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The Best Episodes of What's Happening!!

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The Best Episodes of What's Happening!!

What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer...

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  1. Background image for The Hospital Stay
    8.6/10(86 votes)

    #1 - The Hospital Stay

    S1:E13

    Raj lands in the hospital and is afraid to face impending surgery. Meanwhile, his roommate is a grouchy ex-baseball player whom Dee befriends and learns that he has kept up a bitter feud between himself and his daughter all because she married a white man.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Runaway
    8.3/10(116 votes)

    #2 - The Runaway

    S1:E1

    Raj is all set to go to a party with Dwayne and Rerun but at the last minute Mama breaks the news that he has to babysit Dee while she goes out to work. This leads Raj to hire a babysitter but by the time he returns from the party, the babysitter has fallen asleep and Dee is no where to be found.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Burger Queen
    8.3/10(85 votes)

    #3 - The Burger Queen

    S1:E6

    Rerun has his heart set on getting the role in a hamburger commercial. However, once down at the audition the producers find Dee to be better suited despite the fact that she can't stand the taste of them. An even bigger problem arises when Mama's permission is needed for her to do the commercial, but she's in Phoenix.

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    Director:Unknown
  4. Background image for Christmas
    8.3/10(74 votes)

    #4 - Christmas

    S1:E9

    With Mama planning to work on Christmas, Raj and Dee agree to have Christmas dinner at Bill's apartment. However, Mama is able to get out of working at the last minute and soon discovers that the kids have plans and she finds herself facing a lonesome Christmas.

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    Director:Unknown
  5. Background image for Doobie or Not Doobie (1)
    8.3/10(90 votes)

    #5 - Doobie or Not Doobie (1)

    S2:E16

    The Doobie Brothers are set to put on a concert at the guys' high school and they leave Rerun to get the tickets. However, by the time Rerun gets to the ticket booth, they're sold out. Later, two shady characters offer Rerun free tickets if he just tape records the concert. It is only later that Rerun learns that they are bootleggers and they threaten Rerun, Raj and Dwayne if they don't comply.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Sally Wade
  6. Background image for When Daddy Comes Marching Home
    8.1/10(74 votes)

    #6 - When Daddy Comes Marching Home

    S1:E3

    Mama's shady ex-husband, Bill re-enters her life and she's sure he's come around to squeeze some money out of her. Mama's suspicions are right but Raj is on to his father's game and finds his $200 dollars for writing school to be in danger of being snatched.

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    Director:Jack Shea
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for My Three Tons
    8.1/10(82 votes)

    #7 - My Three Tons

    S1:E4

    After seeing a TV show, Rerun becomes obsessed with wanting to join a dance group, The Rockets. Miraculously, at the audition, he's accepted but Dwayne soon discovers, Rerun wasn't accepted because he could dance, but because he's overweight.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
  9. Background image for Shirley's Fired
    8.1/10(46 votes)

    #8 - Shirley's Fired

    S3:E15

    Shirley has decided to ask Rob for a raise and he is shocked but he also has a shock for her, he's decided to hire an additional waitress, Liz. However, her forever clumsiness gets on Shirley's nerves so much that she quits. Later, Shirley witnesses Liz skimming the till.

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    Director:Danny Simon
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Firing Squad
    8.0/10(57 votes)

    #9 - The Firing Squad

    S1:E15

    When the bank manager arrives at Rob's Place to discuss his application for a loan, Shirley insults him which ends with Rob firing her. This leads Raj, Dwayne and Rerun to help Shirley find a new job even though she has very few skills.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Testimonial
    8.0/10(50 votes)

    #10 - The Testimonial

    S2:E12

    Miss Collins is being honored for 25 years of teaching and this prompts Raj to play a trick on her after she gives him detention for being tardy. However, he soon finds his trick is totally inappropriate and sets out to right his wrong.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Going, Going, Gong
    7.9/10(68 votes)

    #11 - Going, Going, Gong

    S2:E14

    Raj has become the manager of a kid's song and dance group and believes that they're so good that they may have a chance to get on The Gong Show. However, once at tryouts, Raj discovers he has some competition, from Rerun.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Doobie or Not Doobie (2)
    7.9/10(65 votes)

    #12 - Doobie or Not Doobie (2)

    S2:E17

    The bootleggers force the guys into tape recording the concert but while everyone is jumping around, the tape recorder falls out from under Rerun's coat and right in full view of the Doobie Brothers. After some explanations, the guys and the Doobie Brothers set up a trap to catch the bootleggers.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Sally Wade
  14. Background image for Raj and the Older Woman
    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #13 - Raj and the Older Woman

    S2:E19

    When Raj goes down to a photographer to get his yearbook picture taken, he is instantly smitten with a beautiful model. Raj lies about his age and says he's 21 and that he's a movie star and the girl is instantly taken by him. That is until, she learns the truth.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Sally Wade
  15. Background image for Disco Dollar Disaster
    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #14 - Disco Dollar Disaster

    S3:E1

    A dance contest has Rerun scrambling to get enough money for the entrance fee and ends up having people buying shares in his prospective winnings. However, he finds himself facing stiff competition from a notorious disco dancer and the prospect of two thugs breaking his hands if he doesn't win.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Birthday Present
    7.8/10(80 votes)

    #15 - The Birthday Present

    S1:E2

    Trying to get enough money to buy Mama a birthday present is not as easy as it sounds for Raj. This leads him to some dice playing but Mama breaks it up and confiscates the money he won. In a last attempt, Raj, Rerun and Dwayne try to walk out of the store with a blouse after writing an IOU.

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  17. Background image for Dwayne's Dilemma
    7.8/10(59 votes)

    #16 - Dwayne's Dilemma

    S1:E17

    Raj has been dying for a date with a girl but soon finds that there is a hitch, in order to go out with her, he needs to find a date for her cousin, Brenda. Dwayne agrees but soon finds himself to be a corner in a love triangle, when Brenda's pushy ex-boyfriend threatens his well-being if he continues to see her.

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    Director:Dick Harwood
    Writer:Jerry Ross
  18. Background image for Saturday's Hero
    7.7/10(71 votes)

    #17 - Saturday's Hero

    S1:E5

    Rerun is given the chance to join the floundering football team and becomes and instant hero. This leads to a swelled head and he begins to give Raj and Dwayne the cold shoulder, going so far as to give his two extra Gladys Knight tickets to two of his "new" friends instead of Raj and Dwayne, like he promised.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Shirley's Date
    7.7/10(68 votes)

    #18 - Shirley's Date

    S1:E8

    Raj has sold a kid's story to a children's magazine and to celebrate, throws a party. However, Shirley is reluctant to come because she doesn't want to show up without a date. This leads Raj and Rerun to take steps to get her a date. Raj goes so far as to get her one through an escort service and Rerun cons his brother into asking her.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Tickets
    7.7/10(57 votes)

    #19 - The Tickets

    S1:E18

    Mama has two tickets to a Stevie Wonder concert and she gives them to Raj. However, Raj now has one tough decision to make, to take Dwayne or Rerun to the concert. Meanwhile, Mama makes a decision on a boarder, who introduces his girlfriend to the family.

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    Director:Mark Warren
  21. Background image for Give Me Odds
    7.7/10(54 votes)

    #20 - Give Me Odds

    S2:E8

    Dwayne is in a lucky streak with the system he uses to make bets. This leads Rerun to pass along Dwayne's tips to his brother-in-law, Ike, who bets $500 on a football game. It's only after he's made the bet that everyone discovers just what kind of system Dwayne uses.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Mama, the School Girl
    7.7/10(47 votes)

    #21 - Mama, the School Girl

    S2:E10

    Mama begins taking courses at Raj's school and even gets his teacher, Miss Collins. A fellow classmate takes an instant liking to Mama and she falls head over heels for him, unknown to her he's only using her to write his term paper for him.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Dee's First Date
    7.7/10(52 votes)

    #22 - Dee's First Date

    S2:E15

    Dee's is going out on her first date with a boy who's sister Raj has made into the object of his affection. His plan is to buddy up to Dee's boyfriend to get close to his sister. However, he quickly finds he has another thing coming.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Puppy Love
    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #23 - Puppy Love

    S1:E10

    Raj is tutoring Patrice Williams in exchange for one of the puppies that her dog, Susie is soon to have. However, confusion erupts in the Thomas household, when Dee overhears a conversation between Raj, Dwayne and Rerun which leads her to believe Raj has gotten a girl pregnant.

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    Director:Mark Warren
  25. Background image for The Boarder
    7.6/10(52 votes)

    #24 - The Boarder

    S1:E16

    Needing extra money, Mama agrees to take on a boarder who will stay in Dee's room while she reluctantly agrees to share a room with Mama. However, everyone is in for a surprise when Bill asks to take the room and even more surprising, Mama agrees to let him move in.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for Nice Guys Finish Last
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #25 - Nice Guys Finish Last

    S1:E20

    Dee gets a surprise when she gets a phone call from her prison pen pal, Judy Crane, who is getting out of jail and needs a place to stay. Dee talks Mama into allowing Judy to stay with them unknown to all of them that Judy is really on the run after escaping.

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    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"The Hospital Stay" is the best rated episode of "What's Happening!!". It scored 8.6/10 based on 86 votes. Directed by Mark Warren and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/20/1977. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Runaway".