After a morning of being take granted for by her children and her husband, Florida decides to take her boss up on a lunch invitation. This eventually leads to a…

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…

The Evans family decides to hold a rent party to help out a neighbor in the building whose electricity has just been turned off. However, the party may come to…

James brings a gun home to protect his family.

Florida has had a pain in her side for the last two weeks but doesn’t want to see a doctor out of fear of the cost. However, when James learns…

Thelma has great news, she’s engaged. However, her opinion of great news differs greatly with her parents who hit the roof after learning this.

Florida plans on borrowing money from her cousin to help pay some unexpected bills. James’s pride stands in the way causing him to storm out to a bar, leaving Florida…

A friend of James’ gives him permission to use his cabin to celebrate his and Florida’s 20th wedding anniversary. However, the trick is trying to get Florida to stop worrying…

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.

When James is out of town, Florida and her brother Wilbert are left to deal with a troubled Michael. His cutting classes, getting into fights at school and low grades…

A feud erupts in the Evans’ household when James and J.J. take the side of Alderman Fred Davis during his attempt at a re-election while Florida, Thelma and Willona take…

When J.J. brings home Walter, a man from his art class, he hits it off with Willona. Despite the fact that he’s deaf, him and Willona begin a relationship one…

Florida and James become outraged when the kids get a touch of food poisoning after eating meat from the local supermarket. She organizes a group of concerned citizens and they…

J.J. is commissioned by a bank to paint a mural and in return will receive $250 needed for Thelma’s college education whom recently won a scholarship and found herself $200…

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.

A bank robbery in Atlanta has the FBI showing up at the Evans’ apartment to question Florida since her nephew, Cleatus is the prime suspect. Things get tense, when Cleatus…

Thelma researches her family tree for a school project and discovers James’s father is very much alive and living in the Chicago area. However, when James learns that Thelma has…

An elderly man that Michael befriended stops by the Evans’ apartment just prior to the New Years celebration and knowing that he only has a little time left, decides that…

Thelma has a chance at winning a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school in Michigan. However, even before she knows she won, a snobby girl from a fraternity comes around…

A bully has been stealing Michael’s lunches which prompts James to give him some tips on how to handle the situation. However, Michael surprises everyone with his own tactic, he…

After taking some courses at a trade school, James has a chance of getting a good paying job. However, when he is finally offered one, there is one catch, it’s…

J.J. secretly has become a member of the Satan’s Knights, a gang who are in the midst of a gang war with the Warlords. Two members and the leader of…

J.J. is recovering after being shot by Mad Dog, which only turned out to be a flesh wound. Meanwhile, a vengeful James presses charges against Mad Dog but a worried…

A wedding has Florida realizing that Willona is the only friend of hers left that isn’t married. So this leads Florida to try her hand at matchmaking, and matches her…

James finds a bag of robbery loot adding up to $27,000. After some coaxing from Florida, James decides to turn it in. However, what Florida doesn’t know is that there…

Cousin Naomi is visiting the Evans’ for the Christmas season. However, her visit is not a happy one for Thelma, who discovers that Naomi is hiding a serious drinking problem.

James is sure he’s going to get a sales position at a department store but when he brings Florida along on the interview he is in for a big surprise,…

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…

A woman aks J.J. to paint a nude portrait of her as a birthday gift for her husband. However, Florida has a hard time understanding why a woman would pose…

Realizing his mechanical skills, Florida suggests that James open a fix-it shop but when they go to the bank, they’re turned down for a loan. This leads James to set…

J.J. is enchanted with his new girlfriend, Clarissa, and is all set to take her to a ritzy debutante ball. However, Clarissa has come to the Evans’ apartment with some…

An elderly resident of the projects appears to be living on pet food after Michael takes out her garbage. The Evans family’s attempt to do something for her is complicated…

A childhood friend of James’ arrives for a visit and quickly his gambling problem becomes an Evans family problem when two hoods show up looking for him to pay off…

The Evans family’s joy at finally getting to meet J.J.’s girl Henrietta is shrouded by J.J.’s declaration that his immediate future could include Henrietta and matrimony.

The Evans’ family is hit with a double dose of unemployment blues after both James and J.J. lose their jobs. Wanting to support his family, J.J. decides to join the…

Michael must write an essay on the person whom he most admires. He first picks Florida for her strength and effort in keeping the family together. However, Florida points out…

Thelma’s been seeing the same man for two months and hasn’t introduced him to the family yet. However, when she comes home with an engagement ring, Florida and James demand…

Michael, one of the brightest boys in his class, comes home with the news that he scored the lowest out of his whole class on an I.Q. test.

An encyclopedia salesman is the last person James wants to see when he comes home from work. However, he softens when he learns the man is blind. This leads James…

Florida’s strange behavior has the family and Willona wondering what’s wrong with her. Michael thinks she’s beginning menopause while Willona believes she’s fed up with the boredom that comes with…