A schoolyard extortionist bullies Michael.

Thelma receives a scholarship from an exclusive school.

Both James and J.J. suddenly lose their jobs.

J.J. announces plans to marry and settle down.

James fears an old pal has secret motives for visiting.

The Evanses are afraid they may be eating dog food when an elderly neighbor brings the main course for dinner

J.J. finds out that his date has snobbish parents that disapprove of him.

The family runs a secret fix-it service at home.

Florida and James are torn between letting J.J. do a portrait and their misgivings about the prospective model.

Florida's dream of finally getting her high-school diploma is clouded by James' opposition to the idea.

James is sure that the new job he has been promised is the answer to the family's troubles.

Thelma catches her cousin nipping at the family liquor supply.

James is not convinced that honesty is the best policy when all he gets for a good deed is obscene phone calls.

Florida decides to find a husband for Willona.

James wants to press charges after J.J. is wounded.

J.J. reluctantly becomes a member of the Satan's Knights street gang.

The fine print at the bottom of an ``easy payment'' contract for an encyclopedia set buys the Evanses a lot of trouble

Michael jeopardizes his chances for a higher education when he walks out on an IQ test that he feels is unfair to minorities

The Evans family is shocked when they meet Thelma's new fiance.

Michael's school assignment sets off a chain reaction of events in the Evans household.

Michael is offered a chance to bus to a better school.

Florida and James have to come up with $500 in bail when J.J. is arrested on an alleged armed robbery charge.

A credit error may ruin J.J.'s 18th birthday.

Florida promises to burst into a full-fledged hurricane unless someone can figure out what triggered the storm