Both Mike Evans' and Berlinda Tolbert's final appearances as Lionel and Jenny Willis Jefferson.
Mike Evans's final performance as Lionel Jefferson. The producers had planned to have Evans return to the series full-time the following season to increase ratings, but this season plummeted so low in the Nielsens that CBS abruptly cancelled the series immediately after the airing of this season's finale.
Mike Evans' final appearance on television altogether. Real Estate would become his full-time occupation.
Though he hadn't appeared consistently, Mike Evans' as Lionel had lived on TV longer than any other actor playing a character on the 1971 debut of All in the Family. Carroll O'Connor as Archie and Sally Struthers as Gloria were seen for the last time in 1983 and Jean Stapleton as Edith and Rob Reiner as Mike were last seen in 1980.