227 — Season 5

The diva (Nell Carter) for the benefit opera loses her voice.

The tenants try to reach their landlord only to find he's living in a penthouse.

The men deal with an abandoned baby when the women spend a weekend at a health spa.

Lester stays with swinging bachelors after a fight with Mary.

The women become lost in the desert when the gang travels to an Arizona dude ranch.

The search is on after the women are kidnapped in the Arizona desert.

Brenda is tempted to plagiarize an essay to win a role in a rock video.

En route to surprise Lester with a work-site birthday party, Mary and Sandra are accosted by a biker gang.

Dylan's cleaning-crazy mother (Charlotte Rae) moves in after leaving his father.

Sandra comes up with a slogan for a new perfume but gets upset when her boss steals her idea.

Lester tries to dissuade Calvin from joining the Army.

Julian snubs Mary's invitation to a Christmas party.

Mary makes a regrettable phone call after a would-be client (Ronnie Schell) turns down Lester's construction bid.

Brenda, prevented from throwing a party at the Jenkins, decides to hold the party in the landlord's vacant apartment.

Lester (Hal Williams) falls asleep in church and has a bizarre dream of his journey to heaven with Mary.

When a boastful Lester gets his own radio show, Mary decides to burst his bubble.

Travis encounters a notorious gangster (Gary Coleman) after finding $250,000 in his limousine.

Mary witnesses the infidelity of Rose's boyfriend (Kevin Peter Hall) while on a trip to Atlantic City.

While the gang continues their Atlantic City vacation, Mary discovers more about the infidelity of Rose's boyfriend.

Mary is hailed as a brave new artist following a cleaning mishap in an art gallery.

Julian fakes death to keep from losing the building.

Mary plays a "slasher" when the apartment building is rented for a horror film.

Mary, suffering from appendicitis, shares a hospital room with an eccentric patient.

Mary and Lester try to help homeless citizens find work and shelter.