Goode Behavior
| Goode Behavior | |
|---|---|
 Goode Behavior title card. | |
| Genre | Sitcom |
| Created by |
Robert Illes Brian Pollack Dennis Pollack Mert Rich |
| Directed by |
Leonard R. Garner, Jr. Jack Shea Gary Shimokawa Thomas J. Thompson Michael Zinberg |
| Starring |
Sherman Hemsley Dorien Wilson |
| Composer(s) | Steve Dorff |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Brian Pollack Mert Rich |
| Producer(s) |
Andy Guerdat Ken Johnston Al Lowenstein Dennis Pollack |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 22–24 minutes |
| Production company(s) | MTM Enterprises |
| Distributor | 20th Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | UPN |
| Original release | August 26, 1996 – May 19, 1997 |
Goode Behavior is an American sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on UPN. The series was cancelled after its first season, airing its last episode on May 19, 1997, for a total of 23 episodes.[1]
Synopsis
Willie Goode (Sherman Hemsley) is a newly paroled convicted con artist. He is also the father of Franklin Goode (Dorien Wilson), his estranged son. Franklin is a college professor, and is in the process of being promoted to "Dean of Humanities" at "Chapel Hill University" in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The two must peacefully co-exist when Willie arrives at Franklin's house (un-announced) to fulfill the conditions of his probation; he must live at his son's house, under house arrest. Caught in the middle of the family feuding are Franklin's wife Barbara (Alex Datcher), a local news anchor, and their teenage daughter Bianca (Bianca Lawson).
Cast
- Sherman Hemsley — Willie Goode
- Dorien Wilson — Franklin Goode
- Alex Datcher — Barbara Goode
- Scott Grimes — Garth
- Bianca Lawson — Bianca Goode
- Joseph Maher — Chancellor Willoughby
- Justina Machado — Raquel DeLaRosa
- Marc McClure — Harry Danielson
- Gabrielle Union — Tracy Monaghan
Episode list
| Series # | Season # | Title | Notes | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Goode Book" | 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? | August 26, 1996 |
| 2 | 2 | "Goode Together" | 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. | September 2, 1996 |
| 3 | 3 | "Goode Samaritan" | 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. | September 9, 1996 |
| 4 | 4 | "Goode Sport" | No synopsis available. | September 16, 1996 |
| 5 | 5 | "Goode Cause" | No synopsis available. | September 23, 1996 |
| 6 | 6 | "Goode Feelings" | 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. | September 30, 1996 |
| 7 | 7 | "Goode Hands" | No synopsis available. | October 14, 1996 |
| 8 | 8 | "Goode and Scared" | No synopsis available. | October 28, 1996 |
| 9 | 9 | "Goode and Fired" | No synopsis available. | November 4, 1996 |
| 10 | 10 | "Goode Book" | No synopsis available. | November 11, 1996 |
| 11 | 11 | "Goode Golly, Miss Molly" | No synopsis available. | November 18, 1996 |
| 12 | 12 | "Goode Grades" | 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. | November 25, 1996 |
| 13 | 13 | "Goode Sport" | No synopsis available. | December 2, 1996 |
| 14 | 14 | "Goode Lord" | No synopsis available. | January 13, 1997 |
| 15 | 15 | "Goode Stuff" | No synopsis available. | January 20, 1997 |
| 16 | 16 | "Goode Will" | No synopsis available. | February 3, 1997 |
| 17 | 17 | "Goode Lovin'" | 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 and Barbara's Valentine's Day party, but the stripper mistakes Willie's invitation for a job offer. | February 10, 1997 |
| 18 | 18 | "The Goode, Bad and the Willie" | 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. | February 17, 1997 |
| 19 | 19 | "Goode Daddy" | No synopsis available. | February 24, 1997 |
| 20 | 20 | "Goode Music" | 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. | April 28, 1997 |
| 21 | 21 | "Goode Cop, Bad Cop" | No synopsis available. | May 5, 1997 |
| 22 | 22 | "The Only Goode Indian" | Willie devises a plan to bring in extra revenue into his new restaurant by claiming to be an Indian descendant, and using reservation status, bring in casino equipment with slots & gambling. Barbara gets bitten by the gambling bug. | May 12, 1997 |
| 23 | 23 | "Goode Angel" | 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. | May 19, 1997 |
References
- ↑ The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. 2003. p. 479. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
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