S5.E3

The Evans Get Involved: Part 3

Name: The Evans Get Involved: Part 3
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1977-09-28
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis

Episode aired Sep 28, 1977
TV-PG
23m

IMDb RATING

8.2/10

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Comedy

Willona becomes heartsick with worry about Penny's apparent fate ... when she turns up at the Evanses' apartment. She's run away from home, and this time, her mother doesn't want her back.Willona becomes heartsick with worry about Penny's apparent fate ... when she turns up at the Evanses' apartment. She's run away from home, and this time, her mother doesn't want her back.Willona becomes heartsick with worry about Penny's apparent fate ... when she turns up at the Evanses' apartment. She's run away from home, and this time, her mother doesn't want her back.

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Ja'net DuBois

Willona Woods
(as Ja'net Du Bois)

Ralph Carter

Michael Evans

BernNadette Stanis

Thelma Evans
(as Bern Nadette Stanis)

Johnny Brown

Nathan Bookman
(credit only)

Janet Jackson

Millicent 'Penny' Gordon

Jimmie 'JJ' Walker

James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr.
(as Jimmie Walker)

Chip Fields

Linella Gordon

Kathleen Doyle

Mrs. Carpenter

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Third of four parts

"The Evans Get Involved" continues its third chapter with Mrs. Carpenter (Kathleen Doyle) still searching for the missing Penny Gordon (Janet Jackson), whose mother (Chip Fields, later seen in "A Matter of Mothers") has packed up and left. Fortunately, Penny has managed to sneak back to the Evans apartment for a snack, her mother Linella not far behind. Linella's tale of woe includes being abused by her own family when she was a child, eventually abandoning her daughter: "she deserves something better than me." Rather than sleep with her hero JJ, Penny stays with Willona but requests a bedtime story about 'Afrolocks and the Three Bears!' The girl's sweet nature compels her to include her abusive mother in her prayers as Mrs. Carpenter endeavors to find her a new home.

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Trivia
This episode marks the first time that the inside of Willona's apartment is shown.

Quotes
Mrs. Gordon: [to Willona about Penny] You think it's easy raising that kid without a father?
Willona Woods: Big deal. I was raised without a father, but my mother never went up side my head.
Mrs. Gordon: Well, you were lucky, baby, because my family went up side, down side and across mine. I've been scuffling all my life!
Willona Woods: Honey, you don't own the rights or the patents on scuffling!