227 - Season 1 - Eps 8: A Letter to the President
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.
About 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
Mary Jenkins

Hal Williams
Lester Jenkins

Alaina Reed Hall
Rose Lee Holloway

Jackée Harry
Sandra Clark

Regina King
Brenda Jenkins

Helen Martin
Pearl Shay

Curtis Baldwin
Calvin Dobbs

Barry Sobel
Dylan McMillan

Countess Vaughn
Alexandria DeWitt

Paul Winfield
Julian C. Barlow