1985

S2.E1 ∙ The Wheel of Misfortune

Fri, Oct 03, 1986

Mary & Sandra play against each other on "Wheel of Fortune".

7 /10

S2.E2 ∙ Mary Nightingale

Fri, Oct 10, 1986

Mary returns from a shopping trip to discover that Lester has acute appendicitis.

6.9 /10

Mary has a party and Sandra brings her latest beau, a Congressman. But when she invites Brenda's stunning teacher, Sandra sees she has some competition because the woman and the Congressman have a lot to talk about. So she agrees to attend a benefit for something she knows nothing about. And she drags Mary along whom she says is a Prime Minister.

8.6 /10

S2.E4 ∙ The Great Manhunt

Fri, Nov 07, 1986

Sandra looks for a man to be a husband and father, then decides to settle for just the latter.

6.5 /10

S2.E5 ∙ The Temptations

Fri, Nov 14, 1986

Mary enlists the Temptations to perform at the church's charity show.

7.5 /10

S2.E6 ∙ Pillow Talk

Fri, Nov 21, 1986

Mary and Sandra go into the pillow business, but their partnership is jeopardized by their differing positions.

7.5 /10

S2.E7 ∙ Come Into My Parlor

Fri, Nov 28, 1986

Taking a cue from Sandra's book, Brenda "mistakenly" invites an attractive man to a party on the wrong night.

7.8 /10

S2.E8 ∙ Father's Day

Fri, Dec 05, 1986

Calvin decides to live with his pilot father, even it means moving to Iceland.

6.8 /10

S2.E9 ∙ Author, Author

Fri, Dec 12, 1986

Sandra's novel inspired by the residents of 227 could hurt Mary's chance to become president of the Ladies' Auxiliary.

7.8 /10

S2.E10 ∙ Matchmakers

Fri, Jan 02, 1987

Rose is feeling frustrated that all the men she's been dating dumps her for younger girls. So to help her, Sandra suggests she joins a video dating service but Sandra suggests she adopt more exotic persona, so she transforms herself to Raquel. And when s guy expresses interest in her, she finds it hard to maintain the Raquel persona.

7.5 /10

S2.E11 ∙ The Handwriting on the Wall

Fri, Jan 09, 1987

When Mary and Rose catch a young man spray painting the building, they try to stop him but in the end they turn his spray can on him and he gets away. Later he files a suit against them for assault. They hope that Sondra who was in her date's car at the time can corroborate their version of the events. But all she saw was when Mary and Rose grabbed the boy and spray painted him.

7.5 /10

S2.E12 ∙ A Matter of Choice

Fri, Jan 16, 1987

Lester has a chance to do a big project and give a friend who's out of work a job. But things change when he learns that the company whom he'll be working for sponsors apartheid. So he has to choose which is more important.

7.5 /10

S2.E13 ∙ Got a Job

Fri, Jan 23, 1987

Brenda gets a job at a burger joint and when she's so exhausted and her school work starts to drop, Mary tells her that she should quit but Brenda likes earning money.

7.4 /10

S2.E14 ∙ Far From the Tree

Fri, Feb 06, 1987

Sandra receives a letter from her mother, who is coming to visit. This upsets her because she feels that her mother never really loved her. Mary tries to placate her, but Sandra accidentally invites a gentleman friend, Mop, over for the same weekend her mother is visiting. Mary helps Sandra prevent her mother and Mop from meeting.

7.4 /10

S2.E15 ∙ Toyland

Fri, Feb 13, 1987

Mary, Rose, and Pearl are fund-raising for a toy drive for children sick in the hospital. Sandra donates a teddy bear and asks Mary for a ride to the mall. Mary and Lester go to the toy store only to find it closed, but Mary spots someone she believes to be an employee of the store. He lets her in, and she and Lester realize he's trying to rob the store.

8.2 /10

S2.E16 ∙ The Audit

Fri, Feb 20, 1987

Lester has to go to the IRS for an audit and he is nervous. Mary who goes with him tells him that everything will be OK. They go to a coffee shop before going to the audit. Lester thinks he forgot some records that they need so he leaves Mary in the shop. Later a guy comes in and starts making some chauvinistic comments that Mary takes exception to, and they both go at it. Later when Mary and Lester go to the audit, she discovers that the IRS man is the one she had the heated exchange with.

7.2 /10