Season 2 · Episode 12 — A Matter of Choice
The 227 residents are worried when Calvin's free-spending new friend offers him a chance to make 50 dollars for doing what ""sounds like a Miami Vice drug deal.""
Season 2 episodes
E1Mary and Sandra become contestants on ""Wheel of Fortune"" and wind up competing against each other.
E2Lester comes home from work sick, with the assumption that he has the flu. Using a bell that Sandra gives him, he drives Mary crazy with hi…
E3Mary invites Sandra and her date, an eligible Congressman, to a dinner for Brenda's teacher who is attracted to the legislator.
E4After Sandra sees her neighbors (a married couple) interact with each other and with their daughter, Sandra decides that she wants a husban…
E5Mary is in charge of the church's charity show, and it's like divine providence when the Temptations show up at her door.
E6When Sandra sees a pillow that Mary is making for Brenda, she is impressed. She tells Mary that they could go into business and make lots o…
E7When Brenda meets a cute boy she decides to invite him to her party Saturday night. After getting permission to actually have the party, sh…
E8Calvin's dad comes to visit D.C. He and Calvin have fun going to basketball games and going to see the Blue Angels fly. Because he and his…
E9Sandra is writing a romance novel whose characters resemble the residents of 227: Marie, Rosita, and Pearlie Mae. With Mary up against Emma…
E10Rose tries a video-dating service, but wonders if she can live up to the image Sandra creates for her.
E11When Mary and Rose come home from the movie theater, they see JoJo spray painting his gang tag underneath Pearl's window. Pearl hits him wi…
E12The 227 residents are worried when Calvin's free-spending new friend offers him a chance to make 50 dollars for doing what ""sounds like a…
E13When Ms. clark uses her feminine wiles to get Brenda a part-time job at Billy Bob's Burgers, Brenda's parents are divided: she wants Brenda…
E14Sandra is very upset when she learns that her mother is coming to visit. She feels as though her mother doesn't love her because she is so…
E15Mary and Lester go to a toy store to purchase toys for kids in the hospital. When they get there, the guy lets them in even though the sign…
E16The IRS audits Mary and Lester. At a diner, Mary gets into an argument with a man whose views on women are old-fashioned and clash with Mar…
E17When Sandra comes to show the ladies the new ring that her boyfriend gave her, Mary notices an article in the newspaper that mentions a rob…
E18When Lester decides to rent a hotel room for the weekend, Mary plans a cruise, and the ladies plan a surprise party for Mary and Lester's A…
E19When Lester goes to watch the game at a friend's house, Mary and the ladies decide to have a girl's night out. They go to a club/bar where…
E20Calvin befriends a new kid named Ron who says that his money comes from his rich uncle. He buys Calvin a new pair of shoes and offers to ta…
E21Upset when Brenda comes home from University Day wanting to attend Northwestern, Mary anticipates an empty nest by demanding that Lester gi…
E22The Social Security office says that Pearl is dead, and the resulting protest lands Pearl, Mary and Rose in jail.