Unbeknownst to Fred, Lamont and Rollo have been taking acting classes and is preparing to play the lead in Othello. Fred thinks that Lamont has a new girlfriend and doesn't want to reveal her identity. So, while out with Bubba one night, the two return to the house and find Lamont and his teacher Marlene practicing the scene in which Othello strangles Desdamona. Thinking that Lamont is only choking a white woman to death, he and Bubba panic, but after the ruse is revealed, Marlene tries to help Fred understand what Lamont is trying to do. Inviting Fred and Lamont to her parent's house in Beverly Hills, so that they can rehearse, Fred walks in on Marlene's parents who think he is a burglar. Written by Jerry Roberts

Stressed out and feeling that there is no direction in his life, Lamont consults an astrologist to help his sort out this confusion. Based on his rising sign she advises him to establish peace and harmony in his day to day life... even with his father. It is at that very moment that Fred thinks that he is dying after eating eight-day old collard greens that have given him indigestion. Aunt Esther and her church sisters rally around him trying to save is mortal soul from damnation because they think he has a short time to live. Lamont discovers some vital information about the time of his birth that he takes back to Miss Audrey and she informs him that he is to be the aggressor in his home. With that, Lamont demands that Fred snap out of his hypochondriac state and get to the business of getting some work done around the house. Written by Jerry Roberts

Fred, fearing retaliation after witnessing a robbery at Julio's, is unwilling to get involved by describing the burglars to the police.

The Three Degrees, the Philadelphia-based singing trio, are the Sanfords' house-guests. The ladies perform I Didn't Know for Fred.

Fred and Lamont's TV set finally goes belly up, prompting Lamont to suggest that it is time to buy a brand new set. Fred thinks that the money could be better spent on a second-hand TV from Guy's Groovy Grab Bag, a panel-truck that sell quickly and never stops in the same place twice. Lamont makes Fred promise not to get involved in any shady deals, but Fred buys one anyway. Fred claims that there is nothing suspicious about the TV until Grady drops by and identifies it as having been recently stolen out of his house, prompting an angry fight between he and Fred. In the meantime, Fred sells the set to Julio. Grady returns with the police and not only is Fred deception uncovered but so too is the information that Grady also bought the set from Guy's Groovy Grab Bag and that the set is evidence in a string of robberies. Therefore it doesn't belong to either he or Fred. Written by Jerry Roberts

Fred's pal Bubba sees Lamont and his friend Rollo coming out of what turns out to be a gay bar, where they had gone by mistake. He reports this to Fred. Adding to this to other evidence, Fred is worried his son his homosexual... and sets about curing him without Lamont knowing it. Written by Anonymous

Fred is so angry over Lamont's decision to start up a side business with Julio that he packs up and moves into a flop house. Lamont is shocked but Julio encourages him to simply apologize so Fred will come home. So, Lamont engineers a plan for Julio and his mother to make dinner in their kitchen so that Fred will think that the Fuentes' have moved into the house so he will come home to stop them. The plan backfires though when Fred comes back home and brings all the guys from the flophouse with him. Written by Jerry Roberts

Fred gets information that his Uncle Leotis back in St. Louis has passed away. After scoffing that he was a deadbeat and a loser, Fred discovers that his uncle has left him $1500, which suddenly makes him mournful of his lost relative. The condition of the inheritance is that he and Lamont have to go to St. Louis to pick up the money. Lamont reasons that the only way to get to St. Louis quickly is to take a plane but pteromerhanophobic Fred refuses to even consider it. Lamont eventually talks him into it, but of course Fred makes a fool of himself for the entire flight. Arriving in St. Louis, Fred and Lamont are stunned when they realize that they've been misinformed about the money, that it wasn't intended as an inheritance but as expenses that are to be used to bury Uncle Leotis. Angry, Fred goes back to denouncing him as a deadbeat and a loser before heading home. Written by Jerry Roberts

Fred and Donna are to be married on Sunday, but Lamont plots to put them asunder before the Lord joins them together by inviting to the wedding his Aunt Esther and the rest of Fred's irascible in-laws.

Lamont becomes annoyed that Fred is constantly playing old blues records featuring a band named Blind Mellow Jelly. Then, he finds out the records are rare and could be worth several hundred dollars.

Lamont suffers buyer's remorse after the pool table he gave Fred for his birthday brings the boys over for billiards every day while Fred's work and girlfriend Donna go neglected.

Fred seizes a financial opportunity when Grady gripes about his neighbors' fighting: invite Grady to come live in serenity for $60 a month with him and Lamont.

Depressed about death and growing old, Fred and his drinking buddies determine to think young and go for the gusto by throwing a wild party, inviting topless waitress Fast Fanny and four of her fast friends to spice it up.

Fred's feathers get ruffled when an old friend from St. Louis comes to town claiming to be Lamont's actual father.

When Lamont gets a traffic ticket, Fred convinces him to fight it in court, where the poor man's Perry Mason steps up to defend his son against the system.

Fred, petty and prejudiced against his Puerto Rican neighbor, hires a surveyor to mark the legal property line to ensure Julio keeps his stuff off the Sanford side.

After learning about the dangers and high risk of heart disease, Lamont plots to get his heart attack-prone father to the hospital for a cardio check-up.

Lamont and Rollo don't want to invite fuddy-duddy Fred to their party with a pair of live-wire women from Detroit.

Lamont learns karate to defend himself against bully Jo Jo Jackson.

A woman Fred wooed over one too many boilermakers comes looking to take him up on his marriage proposal. Betty is bent on getting satisfaction and skeptical of Grady's insisting he's not Fred

With Fred away in St. Louis, Grady is put in charge of the house. He quickly makes his presence known by keeping Aunt Esther out and preventing Lamont from bringing girls home.

I'm not a cream puff! declares Uncle Woody after Grady gives him an empowering man-to-man talk and sends him home to reclaim his castle. But Aunt Esther doesn't appreciate Grady's making a man of her mouse and shows that hell hath no fury like the wife of a worm turned. Written by Gary R. Peterson

Lamont's looking for a little lovin', but new girlfriend Judy is looking to settle down. When Lamont tells Judy he can't get married because his godfather Grady would disapprove, Judy sets to winning Grady's approval with a smile and a smoked pork butt, which sets Grady jumping to conclusions. Written by Gary R. Peterson

Grady's cousin Emma comes in from Chicago for a visit, promising to make things easier for Grady and Lamont by doing all the cooking and cleaning. Lamont correctly suspects that she's a freeloader when she makes a variety of excuses to get out of work while Grady defends her. After a while, even Grady begins to see through her empty promises, so he and Lamont devise a scheme to get her out of the house by pretending to have an extremely contagious skin disease. Written by Jerry Roberts