The Jeffersons — S05E12 — George Finds a Father
1978 · 25 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · DIR. Jack Shea
Overview
The Christmas season brings old friends, Buddy and Zeke, to the Jefferson apartment. With them comes along a long buried secret, one that George can't handle. Buddy and George's mother were once lovers.
Dialogue Timeline — 426 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:31 THAT HILL ♪ GET UP ♪ JUST TO
00:02:15 I SAW SOMEBODY TODAY
00:03:03 I ALWAYS BOUGHT TAFFY.
00:03:59 THEY'LL MEET THE WILLISES AND MR. BENTLEY.
00:04:58 MY JOB ISN'T COMPLETE
00:05:45 I PURCHASED SOMETHING PRACTICAL WITH IT...
00:06:46 HE'S HERE!
00:07:51 YOU GOT TO BE GEORGE'S WIFE.
00:08:30 REMEMBER, GEORGIE, KEEP YOUR GUARD UP.
00:09:22 I'LL HELP YOU.
00:10:15 MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BRANDY.
00:11:16 NOT EVERYBODY.
00:12:29 TOM, HELEN, THIS IS ZEKE, A FRIEND OF UNCLE BUDDY'S.
00:13:31 MR. JEFFERSON, THAT'S YOUR PART.
00:15:02 WE NEED YOUR VOICES.
00:15:49 BESIDES, UNCLE BUDDY WAS IN THE ARMY.
00:16:43 NOT AS SOLID AS YOU.
00:17:39 WEEZY ALREADY TOLD ME ALL ABOUT MAMA.
00:18:38 THIS BIRD IS BIG.
00:19:33 NOW, WHERE WAS I?
00:20:19 I DON'T FEEL LIKE SINGING.
00:21:09 LIKE I AM NOW.
00:22:34 BUT I LOVE THIS SONG.
00:24:36 THE JEFFERSONS WAS VIDEOTAPED IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE.
Cast & Characters
Isabel Sanford
Louise Jefferson
Sherman Hemsley
George Jefferson
Roxie Roker
Helen Woodroow Willis
Franklin Cover
Thomas "Tom" Willis
Berlinda Tolbert
Jenny Willis Jefferson
Jay Hammer
Allan Willis
Paul Benedict
Harry Bentley
Marla Gibbs
Florence Johnston
Raymond Allen
Arnold Johnson
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed426
Dialogue density17.0 lines / min
First line00:00:31
Final line00:24:36
Production Record
DirectorJack Shea
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
The Jeffersons, season 5, episode 12: George Finds a Father.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1964/season/5/episode/12
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