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Good Times Season 1 |
| Episode 1 - [Too Old Blues] |
| Details : James is all excited because he's sure he's going to get a high paying job. However at the interview he learns that he's too old to join the company's union. Meanwhile Florida and the kids get ahead of themselves and throw a celebration party for James unaware that he was rejected. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Woodrow Parfrey | |
| Air Date : Feb. 08, 1974 |
| Episode 2 - [Black Jesus] |
| Details : J.J.'s painting of a Black Jesus becomes the family's good luck charm after a string of success hits each family member. However Florida refuses to entertain the notion that the painting had anything to do with the recent string of good times. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Eric Monte | Director : John Rich | |
| Air Date : Feb. 15, 1974 |
| Episode 3 - [Getting Up The Rent] |
| Details : With an eviction notice over their heads the Evans family scrambles to come up with $74 dollars needed for their rent. Despite Florida's opinion James goes down to the pool hall to try to hustle some money J.J. comes up with a scheme of his own and Florida and Willona go down to the welfare office. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ernie Banks | Hal Williams | Carl M. Craig | Writer : Eric Monte | |
| Air Date : Feb. 22, 1974 |
| Episode 4 - [God's Business Is Good Business] |
| Details : An old friend of James who is now a shady televangilist stops by the Evans apartment and offers James a job that would pay $100 a day. James is set to take it however Florida is dead set against James accepting the job believeing the job goes against his morals and values. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Roscoe Lee Browne | |
| Air Date : Mar. 01, 1974 |
| Episode 5 - [Michael Gets Suspended] |
| Details : Michael comes home from school early one day with the announcement that he has been suspended. This after telling his teacher that George Washington was a racist. James and Florida become determined to prove to Michael that he's wrong. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Herbert Kenwith | Writer : Eric Monte | |
| Air Date : Mar. 08, 1974 |
| Episode 6 - [Sex And The Evans Family] |
| Details : Florida finds what she believes to be a dirty story called Sexual Behavior in the Ghetto. Assuming it to be J.J.'s Florida confronts him but she's in for a surprise when Thelma claims it and has an even bigger surprise when she learns it belongs to Thelma's latest boyfriend. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Philip Michael Thomas | Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : Mar. 15, 1974 |
| Episode 7 - [Junior Gets A Patron] |
| Details : J.J. is sure he's bound to make it big when he gets a patron in Leroy Jackson who begins providing him with all the supplies he needs. However when James discovers who the patron is he forbids J.J. to be associated with him and J.J. responds by moving out. This leads to a confrontation at J.J.'s new apartment between James and Leroy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : Mar. 22, 1974 |
| Episode 8 - [Junior The Senior] |
| Details : Florida and James are worried that J.J. won't pass into the 12th grade but when he gets his report card he did indeed pass but the grades seem to be a far cry from what they should be. This leads James and Florida to do a little investigating on their part. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Frank Campanella | Writer : Lloyd Garver | Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : Mar. 29, 1974 |
| Episode 9 - [The Visitor] |
| Details : Michael submits a angry letter about the conditions in the Evans' apartment to a newspaper and gets an immediate response from a housing commission official who quickly finds himself stranded in the ghetto and experiences the conditions first hand. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Richard B. Shull | Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : Apr. 05, 1974 |
| Episode 10 - [Springtime In The Ghetto] |
| Details : Florida is running in a cleanest apartment competition and is sure she will win. However her chances are dashed when Michael tries to help someone in need and brings home Ned the Wino. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Raymond Allen | Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : Apr. 19, 1974 |
| Episode 11 - [The Tv Commercial] |
| Details : Florida comes home from the supermarket with great news she's been offered a role in a TV commercial. What's even better is the pay she will get $5000. However once she reads the script and tests the product Florida has second thoughts. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sunshine Sammy Morrison | Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : Apr. 26, 1974 |
| Episode 12 - [The Check Up] |
| Details : Florida and the kids become concerned about James's health after reading an article in a magazine about hypertension. When he learns about their concerns he goes through the roof and refuses to go in for a check up. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : May. 03, 1974 |
| Episode 13 - [My Son The Lover] |
| Details : A popular girl wants J.J. to paint her portrait and J.J. mistakenly assumes that they will become more serious when he makes plans to ask her to go steady. However Florida and Thelma smell a rat. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ta-Tanisha | Director : Herbert Kenwith | |
| Air Date : May. 10, 1974 |