Sat, Jan 3, 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.
Sat, Jan 10, 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.
Sat, Feb 7, 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.
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Sat, Feb 14, 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.
Sat, Feb 21, 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.
Sat, Oct 17, 1987
Sandra is dating the IRS man who audited Mary. They later learn that the man is planning to buy the building. Later they learn he plans to tear down the building to make condos which everyone will be kicked out. They launch a protest to stop him and do. But later an inspector comes and when he cites so many violations, Rose has to sell. Mary suspects the guy is behind it.
Sat, Nov 21, 1987
Mary, Rose, and Pearl are toying around with Brenda's new keyboard, and Mary sings a song she wrote in high school. Sandra stops by and Mary sings the song for her. Sandra helped her edit it, and Brenda gave the song to Mary Wilson (of the Supremes), who offered to publish the song. When Mary is offered $5000 for the song and refuses to share with Sandra, Sandra sues Mary.
Sat, Nov 28, 1987
Lester's cousin Ed and his wife Sherry are visiting Mary and Lester. Ed is absolutely devoted to Sherry and still treats her like they're still on a honeymoon after 5 years of marriage, but Sherry feels stifled by him. Sherry announces to Mary that she's leaving Ed, and surreptitiously leaves during dinner. A depressed Ed mopes around the apartment and it's up to Mary, Lester, Rose, Pearl, and Sandra to cheer him up.
Sat, Dec 5, 1987
Calvin and his friend Eddie are about to fail history, so they have a tutor help them. When the tutor is an attractive young woman who inadvertently distracts them, Mary and Rose decide to help them. When both of their efforts fail, Lester decides to help out. Unfortunately, the boys still fail their final exam. Mary helps them get a second chance, but it is up to the Jenkins to get the boys back on track.
Sat, Dec 12, 1987
The ladies go to a self-help seminar and Mary meets a developer who has a 50 million dollar museum job. Rose recommends Lester for the job, but when Mary tells Lester about it, he says he can't manage the job because his company is too small. In spite of that, Mary agrees to meet with the developer and uses Sandra's boyfriend's penthouse to make her and Lester appear more affluent than they are.