September 10, 1974 • 30m
Florida's strange behavior has the family and Willona wondering what's wrong with her. Michael thinks she's beginning menopause w...Read more
September 17, 1974 • 30m
J.J.'s 18th birthday has James and Florida in a fit when they find out they won't be able to give J.J. the art supplies he wanted ...Read more
September 24, 1974 • 30m
J.J. is taken down to the police station for questioning in the liquor store robbery. The family gathers there and tries to think...Read more
October 1, 1974 • 30m
Michael has the chance to be bused to a better school in a white neighborhood but he is determined to get out of it. Florida and ...Read more
October 8, 1974 • 30m
Michael must write an essay on the person whom he most admires. He first picks Florida for her strength and effort in keeping the...Read more
October 15, 1974 • 30m
Thelma's been seeing the same man for two months and hasn't introduced him to the family yet. However, when she comes home with a...Read more
October 22, 1974 • 30m
Michael, one of the brightest boys in his class, comes home with the news that he scored the lowest out of his whole class on an I.Q. test.
October 29, 1974 • 30m
An encyclopedia salesman is the last person James wants to see when he comes home from work. However, he softens when he learns t...Read more
November 12, 1974 • 30m
J.J. secretly has become a member of the Satan's Knights, a gang who are in the midst of a gang war with the Warlords. Two member...Read more
November 19, 1974 • 30m
J.J. is recovering after being shot by Mad Dog, which only turned out to be a flesh wound. Meanwhile, a vengeful James presses ch...Read more
November 26, 1974 • 30m
A wedding has Florida realizing that Willona is the only friend of hers left that isn't married. So this leads Florida to try her...Read more
December 3, 1974 • 30m
James finds a bag of robbery loot adding up to $27,000. After some coaxing from Florida, James decides to turn it in. However, w...Read more
December 10, 1974 • 30m
Cousin Naomi is visiting the Evans' for the Christmas season. However, her visit is not a happy one for Thelma, who discovers tha...Read more
December 31, 1974 • 30m
James is sure he's going to get a sales position at a department store but when he brings Florida along on the interview he is in ...Read more
January 7, 1975 • 30m
Florida is going to night school hoping to achieve a High School Equivalency diploma, but her working in the daytime and going to ...Read more
January 14, 1975 • 30m
A woman aks J.J. to paint a nude portrait of her as a birthday gift for her husband. However, Florida has a hard time understandi...Read more
January 21, 1975 • 30m
Realizing his mechanical skills, Florida suggests that James open a fix-it shop but when they go to the bank, they're turned down ...Read more
February 4, 1975 • 30m
J.J. is enchanted with his new girlfriend, Clarissa, and is all set to take her to a ritzy debutante ball. However, Clarissa has ...Read more
February 11, 1975 • 30m
An elderly resident of the projects appears to be living on pet food after Michael takes out her garbage. The Evans family's attem...Read more
February 18, 1975 • 30m
A childhood friend of James' arrives for a visit and quickly his gambling problem becomes an Evans family problem when two hoods s...Read more
February 25, 1975 • 30m
The Evans family's joy at finally getting to meet J.J.'s girl Henrietta is shrouded by J.J.'s declaration that his immediate futur...Read more
March 4, 1975 • 30m
The Evans' family is hit with a double dose of unemployment blues after both James and J.J. lose their jobs. Wanting to support h...Read more
March 11, 1975 • 30m
Thelma has a chance at winning a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school in Michigan. However, even before she knows she won,...Read more
March 18, 1975 • 30m
A bully has been stealing Michael's lunches which prompts James to give him some tips on how to handle the situation. However, Mi...Read more