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1985–1990 · 5 seasons · 116 episodes · 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.

6.8IMDb · 4.6k votes

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.

Best season: 7.6; Season 2. Weakest is season 5, at 7.1
Top episode: 8.5; S2 E3 · Washington Affair
Lowest episode: 5.5; S4 E7 · A Yen for Lester
Finale: 7.7; +0.4 against the show's 7.3 average

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	Episode 1	Episode 2	Episode 3	Episode 4	Episode 5	Episode 6	Episode 7	Episode 8	Episode 9	Episode 10	Episode 11	Episode 12	Episode 13	Episode 14	Episode 15	Episode 16	Episode 17	Episode 18

Season 1	7.8	7.4	6.9	7.6	6.6	7.7	7.6	7.1	7.8	7.0	7.0	7.3	7.1	7.3	6.8	7.3	8.0	7.2	7.3	7.9	7.8	7.1
Season 2	7.1	7.2	8.5	6.8	7.7	7.5	7.7	7.2
Season 3	7.2	6.5	7.4	7.0	7.0	7.6	7.8	7.9
Season 4	7.4	6.8	7.6	7.9	7.1	7.5	5.5	5.9
Season 5	7.1	6.5	6.8	6.5	7.4	7.2	7.0	6.6

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