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

Every episode of What's Happening!! Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of What's Happening!! Season 2!

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...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

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 53 votes. Directed by Mark Warren and written by N/A, it aired on 9/22/1977. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "It's All in Your Head".

  • Rerun Gets Married
    7.4/1053 votes

    #1 - Rerun Gets Married

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1977

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

    Director: Mark Warren

    Writer: N/A

  • It's All in Your Head
    7.5/1051 votes

    #2 - It's All in Your Head

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/1977

    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: N/A

  • Trial and Error
    7.2/1051 votes

    #3 - Trial and Error

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/1977

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Raj Goes to Press
    7.5/1044 votes

    #4 - Raj Goes to Press

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1977

    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

  • Nothing Personal
    7.3/1052 votes

    #5 - Nothing Personal

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1977

    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: N/A

  • If I'm Elected
    6.9/1053 votes

    #6 - If I'm Elected

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1977

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Play's the Big Thing
    6.6/1048 votes

    #7 - The Play's the Big Thing

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1977

    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: N/A

    Writer: Bernie Orenstein

  • Give Me Odds
    7.8/1052 votes

    #8 - Give Me Odds

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1977

    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: N/A

  • Bill Gets Married
    7.2/1044 votes

    #9 - Bill Gets Married

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/17/1977

    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mama, the School Girl
    7.7/1045 votes

    #10 - Mama, the School Girl

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/24/1977

    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: N/A

  • One Strike and You're Out
    7.4/1049 votes

    #11 - One Strike and You're Out

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/8/1977

    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: N/A

  • The Testimonial
    8.1/1048 votes

    #12 - The Testimonial

    Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 12/15/1977

    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: N/A

  • Black and White Blues
    7.2/1042 votes

    #13 - Black and White Blues

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 12/22/1977

    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: N/A

  • Going, Going, Gong
    8.1/1064 votes

    #14 - Going, Going, Gong

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/5/1978

    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: N/A

  • Dee's First Date
    7.7/1049 votes

    #15 - Dee's First Date

    Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/1978

    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: N/A

  • Doobie or Not Doobie (1)
    8.4/1084 votes

    #16 - Doobie or Not Doobie (1)

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/1978

    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

  • Doobie or Not Doobie (2)
    7.9/1062 votes

    #17 - Doobie or Not Doobie (2)

    Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/1978

    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

  • Rerun Sees the Light
    7.5/1059 votes

    #18 - Rerun Sees the Light

    Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/11/1978

    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

  • Raj and the Older Woman
    8.1/1045 votes

    #19 - Raj and the Older Woman

    Season 2 Episode 19 - Aired 2/18/1978

    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

  • Diplomatic Immunity
    7.4/1044 votes

    #20 - Diplomatic Immunity

    Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 2/25/1978

    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: N/A

  • Shirley is a Mother
    7.6/1039 votes

    #21 - Shirley is a Mother

    Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 4/13/1978

    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

  • The Apartment
    7.7/1044 votes

    #22 - The Apartment

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/11/1978

    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