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Good Times Season 6 Episode 24

The End of the Rainbow

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AIRED: 8/1/79

This final episode brings all too good news for the Evans family. J.J. gets an offer to a comic company, Keith's bad knee is miraculously healed and is offered another football contract, and Florida is asked if she wants to move in with Keith and Thelma in the fancy apartment building across town where Willona happens to be moving and she just so happens to be her future next door neighbor. Meanwhile Thelma learns she is pregnant and she reveals it to Keith and the family.moreless

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This episode is the last of the Good times series. It ends with the characters with all leaving out of the ghetto.

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By ClintonSanchez, Nov 25, 2011

I like this episode in some ways, and in other ways i didnt. This episode is good because it has a happy ending for almost all of the characters. What I didnt like was how there was no mention of James Evans at all, it seems that the famly has forgotten about him. There is also no mention of Carl Dixon, florda\'s second husband. The series ends with Wilona and Florida jumping up and down because they found out that they will be moving in with eachother. i think that they should have ended the series on a sadder note, with flashbacks of James and Carl, they can also fix all of that with a modern day movie.moreless
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By shpam7, Nov 25, 2011

I grew up with Good Times and did\'t know until I was 30 that the \"The End Of The Rainbow\" was the last episode. It was a good show but I think the final show should have been the family saying their goodbyes and leaving the apartment (ghetto) finally. After the family has cleaned all of their belonging and gone to the new apartment, Florida should have been the last one leaving and watching her close the door should have been the last thing to see on the final episode. Now that would have made a good finale.moreless
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THIS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER APPEARING. I STILL WATCH IT NOW. I LOVE ALL THE CHARACTERS. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE THEY ALL ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE ALL DOING.moreless

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By LATECH91, Nov 25, 2011

Good times was the best movie ever. I loved all the characters and the comedy. I loved the realness of the show and how they dealt with all types of adversities to include, race, poverty and family.

This is one of the best shows to air. I still watch it now and laugh at Michael, Florida, James, Thelma, JJ and Willona, of course Bookman also. This picture touched our hearts. You cried with them and laughed with them.

I am sadden that Esther Rolle is no longer living. I hope a reunion program or party is selected so I can see the cast now. I would like to hear from the whole cast.moreless
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The episode "End of the Rainbow" wasn't so much pivitol as it was just a way to cap off a once great show. I grew up on "Good Times" and lost interest in the show in it's last few years. Most of season five seemed to be on life support.moreless

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By Cityguy39, Nov 25, 2011

"End of the Rainbow" marked the end of one of the few good Black TV shows of it's time. By season five, the show was all but dead, I had even stopped watching by then. I would tune in from time to time just see Janet Jackson, other then that I wasn't all that interested. The episode itself seemed thrown together. Florida and Wilona ending up in the building after they move PLEASE!!!!! It was good to see everyone finally get out of the projects even if it did seem totally unrealistic. I guess we should be thankful they were allowed to film a final episode at all. It was a good way to say good bye.moreless
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Ja'net DuBois	Willona Woods
Esther Rolle	Florida Evans (1974-1977), (1978-1979)
Jimmie Walker	James "J.J." Evans, Jr.
Ralph Carter	Michael Evans
Johnny Brown	Nathan Bookman (1977-1979)
Ben Powers	Keith Anderson (1978-1979)

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- Just three episodes earlier, Keith had hit rock bottom with alcoholism. In this episode, Keith is able to leave the home several times, without explanation, as he entered a training program for the Chicago Bears. The Evans family should have been alarmed that he was out that frequently without explanation.
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- The Evans' new address will be 743 Baker Street.
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- J.J. appears in a Dyno Man outfit.
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- In this episode like many others, Willona received the same promotion. Everytime she was promoted, she was turned into the Head Buyer for the Boutique.
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- Thelma: I hope this apartment has an extra room for the baby.
  Keith: You bet, 3 bedrooms, a sunroom, a deck, a...BABY?
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- Keith: I suppose you've all been wondering why I've been acting so strange lately.
  All: Not really.
  Keith: I've been in training.
  Penny: You mean you're joining the army?
  Keith: No, Penny, I'm joining the Chicago Bears!
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- Willona: Florida! We're moving in! We're moving in!
  (Willona and Florida start to celebrate)
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- J.J.: (to Keith, referring to Thelma's news that she's pregnant) You may be a big time running back. But I think you oughta let Thelma make this carry.
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- This episode was videotaped on March 01, 1979.
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- Bookman's ill-timed comment to Keith, "You hit the bottle," must have confused the original audience in 1979, as "The Evans' Dilemma" episode - the one dealing with Keith's drinking - was never aired.
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