J.J becoming a success in the comic book business

Keith plays football again and gets a new apartment for him & Thelma

Thelma is pregnant

FLorida moves in with Keith & Thelma

Wilona & Penny move into the same building as Florida,Keith & THelma

Michael moves into a college dorm

J.J becoming a success in the comic book business

Keith plays football again and gets a new apartment for him & Thelma

Thelma is pregnant

FLorida moves in with Keith & Thelma

Wilona & Penny move into the same building as Florida,Keith & THelma

Michael moves into a college dorm
My rhetorical question is: What took Michael so long to move into a college dorm?:confused:

My rhetorical question is: Why on earth would Keith & Thelma want her mother (Florida) to live with them?? If I was Keith, the last person I'd want around is my mother-in-law, no matter how nice she was.

My rhetorical question is: What took Michael so long to move into a college dorm?:confused:


Who know Michael could have gotten a grant or scholarship that's why he moved to the dorms. I went to college and if you don't signup and pay for a dorm you don't get one. So I'm taking it that's why he was still living at home his first year. And a lot of times when kids get scholarships for college it's only a couple thousand and that's not enough to do anything with. tuition and books will eat that up so a lot of time that doesn't leave money for housing.

My rhetorical question is: Why on earth would Keith & Thelma want her mother (Florida) to live with them?? If I was Keith, the last person I'd want around is my mother-in-law, no matter how nice she was.
LOL - especially since you are newlyweds...:eek:

My rhetorical question is: Why on earth would Keith & Thelma want her mother (Florida) to live with them?? If I was Keith, the last person I'd want around is my mother-in-law, no matter how nice she was.I wouldn't think they'd want living with them, but under the circumstances I can see why. I don't think they wanted to leave Florida trapped in the projects while they were moving to a nice place. I mean afterall, Florida helped to provide for them while Keith was injured and couldn't play.

I also thought the final episode was great, a happy ending for all. I think Florida would have ended up moving on her own after getting settled. She'd probably figure that Newlyweds need to be alone, I could see her being Wilona's roommate.

My rhetorical question is: Why on earth would Keith & Thelma want her mother (Florida) to live with them?? If I was Keith, the last person I'd want around is my mother-in-law, no matter how nice she was.
To help them look after their baby...(that is my rhetorical guess)

LOL - especially since you are newlyweds...:eek:

Thelma and Keith are in bed, making with the love.

THELMA: Quiet, Keith! My mother's in the next room!!

Thelma and Keith are in bed, making with the love.

THELMA: Quiet, Keith! My mother's in the next room!!

I wonder how annoying it was, in that small crummy house in the projects, to listen to Thelma and Keith "work on getting Thelma pregnant." :happyface

I wonder how annoying it was, in that small crummy house in the projects, to listen to Thelma and Keith "work on getting Thelma pregnant." :happyface

On the other hand, Michael got some sex education...whether he wanted to or not.:eek:

Yea, I agree...gr8 finale. Very tidy. All loose ends tied up. The kicker would have been Bookman getting a job at their new apt. Or better yet, winning the lotto and buying the building. lol.

In a way, I'm glad they had a finale to tie up loose ends. Some shows like the Jeffersons for example didn't have finales. However, everything seemed so dang rushed. It was too much all at once.

In a way, I'm glad they had a finale to tie up loose ends. Some shows like the Jeffersons for example didn't have finales. However, everything seemed so dang rushed. It was too much all at once.


they had to rush because CBS had their hand on the plug and was about to pull-lol

Yea, I agree...gr8 finale. Very tidy. All loose ends tied up. The kicker would have been Bookman getting a job at their new apt. Or better yet, winning the lotto and buying the building. lol.
Yeah,I can hear it now

Bookman:Hey,guess what.I got prmoted to the same building

All:Oh no!
:lol:

Yeah,I can hear it now

Bookman:Hey,guess what.I got prmoted to the same building

All:Oh no!
:lol:


Yeah, Bookman was left out of all the hapiness.

they had to rush because CBS had their hand on the plug and was about to pull-lol

That is true, but the ratings were bad for awhile, they could've made a two parter at least.

My only complaint is that they could have at least mentioned James once.

My only complaint is that they could have at least mentioned James once.


What could they have said?

I don't think it was ever revealed that that was the final episode. I could never recall it ever being said or mention in TV Guides.

I don't think it was ever revealed that that was the final episode. I could never recall it ever being said or mention in TV Guides.


Well since the airdate of that episode was in August of 1979 I know for a fact it wasn't a lot of Hype about that episode because the Tv season was on Hiatus-lol There are no finales in august-lol

I'd be interested in getting a tv guide from that time to see if there was a write up about it or SOMETHING. Though like Retro, I tend to doubt it.

What could they have said?

I don't know....something like "I wish Dad was here to see this" or at least have Florida possibly looking at a picture of him after she finds out that they are all getting out of the ghetto and saying "I wish you were here to see this, James."

Well since the airdate of that episode was in August of 1979 I know for a fact it wasn't a lot of Hype about that episode because the Tv season was on Hiatus-lol There are no finales in august-lol

Showing a final episode in that manner is called "burning it off." With the season over (Sept - May), networks used to frequently "burn off" unaired shows during the summer rerun season, since they'd already paid for them.

Shows like Happy Days and Family Matters did similar things in their final seasons. Kind of going out with a whimper, not a bang - though at least they were smart enough to film a final episode.

If the show had returned, I'm sure J.J. would have been fired and Thelma and Keith would have stayed in the Ghetto somehow.:D