The Rookie

Mary hits a parked car and leaves a note, then the car is totaled by a hit and run driver. She must convince Sandra to try and calm the man down and prevent him from pressing charges.

Mary fires Cupid's arrow at her brother Lewis and best friend Rose, but she misses the mark when Lewis sets his own sights on resident vamp Sandra.

Brenda's genealogy assignment triggers a war between her mother Mary and neighbor Sandra over famous ancestors--but Mary's pride soon goes AWOL when she learns her family tree has root rot.

After Mary's refrigerator breaks down, her sly neighbor Sandra agrees to use her "influence" on their landlord to get her a new one--in exchange for Mary lending her apartment to Sandra for a party.

Mary and Sandra get a different view of womanhood when Mary attempts to rekindle lost love by "steppin' out" with husband Lester, while party-happy Sandra is homebound with her six-year-old niece.

Mary may be faced with eviction when 227's stingy landlord dies, and her nemesis Sandra is in line to inherit the building.

Mary gets caught up in the fervor of a sidewalk sale to help the new landlady Rose pay for building repairs. But she sells Lester's favorite lamp--unaware that he's stashed the sale's proceeds in it.

Mary's friends head for the highway after she implicates them in a letter to the President about a pothole--but they make a quick U-turn when they learn the President is coming to fill in the hole.

Mary begins to fret when Sandra--fired from her previous job because of a boss' jealous wife--lands a position at Lester's construction firm.

Trying to tackle the loneliness of football widowhood, Mary snags tickets to the big game--but she fumbles her chance to score points with Lester when she insists on going along.

When Mary can't solve daughter Brenda's boy problems, Brenda enlists the aid of an expert -- Mary's nemesis, Sandra, their sultry, sexy and "man-wise" neighbor.

When Mary buys a piano, Rose peddles her teaching services to both her and Sandra--and the two pupils' rivalry inspires a competitive recital to determine who's learned more in three weeks.

When their church loses its lease, Mary coaxes Lester into supervising its move to a new location. But the members are left without a church on Christmas, when the building mysteriously disappears.

Mary and Sandra offer differing opinions when Rose is asked to spend the weekend in New York with the man of her dreams--who also happens to be one of Sandra's ex-nightmares.

Everyone's abuzz when the "birds and the bees" invade 227, but Brenda and Calvin may wind up getting stung when Mary discovers their secret rendezvous.

When Calvin stays at the Jenkins' for the weekend, he misreads Sandra's attempts to cheer him up and falls madly in love with her, putting Mary in an awkward position.

Lester's former boss pays a visit, giving the impression he's wealthy.

Lester's plan to buy a sports car goes awry when Mary decides to redecorate.

Mary and Lester throw an extravagant bash for her parents' 50th wedding anniversary, only to find that the guests of honor aren't speaking to each other.

Mary and Brenda cry foul when Sandra hooks up with a pro basketball player whose arrogant moves and behind-the-back "passes" rub off on impressionable Calvin.

Mary gambles her relationship with Rose and Pearl when she belittles their passion for the lottery. The odds of losing their friendship increase when Sandra sees Mary buy her own ticket.

Young Calvin's unemployment has gotten everyone at 227 so concerned, that Mary badgers husband Lester into hiring him. But when Lester is forced to fire the awkward teenager, the residents explode.