227 - Season 3 - Eps 17: The Roommate

Name: Eps 17: The Roommate
Released: 1988-02-06
Rating: 3.4

1988-02-06 • 30 min • ⭐ 6.7/10

When the daughter of Lester's friend comes to stay with the Jenkins until the dorms at Howard University open, she gets a taste of the big city first hand. Sandra is behind on rent for three months and she decides to get a roommate. Sweet, shy, quiet Donna becomes her roommate after the dorm overbooked. She takes a lesson from Sandra and begins dressing, walking, talking, and acting like her. She steals Sandra's boyfriend and when Mary talks to her about the new Donna, she gets upset and leaves. Then her parents show up to check on their ""baby."" Mary stalls until finally Donna comes back. They talk privately and Donna apologizes and admits that she was not ready for ""life in the fast lane.""

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About 227

Title: 227

First Air Date: 1985-09-14

Last Air Date: 1990-05-06

Status: Ended

Rating: 6.7/10 (from 40 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.