History TearJerker / GoodTimes

** The shocked and saddened expression on her children's faces, especially Michael, who starts crying in Florida's arms, is devastating.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"Damn, daaamn, '''DAAAAAAAMN!!!'''"'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:Damn, Daaamn, DAAAAAAAMN!!!]]

* The 2-part episode "The Gang": In part 1, J.J. becomes a member of the Satan's Knights, a gang who happens to be in the middle of a gang war with another group, The Warlords. The Satan's Knights escort a scared J.J. to a meeting place where the two groups are about to meet. But things take a bad turn when they run into James and Florida and an argument ends with J.J. accidentally getting shot! It's hard for a parent to see their child get badly wounded. Thankfully in part 2, [[OnlyAFleshWound it turned out to be only a flesh wound]].

* The 2-part episode "The Gang" has J.J. becoming a member of the Satan's Knights, a gang who happens to be in the middle of a gang war with another group, The Warlords. The Satan's Knights escort a scared J.J. to a meeting place where the two groups are about to meet. But things take a bad turn when they run into James and Florida and an argument ends with J.J. accidentally getting shot! It's hard for a parent to see their child get badly wounded.

* Penny's mother Linella is shown multiple times to abuse her daughter brutally. In one such infamous scene, she ''burns'' her daughter with a clothing iron for being late. Willona states to Linella in her final appearance how Penny is still traumatized by the abuse.

** What makes it worse about all this is Florida had spent the entire episode trying not to fall apart in front of her children and everyone else during the party because she didn't want to look weak in front of everyone, refusing to believe that James was gone and never opening his eyes again. Florida lost the one person that kept her stable, someone who was her entire world, and he was taken away from her and her family. The children are confused and hurt as to why she isn't crying when it's very normal to do so during grief, not understanding why Florida's putting on a front and bottling up her grief when she's truly heartbroken about James's death. Michael and Thelma actually seem miffed about Florida's festive attitude, while J.J. is understanding but still worried. Florida finally lets it all go at the very end, and that looked extremely difficult for Florida to keep it together until the end.

* The ending of the season 6 episode "Stomach Mumps." After Florida and Willona have a fight about Willona not telling Penny the truth about what’s happened to one of Penny’s classmates (she’s gotten pregnant, Willona has said that she’s got “stomach mumps”, and that she shouldn’t go near her because it’s contagious), Penny walks in… In tears, and with her clothes ripped up, as she reveals that Tina’s brother ''sexually assaulted her'' (she thankfully ran away before he could do anything else). Both Florida and Willona are horrified, and Florida once again states that despite Willona’s insistence that she’s too little, Penny is a growing young woman who needs to learn about these kinds of things so this doesn’t happen again.

* The ending of the season 6 episode "Stomach Mumps."

--> "Florida": We regret to inform you, that your husband, James Evans was....[[WhamLine killed in an automo...]]

** The shocked and saddened expression on her children's faces, especially Michael, is devastating.

** What makes it worse about all this is Florida had spent the entire episode trying not to fall apart in front of her children and everyone else during the party because she didn't want to look weak in front of everyone, refusing to believe that James was gone and never opening his eyes again. Florida lost the one person that kept her stable, someone who was her entire world, and he was taken away from her and her family. The children are confused and hurt as to why she isn't crying when it's very normal to do so during grief, not understanding why Florida's putting on a front and bottling up her grief when she's truly heartbroken about James's death. Florida finally lets it all go at the very end, and that looked extremely difficult for Florida to keep it together until the end.
* Season 3's "J.J.'s Fiancée" leaves the fate of, well, J.J.'s fiancée, Diana (who is revealed to be a heroin addict, unknown to J.J.), to the imagination of the viewer when she fails to answer his calling for her during the closing scene. [[note]](J.J. had given Diana Thelma's purse by mistake, and it (of course) did not contain the drugs or other things needed to get her quick high. She realizes the mistake and, coming down from her high, panics and becomes sick, going into the bathroom of their hotel. While he has James, Florida and Diana's parents on the phone, he calls for her, but she fails to answer; when he investigates, what he sees makes him literally look like he has seen a ghost ... did she climb out the bathroom window so she could find a quick high, or did she die in any number of possible ways (pass out from the drugs, committed suicide)?[[/note]]

--> "Florida": We regret to inform you, that your husband, James Evans was....[[WhamLine killed in an automo…]]

* Season 3's "J.J.'s Fiancée" leaves the fate of, well, J.J.'s fiancée, Diana (who is revealed to be a heroin addict, unknown to J.J.), to the imagination of the viewer when she fails to answer his calling for her during the closing scene. [[note]](J.J. had given Diana Thelma's purse by mistake, and it (of course) did not contain the drugs or other things needed to get her quick high. She realizes the mistake and, coming down from her high, panics and becomes sick, going into the bathroom of their hotel. While he has James, Florida and Diana's parents on the phone, he calls for her, but she fails to answer; when he investigates, what he sees makes him literally look like he has seen a ghost ... did she climb out the bathroom window so she could find a quick high, or did she die in any number of possible ways (pass out from the drugs, committed suicide)?[[/note]]

** What makes it worse about all this is Florida had spent the entire episode trying not to fall apart in front of her children and everyone else during the party because she didn't want to look weak in front of everyone, refusing to believe that James was gone and never opening his eyes again. Florida lost the one person that kept her stable, someone who was her entire world, and he was taken away from her and her family. The children are confused and hurt as to why she isn't crying when it's very normal to do so during grief, not understanding why Florida's putting on a front and bottling up her grief when she's truly heartbroken about James's death... only to let it all loose at the very end.

* Season 3's "J.J.'s Fiancée" leaves the fate of, well, J.J.'s fiancée, Diana (who is revealed to be a heroin addict, unknown to J.J.), to the imagination of the viewer when she fails to answer his calling for her during the closing scene. [[note]](J.J. had given Diana Thelma's purse by mistake, and it (of course) did not contain the drugs or other things needed to get her quick high. She realizes the mistake and, coming down from her high, panics and becomes sick, going into the bathroom of their hotel. While he has James, Florida and Diana's parents on the phone, he calls for her, but she fails to answer; when he investigates, what he sees makes him literally look like he has seen a ghost ... did she climb out the bathroom window so she could find a quick high, or did she die in any number of possible ways (pass out from the drugs, committed suicide)?[[/note]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Damn,Daaamn, DAAAAAAAMN!!!]]

** The ending to part 2, where Florida finally reliezes that james isn't coming back.
--> "Florida": damn, Damn,DAMN!!!

--> "Florida": Damn, DAmn, DAMN!!!

--> "Florida": Damn, DAmn, DAMN!!!