S6.E16

Blood Will Tell

Name: Blood Will Tell
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1979-06-06
Duration: 25 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Esther Rolle, Ja'net DuBois, Ralph Carter

Episode aired Jun 6, 1979
TV-14
25m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

YOUR RATING

David Damas, Ben Powers, and BernNadette Stanis in Good Times (1974)

Comedy

Thugs who work for Sweet Daddy come to get JJ by force. Sweet Daddy is very sick and needs a blood transfusion. Turns out JJ is the closest person who has the blood Sweet Daddy needs. In exc... Read allThugs who work for Sweet Daddy come to get JJ by force. Sweet Daddy is very sick and needs a blood transfusion. Turns out JJ is the closest person who has the blood Sweet Daddy needs. In exchange, he promises to do something for JJ.Thugs who work for Sweet Daddy come to get JJ by force. Sweet Daddy is very sick and needs a blood transfusion. Turns out JJ is the closest person who has the blood Sweet Daddy needs. In exchange, he promises to do something for JJ.

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6.8/10

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Esther Rolle

Florida Evans
(credit only)

Ja'net DuBois

Willona Woods
(as Ja'net Du Bois)

Ralph Carter

Michael Evans

BernNadette Stanis

Thelma Evans Anderson
(as Bern Nadette Stanis)

Johnny Brown

Nathan Bookman

Janet Jackson

Millicent 'Penny' Woods
(credit only)

Ben Powers

Keith Anderson

Jimmie 'JJ' Walker

James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr.
(as Jimmie Walker)

Teddy Wilson

Sweet Daddy Williams
(as Theodore Wilson)

David Damas

Leroy 'Bad News' Jones

George Reynolds

Hood #1

Larry Greene

Hood #2

Kathleen Bradley

The Nurse

Storyline

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Trivia
Teddy Wilson's sixth and final appearance as Sweet Daddy Williams.

Goofs
The door to Sweet Daddy's hospital room opens outward, such that it would block the hallway. Hospital room doors open inward.

Connections
References As the World Turns (1956)

Soundtracks
Good Times
Music by Dave Grusin
Lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
Performed by James Gilstrap and Blinky (as Blinky Williams)

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Featured review

7/10

Final appearance for Theodore Wilson as Sweet Daddy Williams

"Blood Will Tell" marked the sixth and final appearance of Theodore Wilson as Sweet Daddy Williams, hospitalized with a rare blood disease, and in need of a donor. JJ becomes the unwitting subject, his blood type of U Negative the same as Sweet Daddy's ("you positive?"). Apart from continued physical health, JJ is to receive an added incentive of $1000 for his trouble. Right hand man Bad News (David Damas) lives down to his name, betraying his boss with a notion of taking over the mob, suggesting that JJ take a trip to the Virgin Islands: "obviously, you don't know anything of my girlfriends!" Sweet Daddy actually talks to 'Big Daddy in the Sky' before JJ shows up to save the day: "a lot of dudes I know would have let Sweet Daddy die for 5 grand" "a lot of dudes I know would let you die for nothing!"