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The Worst Episodes of Good Times

Every episode of Good Times ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Good Times!

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

Worst Episodes Summary

"The Judy Cohen Story" is the worst rated episode of "Good Times". It scored 5.3/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by Gerren Keith and written by N/A, it aired on 12/22/1976. This episode scored 0.9 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Comedian and the Loan Sharks".

  • The Judy Cohen Story
    5.3/1095 votes
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    #1 - The Judy Cohen Story

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/22/1976

    J.J. is managing Michael's singing group and gets them a gig at a local tavern. While there, J.J. comes across Judith Cohen, an act whom he knows will hit it big, given the right exposure.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • The Comedian and the Loan Sharks
    6.2/1067 votes
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    #2 - The Comedian and the Loan Sharks

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/5/1977

    J.J. borrows money from a loan shark to back his talented new comedian. However, within days, two thugs come to collect their money, money that J.J. doesn't have.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • I Had a Dream
    6.4/1072 votes
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    #3 - I Had a Dream

    Season 5 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/1978

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • The Boarder
    6.4/1071 votes
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    #4 - The Boarder

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/1978

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • Write On, Thelma
    6.4/1071 votes
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    #5 - Write On, Thelma

    Season 5 Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1978

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Judi Ann Mason

  • J.J. and T.C.
    6.4/1080 votes
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    #6 - J.J. and T.C.

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 6/20/1979

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Mark Fink, Wayne Kline

  • Florida and Carl
    6.5/1076 votes
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    #7 - Florida and Carl

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 2/23/1977

    A reluctant Florida agrees to go on a date with Carl. However, once at the restaurant, she gets into an argument with him ending with him walking out.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: John Baskin

  • Something Old, Something New
    6.5/1061 votes
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    #8 - Something Old, Something New

    Season 5 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1978

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Sid Dorfman

  • A Loss of Confidence
    6.6/1080 votes
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    #9 - A Loss of Confidence

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/9/1975

    Thelma brings home a friend of hers and instantly J.J. is smitten. However, when she rejects him he quickly loses all of his confidence and slips into a depression.

    Director: Herbert Kenwith

    Writer: N/A

  • Grandpa's Visit
    6.6/1069 votes
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    #10 - Grandpa's Visit

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1976

    Florida and the children are excitedly anticipating the arrival of Grandpa Evans. However, he arrives with a loud companion in tow.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: John Baskin

  • My Son, the Father
    6.6/1069 votes
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    #11 - My Son, the Father

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 3/2/1977

    J.J. is all excited about taking Michael to a father-son dinner but when Michael breaks the news that he invited Carl to take him, J.J. storms out.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Sid Dorfman

  • A Matter of Mothers
    6.6/1068 votes
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    #12 - A Matter of Mothers

    Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 7/18/1979

    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 birth mother.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Michael G. Moye

  • Junior Gets a Patron
    6.7/1096 votes
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    #13 - 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

  • Florida Goes to School
    6.8/1087 votes
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    #14 - Florida Goes to School

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1975

    Florida is going to night school hoping to achieve a High School Equivalency diploma, but her working in the daytime and going to school at night puts a strain on her relationship with James.

    Director: Herbert Kenwith

    Writer: John Baskin

  • The Baby
    6.8/1078 votes
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    #15 - The Baby

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/21/1975

    Florida and the kids throw a baby shower for a friend, Loretta. However, the joyous occasion is dampened when Loretta announces her plans of giving the baby up for adoption.

    Director: Herbert Kenwith

    Writer: N/A

  • The Break Up
    6.8/1081 votes
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    #16 - The Break Up

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 2/24/1976

    Thelma's fiancee's idea of romance is taking her to a basketball game but that is the least of her worries after he gets a big break in California leaving her with two options, stay with her family in Chicago or move to California with her fiancee.

    Director: Herbert Kenwith

    Writer: N/A

  • Michael's Great Romance
    6.8/1067 votes
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    #17 - Michael's Great Romance

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1976

    Michael is in love with Yvonne but every time he's around her he freezes. When Yvonne meets J.J. she instantly falls for him thus creating a sibling rivalry between Michael and J.J.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hustle
    6.8/1071 votes
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    #18 - The Hustle

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 1/12/1977

    Florida's bad mood prompts the kids to go into the underwear selling business in order to raise enough money to send Florida on a vacation to Lake Geneva.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • Thelma's African Romance (2)
    6.8/1077 votes
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    #19 - Thelma's African Romance (2)

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/19/1977

    Florida hits the roof when Thelma announces her plans of moving in with Ibe. However, things begin moving a little bit too fast when Ibe asks her to marry him and move to Nigeria.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • Bye, Bye, Bookman
    6.8/1073 votes
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    #20 - Bye, Bye, Bookman

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 11/16/1977

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • J.J. and the Boss' Daughter
    6.8/1074 votes
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    #21 - J.J. and the Boss' Daughter

    Season 5 Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1978

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Kim Weiskopf

  • The Traveling Christmas
    6.8/1076 votes
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    #22 - The Traveling Christmas

    Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1978

    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 festvities 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"".

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: Wayne Kline

  • Blood Will Tell
    6.8/1070 votes
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    #23 - Blood Will Tell

    Season 6 Episode 16 - Aired 6/6/1979

    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 match's Sweet Daddy's blood type and Sweet Daddy is in dire need of a blood transfusion.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • The Physical
    6.8/1071 votes
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    #24 - The Physical

    Season 6 Episode 19 - Aired 7/11/1979

    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.

    Director: Gerren Keith

    Writer: N/A

  • My Son the Lover
    6.9/1094 votes
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    #25 - 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