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 - A Horse Is Not a Home
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1985
A typo leads to Roger selling his house instead of a horse.
#2 - Raj on the Double
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/14/1987
Roger's lookalike criminal cousin escapes from prison.
#3 - Family Life
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/1987
With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is determined to find the right man.
#4 - 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.
#5 - Raj Returns
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1985
Roger returns to his old house with his new wife, reconnects with his friends and partners with Shirley to reboot Rob's Place.
#6 - Cabin Fever
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1986
Nadine, Shirley and Dee are stranded in a secluded mountain cabin while an escaped convict prowls outside.
#7 - Happy Face
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/19/1988
The diner is threatened when Shirley decides to deed her half to a con man.
#8 - 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.
#9 - Taking the Rap
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/28/1987
A rap group records a radio commercial for the sinking diner business.
#10 - Mad Money
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/7/1987
Roger convinces himself Nadine is having an affair.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Party Animal
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1986
At Dwayne's party, Roger's drinks too much and wakes up with a strange woman.
#13 - The Movie Deal
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1986
Roger's screenplay opportunity is actually Nadine's case study on homeless women.
#14 - Nadine's Surprise
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1986
Nadine surprises Roger by bringing his estranged father to him.
#15 - Goodbye, Mr. Ripps
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/26/1986
The guys plan a retirement party for a humorous former teacher.
#16 - The Houseguest
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1985
The Thomases take in feuding roommates Dwayne and Rerun.
#17 - The Improbable Dream
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/14/1985
Carolyn is accidentally knocked unconscious and imagines the whole cast as characters from The Wizard of Oz.
#18 - The Challenge
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/30/1985
Raj accidentally accepts a match with a wrestler who takes the persona of an overgrown baby.
#19 - The Bully
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/26/1985
Raj explains how he landed in jail dressed in a chicken suit.
#20 - The New Kid
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/19/1985
A 10-year-old orphan is left at the diner and taken in by Raj and Nadine.
#21 - One Enchanted Evening
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1985
Raj tries to impress his mother-in-law.
#22 - Shirley's Landlord
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1986
Shirley gathers her friends and fellow tenants to confront her evil landlord.
#23 - 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.
#24 - Dwayne's Big Step
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1987
After being fired, Dwayne buys a magic shop.
#25 - Dee and Dwayne
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/2/1986
Overprotective brother Roger disapproves of Dwayne dating Dee.