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What's Happening!! S3E3 — Basketball Brain

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What's Happening!!•Season 3•Episode 3

Basketball Brain

6.9/10 · 51 votesOct 12, 197822 min

Ranked #13 of 22 in Season 3•−0.1 vs season avg

Raj is coerced into tutoring a basketball star known as 'The Snake' and gets plenty of encouragement thanks to a generous salary for doing so. However, he finds himself in trouble with tutoring Dee and Dwayne as well, leaving little time for his own studying.

Directed byMark Warren

Written byTed Bergmann

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Seasons3

Cast5

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

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Hemphill

Shirley Wilson

Crew2

M

Mark Warren

Director

T

Ted Bergmann

Writer

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Episode Summary

"Basketball Brain" is episode 3 of What's Happening!! season 3. It scored 6.9/10 from 51 votes, ranking #13 of 22 episodes this season (season average 7.0). Directed by Mark Warren and written by Ted Bergmann, it aired on October 12, 1978.

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