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Ethan escorts an accused killer back to Paradise for trial, but has to cope with vigilantes intent on killing his prisoner.

Ethan's old pal Matthew talks him into a dangerous but profitable job hauling opium.

Five dollars down and two dollars a week almost buys the Evans family an encyclopedia of black history -- and the fine print at the bottom of the "easy-payment" contract buys them a lot of trouble. When an encyclopedia salesman who is not only a black brother, but also blind -- shows up at the Evans household, James and Florida decide they can afford the "easy-payment plan" for a good cause. But when they read the fine print in the contract, they have more than a few doubts.

Falling for J.J. isn't how young neighbor Penny gets her cuts and bruises, but when Willona and the Evanses do discover the cause, anything would be better than the truth.

Fred can't wait to try out the new promotion idea that he just bought from two "salesmen." Convinced that the idea will increase sales in the junkyard, Fred misses the "catch" that could put him and Lamont in the poorhouse.

Archie comes home for a nice dinner that Edith has prepared: beef and mushroom stew. Later, when Mike comes to the table for dinner, he finds Archie has completely finished his meal and then breaks the news that there has been a recall at the supermarkets of a certain brand of mushroom. Convinced that he has food poisoning, Archie rushes down to the hospital for treatment.

Gloria comes home from work one evening in a total apathetic mood. When Archie tries to find out what's wrong with her, she snaps at him and storms off. Later, Edith gets to the bottom of Gloria's mood when she confides in Edith that she thinks that she has temporarily fallen out of love with Mike (something that Edith confesses happened to her and her feelings for Archie). Meanwhile, Archie and Mike prepare for a fishing trip.

Stephanie purposely hides her past religious training from Archie.

When an ill woman tells Edith to let her die with dignity at the SunShine Home, the woman's family are furious after her death. The manager fires Edith for her selfishness, even though Edith honoured the woman's wish. Later that night, the woman's daughter thanks Edith to be with her mother as she passed away since she (the daughter) never got to visit her own mother back then.

Fred succumbs to Donna's pressures and agrees to get married, but his family has other ideas. Fred and Donna plan to wed in a private ceremony at the Sanford home and Lamont uses this as a ploy to have Aunt Esther get the other aunts together to try to get rid of Donna.

Following the advice of his son Lamont, Fred donates a collection of rare jazz albums to a music library in order to get a tax write-off, but he wants them back when he finds they are valued at $500.

Joy and Bob's wedding plans are derailed when they learn there is a baby available for adoption.

Three best friends make an emergency stop in Cleveland and find the norms from home no longer apply.

Joy dates a much younger man; Melanie encourages Elka to date again; Victoria and Big N Easy.

Elka finds love at first sight; Melanie turns out to be a dead ringer for her date's lost love.