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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Good Times Season 1 Episode 10 - Springtime in the Ghetto
    8.0/10(117 votes)

    S1:E10

    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:Unknown

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  2. Good Times Season 1 Episode 2 - Black Jesus
    7.8/10(172 votes)

    S1:E2

    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:Unknown

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  3. Good Times Season 1 Episode 5 - Michael Gets Suspended
    7.8/10(121 votes)

    S1:E5

    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

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  4. Good Times Season 1 Episode 6 - Sex and the Evans Family
    7.8/10(122 votes)

    S1:E6

    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:Unknown

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  5. Good Times Season 1 Episode 11 - The TV Commercial
    7.8/10(113 votes)

    S1:E11

    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:Unknown

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  6. Good Times Season 1 Episode 9 - The Visitor
    7.7/10(109 votes)

    S1:E9

    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:Unknown

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  7. Good Times Season 1 Episode 12 - The Check Up
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    S1:E12

    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:Unknown

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  8. Good Times Season 1 Episode 1 - Too Old Blues
    7.5/10(173 votes)

    S1:E1

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Good Times Season 1 Episode 3 - Getting Up the Rent
    7.5/10(147 votes)

    S1:E3

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Eric Monte

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  10. Good Times Season 1 Episode 8 - Junior the Senior
    7.5/10(104 votes)

    S1:E8

    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

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  11. Good Times Season 1 Episode 4 - God's Business is Good Business
    7.4/10(140 votes)

    S1:E4

    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:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Good Times Season 1 Episode 13 - My Son the Lover
    7.0/10(101 votes)

    S1:E13

    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:Unknown

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  13. Good Times Season 1 Episode 7 - Junior Gets a Patron
    6.9/10(104 votes)

    S1:E7

    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:Larry Siegel

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Springtime in the Ghetto" is the best rated episode of Good Times season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 117 votes. Directed by Herbert Kenwith and written by Unknown, it aired on April 19, 1974. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Black Jesus".