AllMovie

While celebrating the opening of his new executive offices, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) is contacted by a pair of crooks who claim that they've kidnapped George's wife, Louise (Isabel Sanford), and are holding her for 100,000 dollars ransom. But everyone is in for a big and none too pleasant surprise -- the kidnappers have nabbed the Jeffersons' sassy housekeeper, Florence (Marla Gibbs), by mistake. Originally telecast as a single one-hour episode on September 24, 1977, "The Grand Opening" has since been divided into two half-hour segments for syndication.