Season 2 · Episode 13 — Sometimes There's No Bottom in the Bottle
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.
Season 2 episodes
E1Florida's strange behavior has the family and Willona wondering what's wrong with her. Michael thinks she's beginning menopause while Willo…
E2J.J.'s 18th birthday has James and Florida in a fit when they find out they won't be able to give J.J. the art supplies he wanted because J…
E3J.J. is taken down to the police station for questioning in the liquor store robbery. The family gathers there and tries to think up ways t…
E4Michael has the chance to be bused to a better school in a white neighborhood but he is determined to get out of it. Florida and James firs…
E5Michael must write an essay on the person whom he most admires. He first picks Florida for her strength and effort in keeping the family to…
E6Thelma'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 engageme…
E7Michael, 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.
E8An 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…
E9J.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…
E10J.J. is recovering after being shot by Mad Dog, which only turned out to be a flesh wound. Meanwhile, a vengeful James presses charges agai…
E11A 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 m…
E12James 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…
E13Cousin Naomi is visiting the Evans' for the Christmas season. However, her visit is not a happy one for Thelma, who discovers that Naomi is…
E14James 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…
E15Florida is going to night school hoping to achieve a High School Equivalency diploma, but her working in the daytime and going to school at…
E16A 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 w…
E17Realizing 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 loa…
E18J.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 th…
E19An 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…
E20A childhood friend of James' arrives for a visit and quickly his gambling problem becomes an Evans family problem when two hoods show up lo…
E21The 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 i…
E22The 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,…
E23Thelma has a chance at winning a scholarship to an exclusive boarding school in Michigan. However, even before she knows she won, a snobby…
E24A bully has been stealing Michael's lunches which prompts James to give him some tips on how to handle the situation. However, Michael surp…