Episode guide
The Jeffersons: Season 5
24 episodes · premiered Sep 20, 1978
TMDB has no overview for this season.
- Episode 1: Louise's Painting Sep 20, 1978 · 25m Prompted by Helen, Louise begins taking an art class. However, when George discovers she's been sketching models who pose in the nude, he tries to get her to stop attending class.
- Episode 2: Homecoming (1) Sep 27, 1978 · 25m George decides that he needs a cleaning factory and sets out to find a place for it. Meanwhile, Alan Willis returns to New York and learns that he has inherited a warehouse from his…
- Episode 3: Homecoming (2) Oct 4, 1978 · 25m Alan moves in with the Jeffersons and George continues efforts to get the warehouse for himself. Meanwhile, battles with the landlord prompt Louise and Helen to try to find a better place…
- Episode 4: How Slowly They Forget Oct 11, 1978 · 25m Louise has been trying to get a permit for the Help Center but she hasn't been able to get anywhere with the bank. This leads George to go down to the bank and discovers that the banker is…
- Episode 5: George's Dream Oct 18, 1978 · 25m 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…
- Episode 6: George's New Stockbroker Nov 1, 1978 · 25m George's new stockbroker is quite a ventriloquist, after he introduces the Jeffersons to his dummy, J.P. However, George has second thoughts about him after he learns that he has spent…
- Episode 7: Me and Billy Dee Nov 4, 1978 · 25m 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…
- Episode 8: Half a Brother Nov 8, 1978 · 25m George is being considered for a position on a bank's board of directors and when a banker comes over to interview him, Alan and the banker's daughter hit it off. This leads George to…
- Episode 9: What are Friends For? Nov 22, 1978 · 25m George is thrilled to get a visit from his favorite cousin, Dusty. George's thrill turns to shock when Dusty asks George for a kidney since his are failing. This leads George to take a…
- Episode 10: George, Who? Nov 29, 1978 · 25m Louise is convinced that George and her are in a routine, something that George scoffs at. However, their routine gets shaken up after Louise is brutally mugged resulting in her getting…
- Episode 11: Harry's House Guest Dec 13, 1978 · 25m Harry practically moves into the Jefferson's apartment to avoid his annoying house guest, Felicia. George tries to help him out by giving him tips to throw her out but this results in…
- Episode 12: George Finds a Father Dec 20, 1978 · 25m The Christmas season brings old friends, Buddy and Zeke, to the Jefferson apartment. With them comes along a long buried secret, one that George can't handle. Buddy and George's mother…
- Episode 13: Louise's Sister Jan 3, 1979 · 25m 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…
- Episode 14: Louise's Reunion Jan 10, 1979 · 25m On the evening of her class reunion, Louise discovers in George's will that all of his money would go to her on the condition that she never remarries. This obviously prompts yet another…
- Episode 15: A Bedtime Story Jan 24, 1979 · 25m George is trying to hide his impotence from Louise and explores many means to cure his problem, including, oysters, medications and even a sex therapist.
- Episode 16: Florence Meets Mr. Right Jan 31, 1979 · 25m 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.
- Episode 17: Louise's Award Feb 7, 1979 · 25m Louise is excited that she's being considered to receive the Volunteer of the Year award due to her work down at the Help Center. However, what she doesn't know is that George is planning…
- Episode 18: The Other Woman Feb 21, 1979 · 25m A business trip of Tom's sparks an argument between him and Helen which gets even worse when she discovers that a beautiful blond is accompanying him.
- Episode 19: The Hold Out Feb 28, 1979 · 25m George becomes the holdout when he refuses to sell his first store to a company who is buying up all the buildings on the block. His strategy, holdout to up the offer despite the fact that…
- Episode 20: The Ones You Love Mar 7, 1979 · 25m Tom and Alan's fight causes a fight to erupt between George and Louise on the same evening a reporter from Black Life Magazine is to interview them on the subject of happily married life.
- Episode 21: Every Night Fever Mar 28, 1979 · 25m 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…
- Episode 22: Three Faces of Florence Apr 4, 1979 · 25m Florence is reading a novel in which a woman pretends to be different people this gives Florence the idea to act like different people to attract men. While down at the Help Center, she…
- Episode 23: Louise's Convention Apr 11, 1979 · 25m Helen gives Louise the news that both of them have been invited to California to attend a convention, however, the planned trip coincides with the date of her wedding anniversary…
- Episode 24: The Freeze-in Apr 18, 1979 · 26m When the heat goes out in a few of the apartments in the building, Harry, Tom and Helen convene at the Jefferson's heated apartment, causing cramped space and sore feelings.