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May 3, 2024 · 12K views • 1 month ago. •. Season 5 of The Jeffersons! His cleaning business booming, scrappy George Jefferson decides it's time to move on up to the deluxe apartments on New York's po...
S5.E6 ∙ George's New Stockbroker. George hires Roy Crandall, a former ventriloquist, as his new stockbroker. When his old stockbroker tells him that Roy spent time in a mental hospital, he regrets this and tries to stop Florence from going out with the man.
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In Season 5 of the series, George, Weezy, Florence, and the entire gang are funnier than ever with their wisecrackin' ways, as Jay Hammer joins the cast as Allan Willis, Tom and Helen's estranged son, returns to New York City from his life living in an Arizona commune, as the same issues between he and dad tom arise when Tom's father dies and bequaeths a warehose which George covets to use for his business to Allan in "The Homecoming: Part One" (#2) and "The Homecoming: Part Two" (#3).
In the episode "Every Night Fever" (#21), Louise (Isabel Sanford) and Tom (Franklin Cover) are both at a loss about what to do when their spouses, George (Sherman Hemsley) and Helen (Roxie Roker) are both bitten by the dance bug as they both come down with a case of disco fever, staying out and dancing at disco clubs until the wee hours of the morning..
Damon Evans, who had played the part of Lionel Jefferson from Season 2, departed the series just before the the start of production and shooting for the episodes of Season 5 began to commit to what would become a successful, long-running Broadway production of Porgy and Bess, where he assumed the role of Sportin' Life. The character Lionel would not make an apperance this season and would not appear again until season 6, when Mike Evans, who had been co-producing Good Times with Eric Monte, would return to the cast.
Billy Dee Williams makes a special guest appearance in "Me and Billy Dee" (#7) as George, posing as Roots author Alex Haley, cons Billy into speaking at a benefit he's hosting, as Florence, perhaps Billy's #1 fan, thinking that George, who invited Billy to drop by the Jeffersons' apartment, soon becomes disappointed when it's confirmed that the she's gotten a kiss from the "real deal" instead of an impersonator!
Season 5 (1978-79)
•Sherman Hemsley as George Jefferson •Isabel Sanford as Louise Jefferson •Marla Gibbs as Florence Johnston •Franklin Cover as Tom Willis •Roxie Roker as Helen Willis •Berlinda Tolbert as Jenny Willis-Jefferson •Jay Hammer as Allan Willis •Paul Benedict as Harry Bentley •Ned Wertimer as Ralph the Doorman Image \tNo. in series No. in season Title \tDirected by \tWritten by \tOriginal air date \tProd.code 88 1 \t"Louise's Painting"\tJack Shea \tNancy Vince & Ted Dale \tSeptember 20, 1978 \t5.1 / 501 Prompted by Helen, Louise begins taking an art class. However, when George discovers she's been sketching models who pose in the nude, he tries to get her to stop attending class. 89 2 \t"The Homecoming: Part One"\tJack Shea \tJay Moriarty & Mike Milligan \tSeptember 27, 1978 \t5.2 / 503 George decides that he needs a cleaning factory and sets out to find a place for it. Meanwhile, Allan Willis returns to New York and learns that he has inherited a warehouse from his grandfather. Seeing that the warehouse would be perfect for his factory, George goes all out to try to get it, even allowing Alan to move in with the Jeffersons' due to squabbling between Alan and Tom. Note: Jay Hammer makes his first appearance as Allan Willis. 90 3 "The Homecoming: Part Two" Jack Shea Teleplay by: Robert Wolterstoff, Paul M.Belous, Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan Story by: Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan October 4, 1978 \t5.3 / 504 Alan moves in with the Jeffersons and George continues efforts to get the warehouse for himself. Meanwhile, battles with the landlord prompt Louise and Helen to try to find a better place for the Help Center. 91 4 \t"How Slowly They Forget"\tErwin Washington\tNancy Vince & Ted Dale \tOctober 11, 1978 \t5.4 / 505 Louise has been trying to get a permit for the Help Center but she hasn't been able to get anywhere with the bank. This leads George to go down to the bank and discovers that the banker is an old U.S. Navy pal of his, one who still holds a grudge over some trickery George pulled on him back in their Navy days. 92 5 \t"George's Dream"\tJack Shea \tBob Baublitz \tOctober 18, 1978 \t5.5 / 502 Workaholic George falls asleep in his office, one evening, and has a dream that takes him to the year 1996. In the dream, Amy Carter is President of the U.S.; Louise is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of George's business, who isn't there celebrating, since he passed on a few years earlier; Florence, Helen and Tom Willis are considerably older; Ralph owns the apartment building; Leroy is a financial genius who owns Jefferson Cleaners; Bentley is still the same. 93 6 \t"George's New Stockbroker"\tJack Shea \tBryan Joseph, Jim Rogers, Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan \tNovember 1, 1978 \t5.6 / 509 George's new stockbroker is quite a ventriloquist, after he introduces the Jeffersons to his dummy, J.P. However, George has second thoughts about him after he learns that he has spent time in a mental institution. 94 7 \t"Me and Billy Dee"\tJack Shea Written by: Bryan Joseph Story by: Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan November 4, 1978 \t5.7 / 511 At the last minute, George's speaker at a benefit cancels which leaves him scrambling to find a celebrity to speak. He sets out to rope Billy Dee Williams into speaking, even considering getting a celebrity look-alike. However, George passes himself off as Alex Haley, and Billy Dee agrees to speak. Meanwhile, an excited Florence is let down when she mistakes Billy Dee, her idol, for an impersonator. 95 8 \t"Half a Brother"\tJack Shea \tBob Baublitz \tNovember 8, 1978 \t5.8 / 510 George is being considered for a position on a bank's board of directors and when a banker comes over to interview him, Alan and the banker's daughter hit it off. This leads George to worry that because Alan is half black this will jeopardize his chances of getting the position. 96 9 \t"What Are Friends For?"\tJack Shea Teleplay by: Jay Moriarty & Mike Milligan Story by: Skip Usen November 22, 1978 \t5.9 / 512 George is thrilled to get a visit from his favorite cousin, Dusty. George's thrill turns to shock when Dusty asks George for a kidney since his are failing. This leads George to take a long hard look at the pros and cons of parting with one of his organs. 97 10 \t"George, Who?"\tJack Shea \tChristine Houston\tNovember 29, 1978 \t5.10 / 513 Louise is convinced that George and her are in a routine, something that George scoffs at. However, their routine gets shaken up after Louise is brutally mugged resulting in her getting amnesia. 98 11 \t"Harry's House Guest"\tJack Shea \tFred S. Fox & Seaman Jacobs \tDecember 13, 1978 \t5.11 / 507 Harry practically moves into the Jefferson's apartment to avoid his annoying house guest, Felicia. George tries to help him out by giving him tips to throw her out, but this results in Felicia thinking that Harry is proposing. 99 12 \t"George Finds a Father"\tJack Shea Teleplay by: Kurt Taylor, John Donley, Paul M. Belous & Robert Wolterstoff Story by: Kurt Taylor & John Donley December 20, 1978 \t5.12 / 516 The Christmas season brings old friends, Buddy and Zeke, to the Jefferson apartment. With them comes along a long buried secret, one that George can't handle. Buddy and George's mother were once lovers. 100 13 \t"Louise's Sister"\tJack Shea \tBob Baublitz \tJanuary 3, 1979 \t5.13 / 514 George is planning a surprise party for Louise in which her gift is a surprise visit from her sister, Maxine. When Louise has a strange reaction to her sister, George is puzzled, unknown to him, her reasons stem to her and Maxine's childhood. •Note: This is the only time we get to see Louise's sister, Maxine Mills; Josephine Premice guest stars as Maxine. 101 14 \t"Louise's Reunion"\tJack Shea \tHoward Albrecht & Sol Weinstein \tJanuary 10, 1979 \t5.14 / 508 On the evening of her class reunion, Louise discovers in George's will that all of his money would go to her on the condition that she never remarries. This obviously prompts yet another argument resulting in Louise attending her reunion without George. 102 15 \t"A Bedtime Story"\tJack Shea \tStephen Neigher\tJanuary 24, 1979 \t5.15 / 520 George is trying to hide his impotence from Louise and explores many means to cure his problem, including, oysters, medications and even a sex therapist. 103 16 \t"Florence Meets Mr. Right"\tJack Shea \tPeter Casey & David Lee\tJanuary 31, 1979 \t5.16 / 519 Florence's latest boyfriend, Buzz Thatcher, proposes marriage which she accepts happily. However, his overly religious attitudes give Louise a bad feeling about the whole thing. 104 17 \t"Louise's Award"\tJack Shea \tM. Martez Thomas\tFebruary 7, 1979 \t5.17 / 515 Louise is excited that she's being considered to receive the Volunteer of the Year award due to her work down at the Help Center. However, what she doesn't know is that George is planning to make sure she wins the award by bribing one of the judges. 105 18 \t"The Other Woman"\tJack Shea Writers: Jerry Perzigan & Don Siegel Original story by: Jack Shea February 21, 1979 \t5.18 / 521 A business trip of Tom's sparks an argument between him and Helen which gets even worse when she discovers that a beautiful blond is accompanying him. 106 19 \t"The Hold Out"\tJack Shea Written by: Bryan Joseph Original story by: Bernard Burnell Mack February 28, 1979 \t5.19 / 518 George becomes the holdout when he refuses to sell his first store to a company who is buying up all the buildings on the block. His strategy, holdout to up the offer despite the fact that the company plans to build an expensive apartment building which would put those living there now, out on the street. 107 20 \t"The Ones You Love"\tJack Shea \tStephen Neigher \tMarch 7, 1979 \t5.20 / 517 Tom and Alan's fight causes a fight to erupt between George and Louise on the same evening a reporter from Black Life Magazine is to interview them on the subject of happily married life. 108 21 \t"Every Night Fever"\tJack Shea \tBryan Joseph \tMarch 28, 1979 \t5.21 / 523 Louise turns down an offer to be in a play being put on by the Help Center because she wants to spend her evenings with George. However, after an evening at a disco, George catches disco fever and begins spending all night every night at the local disco. 109 22 \t"Three Faces of Florence"\tJack Shea Teleplay by: Paul M.Belous & Robert Wolterstoff Story by: Bernard Burnell Mack April 4, 1979 \t5.22 / 522 Florence is reading a novel in which a woman pretends to be different people this gives Florence the idea to act like different people to attract men. While down at the Help Center, she tries it out on a man, unknown to her he's a psychiatrist who becomes convinced Florence has multiple personalities. •Note: Adam Wade guest stars.as Dr. Greg Martin and Jane Brody guest stars as Nancy.
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Season 5. Developed by groundbreaking television producer Norman Lear, The Jeffersons began in 1975 as a spin-off of All in the Family. It follows a successful African-American couple, George and Louise "Weezy" Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford) as they "move on up" from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment.
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Sep 20, 1978 · The Jeffersons Season 5 Episodes. 1975 -2019. 11 Seasons. CBS. Family, Comedy. TVPG. Watchlist. Where to Watch. Sitcom about the Jefferson's movin' on up from a modest Queens...
81. Play trailer 1:18. 7 Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy. A nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants. Creators. Norman Lear. Don Nicholl. Michael Ross. Stars. Isabel Sanford. Sherman Hemsley. Roxie Roker. See production info at IMDbPro.
