JJ is doing a portrait of Savannah Jones, Sweet Daddy Williams' main lady! But upon seeing the portrait, Savannah becomes disgusted with JJ, which causes Sweet Daddy Williams to cancel the one-man art show he was sponsoring for JJ!
Hearing that their neighbor Gerty Vinson is reduced to eating pet food, the Evans family invite her to have dinner with them. Gerty shows up, but with the main entree!
JJ is followed home by a little girl who's infactuated with him. It happens that the little girl lives in the same building as the Evans, and she happens to be abused my her mother
In this scene, Amelia realizes that the Zuni doll she bought her boyfriend for his birthday is missing! It's not on the coffee table where she placed it. She's looking around for the doll...under the couch, in the living. She suddenly finds it, or better to say, it finds HER!!
In this scene, Amelia is fighting off the Zuni doll that has come to life and began to attack her. She finally takes it and throws it into the oven. But watch what happens when she opens the oven door!!!
Penny finds herself at home at the Evans' apartment. She takes her anger out on her doll when JJ's date shows up and he has to leave. Later, Willona discovers the burns on Penny's back and suspects that she's being abused
James sudden death by an automobile accident has devastated his family and friends. Upon returning home from the funeral, Florida hastily gets things ready for the guests that are coming over. Thelma, Michael and JJ can't understand why their mother hasn't cried at the funeral and how she can be so "happy" at a time like this!
There's going to be a rumble tonight and this time Mad Dog, the leader of the gang that JJ was forced to join, wants JJ to be there. No excuses this time! Mad Dog and the others are personally going by JJ's apartment to pick him up. Besides getting out of this jam, JJ must also make sure his parents are not at home when Mad Dog and the others arrive!
Willona takes Penny to a doctor about her arm but finds the doctor unhelpful when she tells him she thinks Penny is being abused! Later at the apartment, Penny mother arrives with a policeman and accuses Willona of kidnapping her daughter
Michael has suddenly developed a big appetite! And the reason for that is some bully has been stealing his lunch and milk money from him. James is furious and tells Michael that the next day he's going to stand up and fight this bully!
Florida knows that her nephew, Cleatus, did not rob a bank in Atlanta. She and James allow him to stay overnight at their place. But as Michael grabs his bag to assist him to the room, it pops open and the $25,000 taken from the bank falls out! James and Florida tells him to leave. He begins to leave but then pulls out a gun and grabs Michael as "insurance!"
JJ and Diana announce to their parents that they want to get married. Their parents are dead set against it! Not able to take all the commotion, Diana locks herself inside Thelma's room where she takes something out of her bag that will "calm" her nerves!
Now that Penny's mom has run away, Penny will have to be put up for adoption. She asks Willona if she would adopt her. While Thelma is trying to tell Penny that Willona may not be "mother" material, Willona is thinking about the idea of becoming Penny's mother