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The Best Episodes of Good Times Season 5

Every episode of Good Times Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Good Times Season 5!

The Best Episodes of Good Times Season 5

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...

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    #1 - The Evans Get Involved (1)

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    S5:E1

    When a young girl, Penny Gordon follows J.J. home, she quickly insinuates herself into the Evans household and makes up stories about her life, including forgetting to mention she has an abusive mother.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
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    #2 - The Evans Get Involved (2)

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    S5:E2

    Willona and the Evans children are convinced that Penny is being abused, but when Willona takes Penny to see a doctor about a broken arm, he refuses to believe she's being abused.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #3 - The Evans Get Involved (3)

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    Willona and the Evans kids are stunned to discover that Penny and her mother have moved. They are equally stunned when they discover Penny hiding the Evans apartment. Later, Penny's abusive mother abandons her leaving Willona to ponder adopting the battered youth.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
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    #4 - The Evans Get Involved (4)

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    Willona worries over whether or not she will be able to adopt Penny. Meanwhile, a well meaning, Bookman, tries to help out by telling the social worker, that he's married to Willona, this only makes things worse when the social worker learns the truth.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
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    #5 - Thelma Moves Out

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    Fed up with having no privacy and being burdened by two brothers, Thelma decides to move out and into an apartment that is shared by three other roommates.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #6 - Willona, the Fuzz

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    Willona is offered a new job but her morals force her to refuse it. However, when Penny has her heart set on figure skating lessons, Willona decides to set her morals and values aside and take the job for the extra money.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #7 - Wheels

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    S5:E7

    J.J. and his friends become partners in the ownership of car, a car that they foolishly bought from Bookman. However, the quality of the car is minor compared to the constant fighting over who gets to use it.

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    #8 - Breaker, Breaker

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    Michael passes himself off as J.J. while using a CB radio and quickly discovers he's not the only one who's putting on an act. A girl he contacts who calls herself Fun Girl really turns out to be a paraplegic.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
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    #9 - Bye, Bye, Bookman

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    The conditions in the building become to much for Willona, Penny and the Evans kids to bare so they decide to circulate a petition that would terminate Bookman as the superintendet. However, Bookman and his wife, hatch a plan to save his job.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
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    #10 - Thelma's Brief Encounter

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    S5:E10

    Thelma begins dating a man named Lloyd Williams, however, suspicions run rampant between J.J., Willona and Michael who become convinced he's married. However, J.J. makes a discovery that surprises everyone.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #11 - Requiem for a Wino

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    S5:E11

    Fishbone, a wino, complains that he has no friends and quickly discovers he has many when a vagrant steals his wallet and is later killed in a car accident. Everyone assumes, Fishbone is the one that was killed and they hold a wake.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #12 - Penny's Christmas

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    S5:E12

    After getting her wallet stolen, Penny steals a necklace from a department store in a desperate attempt to try to get Willona a Christmas gift. However, Penny's attempts may lead to Willona losing custody of her.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #13 - No More Mr. Nice Guy

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    Michael's apathetic behavior towards household chores and homework leads J.J. to put his foot down and to step in as a father figure. He really comes down hard when Michael and Penny are arrested for being in a stolen vehicle.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Dan Wilcox
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    #14 - Willona's Mr. Right

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    S5:E14

    Willona's old boyfriend arrives back in town and asks Willona her hand in marraige. However, Willona turns him down since his job would have her and Penny constantly moving. Meanwhile, Penny, feeling like she's holding Willona back, decides to run away.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #15 - J.J. and the Boss' Daughter

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    S5:E15

    J.J. is given a sexy assistant, one whom he makes a play for immediately. However, later when he learns that she's the boss's daughter, he continues to go out with her thinking that it will give him special privileges with his boss.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #16 - Where There's Smoke

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    A hole has been burned into one of the couch cushions and J.J., Thelma and Michael each have their own versions of how it got there. However, Penny is the only person who knows the truth of how it really got there.

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    #17 - I Had a Dream

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    J.J. wants a promotion at work but a co-worker convinces him that the promotion will only go to a white man. This leads J.J. to have a crazy dream where he gets to experience being white.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #18 - The Boarder

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    S5:E18

    To pick up extra money for the rent, J.J. decides to take in a boarder. However, little does he know the man he takes in, is placed their by the police department for his protection.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #19 - J.J.'s Condition

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    S5:E19

    J.J.'s latest relationship with a woman, Barbara, who's currently married but plans on divorcing her husband, results with him coming down with an ulcer. The situation is compounded when J.J. learns that her husband and her still share an apartment.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:Dusty Kay
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    #20 - Willona, the Other Woman

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    S5:E20

    Bookman's strange behavior leads his wife, Violet to become convinced that he's seeing another woman. However, appearances can be deceiving especially when Violet catches Willona and Bookman in a compromising situation.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
    Writer:N/A
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    #21 - Something Old, Something New

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    S5:E21

    Grandpa Evans visits and has plans of becoming rich thanks to his new invention. Meanwhile, Lena, Grandpa's fiancee gets tired of being ignored and decides to leave him.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #22 - Willona's New Job

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    Willona's boyfriend, Frank, continues his efforts to try to get her to marry him. Meanwhile, down at the boutique, Willona gets a promotion but Frank is determined to get her to turn down the offer.

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    Director:Gerren Keith
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    #23 - Write On, Thelma

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    S5:E23

    Thelma has written a full length play and is ecstatic when it is chosen to be produced as the local theater's latest production. Thelma quickly realizes a few changes to her manuscript may be needed, but it soon feels like almost everything will need to be changed to please the theater owner.

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    #24 - That's Entertainment, Evans Style

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    S5:E24

    A child-care center in the neighborhood is scheduled to close due to lack of funds. To keep it open, the Evan's plan a show to raise money from the neighbors.

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    Director:Gerren Keith

Season 5 Ratings Summary

"The Evans Get Involved (1)" is the best rated episode of "Good Times" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by N/A, it aired on 9/21/1977. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Evans Get Involved (2)".