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The Best Episodes of What's Happening!! Season 2

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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 series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 1 - Rerun Gets Married
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    #1 - Rerun Gets Married

    S2:E1

    Rerun is marched to the alter by a new girl in school.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 2 - It's All in Your Head
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    #2 - It's All in Your Head

    S2:E2

    A reluctant friend of Dee's is having problems at home and is too shy to talk to the school counselor, so Dee goes in her place but this leads the counselor to believe that Dee is the one with the problems.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 3 - Trial and Error
    7.2/10(56 votes)

    #3 - Trial and Error

    S2:E3

    Raj has just gotten a new delivery bike for his job at the supermarket but just as he's leaving Rob's Place he becomes involved in a car accident that totals his new bike and leads to a lawsuit.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 4 - Raj Goes to Press
    7.4/10(48 votes)

    #4 - Raj Goes to Press

    S2:E4

    When most of his articles are rejected from being in the school newspaper, an outraged, Raj decides to begin an underground newspaper with Rerun and Dwayne helping him. However, when school officials discover what he's doing, Raj is threatened with expulsion.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:David Pollock

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  5. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 5 - Nothing Personal
    7.4/10(57 votes)

    #5 - Nothing Personal

    S2:E5

    Shirley applies for a job as a secretary at a balloon company and quickly finds herself coming face to face with racial discrimination when the president hires both her, who has a lack of qualifications and another woman who just happens to be white and has plenty of secretarial skills.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 6 - If I'm Elected
    6.8/10(58 votes)

    #6 - If I'm Elected

    S2:E6

    Dwayne's father is running for city councilman and has a great deal of support from the community including a man, Ted, who's been a friend of the family for years. However, Dwayne is infuriated when his dad unexpectedly fires Ted.

    Director:Lee Bernhardi
    Writer:Winston Moss

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  7. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 7 - The Play's the Big Thing
    6.6/10(52 votes)

    #7 - The Play's the Big Thing

    S2:E7

    Raj has written a play and it's become a school production. However, he fears the play will be ruined after he gives the lead role to Rerun.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Bernie Orenstein

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  8. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 8 - Give Me Odds
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 9 - Bill Gets Married
    7.1/10(49 votes)

    #9 - Bill Gets Married

    S2:E9

    Bill has become serious with his latest girlfriend and announces that they plan on getting married. Almost everyone is happy for the couple including Mama who even lets them have the ceremony in her house. However, it's Dee who refuses to accept their marriage and refuses to be the flowergirl in the wedding.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 10 - Mama, the School Girl
    7.6/10(50 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 11 - One Strike and You're Out
    7.3/10(54 votes)

    #11 - One Strike and You're Out

    S2:E11

    Rerun being fired from the supermarket is the last straw for Raj who rallies the rest of the workers to take some action against their boss Mr. Pronson. However, when the staff goes on strike, Raj finds himself in a jam, since Mama has lost her job and the family now has no source of income.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 12 - The Testimonial
    7.9/10(55 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 13 - Black and White Blues
    7.1/10(48 votes)

    #13 - Black and White Blues

    S2:E13

    While watching a football game at Raj's house, the black and white set goes beserk and Rerun suggests that they ""borrow"" the new color TV set that is being offered as a prize at a church raffle. However, once they get it to Raj's house, Rerun and Dwayne accidentally drop it.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 14 - Going, Going, Gong
    7.9/10(70 votes)

    #14 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 15 - Dee's First Date
    7.5/10(55 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 16 - Doobie or Not Doobie (1)
    8.4/10(94 votes)

    #16 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Sally Wade

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  17. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 17 - Doobie or Not Doobie (2)
    7.9/10(66 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Sally Wade

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  18. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 18 - Rerun Sees the Light
    7.5/10(64 votes)

    #18 - Rerun Sees the Light

    S2:E18

    Rerun encounters a strange woman on the street who goes by the name of Love-is-Life and she lures him into attending one of her cult gatherings. Rerun enjoys his new found faith and how it makes him feel but Dwayne and Raj are a bit leery about a group that worships a head of lettuce.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Thad Mumford

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  19. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 19 - Raj and the Older Woman
    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #19 - 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.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Sally Wade

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  20. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 20 - Diplomatic Immunity
    7.3/10(50 votes)

    #20 - Diplomatic Immunity

    S2:E20

    Rerun borrows a car so the guys can get to a Lakers game but after the game Rerun becomes the victim of a hit and run driver. Dee surprises everyone by coming forward with news that she was a witness and saw the driver, which turns out to be the son of a foreign diplomat.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 21 - Shirley is a Mother
    7.6/10(43 votes)

    #21 - Shirley is a Mother

    S2:E21

    With Mama out of town, Raj gets Shirley to babysit Dee who gets Shirley thinking about her past. Meanwhile, Raj and Rerun's graduation is approaching but right at the last minute Rerun gets himself in trouble by cheating on a final exam which prompts Shirley to give him some guidance.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Bernie Orenstein

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  22. What's Happening!! Season 2 Episode 22 - The Apartment
    7.5/10(50 votes)

    #22 - The Apartment

    S2:E22

    On graduation day, Raj gives a speech riddled with hints to Mama about his plans on moving in to an apartment with Rerun but after some conversation, Mama finally agrees to let him move out. However, Rerun and Raj quickly find themselves with little privacy with Mama constantly coming over.

    Director:Mark Warren
    Writer:Thad Mumford

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Rerun Gets Married" is the best rated episode of "What's Happening!!" season 2. It scored 7.4/10 based on 57 votes. Directed by Mark Warren and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/1977. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "It's All in Your Head".