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| Season 5, Episode 6 Number (#91) in series (133 episodes) | ||||
 The VP of Personnel at the department store at the store where Willona works, calls everybody: her, Miss Johnson, her supervisor, and Mr. Rogers, the Security Dept. head, who hired her to be a house detective, to his office in "Willona, the Fuzz" in Season 5. | ||||
| Tape date | September 15, 1977 | |||
| Air date: | October 19, 1977 | |||
| Network/Country: | CBS-TV / United States | |||
| Written by: | Richard Frieman (story / teleplay) & Sid Dorfman (teleplay) | |||
| Directed by: | Gerren Keith | |||
| Production code: | 506 | |||
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| Starring: | Jimmie Walker Ja'net Dubois Janet Jackson Bern Nadette Stanis Ralph Carter Johnny Brown | |||
| Guest starring: | Conchata Ferrell Gordon Jump Dap "Sugar" Willie | |||
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Willona, the Fuzz is the sixth episode of Season 5 of Good Times, and the 91st series episode overall. Written as a teleplay by Richard Frieman and Sid Dorfman from an original story wrtitten by Frieman, the episode, which was directed by Gerren Keith, premiered on CBS-TV, originally airing on October 19, 1977.
Synopsis[]
Willona's new job goes against her morals, but she decides to put her values on the back burner to earn spare money for Penny's ice skating lessons.
Storyline[]
Willona decides to make Penny happy by paying for her ice skating lessons. She takes an extra job at the store by watching women in the changing rooms through two-way mirrors to catch shoplifters; but her new job leads to a debate over the invasion of shoppers' privacy.
Plot summary[]
After catching a shoplifter, Willona (Ja'net DuBois) is promoted to store detective. When she finds out that her job entails spying on shoppers from behind a two-way dressing room mirror, she balks, insisting that her strict moral values precludes invading anyone's privacy. On the other hand, Willona really needs the extra cash to finance Penny's figure-skating lessons.