The BEST episodes of What's Happening Now!
Every episode of What's Happening Now! ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of What's Happening Now!!
Sequel series to the '70s black sitcom "What's Happening!!", with Roger now married and running Rob's Place with Shirley as partner.
#1 - Opening Day
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/7/1987
Rob's Place sponsors a little league baseball team whose opponent is led by Roger's high school nemesis.
#2 - Girls' Night Out
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1987
Roger and Dwayne try to rescue Dee from a police raid on a male strip club.
#3 - Dwayne's Big Step
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1987
After being fired, Dwayne buys a magic shop.
#4 - The Hat Comes Back
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/1987
Shirley obtains an auction item for charity from a visiting singing star.
#5 - The New Employee
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/1987
Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a teen nightclub to impress a girl.
#6 - The Boxer
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/1987
Roger invests in a professional boxer.
#7 - Ask Al
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/1987
After taking a job as an advice columnist, Shirley inadvertently breaks up Dwayne's relationship.
#8 - The Housekeeper
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/28/1987
Nadine and Roger hire a woman from the Arctic Circle as maid and then host her bizarre ceremonial wedding in their living room.
#9 - Raj on the Double
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1987
Roger's lookalike criminal cousin escapes from prison.
#10 - The Candidate
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1987
Maurice runs for class president and risks his friendship with Daryl in the process.
#11 - Taking the Rap
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1987
A rap group records a radio commercial for the sinking diner business.
#12 - I'll Be Homeless for Christmas
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/21/1987
Roger realizes his nightmare about being homeless during Christmas is a reality for many.
#13 - Dee's Suitor
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/14/1987
Dee's lovesick admirer drives the Thomases crazy with his obnoxious attempts to win her affection.
#14 - Mad Money
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1987
Roger convinces himself Nadine is having an affair.
#15 - Sorority Sisters
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/31/1987
Dee's sorority sister's prank costs Roger $500 prize money in a poetry competition.
#16 - Dwayne's Amiga
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/24/1987
Dwayne falls in love with a Salvadoran nurse who is killed when fighting erupts in her village.
#17 - The Yard Sale
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/17/1987
While planning a yard sale, Dee and Roger reminisce.
#18 - Old Army Daze
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/1987
A poker game with Dwayne's old army buddy almost costs Roger his car and the diner.
#19 - Family Life
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1987
With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is determined to find the right man.
#20 - Runnin' Scared
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/1987
Competitive friends Roger and Dwayne enter a charity run.
#21 - Nadine's Wood-Be Father
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/1987
Nadine objects to her mother's plans to wed a ventriloquist.
#22 - The Pad
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1987
Maurice and Daryl have their evening with two college sisters spoiled when the girls' father shows up.
#23 - Teacher's Threat
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/12/1987
Maurice takes his teacher's daughter out dancing.
#24 - Daddy's Back
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/19/1987
Shirley's father visits but is too busy to attend a banquet in her honor.
#25 - I Gotta Be Raj
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1988
A bump on the head causes Dwayne to think Nadine is his wife.