Luring Fred and Lamont to Hawaii, a trio of jewel thieves plot to make Fred their mule for smuggling stolen diamonds to California.

Fred and Lamont visit Hawaii tourist attractions while running for their lives from the jewel thieves.

While Fred and Lamont are digging a garden, oil is discovered underground at the junk yard. Fred sees millions but before any money can be paid it must first be tested.

The police are looking for a fence named Alex Hacker who's been spotted coming in and out of The Sanford Arms. They use Fred and Lamont's home to stakeout the Arms. Meanwhile, Fred has a crush on a new lady tenant.

Fred is determined to break Choo Choo Rabinowitz's official world record for the longest amount of time staying awake.

A couple of con men sucker Fred into running a rigged lucky number contest for which the crooks secretly hold the winning ticket.

Soon after Fred is appointed to serve on a mayor's committee he is sought out by a slumlord offering a bribe for political favors.

Fred works nights as a bus boy in a fancy restaurant so he can begin paying back the $6,000 bank loan he took out in order to give Lamont an impressive wedding gift.

Fred's old friend Carol shows up after 40 years, stirring up memories and sparking a flashback to the Summer of 1936 when Fred was a pool hustler in Cleveland.

Esther and Woody plan to be parents for the first time, but for it to happen Esther is going to need Fred's help.

Misunderstandings abound and compound when Fred's friends try to honor his fortieth year in business with a secret surprise.

Esther and Woody welcome their son Daniel, but quickly discover they must practice the forgiveness that Esther preaches.

Fred, Lamont, Donna and Bubba attend a taping of The Gong Show and are inspired to audition as contestants, bringing their musical act onto the show.

The fourth wall falls when Fred enters NBC's Redd Foxx look-alike contest and eagerly anticipates meeting his idol face to face.

Rehearsing his magic act, Grady snaps a pair of trick shackles onto Fred and Esther, only to discover the instructions for removing them are printed in Chinese.

Lamont fears Fred is going deaf, and Fred is content to play along and milk sympathy from Lamont and Donna.

Lamont's engagement to Janet is jeopardized by the unexpected return of her ex-husband John.

To avoid paying taxes, Fred buys a mail-order clergy ordination and transforms his home into the Chapel on the Junkpile for the church of the Seventh-Day Junkists.

Fred suffers amnesia after being bludgeoned with Esther's silver-plated Bible. Having looked death in the face, Fred wants to get his affairs in order and so prepares his last will and testament and summons his friends for its reading.

Angered by the age discrimination policy of a local stereo dealer, Fred rallies a troop of Gray Foxes and leads the charge to change the policy.

Fred and Lamont need to raise $4,000 by Friday or lose the Sanford Arms. Fred plans to parlay his $500 savings into the needed amount by playing poker, betting on horses and letting it ride in Las Vegas.

Inspired by Alex Haley's Roots, Fred orders a family crest and genealogical scroll that states he's African royalty and a descendant of the Jewish Ethiopian Falashas.

Aspiring songwriter Fred invites B.B. King to dinner, but panics upon reading in the blues legend's biography that the singer has sworn to get even with the man who long ago stole his St. Louis sweetheart E.W., a woman matching Elizabeth's description. Written by Gary R. Peterson

For a month Fred and Bubba have been sneaking out at night, concerning family and friends and leading Donna to fear that Fred has fallen for another woman.