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Mary feels inadequate when her former best friend pays a visit.

Best Friends

Mary and Lester learn that he has distant cousins who are white.

Country Cousins

Mary gets a chance to appear in a movie that's shooting in the area.

My Aching Back

Brenda scratches the valuable blues recording her grandfather gave her.

Blues

A new superintendent is hired, though he knows more about the violin than maintaining an apartment building.

The New Neighbors

Lester needs to impress a despicable lawyer (Sherman Hemsley) in order to advance his construction company.

The Big Deal

Sandra helps her new roommate (Kim Fields) change into a sexy vamp.

The Roommate

A week away from her 16th birthday, Brenda looks forward to her first date.

Sweet Sixteen

An arrogant clergyman leads his church choir in a singing contest against Mary's group.

The Sing-Off

Mary becomes jealous when she catches Lester dancing with a former high-school flame.

Shall We Dance?

Winter cold brings everyone into Mary's heated apartment.

Snowbound

A TV-station owner hires Sandra as a weather forecaster.

The Talk Show

Family life in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

S3 E19 | The New Neighbors

E24 | Best Friends

E23 | Country Cousins

E22 | My Aching Back

E20 | Blues

E19 | The New Neighbors

E18 | The Big Deal

E17 | The Roommate

E16 | Sweet Sixteen

E15 | The Sing-Off

E14 | Shall We Dance?

E13 | Snowbound

E12 | The Talk Show