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Willona becomes heartsick with worry about Penny's apparent fate ... when she turns up at the Evanses' apartment. She's run away from home, and this time, her mother doesn't want her back.

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    • Author: Vital Beast
    "The Evans Get Involved" continues its third chapter with Mrs. Carpenter (Kathleen Doyle) still searching for the missing Penny Gordon (Janet Jackson), whose mother (Chip Fields, later seen in "A Matter of Mothers") has packed up and left. Fortunately, Penny has managed to sneak back to the Evans apartment for a snack, her mother Linella not far behind. Linella's tale of woe includes being abused by her own family when she was a child, eventually abandoning her daughter: "she deserves something better than me." Rather than sleep with her hero JJ, Penny stays with Willona but requests a bedtime story about 'Afrolocks and the Three Bears!' The girl's sweet nature compels her to include her abusive mother in her prayers as Mrs. Carpenter endeavors to find her a new home.
  • Episode cast overview:
    Ja'net DuBois Ja'net DuBois - Willona Woods (as Ja'net Du Bois)
    Ralph Carter Ralph Carter - Michael Evans
    BernNadette Stanis BernNadette Stanis - Thelma Evans (as Bern Nadette Stanis)
    Johnny Brown Johnny Brown - Nathan Bookman (credit only)
    Janet Jackson Janet Jackson - Millicent 'Penny' Gordon
    Jimmie Walker Jimmie Walker - James 'J.J.' Evans, Jr.
    Chip Fields Chip Fields - Linella Gordon
    Kathleen Doyle Kathleen Doyle - Mrs. Carpenter
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