This episode guide for Season One of Sanford and Son lists all of the episodes that aired for the first time on NBC-TV for the first season of the series, which began with the airing of the pilot episode, ''Crossed Swords", which marked the series premiere, which aired in the middle of the 1971-72 television season.
Season summary[]
Sanford and Son episodes[]
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release date | ||
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Season premiere | Season finale | ||||
Season 1 | 14 | January 14, 1972 | April 14, 1972 | August 6, 2002 | |
Season 2 | 24 | September 15, 1972 | March 16, 1973 | February 4, 2003 | |
Season 3 | 24 | September 14, 1973 | March 29, 1974 | October 7, 2003 | |
Season 4 | 25 | September 13, 1974 | April 25, 1975 | March 30, 2004 | |
Season 5 | 24 | September 12, 1975 | March 19, 1976 | September 14, 2004 | |
Season 6 | 24 | September 24, 1976 | March 25, 1977 | June 7, 2005 |
Season 1: 1972[]
Season 1 episodes | ||||||
No. in series | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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1 | 1 | "Crossed Swords" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | January 14, 1972 | 101 |
Lamont buys a porcelain figure for $15 from a silent movie star. After having it appraised, Lamont and Fred decide to sell it at an auction. They attend the auction pretending to be buyers to bid the price even higher. However, things go awry to Lamont's dismay. The first of 16 stories adapted from Steptoe and Son based on the same title by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
2 | 2 | "Happy Birthday, Pop" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | January 21, 1972 | 102 |
During his birthday celebration, Fred is overwhelmed by a visit to a fancy bar, a movie theater to see Fiddler on the Roof, and dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Based on "Sixty-Five Today" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
3 | 3 | "Here Comes the Bride, There Goes the Bride" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | January 28, 1972 | 103 |
Lamont is excited about his upcoming wedding, but on the big day he quickly finds himself the only one who is. The bride dumps him at the altar, and his relatives beg to get back their wedding gifts. Based on "And Afterwards At..." by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
4 | 4 | "The Copper Caper" | Bud Yorkin | Aaron Ruben | February 4, 1972 | 104 |
Fred and Lamont buy a load of copper from a man who has been stealing it from people in the neighborhood. Based on "The Lead Man Cometh" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
5 | 5 | "A Matter of Life and Breath" | George Tyne | Aaron Ruben | February 11, 1972 | 105 |
Concerned about his father's smoker's cough, Lamont brings Fred in for a free tuberculosis screening at the American Lung Association's Breathmobile. The test results take his breath away. Based on "T.B. or Not T.B." by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
6 | 6 | "We Were Robbed" | Coby Ruskin | Aaron Ruben | February 18, 1972 | 106 |
O, what a tangled web Fred weaves when he fakes a robbery to cover-up his careless destruction of Lamont's prized porcelain and glass collection. Based on "Robbery with Violence" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
7 | 7 | "A Pad for Lamont" | Bob LaHendro | Aaron Ruben | February 25, 1972 | 107 |
Fed up with his father frustrating his love life, Lamont strikes out on his own and rents a swingin' bachelor pad. Based on "A Box in Town" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
8 | 8 | "The Great Sanford Siege" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | March 3, 1972 | 108 |
The Sanfords haven't been paying their bills and now find themselves trapped in their home in a standoff with a process server and a collection agency ready to repossess their unpaid furniture. Based on "The Siege of Steptoe Street" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
9 | 9 | "Coffins for Sale" | Charles S. Dubin | Aaron Ruben | March 10, 1972 | 109 |
Lamont's keeping a pair of coffins in the living room spooks superstitious Fred. Based on "The Wooden Overcoats" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
10 | 10 | "The Barracuda" | Charles S. Dubin | Aaron Ruben | March 17, 1972 | 110 |
Fred's in love and engaged to be married, but not if Lamont can help it. Based on "The Stepmother" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
11 | 11 | "TV or Not TV" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | March 24, 1972 | 111 |
In need of a new color television, Fred is upset when Lamont decides to spend the money instead on a new car. Lamont has a change of heart, however, when Fred wanders away from home and is taken to the hospital - with an apparent case of amnesia. Based on "The Colour Problem" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. | ||||||
12 | 12 | "The Suitcase Case" | Peter Baldwin | Everett Greenbaum & Jim Fritzell | March 31, 1972 | 112 |
Lamont's daily haul of junk includes a tattered briefcase stuffed with stolen cash. Will Fred and Lamont decide whether to keep it or turn it over to the police before the crook it belongs to comes looking for it? | ||||||
13 | 13 | "The Return of The Barracuda" | Peter Baldwin | Aaron Ruben | April 7, 1972 | 113 |
Fred and Donna kiss and make up, sparking Lamont to hatch new plans for putting the kibosh on Cupid. | ||||||
14 | 14 | "The Piano Movers" | Bruce Bilson | Aaron Ruben | April 14, 1972 | 114 |
It's putting the match to the powder keg when rough and tumble Fred and Lamont are engaged to remove a piano from the lavish Beverly Hills apartment of a cultured antiques collector. Based on "The Piano" by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. |