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1985 · TV Series · TV-PG · 30 min · ★ 6.8
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A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.
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Details
- Years
- 1985–1990
- Release date
- 1985-09-14
- Network
- NBC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-PG
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (43 votes)
Themes
- washington dc, usa
- housewife
- female friendship
- friendship
- middle class
- motherly love
- neighbor
- apartment building
- sitcom
- african american
- best friends
Cast & crew
Marla Gibbs
as Mary Jenkins
Hal Williams
as Lester Jenkins
- RR
Ron Richardson
Stephen Tobolowsky
- RF
Roy Fegan
Rick Ducommun
- RM
Richard Moll
Leslie Nielsen
Angela Bassett
- CJ
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Directed by Gerren Keith, Oz Scott
Created by Michael G. Moye
Episodes5 seasons · 116 episodes
Season 122 episodes
- S1E1Honesty30mDisney+
- S1E2Mary's Brother30mDisney+
- S1E3Family Hero30mDisney+
- S1E4The Refrigerator30mDisney+
- S1E5Do You Love Me?30mDisney+
- S1E6Pilot30mDisney+
- S1E7The Sidewalk Sale30mDisney+
- S1E8A Letter to the President30mDisney+
- S1E9Pity the Poor Working Girl30mDisney+
- S1E10Football Widow30mDisney+
- S1E11A Daughter is a Precious Thing30mDisney+
- S1E12The Big Piano Play-Off30mDisney+
- S1E13Mary's Christmas30mDisney+
- S1E14The Bed of Rose's30mDisney+
- S1E15Brenda's Last Date30mDisney+
- S1E16A Young Man's Fancy30mDisney+
- S1E17We the People30mDisney+
- S1E18Redecorating Blues30mDisney+
- S1E19Fifty Big Ones30mDisney+
- S1E20Slam Dunked30mDisney+
- S1E21Pick Six30mDisney+
- S1E22Young Man with a Job30mDisney+
Season 222 episodes
- S2E1The Wheel of Misfortune30mDisney+
- S2E2Mary Nightingale30mDisney+
- S2E3Washington Affair30mDisney+
- S2E4The Great Manhunt30mDisney+
- S2E5The Temptations30mDisney+
- S2E6Pillow Talk30mDisney+
- S2E7Come Into My Parlor30mDisney+
- S2E8Father's Day30mDisney+
- S2E9Author, Author30mDisney+
- S2E10Matchmakers30mDisney+
- S2E11The Handwriting on the Wall30mDisney+
- S2E12A Matter of Choice30mDisney+
- S2E13Got a Job30mDisney+
- S2E14Far From the Tree30mDisney+
- S2E15Toyland30mDisney+
- S2E16The Audit30mDisney+
- S2E17A Good Citizen30mDisney+
- S2E18Happy Twentieth30mDisney+
- S2E19The Fourth Time Around30mDisney+
- S2E20Rich Kid30mDisney+
- S2E21The Working Game30mDisney+
- S2E22Check Snub30mDisney+
Season 324 episodes
- S3E1Men's Club30mDisney+
- S3E2Low Noon30mDisney+
- S3E3There Goes the Building30mDisney+
- S3E4And Baby Makes Three30mDisney+
- S3E5Bull's Eye30mDisney+
- S3E6Teach Me Tonight (1)30mDisney+
- S3E7Teach Me Tonight (2)30mDisney+
- S3E8See You in Court30mDisney+
- S3E9The Honeymoon's Over30mDisney+
- S3E10Rapture30mDisney+
- S3E11The Facade30mDisney+
- S3E12The Talk Show30mDisney+
- S3E13Snowbound30mDisney+
- S3E14Shall We Dance?30mDisney+
- S3E15The Sing-Off30mDisney+
- S3E16Sweet Sixteen30mDisney+
- S3E17The Roommate30mDisney+
- S3E18The Big Deal30mDisney+
- S3E19The New Neighbors30mDisney+
- S3E20Blues30mDisney+
- S3E21The Butler Did It30mDisney+
- S3E22My Aching Back30mDisney+
- S3E23Country Cousins30mDisney+
- S3E24Best Friends30mDisney+
Season 424 episodes
- S4E1The Whiz Kid30mDisney+
- S4E2Hide the Star30mDisney+
- S4E3A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant30mDisney+
- S4E4Double Your Pleasure30mDisney+
- S4E5Brother from a Sister City30mDisney+
- S4E6And the Survey Says . . .30mDisney+
- S4E7A Yen for Lester30mDisney+
- S4E8Looking Back30mDisney+
- S4E9The Night They Arrested Santa Claus30mDisney+
- S4E10The Real Decoys30mDisney+
- S4E11Play it Again, Stan30mDisney+
- S4E12A Class Act30mDisney+
- S4E13The Prince30mDisney+
- S4E14Babes in the Woods30mDisney+
- S4E15A Date to Remember30mDisney+
- S4E16Mary's Cookies30mDisney+
- S4E17For Richer, For Poorer30mDisney+
- S4E18The Class of '8930mDisney+
- S4E19Trial and Error30mDisney+
- S4E20The Bet30mDisney+
- S4E21No, My Darling Daughter30mDisney+
- S4E22House Number30mDisney+
- S4E23Jackee30mDisney+
- S4E24For Sale30mDisney+
Season 524 episodes
- S5E1Take My Diva . . . Please!30mDisney+
- S5E2Tenants, Anyone?30mDisney+
- S5E3A Pampered Tale30mDisney+
- S5E4The Fight of the Century30mDisney+
- S5E5How the West Was Fun (1)30mDisney+
- S5E6How the West Was Fun (2)30mDisney+
- S5E7Video Activity30mDisney+
- S5E8Flying Down to Leo's30mDisney+
- S5E9Reunion Blues30mDisney+
- S5E10The Perfume Game30mDisney+
- S5E11War is Heck30mDisney+
- S5E12Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas30mDisney+
- S5E13There Go the Clowns30mDisney+
- S5E14Come the Revolution30mDisney+
- S5E15Where Do We Go From Here?30mDisney+
- S5E16Play Christy for Me30mDisney+
- S5E17Knock It Off30mDisney+
- S5E18Do Not Pass Go (1)30mDisney+
- S5E19Do Not Pass Go (2)30mDisney+
- S5E20You Gotta Have Art30mDisney+
- S5E21Gone Fishing30mDisney+
- S5E22Nightmare on 22730mDisney+
- S5E23The Class of '9030mDisney+
- S5E24No Place Like Home30mDisney+