by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Delayed for several months due to an industry strike, season seven of The Jeffersons was belatedly launched on November 2, 1980, with "Marathon Man." Determined to prove that each is in better physical shape than the other man, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) and Tom Willis (Franklin Cover) enter a Central Park marathon. By the time the two men have gotten ready, set, and gone, their rivalry has sorely strained the friendship between their respective wives, Louise (Isabel Sanford) and Helen (Roxie Roker).
