Episode
The Jeffersons: Try a Little Tenderness
Overview
After catching vandals trying to break into his store, George and Louise stake it out and are surprised when two young kids break in. George wants to call the police but Louise bets George that if she can't turn them around, he won't have to give her $2,000 to save the Help Center's children's counseling program.
Details
- Series
- The Jeffersons
- Season
- Season 11
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1984-12-23
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
Try a Little Tenderness is Episode 8 in Season 11 of The Jeffersons. It aired on 1984-12-23. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 7: They Don't Make Preachers Like Him Anymore
Florence is all excited since her and her church choir are going to Ohio for a competition. However, Florence loses her faith in God when the Reverend steals the money they needed to enter the competition.
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Needing some quick cash to fly to a family get together, Florence accompanies George and Louise to Atlantic City where Florence is struck by gambling fever. Meanwhile, Louise is determined to see some celebrities unknown to her she is running in to them everywhere she turns.
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Episode 4: A House Divided
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Episode 12: Sayonara (1)
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Episode 3: Bobbles, Bangles and Booboos
Louise and Florence have the perfect plan to get the best of George. They've got the hidden video show, Boobles, Bangles and Booboos coming over on the pretense of an interview for George. However, Louise and George begin to doubt the validity of them when the apartment is robbed.
Episode 13: Sayonara (2)
After hearing the news of the divorce, George and Louise get into a big fight with Tom and Helen and the fight continues all the way through Family Night at Jessica's school. The constant bickering leads Jessica to run out of the school and onto the streets of New York.
Episode 2: Ebony and Ivory
The snobby socialite that beat Louise out of a Volunteer of the Year award is back and brags about how her grandson is going to win a piano recital. This leads Louise to enter her granddaughter, Jessica in the recital with the intent of beating the snobby competition.
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George's assistant, Clark doesn't have a date for the prom and Florence agrees to go with him. However, once there Florence runs into the man whom she wanted to go to her prom with but he never asked her.