George and Louise are prepared to celebrate a milestone in the history of Jefferson Cleaners: the opening of a new corporate office. During the celebration at Charlie's Bar, George boasts about his wealth to his guests. However, he is unaware that two of the guests are hardened criminals, who are planning to get their share of the wealth. When Louise is a no-show at the party, a phone call reveals the reason why: The crooks have kidnapped her, and are demanding a $100,000 ransom. Written by Brian Rathjen

George and the others anxiously wait for the telephone call from the crooks who claimed they have kidnapped Louise, until she walks right into the apartment unscathed. Louise insists she never knew anything about kidnappers, and while everyone breathes a sigh of relief, there's one more question: Where is Florence? Written by Matthew Chu

George is excited when he learns that an old Navy pal is in town and wants him to stop by at his hotel for a visit. However his old pal, Eddie, has a big surprise for George; his name is now Edie and he has undergone a sex change operation. Meanwhile, confusion with Eddie's name leads Louise to believe that George is having an affair with a woman named Edie. Written by Anonymous

George hires Marcus from Louise's youth center to work in one of the cleaning stores, but Marcus quickly steals an expensive suede jacket that belongs to one of George's best customers.

Many greats in history have their legacies preserved and are known to the public throughout the years. George wants to have his legacy known for generations to come as well. Therefore, he pays a sculptor to carve a bust of his likeness, with a style similar to that of a Greek God. George invites his family and neighbors over to his apartment for the unveiling of the statue; however, once they see it, they laugh it off. Written by Oliver Chu

Louise is hoping that Fay Blanchard, the director of the Neighborhood Help Center, will appoint her as editor of the center's newsletter. While Helen visits Louise to invite her to go shopping for a party, she invites Helen to stay so she could meet Ms. Blanchard. While Ms. Blanchard discusses the newsletter job to Louise, she is impressed with Helen's journalism experience. As a result, she appoints Helen as editor instead, making Louise think that Helen stole the job she wanted from her. Written by Oliver Chu

Florence receives unexpected visits from her parents, who have come to tell her that they have decided to divorce after decades of marriage.

Marcus never got to go camping as a child. Louise persuades George to take him without realizing that Mother Jefferson is slated to come over. So George dumps his mother on Louise and takes Marcus camping.

Louise is convinced that her marital stability rests on the presence of her wedding corsage inside a book. But when the corsage turns up missing, Louise's imagination runs wild.

Louise's new interest involves doing office work at a museum. But when an archaeologist invites her on a weekend dig where they will be the only ones present, suspicions arise.

Before a costume party, George tells Florence to spill grape juice on a prospective client's pirate suit so that George can substitute a duplicate suit and pretend it's the original suit cleaned in record time. But things go wrong.

George feigns interest in horse-racing to impress client Curt Hendricks, who is charmed by Florence's insults to George and invites Florence to join him in Las Vegas for a weekend.

Workaholic George neglects Louise, so Tom suggests that George hire a general manager to help ease the load. Florence coaches qualified applicant Clarence on how to schmooze with George and ace the interview.

Customer Natalie Parker visits Jefferson's Cleaners one day and meets Marcus, who invites her out to a date. To make Natalie think that he is not just a clerk in a cleaning store, Marcus gives her the impression that he is George's son. After she starts dating Marcus, she meets George when she went to the store to pick up her dry cleaning, and tells him she is dating his son. As a result, George thinks Lionel is having an affair with Natalie. Written by Oliver Chu

It is Christmas and George and Louise invited Lionel, Jenny, Tom, Helen and Bentley over to sing Christmas carols. Georges ask Leroy to run some errands for him, including delivering a present to an address in Harlem. Louise becomes suspicious as to why George would be sending things to an unknown address in Harlem, especially when she found out that he has been sending money there every month. When Leroy forgets to take the present, George goes to deliver the gift himself. As George leaves for Harlem, Louise follows him. Written by Oliver Chu

When the lease on the Jeffersons' apartment is going to expire, H.L. Whittendale is thinking about renting the apartment to close friends of his. Worried about losing their home, George and Louise invite Mr. Whittendale over for a drink and social hour, hoping to gain his friendship. However, the man they invited over turns out to be H.L.'s brother, R.S. Whittendale. Written by Oliver Chu

Lionel gets laid off from his engineering job. Therefore, George hires him to work in his office as his vice president. However, Lionel turns out to be trouble when he started making executive decisions without George's approval. This includes spending company money on new furniture for his stores and blazers for his employees, and advertising a discount sale on cleaning. With all the commotion and chaos that follow, Louise tells George to fire Lionel. Written by Oliver Chu

During a city-wide blackout, George and Marcus make a trip to one of the cleaning stores in a bad part of town in order to prevent possible looting. But the mission goes from bad to worse.

Florence and the other maids in the building decide to form a union. Louise supports the idea, but George opposes the idea because Mr. Whittendale does, too.

As a publicity gimmick for his store, George tries to get President Carter to stay with him. After a phone call to the White House degenerates into an argument, George's comments are interpreted by the Secret Service as a threat to the President. Written by Attmay

Tom wants to start his own publishing firm but doesn't have collateral and asks George to cosign a loan. But after enduring another verbal battle with George, Helen finds out and vehemently objects.

George's eight year-old nephew, Raymond, visit him from Chicago for six weeks. He promised his brother, Henry, that he would take good care of Raymond during his visit. However, Raymond turns out to be a troublemaker. George feels a little guilt for not getting along with Raymond, but tries to keep him entertained during his stay. Written by Oliver Chu

A burglar breaks into the Jeffersons' apartment and ties up George and Louise. As the burglar goes about his work, the couple are left to reminisce about their past. This episode includes clips from both The Jeffersons and All in the Family. Written by Brian Rathjen

George and Louise, still tied up in the kitchen, recall and talk about past times while the burglar's still at work robbing their apartment.

Along with talking about old times, the Jeffersons reflect on how lucky they are to be alive, have each other, their son Lionel and good friends. ..and wonder if that burglar will ever finish.

Jenny goes to the ghetto to write a thesis about gang violence. There, she meets a 12 year old boy who is already a veteran gang member.