Season 5 • Episode 24
LatestMary dreams that she's homeless after misinterpreting a plea for help from a street person (homeless advocate Theodore Hayes) as a threat to her safety.
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.
Acting
Jackée Harry's Sandra — the original messy neighbor icon.
Writing
Sharp banter that never punches down at its characters.
Production
That iconic stoop set — basically a co-star.
Creator
Michael G. Moye
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
227 premiered the same year as The Cosby Show but offered a grittier, working-class Black perspective rarely seen on network TV.
Marla Gibbs famously filmed 227 by day and The Jeffersons by night for their overlapping first season — the queen of two stoop eras.
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