227 (1985)

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating: 6.8 (4,636 votes)
Episode average: 7.3 ↑ +0.5 vs IMDb
Seasons: 5
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 5 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1985)

7.35 avg 22 episodes 7.8 → 7.1 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Honesty	7.8	88
2	Mary's Brother	7.4	63
3	Family Hero	6.9	52
4	The Refrigerator	7.6	56
5	Do You Love Me?	6.6	43
6	Pilot	7.7	67
7	The Sidewalk Sale	7.6	47
8	Letter to the President	7.1	43
9	Pity the Poor Working Girl	7.8	47
10	Football Widow	7.0	42
11	A Daughter Is a Precious Thing	7.0	51
12	The Big Piano Play-Off	7.3	43
13	Mary's Christmas	7.1	47
14	The Bed of Rose's	7.3	39
15	Brenda's Last Date	6.8	32
16	A Young Man's Fancy	7.3	39
17	We the People	8.0	47
18	Redecorating Blues	7.2	39
19	Fifty Big Ones	7.3	43
20	Slam Dunked	7.9	49
21	Pick Six	7.8	40
22	Young Man With a Job	7.1	40

Season 2 (1986)

7.60 avg 22 episodes 7.1 → 7.9 24 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Wheel of Misfortune	7.1	45
2	Mary Nightingale	7.2	43
3	Washington Affair	8.5	61
4	The Great Manhunt	6.8	36
5	The Temptations	7.7	46
6	Pillow Talk	7.5	36
7	Come Into My Parlor	7.7	41
8	Father's Day	7.2	31
9	Author, Author	7.9	36
10	Matchmakers	7.6	40
11	The Handwriting on the Wall	7.6	42
12	A Matter of Choice	7.7	37
13	Got a Job	7.6	43
14	Far From the Tree	7.7	48
15	Toyland	8.3	67
16	The Audit	7.1	35
17	A Good Citizen	7.5	34
18	Happy Twentieth	7.7	38
19	Fourth Time Around	7.6	40
20	Rich Kid	8.1	49
21	The Working Game	7.2	34
22	Check Snub	7.9	37

Season 3 (1987)

7.40 avg 24 episodes 7.2 → 7.7 24 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Men's Club	7.2	42
2	Low Noon	6.5	26
3	There Goes the Building	7.4	38
4	And Baby Makes Three	7.0	32
5	Bull's Eye	7.0	35
6	Teach Me Tonight: Part 1	7.6	33
7	Teach Me Tonight: Part 2	7.8	29
8	See You in Court	7.9	36
9	The Honeymoon's Over	6.7	35
10	Rapture	6.6	32
11	The Facade	7.7	34
12	The Talk Show	7.3	34
13	Snowbound	7.5	37
14	Shall We Dance?	7.3	31
15	The Sing-Off	7.0	37
16	Sweet Sixteen	7.4	32
17	The Roommate	8.4	42
18	The Big Deal	8.2	45
19	The New Neighbors	6.8	34
20	Blues	7.7	34
21	The Butler Did It	7.7	33
22	My Aching Back	7.5	31
23	Country Cousins	7.6	41
24	Best Friends	7.7	27

Season 4 (1988)

7.17 avg 24 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 24 min avg

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Whiz Kid	7.4	29
2	Hide the Star	6.8	31
3	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Pageant	7.6	29
4	Double Your Pleasure	7.9	37
5	Brother From a Sister City	7.1	31
6	And the Survey Says...	7.5	35
7	A Yen for Lester	5.5	32
8	Looking Back	5.9	21
9	The Night They Arrested Santa Claus	6.5	33
10	The Real Decoys	7.4	29
11	Play It Again, Stan	6.9	24
12	A Class Act	7.4	31
13	The Prince	7.4	28
14	Babes in the Woods	7.8	32
15	A Date to Remember	8.2	29
16	Mary's Cookies	7.2	25
17	For Richer, For Poorer	6.9	29
18	The Class of '89	6.9	24
19	Trial and Error	6.6	28
20	The Bet	7.7	33
21	No, My Darling Daughter	7.5	26
22	House Number	6.7	30
23	Jackée	7.9	43
24	For Sale	7.3	29

Season 5 (1989)

7.13 avg 24 episodes 7.1 → 7.7 25 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Take My Diva... Please!	7.1	33
2	Tenants, Anyone?	6.5	27
3	A Pampered Tale	6.8	31
4	The Fight of the Century	6.5	26
5	How the West Was Fun: Part 1	7.4	28
6	How the West Was Fun: Part 2	7.2	24
7	Video Activity	7.0	27
8	Flying Down to Leo's	6.6	27
9	Reunion Blues	6.7	24
10	The Perfume Game	7.4	23
11	War Is Heck	6.7	22
12	Guess Who's Not Coming to Christmas	7.6	29
13	There Go the Clowns	6.0	20
14	Come the Revolution	7.6	25
15	Where Do We Go From Here?	6.5	28
16	Play Christy for Me	7.2	27
17	Knock It Off	7.7	31
18	Do Not Pass Go: Part 1	8.3	33
19	Do Not Pass Go: Part 2	7.8	26
20	You Gotta Have Art	7.2	24
21	Gone Fishing	6.9	22
22	Nightmare on 227	6.5	23
23	The Class of '90	8.2	27
24	No Place Like Home	7.7	25