A working class man and his sharp-tongued wife move into a luxury apartment after striking it rich in business.
With his dry-cleaning business booming, loudly opinionated George Jefferson moves his family, level-headed wife Louise and son, Lionel, to a high-end, upper-class neighbourhood. But life in a luxurious high-rise holds unexpected pitfalls for George including problems with the neighbours, the Willises, his feisty maid Florence, and his eccentric neighbour.
