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"J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 1 (a.k.a. I Pronounce You)"
Season 3, Episode 17
Number (#54) in series (133 episodes)
Tape date December 11, 1975
Air date: January 6, 1976
Network/Country: CBS-TV / United States
Written by: Roger Shulman & John Baskin
Directed by: Herbert Kenwith
Production code: 317 (317a)
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Cast Information
Starring: Esther Rolle
Jimmie Walker
Ja'net Dubois
Bern Nadette Stanis
Ralph Carter
John Amos
Guest starring: Debbie Allen
Sonny Jim Gaines
Mel Bryant
Marie Moore
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J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 1 is the seventeenth episode of Season 3 and the fifty-fourth episode overall. It is the first half of a two-episode story arc. Written by Roger Shulman and John Baskin,  the episode, which was directed by Herbert Kenwith, premiered on CBS-TV, originally airing on January 6, 1976.

Synopsis[]

J.J.'s parents are against him getting married to his girlfriend, Diana. Her parents don't want them to get married either, but they also don't know that she's concealing a drug addiction.

Storyline[]

J.J. and his new girlfriend, Diana, plan to do more than just go to the prom...they plan to get married - over their parents strong objections. But there's a dark secret that Diana is hiding from her groom-to-be: She's hooked on heroin.

Guest starring[]

  • Debbie Allen as Diana Buchanan (as Deborah Allen)
  • Mel Bryant as Salesman
  • Sonny Jim Gaines as Fred Buchanan
  • Marie Moore as Lucille Buchanan
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