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What's Happening!! S2E5 — Nothing Personal

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What's Happening!!•Season 2•Episode 5

Nothing Personal

7.3/10 · 60 votesOct 20, 197722 min

Ranked #15 of 22 in Season 2•−0.2 vs season avg

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

Directed byMark Warren

Written byAlan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz

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Cast6

Ernest Lee Thomas

Ernest Lee Thomas

Roger 'Raj' Thomas

Haywood Nelson

Haywood Nelson

Dwayne Clemens Nelson

Fred Berry

Fred Berry

Frederick 'Freddie/Rerun' Stubbs

Danielle Spencer

Danielle Spencer

Dee Thomas

Mabel King

Mabel King

Mabel Thomas

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Wilson

Crew3

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Mark Warren

Director

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Alan Eisenstock

Writer

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Larry Mintz

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Nothing Personal" is episode 5 of What's Happening!! season 2. It scored 7.3/10 from 60 votes, ranking #15 of 22 episodes this season (season average 7.5). Directed by Mark Warren and written by Alan Eisenstock, Larry Mintz, it aired on October 20, 1977.

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