227 - Season 1 - Eps 8: A Letter to the President

1985-11-0930 min⭐ 6.8/10

When Mary writes a letter to the President about the pothole that is on her street that no one has seemed to fill in 3 months, the secret service starts snooping around 227 and gets the residents nervous. Then they find out that the President was actually praising her for her consideration of her neighborhood. He makes plans to come to the street and refill the pothole with Lester. When the Jenkins' catch the city filling in the pothole, they stop them and tell them that the President and Lester will be doing that later. The President cancels his appearance because of an emergency meeting but calls and commends Mary and also flies over the street in his helicopter.

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About 227

227

Title: 227

First Air Date: 1985-09-14

Last Air Date: 1990-05-06

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.8/10 (from 39 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 5

Total Episodes: 116

Network: NBC

Genres: Comedy, Family

Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television, Embassy Television, Embassy Communications, ELP Communications

Synopsis

A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.

Cast

Marla Gibbs

Marla Gibbs

Mary Jenkins

Hal Williams

Hal Williams

Lester Jenkins

Alaina Reed Hall

Alaina Reed Hall

Rose Lee Holloway

Jackée Harry

Jackée Harry

Sandra Clark

Regina King

Regina King

Brenda Jenkins

Helen Martin

Helen Martin

Pearl Shay

Curtis Baldwin

Curtis Baldwin

Calvin Dobbs

Barry Sobel

Barry Sobel

Dylan McMillan

Countess Vaughn

Countess Vaughn

Alexandria DeWitt

Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Julian C. Barlow

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