Goode Book

S01 E01 • Monday, Aug 26, 1996 • Aug 26 • 30m

College professor Franklin Goode is living the good life: his long-awaited ""study"" is almost complete, and he's on the short list for the position of Dean of Humanities at his university. But when the delivery at his door turns out to be his newly-paroled father, Willie, instead of his new desk, things immediately take a comic turn. Willie conspires to win his son the coveted new title and become a permanent member of the household. Will previously estranged father and son grow to become a family?

Goode Together

S01 E02 • Monday, Sep 2, 1996 • Sep 2 • 30m

When Franklin finally realizes his dream of being included in Chancellor Willoughby's weekly card game, Willie seizes the opportunity to do the kind of father/son bonding he regrets not doing when Franklin was a child - he teaches his son to play poker

Goode Samaritan

S01 E03 • Monday, Sep 9, 1996 • Sep 9 • 30m

When Willie takes a job at the TV station where Barbara, his daughter-in-law, is an anchor, it's not long before his expertise as a con man puts him in front of the camera as the stations new consumer advocate. Franklin is thrilled that his father has found a way to use his ""talents"" for good, until the bribes start arriving. To keep the popular new consumer advocate off their backs, businesses will do just about anything - including installing a swimming pool in the Goode's backyard. But Willie's days as an on-air personality may be numbered.

Goode Sport

S01 E04 • Monday, Sep 16, 1996 • Sep 16 • 30m

Goode Cause

S01 E05 • Monday, Sep 23, 1996 • Sep 23 • 30m

Goode Feelings

S01 E06 • Monday, Sep 30, 1996 • Sep 30 • 30m

When Franklin convinces Willie to attend therapy sessions to help cure his need for running schemes, Willie devises a plan to run a pyramid scheme out of the therapy sessions and everybody joins in. When Franklin finds out about the plan, he is infuriated and tries to break up the sessions, but with surprising results.

Goode Hands

S01 E07 • Monday, Oct 14, 1996 • Oct 14 • 30m

Goode and Scared

S01 E08 • Monday, Oct 28, 1996 • Oct 28 • 30m

Goode and Fired

S01 E09 • Monday, Nov 4, 1996 • Nov 4 • 30m

Goode Book

S01 E10 • Monday, Nov 11, 1996 • Nov 11 • 30m

Goode Golly, Miss Molly

S01 E11 • Monday, Nov 18, 1996 • Nov 18 • 30m

Goode Grades

S01 E12 • Monday, Nov 25, 1996 • Nov 25 • 30m

As a dodge to keep from getting sent back to prison, and to keep from having to get a job, Willie enrolls into school in his son's Anthropology class. Meanwhile, Bianca hatches a scheme to sell term papers.

Goode Sport

S01 E13 • Monday, Dec 2, 1996 • Dec 2 • 30m

Goode Lord

S01 E14 • Monday, Jan 13, 1997 • Jan 13 • 30m

Goode Stuff

S01 E15 • Monday, Jan 20, 1997 • Jan 20 • 30m

Goode Will

S01 E16 • Monday, Feb 3, 1997 • Feb 3 • 30m

Goode Lovin'

S01 E17 • Monday, Feb 10, 1997 • Feb 10 • 30m

Just before Valentine's Day, Willie develops a crush on a colleague of Franklin's, Dr. Pamela Fordham. Bianca (Bianca Lawson, left) and ""Moesha's"" Countess Vaughn (center) try to offer advice, but to no avail. When Franklin fixes the woman up with another academic, a lovesick Willie decides to pick-up his spirits at Mr. Bobo's Girlie Hut. While there, he asks one of the strippers to be his date at Franklin annd Barbara's Valentine's Day party, but the stripper mistakes Willie's invitation for a job offer.

The Goode, Bad and the Willie

S01 E18 • Monday, Feb 17, 1997 • Feb 17 • 30m

Willie's helpers at his restaurant all decide to leave, so Willie finally decides to hire someone. He hires the wise talking Raquel, just as he mistakes a food critic for a bum & throws him out. An old prison buddy, Jimmy the Brain, talks Willie into a scheme to sell hair growth tonic.

Goode Daddy

S01 E19 • Monday, Feb 24, 1997 • Feb 24 • 30m

Goode Music

S01 E20 • Monday, Apr 28, 1997 • Apr 28 • 30m

Wild Orchid (Stefanie Ridel, Renee Sandstrom, & Stacy Ferguson) guest as a trio that Willie ""discovers"" when he decides to audition acts to perk up business as Willie's Chili. Tone Loc, appearing as himself, is the record executive Willie hopes will sign the act and propel them all to fame and fortune.

Goode Cop, Bad Cop

S01 E21 • Monday, May 5, 1997 • May 5 • 30m

The Only Goode Indian

S01 E22 • Monday, May 12, 1997 • May 12 • 30m

Willie devises a plan to bring in extra revenue into his new restaurant by claiming to be an indian decendant, and using reservation status, bring in casino equipment with slots & gambling. Barbara gets bitten by the gambling bug.

Goode Angel

S01 E23 • Monday, May 19, 1997 • May 19 • 30m

In this final series episode, the bank threatens to foreclose on Willie's Chilli restaurant, so Willie cooks up a scheme to come up with some money so the bank won't foreclose.