.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerA near-death experience prompts George to work toward ensuring that his life and work inspire others, so he decides to write his autobiography - until a casual remark from Tom Willis gives him an even more pompous idea.The voice of Peter Lawford makes a cameo.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerA record company talent scout hears Florence sing in church and offers her a chance to cut an album. But George gets suspicious and thinks the man is nothing but a common swindler out to take Florence's $1200 life savings.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerLionel and Jenny's apartment is burglarized and looted. George worries that the crime wave will spread to his "deluxe apartment in the sky" and is determined to buy some insurance ... in the form of a gun. Louise totally objects, and is outraged when George goes behind her back to buy one. George finally realizes that a gun is a dangerous investment when little Jessica accidentally fires it and barely avoids shooting herself.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerGeorge and Tom raises their wives' ire by promoting their businesses in a chauvinist fashion, so Louise and Helen walk out on them for a week to punish them for their mistakes.
- 1975–198525mTV-PG7.2 (71)TV EpisodeDirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerThe Jeffersons' and Willises plan a surprise party for Florence, but their cover story hurts her feelings so badly that she skips the event and commiserates with Ralph over their mutual lowly-servant status.
- DirectorBob LallyStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerInsufficient money for social programs at the Help Center tempts Louise and Helen to quit, until they meet a young prostitute who is being physically abused by her pimp.