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What's Happening!! Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
Rerun Gets Married
Thu, Sep 22, 197730 mins
Diane brings a new girl in town, Maria, to Raj's surprise 17th birthday party. Raj tries to woo her, but Rerun already has a date with her--only to find out she's really only interested in him to get her green card.
Episode 2
It's All in Your Head
Thu, Sep 29, 197725 mins
Dee goes to the school's psychologist to help her friend. He thinks Dee is "the friend" and mistaken leads Mama, Roger, and his friends to believe that Dee is the one who is unhappy at home. However Dee decides to use this as a means to make everyone continue to be nice to her.
Episode 3
Trial and Error
Thu, Oct 6, 197724 mins
Raj gets hit by a car on his grocery delivery bike.
Episode 4
Raj Goes to Press
Thu, Oct 13, 197724 mins
His ego hurt when his articles are not published in the school newspaper, Roger recruits Dwayne and Rerun to help him publish an underground newspaper. The experience soon becomes an important lesson in the First Amendment when they expose their no-nonsense English teacher's plans for a pop quiz and publish unflattering remarks about the principal. Roger refuses to reveal how he learned about the "surprise test" (his buddies had peeked in her desk and saw it by accident, something the teacher eventually catches on to) and is threatened with expulsion.
Episode 5
Nothing Personal
Thu, Oct 20, 197730 mins
Shirley is offered a clerical position with a balloon distribution company. She becomes angry when she discovers was only hired to be a "token" African-American employee.
Episode 6
If I'm Elected
Thu, Oct 27, 197725 mins
Dwayne's father, Lawrence Nelson, is running for city council. Dwayne is really proud of his father ... until one afternoon at campaign headquarters, he accidentally overhears him firing one of his campaign workers (Ted, a longtime friend of the family) and telling him to pack his stuff up and get out, because "we don't need that kind of stuff in our campaign." Dwayne's pride turns to shame and he goes to Mama Thomas to sort out his problems, but of it turns out Dwayne only knows part of the story - Ted was fired for theft of campaign funds.
Episode 7
The Play's the Big Thing
Thu, Nov 3, 197725 mins
Roger risks the success of his play by casting Rerun in the lead.
Episode 8
Give Me Odds
Thu, Nov 10, 197730 mins
Rerun uses Dwayne's sure-fire system for beating the football pool.
Episode 9
Bill Gets Married
Thu, Nov 17, 197730 mins
Dee has a hard time accepting her father's decision to remarry.
Episode 10
Mama, the School Girl
Thu, Nov 24, 197725 mins
Mrs Thomas attends night school to earn her high school diploma and meets a fellow student named Todd Miller who is there for the same reason. But Todd is an idiot and lazy, and has no intention of doing his own classwork: not only that, he has a fiance and pretends to like Mrs.Thomas so that she will do all the work, thus earning his high school diploma for him. When Mrs.Thomas finds out she Todd used her, she is angry: and along with Dee and Roger they plan to teach Todd a lesson he will never forget.
Episode 11
One Strike and You're Out
Thu, Dec 8, 197730 mins
Raj wants to go on Strike at work, then changes his mind when he finds out his Mama is out of work.
Episode 12
The Testimonial
Thu, Dec 15, 197725 mins
Raj, Rerun, & Dwayne give their teacher Mrs. Collins a gift, an empty box, but then feel guilty.
Episode 13
Black and White Blues
Thu, Dec 22, 197725 mins
Roger, Rerun, & Dwayne borrow the church raffle's grand prize color TV set and then drop it.
Episode 14
Going, Going, Gong
Thu, Jan 5, 197825 mins
Raj and Dee help a young singing group get on "The Gong Show", Rerun auditions too and makes it.
Episode 15
Dee's First Date
Thu, Jan 12, 197825 mins
Roger couldn't be happier about Dee's first date, the boyfriend has a gorgeous sister.
Episode 16
Doobie or Not Doobie: Part 1
Sat, Jan 28, 197826 mins
Raj, Rerun, & Dwayne are desperate to see the Doobie Brothers in concert. Rerun gets roped into illegally recording the concert.
Episode 17
Doobie or Not Doobie: Part 2
Sat, Feb 4, 197826 mins
A bully makes the boys put together a tape of the Doobie Brothers concert.
Episode 18
Rerun Sees the Light
Sat, Feb 11, 197824 mins
A con artist persuades Rerun to shave his head and dedicate his life and money to a cult.
Episode 19
Raj and the Older Woman
Sat, Feb 18, 197825 mins
Roger tries to impress an older girl by pretending to be an experienced actor.
Episode 20
Diplomatic Immunity
Sat, Feb 25, 197825 mins
A hit and run driver dents the car that Rerun "borrowed" from his brother-in-law.
Episode 21
Shirley Is a Mother
Thu, Apr 13, 197825 mins
Shirley plays mother to Roger and Dee when Mama visits a relative in Phoenix.
Episode 22
The Apartment
Thu, May 11, 197825 mins
Roger and Rerun get their own apartment, and Mama keeps coming over.