Content of the episodes in Sanford and Son season 6

S6.E1 ∙ The Hawaiian Connection: Part 1

Fri, Sep 24, 1976
Luring Fred and Lamont to Hawaii, a trio of jewel thieves plot to make Fred their mule for smuggling stolen diamonds to California.

S6.E2 ∙ The Hawaiian Connection: Part 2

Fri, Oct 1, 1976
Fred and Lamont visit Hawaii tourist attractions while running for their lives from the jewel thieves.

S6.E3 ∙ California Crude

Fri, Oct 8, 1976
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.

S6.E4 ∙ The Stakeout

Fri, Oct 15, 1976
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.

S6.E5 ∙ I Dream of Choo Choo Rabinowitz

Fri, Oct 22, 1976
Fred is determined to break Choo Choo Rabinowitz’s official world record for the longest amount of time staying awake.

S6.E6 ∙ The Winning Ticket

Fri, Nov 5, 1976
A couple of con men sucker Fred into running a rigged lucky number contest for which the crooks secretly hold the winning ticket.

S6.E7 ∙ Committee Man

Fri, Nov 12, 1976
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.

S6.E8 ∙ Fred’s Extra Job

Fri, Nov 19, 1976
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.

S6.E9 ∙ Carol

Fri, Nov 26, 1976
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.

S6.E10 ∙ Aunt Esther Has a Baby

Fri, Dec 3, 1976
Esther and Woody plan to be parents for the first time, but for it to happen Esther is going to need Fred’s help.

S6.E11 ∙ Aunt Esther Meets Her Son

Fri, Dec 10, 1976
Esther and Woody welcome their son Daniel, but quickly discover they must practice the forgiveness that Esther preaches.

S6.E12 ∙ Sanford and Gong

Fri, Dec 17, 1976
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.

S6.E13 ∙ Here Today, Gone Today

Fri, Jan 7, 1977
Misunderstandings abound and compound when Fred’s friends try to honor his fortieth year in business with a secret surprise.

S6.E14 ∙ Fred Meets Redd

Fri, Jan 14, 1977
The fourth wall falls when Fred enters NBC’s Redd Foxx look-alike contest and eagerly anticipates meeting his idol face to face.

S6.E15 ∙ The Defiant One

Fri, Jan 21, 1977
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.

S6.E16 ∙ A Matter of Silence

Fri, Jan 28, 1977
Lamont fears Fred is going deaf, and Fred is content to play along and milk sympathy from Lamont and Donna.

S6.E17 ∙ When John Comes Marching Home

Fri, Feb 4, 1977
Lamont’s engagement to Janet is jeopardized by the unexpected return of her ex-husband John.

S6.E18 ∙ The Reverend Sanford

Fri, Feb 11, 1977
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.

S6.E19 ∙ The Will

Fri, Feb 18, 1977
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.

S6.E20 ∙ Fred the Activist

Fri, Feb 25, 1977
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.

S6.E21 ∙ The Lucky Streak

Fri, Mar 4, 1977
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.

S6.E22 ∙ Funny, You Don’t Look It

Fri, Mar 11, 1977
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.

S6.E23 ∙ Fred Sings the Blues

Fri, Mar 18, 1977
Aspiring songwriter Fred invites B.B. King to dinner, but panics upon reading in the blues legend’s biography that the singer has sworn to get even with the man who long ago stole his St. Louis sweetheart “E.W.”, a woman matching Elizabeth’s description.

S6.E24 ∙ School Daze

Fri, Mar 25, 1977
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.