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| Season Two, Episode ##1 Number (#15) in series (136 episodes) | ||||
| Air date | September 15, 1972 | |||
| Network | NBC-TV | |||
| Production code | 203 | |||
| Written by: | Terry Ryan with Ray Galton & Alan Simpson | |||
| Directed by: | Peter Baldwin | |||
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By the Numbers was the fifteenth episode of Sanford and Son. Also the first episode of the series' second season, it premiered September 15, 1972. The episode was written by Terry Ryan along with Steptoe and Son series creators Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.
Plot[]
In this debut episode of Sanford and Son's second season, Fred yearns for the "good old days" when he could gamble on the numbers game without interference. But alas, Lamont is strictly against his dad frittering his money away. When Fred threatens to bet all he owns on a lottery, Lamont does everything he can to prevent this economic catastrophe. Fred goes on to win $600 at the pool hall, and plans on taking a trip to Vegas. But it becomes a horrible nightmare, when Bubba Bexley (who needs $250 to claim his repossessed truck back) and Aunt Ethel (who is short $200 to pay for needed gallbladder surgery) and a robber (David Moses) steals the remaining $50, all stop by.
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| By the Numbers | Whiplash | The Dowry | Jealousy | Tooth or Consequences | The Card Sharps | Have Gun, Will Sell | The Puerto Ricans Are Coming! | The Shootout | Blood Is Thicker Than Junk | Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three | A Guest in the Yard | Fred & Carol & Fred & Donna | The Light Housekeeper | The Big Party|A Visit from Lena Horne | Lamont Goes African | Watts Side Story | The Infernal Triangle | Pops 'n' Pals | Home Sweet Home for The Aged | Pot Luck | The Kid | Rated X | |