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.

Last Updated: 9/9/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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The Play's the Big Thing
star
8.20
10 votes

#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.

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Raj Goes to Press
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8.17
12 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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Give Me Odds
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8.08
13 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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Rerun Gets Married
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8.00
17 votes

#4 - 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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Bruce Howard
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Mama, the School Girl
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7.89
9 votes

#5 - 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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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It's All in Your Head
star
7.87
15 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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If I'm Elected
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7.78
9 votes

#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.

Directors: Lee Bernhardi
Writer: Winston Moss
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Bill Gets Married
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7.75
8 votes

#8 - Bill Gets Married

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1977

Dee objects to her father's plans to remarry.

Directors: Dick Harwood
Writer: Carol Gary
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Trial and Error
star
7.71
14 votes

#9 - 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.

Directors: Lee Bernhardi
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Dee's First Date
star
7.63
8 votes

#10 - 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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Joe Neustein
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Rerun Sees the Light
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7.62
13 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Thad Mumford
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Doobie or Not Doobie (Part 2)
star
7.62
13 votes

#12 - 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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Sally Wade
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Black and White Blues
star
7.55
11 votes

#13 - 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.

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Shirley Is a Mother
star
7.50
4 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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Doobie or Not Doobie (Part 1)
star
7.45
11 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Sally Wade
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One Strike and You're Out
star
7.38
8 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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The Apartment
star
7.33
6 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Thad Mumford
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Nothing Personal
star
7.30
10 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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The Testimonial
star
7.20
10 votes

#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.

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Raj and the Older Woman
star
7.20
5 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Sally Wade
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Going, Going, Gong
star
6.82
11 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
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Diplomatic Immunity
star
6.71
7 votes

#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.

Directors: Mark Warren
Writer: Ted Bergman
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