Season 6: 1978-1979
Series # | Season # | Title | Notes | Original air date | Tape Date |
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110 | 1 | Florida's Homecoming (1) | The Evans children and Willona are pleasantly shocked to learn that Thelma has been dating the nationally renowned football player Keith Anderson, a Heisman Trophy candidate currently negotiating a $1,000,000 professional contract with the Chicago Bears. When Keith proposes it only remains for Thelma to phone her mother in Arizona to ask her blessing. | September 16, 1978 | July 27, 1978 |
111 | 2 | Florida's Homecoming (2) | Florida arrives home after hearing the news of Thelma's engagement. However, Thelma's impending wedding may never take place, that is if she lets her pre-wedding jitters get the best of her. Meanwhile, J.J. loses his job. | September 16, 1978 | July 27, 1978 |
112 | 3 | Florida's Homecoming (3): The Wedding | After losing his job, J.J. takes out a $1,000 loan from Sweet Daddy Williams, to pay for Thelma's wedding. The wedding finally goes off without a hitch, but after the ceremony the couples' exit down the aisle ends with Keith breaking his leg. | September 23, 1978 | August 3, 1978 |
113 | 4 | Florida's Homecoming: United We Stand | It's the day after the wedding, and J.J. does his best to make newlyweds Keith and Thelma comfortable, but Keith snaps at him. Florida tells him that the Evans family had faced a lot of adversities but they have always stood together. And not a moment too soon, because Sweet Daddy Williams and his flunkies have come to collect their loan! | September 30, 1978 | August 10, 1978 |
114 | 5 | Florida Gets a Job | Both Florida and J.J. are looking for work but neither are having any luck. One ad, in the newspaper, for part-time work as a school bus driver sparks Florida's attention, but when Alderman Fred Davis becomes involved, it appears Florida may not have a chance, because one of his relatives is also applying for the position. | October 7, 1978 | August 31, 1978 |
115 | 6 | Stomach Mumps (a.k.a.) Penny and the Facts of Life | Willona adamantly refuses to discuss the birds and the bees with Penny especially after Willona learns a 13-year old friend of Penny's is pregnant. This leads Willona to tell Penny, that her friend has stomach mumps and not to go near her. | October 14, 1978 | August 24, 1978 |
116 | 7 | J.J. The Teacher (a.k.a.) J.J.'s Favorite Student | J.J.'s student has to deal with a violent father who ademantly refuses to allow his son to take art lessons from J.J., even though J.J. offers to give them for free. | October 21, 1978 | September 14, 1978 |
117 | 8 | Michael's Decision | The cramped quarters get to be too much for Michael, and he gets ready to move out and the major shocker is, he's moving in with a white girl. Florida fears that her parents will not be so understanding. The girl's parents, however, are frighteningly thrilled at the prospect of having a black person move in with Cindy. | November 8, 1978 | September 21, 1978 |
118 | 9 | J.J. and the Plumber's Helper | Vanessa Blake is back in town. She and J.J. used to be an item, and he can't seem to break the news to Vanessa that he lost his job. Meanwhile, Bookman has a new assistant named Teresa a/k/a T.C., who he constantly mistreats. She falls for J.J., but he only has Vanessa on his mind. | December 2, 1978 | October 12, 1978 |
119 | 10 | The Witness | J.J. is the only witness to a terrible car accident involving a taxi cab and Savannah Morgan, Sweet Daddy Williams' girlfriend. Sweet Daddy shows up and pressures J.J. into saying that the accident was the taxi cab's fault. Things take a very serious turn when he finds out that Keith was the driver of the taxi cab and Savannah hit the cab. | December 9, 1978 | September 28, 1978 |
120 | 11 | The Snow Storm | A snowstorm hits Chicago and Florida gets stuck in it with her school bus. This leads her and the kids on the bus to take refuge in an abandoned building to keep warm. | December 13, 1978 | November 16, 1978 |
121 | 12 | The Traveling Christmas (a.k.a.) Christmas in a Cab | When Keith's Scrooge-like boss at the taxi-cab company won't give him Christmas off, the Evans family brings their Christmas party to Keith and holds at the company. J.J. hosts the festivities and it features Michael singing, Bookman (dressed as Santa) dancing, Keith doing impersonations & the girls (Florida, Penny, Willona & Thelma) portraying "The Pointless Sisters" doing "Steam Heat". | December 20, 1978 | November 30, 1978 |
122 | 13 | House Hunting | The Evans family has found the perfect home to move into and plan on taking out a loan to pay for it. However, they quickly find, as usual, that that's easier said than done, when they run into trouble trying to persuade the banker. | January 3, 1979 | October 19, 1978 |
123 | 14 | Florida's Favorite Passenger: Part 1 | A student whom Florida drives to school on her bus becomes the center of attention when Florida discovers he has a hearing problem and his mother refuses to believe Florida's suspicions. | May 23, 1979 | October 26, 1978 |
124 | 15 | Florida's Favorite Passenger: Part 2 | After a near fatal accident, Larry's mother finally realizes that Larry has a hearing problem. Unable to take him to the doctor because she has to work, Mrs. Baker allows Florida to take him to the doctor, which is where Larry makes the announcement that he plans on running away from home. | May 30, 1979 | November 9, 1978 |
125 | 16 | Blood Will Tell | Sweet Daddy Williams sends his hoods to snatch J.J. from his home and bring him to the hospital. His reasons: J.J. is the only person they could find that matches Sweet Daddy's blood type and Sweet Daddy is in dire need of a blood transfusion. | June 6, 1979 | January 18, 1979 |
126 | 17 | Where Have All the Doctors Gone? | When Willona goes out of town, she leaves Penny in Florida's care. Shortly after, Penny comes down with a virus and Florida takes her down to the free clinic to be examined. Florida quickly comes face to face with the hardnosed doctor who's out of touch with the people in the ghetto and who's also planning to leave, right in the middle of what seems to be an epidemic. | June 13, 1979 | February 15, 1979 |
127 | 18 | J.J. and T.C. | A tomboy who's been helping out Bookman, wants J.J. to ask her to a dance. However, J.J. thinks of her as just one of the guys, that is until he has an encounter with her at a seedy pick-up bar. | June 20, 1979 | March 8, 1979 |
128 | 19 | The Physical (a.k.a.) Florida's Physical | Florida discovers she must take and pass a physical examination to keep her bus driving job. However, the night before her physical is utter chaos ending with Michael landing in jail. | July 11, 1979 | January 25, 1979 |
129 | 20 | A Matter of Mothers | Willona's latest boyfriend, Jeffrey, has been showering her and Penny with extravagant gifts even though they've only been seeing one another for a couple months. Little does Willona know, that he is part of a plan to make Willona look like an unfit mother, a plan engineered by Penny's scheming birth mother. Mrs. Gordon, who had married into a wealthy family, supposedly busts Willona in giving a disorderly party in front of a minor, but she herself gets busted when Penny accidentally records Mrs. Gordon's voice admitting that it was all a set up to take Penny back. However, a tearful Penny outright rejects her birth mother and remains with her real mother, Willona. | July 18, 1979 | February 1, 1979 |
130 | 21 | The End of the Rainbow | This final episode brings all too good news for the Evans family. J.J. gets an offer to a comic company, Keith's bad knee is miraculously healed and is offered another football contract, and Florida is asked if she wants to move in with Keith and Thelma in the fancy apartment building across town where Willona happens to be moving and she just so happens to be her future next door neighbor. Meanwhile Thelma learns she is pregnant and she reveals it to Keith and the family. (Final episode of the series). | August 1, 1979 | March 1, 1979 |
131 | 22 | The Evans' Dilemma | Keith's search for a job results in strange behavior that everyone plainly points out is not just frustration, but rather a bigger problem. Little does anyone know, Keith has developed a serious drinking problem. (This episode aired only in syndication after the show's original run ended.) | September 18, 1979 | December 14, 1978 |
132 | 23 | The Art Contest | J.J. is teaching art classes and one of his students, Emily, has great promise and skill with her paintings. It seems that J.J.'s painting is selected for a contest, and J.J. makes this mistake of asking Bookman to take it downtown for him but he takes Emily's painting to the contest by mistake! J.J. wins first prize for the painting and soon must decide whether or not to take credit for something he didn't do. (This episode aired only in syndication after the show's original run ended.) | December 13, 1979 | December 21, 1978 |
133 | 24 | Cousin Raymond | Florida gets a surprise visit from her cousin, Raymond, who has hit it big and gives each member of the family an expensive gift. However, Florida is reluctant to accept her gift of an expensive three room apartment, when she learns just how Raymond makes his money. (This episode aired only in syndication after the show's original run ended.) | January 30, 1980 | February 22, 1979 |
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