7.5/10154 votes#1 - Too Old Blues
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/8/1974
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10162 votes
#2 - Black Jesus
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/15/1974
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"".
Director: John Rich
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10134 votes
#3 - Getting Up the Rent
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/22/1974
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Eric Monte
7.5/10128 votes#4 - God's Business is Good Business
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/1/1974
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10110 votes
#5 - Michael Gets Suspended
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/8/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: Eric Monte
- 7.6/10113 votes
#6 - Sex and the Evans Family
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/15/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1096 votes
#7 - Junior Gets a Patron
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/22/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/1099 votes
#8 - Junior the Senior
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/29/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: Lloyd Garver
- 7.5/10104 votes
#9 - The Visitor
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/5/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10109 votes
#10 - Springtime in the Ghetto
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/19/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10103 votes
#11 - The TV Commercial
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/26/1974
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, $5,000. However, once she reads the script and tests the product, Florida has second thoughts.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1098 votes
#12 - The Check Up
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/3/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1094 votes
#13 - My Son the Lover
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/10/1974
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.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Good Times Season 1
Every episode of Good Times Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Good Times Season 1!
Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Too Old Blues" is the best rated episode of "Good Times" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 154 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/8/1974. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Black Jesus".