Episode
227: The Fight of the Century
Overview
When Mary causes Lester to miss a prizefight, they have a bout that could deliver a knockout punch to their marriage. Lester stays with swinging bachelors after a fight with Mary.
Details
- Series
- 227
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1989-10-21
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Fight of the Century is Episode 4 in Season 5 of 227. It aired on 1989-10-21. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 3: A Pampered Tale
The women head to a spa to prepare for a beauty contest.
Meanwhile, Travis & Dylan care for a baby left in Travis' limo. Later Lester & Julian help out until the baby's mother returns.
Episode 5: How the West Was Fun (1)
At a dude ranch, Mary lassos Rose and Sandra into a treasure hunt, and Dylan takes a likin' to a filly. Part 1 of two
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Episode 2: Tenants, Anyone?
Mary and the gang try to draw a bead on new landlord Julian Barlow, who's been ducking them, while Dylan hunts for a new roommate.
Episode 6: How the West Was Fun (2)
Conclusion. Lester puts together a posse to find the womenfolk when the water rustlers take them hostage.
Episode 1: Take My Diva . . . Please!
Mary's organized a charity benefit featuring Diva Beverly Morris. Now she's a prima donna and Mary's worried that if she finds out that Sandra's dating her former boyfriend, Armand she'll back out. So she tries to keep her from finding out but when they end up in the powder room together things get hairy.
Episode 7: Video Activity
Bobby Brown shoots a video at Brenda's high school, while Brenda plagiarizes an old essay of Mary's to win a part as an extra. Brenda kept putting off writing it by going to pep rallies, football games, and parties with Calvin at Morgan State, and on Sunday night, she still does not have her paper done. When Mary wrote it (25 years earlier), she received an A+, but Brenda gets a C and is not one the five chosen to appear in Bobby Brown's video.
Meanwhile, Julian bribes Travis into bringing Bobby Brown to his penthouse so he can discuss going into business ventures with each other.
Bobby Brown decides that he does not want only five students to appear in his video, but the whole class. Brenda is allowed to be in the video but she is stil grounded and has to write 3 more papers for Mary.
Episode 8: Flying Down to Leo's
En route to Lester's birthday party, Mary and Sandra run into gang members who want them as their biker chicks. (TVguide.com)
Episode 9: Reunion Blues
Dylan's mother moves in with him after leaving his father, and starts stepping out with Julian (Paul Winfield). (tvguide.com)
Episode 10: The Perfume Game
Sandra comes up with a slogan for a new perfume, but she thinks it stinks when her ad-agency boss steals her idea. (tvguide.com)
Episode 11: War is Heck
When Calvin wants to quit school and join the Army, Lester puts him through his paces at a mock boot camp.
Episode 12: Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas
Mary decides to invite her landlord Julian to her Christmas Eve bash in hopes of livening things up.
Episode 13: There Go the Clowns
Mary dons clown garb to erase a nasty message she left on the answering machine of Lester's business contact, an eccentric novelties magnate.