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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 2 - Whiplash
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    #1 - Whiplash

    S2:E2

    After getting in an accident with the truck, Fred thinks that he might have whiplash and Fred's friend Bubba convinces him that he can make big money off of the situation. Lamont is against the whole idea but Fred insists on going through with a lawsuit, but first Fred must identify the person the hit him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 3 - The Dowry
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    #2 - The Dowry

    S2:E3

    Fred's cousin arrives with his new wife and his not-so-attractive stepdaughter, Betty Jean. When Fred finds out that she will inherit $10,000 if she marries, he tries to fix it so that Lamont will marry her. However, Fred's plan backfires when Lamont catches on to his scheme.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 4 - Jealousy
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    #3 - Jealousy

    S2:E4

    Donna, Fred's fiancee, brings a patient, Osgood Wilcox over for dinner at the Sanford residence and it becomes apparent that Osgood is interested in more than just medical care from Donna. Meanwhile, Lamont encourages Fred to believe there is something going on between Osgood and Donna resulting in a confrontation.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 5 - Tooth or Consequences
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    #4 - Tooth or Consequences

    S2:E5

    Fred's toothache becomes an exercise in patience for Lamont when Fred refuses to see a dentist and instead tries Bubba's home remedy and a hypnotist. Finally, Fred decides to throw in the towel and visits a dentist but insists on a white dentist.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 6 - Card Sharps
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    #5 - Card Sharps

    S2:E6

    Fred gets a surprise one night when Lamont announces that he's having some friends over to play poker. However, Fred doesn't take Lamont's advice at "getting lost" since he's convinced Lamont's so-called friends are trying to hustle him out of his money.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 7 - Have Gun, Will Sell
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    #6 - Have Gun, Will Sell

    S2:E7

    One evening, Lamont and his friend Rollo go out. When they return they interrupt a robber trying to flee from the scene. Later they discover the crook dropped his gun and in an attempt to get some quick cash, decide to pawn it. However, once at the pawn shop, the broker mistakes Fred wanting money for the gun for a stickup.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 8 - The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!
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    #7 - The Puerto Ricans Are Coming!

    S2:E8

    Fred gets a new next door neighbor and is shocked to learn that he is Puerto Rican and planning on opening a junk business of his own. Fred gets upset about the competition and contrives a plan to get the city to condemn his property especially since, Julio has a pet goat.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 9 - The Shootout
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    #8 - The Shootout

    S2:E9

    Lamont pays $50 for an antique gun and brings it home to show Fred. Fred begins re-enacting war stories and accidentally pulls the trigger not knowing it's loaded. The blast shoots through the next door neighbor's window, who suddenly drops from site just after having a heated argument with Fred. Fred jumps to the conclusion that he killed him.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 10 - Blood is Thicker Than Junk
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    #9 - Blood is Thicker Than Junk

    S2:E10

    Lamont is fed up working with Fred and quits the partnership. He soon finds a job down the street at a rival junk collector's business. Meanwhile, Fred looks for another partner and finds one in Norman, whose first contribution is a stuffed bear.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 11 - Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three
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    #10 - Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three

    S2:E11

    Fred's old girlfriend Juanita stops by for dinner with her daughter, Alice. Lamont falls for Alice and thinks of asking for her hand in marriage. However, Juanita tells Fred that Alice is his daughter and Lamont is wining and dining his sister.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 12 - A Guest in the Yard
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    #11 - A Guest in the Yard

    S2:E12

    Fred and Lamont find a homeless bum sleeping in a bathtub in their yard. After trying to get him to move on, he pretends that he gets hurt on their property and threatens to sue. Fred and Lamont try everything in their power to persuade him not to sue and Fred does his best to try to prove the bum is not really injured.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 13 - Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna
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    #12 - Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna

    S2:E13

    Fred and Donna's on again off again relationship is back on and he invites her to dinner. Later, Fred gets a visit from a saleslady who peaks his interest and he blindly invites her to dinner, forgetting all about Donna. Thanks to Lamont's manipulations, he makes sure Fred has to juggle the dates around, keeping up appearances.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 15 - The Big Party
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    #13 - The Big Party

    S2:E15

    Fred and Lamont have bills coming out of their ears and consider going on welfare, something Fred refuses to do. Fred comes up with a plan to throw a "big party" in the Sanford home and charge admission. That's when two hoods show wanting a part of the action. Meanwhile, Aunt Esther is trying to find a place to hold her weekly church group meetings.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 16 - A Visit From Lena Horne
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    #14 - A Visit From Lena Horne

    S2:E16

    Fred and Lamont take a tour through the NBC studios and Fred gets a kick out of seeing Johnny Carson's parking spot. However, what Fred really gets a kick out of is seeing Lena Horne's car and sneaks into her dressing room. After meeting her, he tries to trick her into visiting him at his home.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 17 - Lamont Goes African
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    #15 - Lamont Goes African

    S2:E17

    Lamont goes totally African. He starts to wear African clothing, and yearns to learn more about the culture. At the same time, Fred thinks that the whole thing is ridiculous, that is until a woman from Nigeria visits and explains to Lamont how sacred listening to your father is in African culture and how you should respect him.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 19 - The Infernal Triangle
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    #16 - The Infernal Triangle

    S2:E19

    Fred meets a young woman and he quickly announces to Lamont that he has proposed to her. However, Lamont is in for a big surprise when he meets Fred's fiancee who just happens to be Lamont's old flame, whom he would like to marry himself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 20 - Pops 'n' Pals
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    #17 - Pops 'n' Pals

    S2:E20

    Next door neighbor, Julio, has become a very good friend of Lamont's. With Lamont, spending so much free time with Julio, Fred begins to feel left out and decides to try to be more like one of the guys. However, Fred quickly learns the advantages of having so much free time and no one to hoard in on it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 22 - Pot Luck
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    #18 - Pot Luck

    S2:E22

    Lamont pays twenty bucks for a commode that he thinks is a valuable antique.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 23 - The Kid
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    #19 - The Kid

    S2:E23

    A 9 year old runaway child shows up on the Sanfords' property and Fred is against having any little kids around to cause problems but Fred quickly lightens up the young boy despite his gruff exterior. Fred then takes it upon himself to teach the kid to appreciate what he's got at home.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Sanford and Son Season 2 Episode 24 - Rated X
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    #20 - Rated X

    S2:E24

    Lamont and Rollo answer an ad that promises them stardom through low-budget movies. Fred gets a hold of the brochure and decides to try out too. When they get down there they quickly discover the low budget movies are X-rated followed by a police raid and Fred, Lamont and Rollo are hauled off to jail.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Sanford and Son Season 3 Episode 1 - Lamont as Othello
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    #21 - Lamont as Othello

    S3:E1

    Fred comes home to find Lamont and his drama teacher Marilyn acting out a choking scene from the play "Othello." Fred then jumps to the logical conclusion that Lamont is trying to kill a white woman. Later, Fred becomes the victim of assumption when Marilyn invites Fred and Lamont to her place and her parents think Fred and Lamont are trying to rob the place.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Sanford and Son Season 3 Episode 2 - Libra Rising All Over Lamont
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    #22 - Libra Rising All Over Lamont

    S3:E2

    Lamont visits an astrologist and discovers he's a double Libra, thus his goal in life is for peace and decides to get along with his father at all costs. Meanwhile, Fred eats a batch of 8 day-old greens and gets sick and becomes convinced he's dying. This leads to Grady spreading the word of Fred's supposedly impending death, which draws Aunt Esther and her friends out of the woodwork.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Sanford and Son Season 3 Episode 3 - Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman
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    #23 - Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman

    S3:E3

    Lamont and Julio go out one evening to shoot pool leaving a left-out Fred behind to sulk. Fred soon finds himself a witness to a burglary when he confronts two thieves burglarizing Julio's house. Later, Fred refuses to testify and identify the culprits out of fear and a frustrated Lamont and Julio put a plan into motion to get him to, and it starts when Fred's truck is stolen.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Gene Farmer

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  24. Sanford and Son Season 3 Episode 4 - Presenting the Three Degrees
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    #24 - Presenting the Three Degrees

    S3:E4

    Rollo and Lamont are managing a girl singing group from Philadelphia, The Three Degrees. They stay at the Sanford house while preparing for a talent show at the Safari Club. Fred is against the notion at first until he meets the three sexy girls. At the Safari Club, Lamont is surprised when Fred and his friends arrive and they start heckling the other acts.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Sanford and Son Season 3 Episode 5 - This Little TV Went to Market
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    #25 - This Little TV Went to Market

    S3:E5

    Fred and Lamont's TV set is on it's last legs and Lamont considers buying a brand new one, however Fred buys a used color TV set for cheap. Things get out of hand when Fred's friend Grady stops by and recognizes Fred's new set as his set that was stolen. Fred quickly wants an out of the situation and sells it to his neighbor Julio for $50.

    Director:Peter Baldwin
    Writer:Gene Farmer

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Whiplash" is the worst rated episode of "Sanford and Son". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/1972. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Dowry".