"A Loss of Confidence" finds JJ instantly smitten with Thelma's classmate Jo Ann Taylor (Catherine Lee Smith), the high school homecoming queen, who was already impressed by his paintings. While studying French, JJ offers her a tip on foreign tongues: "never speak it in English!" Florida believes that JJ's ego comes from his handsome father: "you blow so many horns you could be the whole brass section for Count Basie!" Jo Ann shoots down every offer of a date from JJ, leaving him a shadow of his former ebullient self. Even his chicken delivery job suffers as a result, until Jo Ann returns to apologize, admitting that she's never gone out with such an intelligent artistic type, virtually a 'creative genius!'
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JJ is swept off his feet
gregorycanfield17 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This was the first episode to have JJ showing some humility. He is so smitten by Joanne Taylor, that all his other girls suddenly go out the window. When Joanne initially refuses to go out with him, JJ loses all confidence in himself. Fortunately, the right actress was picked to play Joanne. Despite a silly hairstyle, Catherine Lee Smith was very cute. It was easy to see why JJ was blown away. The episode ends on a positive note, when Joanne admits that she really did want to date JJ. It was unfortunate that nothing from this episode was carried over. There was some detectable chemistry between JJ and Joanne. It would have been nice to have seen a relationship develop. Overall, a good episode. I took a point off the rating, because pretty Joanne is never seen or mentioned after this.
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