Name: Grandpa's Visit
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 25 min

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J.J. comes up with a vocal discovery that he calls the "great white hope."

Good Times

The Judy Cohen Story

The children and Willona try to convince Florida to have some fun.

Florida's Night Out

After J.J. wins the lottery, he is faced with two gun-toting members of a girls' gang.

Rich Is Better Than Poor ... Maybe

Grandpa Evans brings a special guest of his own for Thanksgiving.

Grandpa's Visit

Florida has only one choice of action when she discovers what J.J. is doing for money.

J.J.'s New Career

J.J. resorts to crime in an effort to get his family out of the ghetto.

J.J. becomes an instant celebrity after winning a local art show.

Evans Versus Davis

J.J. tries to lend a helping hand when Michael experiences his first great romance.

Michael's Great Romance

Michael is pressured into becoming a member of a street gang that is terrorizing the neighborhood.

Michael the Warlord

Thelma's favorite teacher falls first for J.J.'s paintings and then for J.J.

J.J. and the Older Woman

Florida's attitude toward James' death causes dissension in an already saddened household.

The Big Move

As the Evanses prepare to join James in Mississippi, a damper is thrown on everything.

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Florida and James Evans struggle to raise their kids, JJ, Thelma and Michael, in a Chicago housing project during the 1970s.

S4 E9 | Grandpa's Visit