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The Best Episodes of The Jeffersons

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Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Jeffersons Season 7 Episode 14 - My Hero
    8.7/10(193 votes)

    #1 - My Hero

    S7:E14

    George is hailed a hero after saving a woman from a mugging. However, later, George is intimidated by the mugger who threatens him which leads George to hire a personal bodyguard.

    Director:David Adam Silverman
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  2. The Jeffersons Season 4 Episode 15 - George and Whitty
    8.6/10(188 votes)

    #2 - George and Whitty

    S4:E15

    George and Louise discover that the landlord, Mr. Whittendale, may not be renewing their lease. This prompts George and Louise to invite Whittendale over to discuss this matter. However, just before he comes over, Harry drops his ant farm in the middle of the Jefferson's living room.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Jeffersons Season 5 Episode 7 - Me and Billy Dee
    8.5/10(140 votes)

    #3 - Me and Billy Dee

    S5:E7

    At the last minute, George's speaker at a benefit cancels which leaves him scrambeling 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 agress to speak. Meanwhile, an excited Florence is let down when she mistakes Billy Dee, her idol, for an impersonator.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Jeffersons Season 6 Episode 10 - Louise vs. Florence
    8.4/10(124 votes)

    #4 - Louise vs. Florence

    S6:E10

    Louise is to present a Volunteer award and must take care of the engraving on the plaque. However, when Florence takes it to her cousin, he mispells the name. This leads to a huge fight between Florence and Louise which results in Louise firing her. When George hires her back to serve some guests he's entertaining, constant bickering erupts.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Jeffersons Season 6 Episode 23 - The First Store
    8.4/10(125 votes)

    #5 - The First Store

    S6:E23

    As Louise and George look through old photos, they recall George opening his first store in 1968. His opening coincides with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr and when news of his death circulates, chaos erupts in the Jeffersons' neighborhood.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Jeffersons Season 3 Episode 17 - A Case of Black and White
    8.3/10(129 votes)

    #6 - A Case of Black and White

    S3:E17

    George's latest business deal is with a black man married to a white woman, so when he invites them over for dinner, he also has Tom and Helen come over, to make it look like he doesn't have racial prejudices. However, when Tom and Helen discover his plot, they storm out before the guests have arrived. This leads to George having Florence and Ralph impersonate Tom and Helen.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Seaman Jacobs

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  7. The Jeffersons Season 9 Episode 8 - Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (1)
    8.2/10(104 votes)

    #7 - Death Smiles on a Dry Cleaner (1)

    S9:E8

    For George's birthday, Louise books herself, George and Florence on a murder mystery cruise ship for mystery novelists, thus George pretends to be a novelist. George is having fun trying to solve a murder mystery until an apparant ""real"" murder occurs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Ron Leavitt, David W. Duclon

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  8. The Jeffersons Season 9 Episode 22 - Change of a Dollar
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    #8 - Change of a Dollar

    S9:E22

    On the night of a big banquet for Tom, George runs out at the last minute to do an errand at his store in Queens. Once there, we're taken back to 1968 and witness the grand opening of Jefferson Cleaners and we see how George earned his first dollar.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ron Leavitt

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  9. The Jeffersons Season 3 Episode 2 - Louise Gets Her Way
    8.1/10(125 votes)

    #9 - Louise Gets Her Way

    S3:E2

    Florence breaks down and tells Louise that she's losing her apartment due to the fact that the building is going to be torn down, this leads Louise to offer Florence a live-in maid position at the Jeffersons. Now the only problem is to get George to allow her to accept the job.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Jeffersons Season 7 Episode 13 - Sorry, Wrong Meeting
    8.1/10(143 votes)

    #10 - Sorry, Wrong Meeting

    S7:E13

    Louise and Florence run into members of the Ku Klux Klan at the CPR class held for the tenants in the building. Meanwhile, a rash of robberies in the building prompts Tom to start a meeting with the tenants. He later gets invited to one already scheduled unknown to him it's a Ku Klux Klan meeting and he invites George to come along with him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  11. The Jeffersons Season 5 Episode 16 - Florence Meets Mr. Right
    8.0/10(119 votes)

    #11 - Florence Meets Mr. Right

    S5:E16

    Florence's latest boyfriend, Buzz Thatcher, proposes marriage which she accepts happily. However, his religious attitudes give Louise a bad feeling about the whole thing.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writers:Peter Casey, David Clark Lee

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  12. The Jeffersons Season 2 Episode 18 - Florence's Problem
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    #12 - Florence's Problem

    S2:E18

    Florence goes on a cleaning spree in the Jefferson's apartment as well as behaving extremely strange including, kissing Harry and giving away a swimming award to Louise. This leads Louise to believe Florence is contemplating suicide.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Jeffersons Season 2 Episode 19 - Mother Jefferson's Birthday
    7.9/10(130 votes)

    #13 - Mother Jefferson's Birthday

    S2:E19

    Mother Jefferson is all excited about it being her 70th birthday and even more excited about what George is giving her for a gift. However, George and Louise have totally forgotten all about it leading them to scramble to come up with something to please the old bitty.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Seaman Jacobs

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  14. The Jeffersons Season 3 Episode 11 - Florence in Love
    7.9/10(141 votes)

    #14 - Florence in Love

    S3:E11

    One early morning, Louise and George are startled to discover a man in the kitchen, it isn't until after George threatens to beat him with a trophy, that he learns that Florence let him spend the night. This leads to a major argument resulting in Florence quitting her job.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Jeffersons Season 6 Episode 11 - Me and Mr. G.
    7.9/10(113 votes)

    #15 - Me and Mr. G.

    S6:E11

    Louise is excited when she gets to have an orphan, stay at the Jefferson's apartment for a week. However, when she and Florence go out to the store and leave George in charge some of his prejudiced attitudes rub off on the impressionable young lady leading to what was supposed to be a week turns into only a few hours.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Jeffersons Season 1 Episode 1 - A Friend in Need
    7.8/10(267 votes)

    #16 - A Friend in Need

    S1:E1

    The Jeffersons have moved on up and are now enjoying living in their new high-rise apartment. Louise has made a new friend in Diane Stockwell, who is having a hard time believing that George made his way up the ladder without doing anything shady. However, bigger problems are brewing when George insists that Louise hire a maid but Louise is totally against the idea.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Michael Ross

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  17. The Jeffersons Season 2 Episode 5 - Mother Jefferson's Fall
    7.8/10(146 votes)

    #17 - Mother Jefferson's Fall

    S2:E5

    After being ignored, a hurt Mother Jefferson fakes a fall and gets all the attention she wants and proves to be an even bigger burden to Louise than usual.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Erik Tarloff

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  18. The Jeffersons Season 4 Episode 22 - George and Louise in a Bind
    7.8/10(122 votes)

    #18 - George and Louise in a Bind

    S4:E22

    Louise and George have yet another one of their infamous fights which leads to Louise storming off to the Willis'. Soon after she leaves, a burglar holds George hostage and ties him up. Louise also gets tied up when she returns. This leads to George and Louise reminiscing about their lives and the time they've spent together. As the burglar loots the apartment, Louise and George sit in the kitchen tied up. They continue to reminisce about their lives (via flashbacks). Memories include, Louise putting up with Mother Jefferson and their lives when they lived across the street from Archie Bunker. Memories continue as Louise and George are being held hostage. Later, the burglar finally leaves and Florence arrives home to discover what happened. The excursion proves to have bring George and Louise closer together.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Jeffersons Season 5 Episode 5 - George's Dream
    7.8/10(108 votes)

    #19 - George's Dream

    S5:E5

    Workaholic George falls asleep in his office, one evening, and has a dream that takes him to the year 1996. In the dream, Louise is celebrating the 22nd anniversary of George's business, who isn't there celebrating, since he passed on a few years earlier.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Jeffersons Season 5 Episode 13 - Louise's Sister
    7.8/10(112 votes)

    #20 - Louise's Sister

    S5:E13

    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.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Jeffersons Season 5 Episode 21 - Every Night Fever
    7.8/10(120 votes)

    #21 - Every Night Fever

    S5:E21

    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.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Jeffersons Season 10 Episode 18 - Otis
    7.8/10(85 votes)

    #22 - Otis

    S10:E18

    George is all excited about having a magazine expose done on him and his cleaning business. However, the magazine wants to present a non-stereo typical view of blacks, and this is a problem for Otis, a shoeshine man who has his stand right out side of George's Harlem store.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Jeffersons Season 10 Episode 20 - George's Old Girl Friend
    7.8/10(90 votes)

    #23 - George's Old Girl Friend

    S10:E20

    Louise finds a perfume soaked letter in the mail to George from an old girlfriend. After a discussion, Louise decides to allow him to meet with her, which turns out to be a big mistake. Almost as soon as she arrives, she pulls a gun on him with intent to kill him.

    Director:Oz Scott
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Jeffersons Season 1 Episode 7 - Lionel Cries Uncle
    7.7/10(174 votes)

    #24 - Lionel Cries Uncle

    S1:E7

    Louise is expecting a visit from her Uncle Ward, a man who happens to be a butler. His job is what makes George and Lionel put him down, calling him an "Uncle Tom." Meanwhile, a fight at school prompts Lionel to get kicked out.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Jim Carlson

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  25. The Jeffersons Season 2 Episode 7 - Uncle Bertram
    7.7/10(134 votes)

    #25 - Uncle Bertram

    S2:E7

    Mother Jefferson encounters a masher in the elevator and later discovers he's Jenny's uncle. Things get out of hand when she locks him out on the balcony. Meanwhile, George wants to buy antique furniture, much to Louise's dismay.

    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Michael Ross

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Best Episodes Summary

"My Hero" is the best rated episode of "The Jeffersons". It scored 8.7/10 based on 193 votes. Directed by David Adam Silverman and written by Peter Casey, David Clark Lee, it aired on 2/22/1981. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "George and Whitty".