The BEST episodes of What's Happening!! season 2
Every episode of What's Happening!! season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of What's Happening!! season 2!
The misadventures of three black teens, Roger, Dwayne and Rerun, in 1970s L.A.
#1 - The Play's the Big Thing
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1977
Roger writes and directs a play that is to be performed with a TV executive in attendance, but casting Rerun as the lead threatens to doom Roger's big opportunity.
#2 - Raj Goes to Press
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1977
When his articles are rejected from the school newspaper, an outraged Roger starts an underground paper that lands him in hot water.
#3 - Give Me Odds
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1977
Dwayne's wacky system for football betting causes Rerun's brother-in-law to lose a $500 vacation fund on a long shot.
#4 - Mama, the School Girl
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1977
Mama takes a night-school course, where she meets a man who toys with her affections in order to get her to write a paper for him.
#5 - Rerun Gets Married
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1977
Rerun plans to marry a new girl from school so that she may stay in the country.
#6 - It's All in Your Head
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1977
When Dee talks to the school counselor on behalf of a reluctant friend, the counselor believes that Dee is the one with the problem.
#7 - If I'm Elected
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1977
Dwayne's father, a candidate for city council, fires his campaign manager, which upsets Dwayne because the man is a longtime family friend.
#8 - Bill Gets Married
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1977
Dee objects to her father's plans to remarry.
#9 - Dee's First Date
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1978
Dee's first date is a chance for Raj to get closer to her date's older sister.
#10 - Doobie or Not Doobie (Part 2)
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1978
While Rerun is secretly taping the Doobie Brothers' concert, the recorder falls from his coat in full view of the band.
#11 - Rerun Sees the Light
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1978
Rerun joins a strange cult and it's up to Roger, Dwayne and Mama to expose the cult as a fraud.
#12 - Black and White Blues
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1977
To watch a football game, the guys "borrow" the church raffle's grand prize, a new color TV set.
#13 - Trial and Error
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1977
Roger is involved in a car accident that totals his new bike and leads to a lawsuit.
#14 - Shirley Is a Mother
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/1978
With Mama out of town, Raj gets Shirley to babysit Dee but finds himself in trouble for feeding answers to Rerun during a final exam.
#15 - Doobie or Not Doobie (Part 1)
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1978
Rerun is offered free tickets to an upcoming Doobie Brothers concert at the high school if he agrees to secretly record the concert.
#16 - One Strike and You're Out
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1977
Roger organizes a strike with his coworkers at Pronson's Market, but with Mama losing her job the family has no income.
#17 - The Apartment
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/1978
Roger and Rerun take an apartment together, but meddling Mama won't leave them alone.
#18 - Nothing Personal
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1977
Shirley is hired into a secretarial job for which she is unqualified, but discovers the company only wanted her as a minority token.
#19 - The Testimonial
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1977
After the guys give Miss Collins a trick present for 25 years of teaching, a change of heart forces them to sneak into the school to switch the gift.
#20 - Raj and the Older Woman
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1978
Raj gets involved with a model who thinks he's 21 and a movie actor.
#21 - Going, Going, Gong
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1978
Raj manages a sibling song and dance act who makes it onto The Gong Show, but Rerun gets booked for the same episode.
#22 - Diplomatic Immunity
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1978
After Rerun is hit by a car, the gang tracks down the driver, who is the son of a foreign diplomat.