Episode
The Jeffersons: Jenny's Low
Overview
Jenny's globe-trotting brother surprises his family with a visit home. While Tom and Helen, debate on the reason for Allan staying away so long, Jenny is anything but happy about his visit and her reason has nothing to do with him staying away for so long.
Details
- Series
- The Jeffersons
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1975-04-12
- Runtime
- 27 min
Episode context
Jenny's Low is Episode 13 in Season 1 of The Jeffersons. It aired on 1975-04-12. The runtime is 27 min.
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