Diff'rent Strokes - Season 1 - Eps 2: The Social Worker

1978-11-10? min⭐ 7.031/10

Arnold's eavesdropping leads to trouble when a misunderstanding causes Willis and him to think that Mr. Drummond no longer wants them around; he has heard Drummond tell a social worker that ""black children belong with black families.""

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About Diff'rent Strokes

Diff'rent Strokes

Title: Diff'rent Strokes

First Air Date: 1978-11-03

Last Air Date: 1986-03-07

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.031/10 (from 276 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 9

Total Episodes: 189

Network: ABC NBC

Genres: Comedy, Family, Drama

Production Companies: Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, Embassy Pictures Corporation, Tandem Productions

Synopsis

The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter Kimberly, for whom their deceased mother previously worked. During the first season and first half of the second season, Charlotte Rae also starred as the Drummonds' housekeeper, Mrs. Garrett.

Cast

Conrad Bain

Conrad Bain

Phillip Drummond

Gary Coleman

Gary Coleman

Arnold Jackson

Todd Bridges

Todd Bridges

Willis Jackson

Mary Jo Catlett

Mary Jo Catlett

Pearl Gallagher

Danny Cooksey

Danny Cooksey

Sam McKinney

Mary Ann Mobley

Mary Ann Mobley

Maggie Drummond

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