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George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) is sick and tired of being unfavorably compared to the "thoughtful and considerate" Tom Willis (Franklin Cover). Finally George's "patience" completely runs out, whereupon he reveals to Tom's wife, Helen (Roxie Roker), that her "ideal" husband once bought an insurance policy naming his cousin as beneficiary. It seems that the cousin was a racial bigot who was violently opposed to Tom and Helen's interracial marriage -- and once George has let slip Tom's secret, there's you-know-what to pay at the Willis household.