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With Amos and Rolle gone, Ja'net Du Bois took over as the star, checking on the Evans children as they were now living alone. New characters were added or had their roles expanded: [[Johnny Brown]] as the overweight [[building superintendent]] [[Nathan Bookman]]; [[Ben Powers (actor)|Ben Powers]] as Thelma's husband Keith Anderson; and [[Janet Jackson]] as [[Penny Gordon Woods]], an [[Child abuse|abused]] girl [[adopted]] by Willona.

It was at this time that many viewers defected from the series, and although Florida returned (the writers had finally been forced to let J.J.'s character mature to a point whichthat Rolle found tolerable) for the sixth season in 1978, the viewers did not, and production was halted abruptly in early 1979.

The last original episode of ''Good Times'' aired in the summer of 1979. In a [[series finale]] typical of the series, each character had a "happy ending." J.J. finally got his big break as an artist for a [[comic book]] company, after years of the audience waiting for such a development. J.J.'s newly-created character, DynoWoman was based on Thelma herself. Michael attended college and moved into an on-campus dorm. Keith's bad knee miraculously healed, leading to the [[Chicago Bears]] offering him a contract to play [[football (American)|football]]. Keith and (a newly pregnant) Thelma moved to a luxury apartment across town and offered Florida the chance to move in with them. Willona became the head buyer of the boutique she worked in and she and Penny move in to the same building and become their downstairs neighbors (again).