Louis Gossett, Jr. appears as Florida's brother Wilbur from Detroit. He appeared in season 1 episode "Thelma's Young Man" as Donald.
This episode was originally to have featured series co-star John Amos, as per a traditional episode. However, his character is mentioned as being "out of town" for a job. As things were becoming contentious during the 3rd season behind-the-scenes between Amos and the show's writers, Amos was written out of this episode and replaced with Louis Gossett, Jr. (who speaks most of the dialogue intended for the James Evans character).
This featuring of Gossett as Florida's never-before-seen younger brother served as a "dry run" of sorts to test the show moving forward without John Amos.
This featuring of Gossett as Florida's never-before-seen younger brother served as a "dry run" of sorts to test the show moving forward without John Amos.
Only episode when a character (Florida) refers to Michael as "Mike".