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 6: 1976–77 episode summary[]
Season 6 episodes | ||||||
No. in Series | Episode # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original Airdate | Prod. Code |
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112/113 | 1/2 | "The Hawaiian Connection - Parts I & II" | Alan Rafkin | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | September 24, 1976 | 603 |
Luring Fred and Lamont to Hawaii, a trio of jewel thieves plot to make Fred their mule for smuggling stolen diamonds to California.604 | ||||||
114 | 3 | "The Hawaiian Connection - Part III" | Alan Rafkin | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | October 1, 1976 | 604 A/B |
Fred and Lamont visit Hawaii tourist attractions while running for their lives from the jewel thieves. | ||||||
115 | 4 | "California Crude" | Norman Abbott | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | October 8, 1976 | 607 |
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. | ||||||
116 | 5 | "The Stakeout" | Norman Abbott | Earl Barret | October 15, 1976 | 606 |
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. | ||||||
117 | 6 | "I Dream of Choo-Choo Rabinowitz" | Alan Rafkin | Larry Mintz and Alan Eisenstock | October 22, 1976 | 602 |
Fred is determined to break Choo-Choo Rabinowitz's official world record for the longest amount of time staying awake. | ||||||
118 | 7 | "The Winning Ticket" | Alan Rafkin | Bob DeVinney | November 5, 1976 | 605 |
A couple of con men sucker Fred into running a rigged lucky number contest for which the crooks secretly hold the winning ticket. | ||||||
119 | 8 | "Committee Man" | Chuck Liotta | Garry Shandling with Ray Galton & Alan Simpson | November 12, 1976 | 608 |
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. | ||||||
120 | 9 | "Fred's Extra Job" | Alan Rafkin | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | November 19, 1976 | 601 |
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. | ||||||
121 | 10 | "Carol" | Alan Rafkin | Earl Barret | November 26, 1976 | 612 |
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. | ||||||
122 | 11 | "Aunt Esther Has a Baby" | Alan Rafkin | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | December 3, 1976 | 609 |
Esther and Woody plan to be parents for the first time, but for it to happen Esther is going to need Fred's help. | ||||||
123 | 12 | "Here Today, Gone Today" | Bill Foster | Warren S. Murray | December 7, 1976 | 613 |
Misunderstandings abound and compound when Fred's friends try to honor his fortieth year in business with a secret surprise. | ||||||
124 | 13 | "Aunt Esther Meets Her Son" | Al Rabin | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | December 10, 1976 | 610 |
Esther and Woody welcome their son Daniel, but quickly discover they must practice the forgiveness that Esther preaches. | ||||||
125 | 14 | "Sanford and Gong" | Bill Foster | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | December 17, 1976 | 611 |
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. | ||||||
126 | 15 | "Fred Meets Redd" | Bill Foster | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | January 14, 1977 | 614 |
The fourth wall falls when Fred enters NBC's Redd Foxx look-alike contest and eagerly anticipates meeting his idol face to face. | ||||||
127 | 16 | "The Defiant One" "Chinese Torture" |
Russ Petranto | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | January 21, 1977 | 615 |
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. | ||||||
128 | 17 | "A Matter of Silence" | Russ Petranto | John T. Bell | January 28, 1977 | 616 |
Lamont fears Fred is going deaf, and Fred is content to play along and milk sympathy from Lamont and Donna. | ||||||
129 | 18 | "When John Comes Marching Home" | Russ Petranto | Alan Eisenstock & Larry Mintz | February 4, 1977 | 617 |
Lamont's engagement to Janet is jeopardized by the unexpected return of her ex-husband John. | ||||||
130 | 19 | "The Reverend Sanford" | Russ Petranto | Jim Belcher | February 11, 1977 | 619 |
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. | ||||||
131 | 20 | "The Will" | Russ Petranto | Saul Turteltaub and Bernie Orenstein | February 18, 1977 | 618 |
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. | ||||||
132 | 21 | "Fred the Activist" | Russ Petranto | Richard Freiman & Stephen Young | February 25, 1977 | 620 |
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. | ||||||
133 | 22 | "The Lucky Streak" | Russ Petranto | Joseph R. Henderson | March 4, 1977 | 621 |
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. | ||||||
134 | 23 | "Funny, You Don't Look It" | Russ Petranto | Rabbi Joseph Feinstein | March 11, 1977 | 622 |
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. | ||||||
135 | 24 | "Fred Sings The Blues" | Russ Petranto | Larry Mintz and Alan Eisenstock | March 18, 1977 | 623 |
Fred invites B.B. King to dinner at Sanford home and may give the famous singer another reason to sing the blues. B.B. King Guest stars. | ||||||
136 | 25 | "School Daze" | Carl McCarthy | Rick Mittleman | March 25, 1977 | 624 |
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. |