What's Happening Now!

"What's Happening Now!" is a sequel to "What's Happening!," a TV series about the adult main characters (Raj, Dwayne, Rerun, Shirley, and Dee) as teenagers/children.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Ernest Thomas , Haywood Nelson , Shirley Hemphill , Anne-Marie Johnson , Fred Berry , Martin Lawrence , Ken Sagoes , Danielle Spencer , Reina King , David H. Moriarty , Lillian Lehman , Teddy Wilson , Jere Fields , Donniece Jackson , Duane Boutte , Hawthorne James , Nigel Bullard , Yvette Holland Vasquez

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Raj Returns

Sat, Sep 7, 1985

After getting married and having his first book published, Raj returns home to find that Rob's Place has closed and Dwayne and Shirley are overjoyed to see him again. However, one person who does not share in the excitement is Rerun, who is now a used car salesman and jealous of Raj's new success.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ A Horse Is Not a Home

Sat, Sep 14, 1985

When Rerun ends up with a horse, he convinces Raj to keep the horse at his house until they can sell it. A misprint in the newspaper regarding the sale ad leads Raj to mistakenly sell his house to a couple for $5,000.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Dwayne's Crush

Sat, Sep 21, 1985

Dwayne is on cloud nine after he meets the girl of his dreams at a dentist's office. However, when Raj finds out that she is married, he must save Dwayne from a painful heartbreak and the wrath of her husband, the dentist.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Houseguest

Sat, Sep 28, 1985

When Dwayne and Rerun have a falling out, Raj & Nadine agree to let Dwayne temporarily stay with them. When Dwayne begins to overstay his welcome, they hatch a plot to get Rerun and Dwayne to make amends only to have their plan backfire and end up with Rerun as their house guest.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ One Enchanted Evening

Sat, Oct 5, 1985

When Nadine's hard-to-please mother comes to town, Raj and Nadine go out of their way to impress her. They take her to Rob's Place where she is wooed by a restaurant patron who is really a wino. They then try to diffuse the situation without her finding out the truth about him.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Aunt Shirley

Sat, Oct 12, 1985

After overhearing Raj and Nadine say that they are excited to be spending some time alone away from her, Carolyn decides to run away. This leaves Shirley, the babysitter, in charge of trying to find her before Raj and Nadine return from their trip.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The New Kid

Sat, Oct 19, 1985

Raj and Nadine take in a homeless girl who just ran away from an orphanage.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Bully

Sat, Oct 26, 1985

When Raj ends up in jail wearing a chicken suit, he retells the story of the events leading up his arrest. It all starts when he meets the restaurant health inspector who turns out to be a former bully from high school and threatens to shut down the restaurant unless Raj eats a live worm.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ That Old Gang of Mine

Sat, Nov 2, 1985

When teen gang members threaten the neighborhood and diner, Raj, Rerun and Dwayne dress up as older gang members to try and scare some sense into them.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ Dueling Menus

Sat, Nov 9, 1985

Raj clashes with Shirley after she insults one of the customers who happens to be a restaurant critic. She quits shortly after, leaving Raj and Nadine to try and run the restaurant.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Dee's Dilemma

Sat, Nov 16, 1985

When Dee comes home from college, she thinks about quitting school and starting a career selling cosmetics. This creates a rift with Raj who thinks that she is still a child and cannot make her own decisions.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Raj on the Run

Sat, Nov 23, 1985

A series of misunderstandings, misadventures and mistaken identities combine to disguise Raj as a woman and sends him fleeing from two FBI agents.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ The Challenge

Sat, Dec 7, 1985

While taping a commercial, Raj accidentally accepts a wrestling match with the ferocious Mama's Boy Jones after he insulted the wrestler's mother.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ Married or Not

Sat, Dec 14, 1985

When Raj opts a softball game over attending an art show with Nadine, who strongly objects, the couple begins to think each other selfish and split up.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Improbable Dream

Sat, Dec 21, 1985

The entire gang became characters from The Wizard of Oz when Carolyn is accidentally knocked unconscious.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Rags to Riches

Sat, Jan 18, 1986

When Rerun's new investment manager makes him a wealthy man, his old friends find they are losing him to the fast life.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Goodbye, Mr. Ripps

Sat, Jan 25, 1986

When Raj, Dwayne, and Rerun hears that their favorite teacher and renown practical joker is retiring they plan the ultimate farewell party.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Dee and Dwayne

Sat, Feb 1, 1986

When Dwayne takes Dee to a rock concert, a romance seems to flare up between them, much to the displeasure of protective brother Raj.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ Mr. First Nighter

Sat, Feb 8, 1986

Raj writes a theater play, and to help him out in launching the project, his friends agree to take on the production's roles, where it appears they really begin to live out their parts with comical results.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ Shirley's Pen Pal

Sat, Mar 1, 1986

Romance blossoms for Shirley when the Navy seaman she has been writing to for years comes to town.

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Nadine's Boss

Sat, Mar 8, 1986

An efficiency expert with the nickname "Pink-Slip Patty" gives Nadine and her fellow social workers a case of the jitters which eventally affects Raj the same way.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ The Wedding

Mon, Apr 28, 1986

When the legality of their first wedding is questioned, Raj and Nadine decide to get married all over again.While they want to simply go the courthouse and redo the paperwork, the gang wants them to have a real wedding. Eventually, the wedding planning causes tension between everyone.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Nadine's Surprise

Sat, Sep 27, 1986

While eavesdropping, Raj mistakenly believes he is soon to become a father, while Nadine has instead planned a different surprise for him: dinner with his long lost father who has care to make amends with his estranged son.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Shirley's Landlord

Sat, Oct 4, 1986

A new management company is raising rents in her apartment building, so Shirley gathers her friends and fellow tenants together to confront the evil landlord who is in for the fight of his life.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ The Movie Deal

Sat, Oct 11, 1986

Raj is elated when his agents informs him that he may have a movie deal for Raj's latest screenplay until it's discovered that it is really Nadine's case study on homeless women that the producer really wants to turn into a blockbuster feature film.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Picture Perfect

Sat, Oct 18, 1986

Raj gets enraged when he finds out that Nadine once posed nude for a popular artist.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ Raj's Nightmare

Sat, Oct 25, 1986

Nadine allows Raj to go on a fishing trip on the condition that he will let her mother to stay at their house for a few days.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Party Animal

Sat, Nov 8, 1986

Raj makes a spectacle of himself at Dwayne's party when he drinks too much, dances too much and wakes up with a strange woman.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Shirley's Little Sister

Sat, Nov 15, 1986

Shirley becomes a big sister to a shy teenager. However, their friendship is tested when Shirley bribes a popular student to take her to a dance.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Raj's Big Break

Sat, Nov 22, 1986

Raj is approached by a woman from a publishing company who offers him $50,000 to publish his new book. However, everyone soon realizes that the woman is not whom she appears to be.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ Thy Boss's Daughter

Sat, Dec 6, 1986

Dwayne finds that there are many perks when he begins to date the boss's daughter. However, he quickly wants out of the relationship when she becomes controlling.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Cabin Fever

Sat, Dec 13, 1986

Nadine, Shirley and Dee are in a tight squeeze when their car breaks down, leaving them stranded in a secluded mountain cabin while an escaped convict prowls outside.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Instant Family

Sat, Dec 20, 1986

Shirley runs into a old friend and asks Raj to pose as her husband to make her look more successful.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Old Army Daze

Sat, Jan 10, 1987

Raj must figure out a way to win back his share of the diner after he loses it to Dwayne's obnoxious army buddy in a poker game.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ The Yard Sale

Sat, Jan 17, 1987

Raj and Nadine's plan to have a yard sale has trouble getting off the ground when Raj and the gang realize that many of the items have sentimental value.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ Dwayne's Amiga

Sat, Jan 24, 1987

Dwayne is smitten with a new girl in town from El Salvador. However, their romance becomes complicated when she must choose between Dwayne and her duty to her war-torn country.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Sorority Sisters

Sat, Jan 31, 1987

After getting verbally berated by Raj at the diner, Dee's two visiting sorority sisters devise a scheme to get revenge on him.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Mad Money

Sat, Feb 7, 1987

When Nadine goes off in secret to plan a cruise for her and Raj, Raj suspects that she is having an affair.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ Dee's Suitor

Sat, Feb 14, 1987

When Dee comes home from college, she is aggressively pursued by a nerdy guy who will not take no for an answer.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ I'll Be Homeless for Christmas

Sat, Feb 21, 1987

After Raj kicks a homeless man out of the diner, he has a dream that he is homeless and the homeless man is married to Nadine.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Taking the Rap

Sat, Feb 28, 1987

After the new diner down the street begins to take customers away from Rob's, Raj hires a young rap group to try and lure them back.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Opening Day

Sat, Mar 7, 1987

After learning that the Little League team from Rob's Diner will be facing off against their longtime rival, Raj and Dwayne begin to focus the team more on winning at all costs and less on having fun.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ Raj on the Double

Sat, Mar 14, 1987

When Raj's lookalike cousin escapes from prison, he heads straight to Raj and Nadine's house to avoid detection. There is plenty of confusion when even Nadine cannot tell them apart.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ The HouseKeeper

Sat, Mar 28, 1987

Feeling sorry for an Arctic woman who was jilted by her beau, Raj and Nadine hire her as their housekeeper. They soon realize that she is not cut out to be a maid and try to reunite her with her beau.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Ask Al

Sat, Sep 26, 1987

Shirley secretly takes a job as an advice columnist for the newspaper. Her first advice column unknowingly causes Dwayne's girlfriend to break up with him.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ The Boxer

Sat, Oct 3, 1987

Raj finds trouble when he decides to invest money in a boxer without Nadine's permission.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The New Employee

Sat, Oct 10, 1987

Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a nighttime teen club to impress a girl.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Hat Comes Back

Sat, Oct 17, 1987

Maurice worries that he will be fired after he accidentally rips a hat donated by the famous singer Sharona for Nadine's charity auction. So he gets Darryl to help him sneak into Sharona's room to get another hat.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Dwayne's Big Step

Sat, Oct 24, 1987

After getting fired for boldly asking his boss for a raise, Dwayne finds himself unemployed and looking for new career opportunities.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ Girls Night Out

Sat, Oct 31, 1987

Raj and Dwayne literally get caught with their pants down when they try to rescue Dee from a police raid on a male strip club on Dee's 21st birthday.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Candidate

Sat, Nov 7, 1987

By running for class president, Maurice is able to win the affections of an attractive girl. However, she begins to manage his campaign and convinces him that his friendship with Darryl will hurt his chances of being elected.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Family Life

Sat, Nov 14, 1987

With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is desperate to find the perfect man and tries everything to find him.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ Running Scared

Sat, Nov 21, 1987

A little friendly competition becomes survival of the fittest when Raj and Dwayne enter a 10K run for charity.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Nadine's Wood-Be-Father

Sat, Nov 28, 1987

Nadine feels like a real dummy when her mother brings home her ventriloquist fiancée and she kicks them out of her house.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ The Pad

Sat, Dec 5, 1987

Maurice and Daryl enjoy an evening in a swinging bachelor pad with two sisters from UCLA,until the girls father shows up.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ Teacher's Threat

Sun, Dec 13, 1987

Maurice gets more than he bargained for when he takes his teacher's daughter out dancing.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Daddy's Back

Sat, Dec 19, 1987

When her dad comes into town, Shirley begins to experience the same feelings of neglect and disappointment that have plagued their strained relationship throughout the years.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ I Gotta Be Raj

Sat, Jan 16, 1988

A blow to the head causes Dwayne to wake up believing that he is Raj.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ Run, Shirley, Run

Sat, Jan 23, 1988

Thanks to Shirley, a councilman straightens up his act when he realizes that he had forgotten why he was elected to office in the first place.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Older Woman

Sat, Jan 30, 1988

Dwayne is reluctant to carry on a relationship with an older woman when Raj convinces him to not be concerned about age. However, Raj's feelings change when he and Nadine spot Dwayne out dining with an elderly woman.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Happy Face

Fri, Feb 19, 1988

Raj, Nadine, and Dwayne must figure out what to do when Shirley is taken in by a con man who convinces her to sell him her share of the diner.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ The Fabulous Fortunes

Sat, Feb 27, 1988

Shirley teaches a young boy with "two left feet" how to dance.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ Shirley's Debt

Sat, Mar 5, 1988

Shirley moonlights as a salesperson dressed as a clown in order to pay Raj the money she owes him and ends up winning a trip to Hawaii.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Man in Motion

Sat, Mar 12, 1988

Dee falls in love with Maurice's cousin, Reggie, a wheelchair-bound comedian, and has plans to join him on tour. However, Reggie has different plans, and tells Raj that he's going to hit the road without Dee and without telling her.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ Members Only

Sat, Mar 19, 1988

Nadine sets out to prove her suspicions that the exclusive club Raj is attempting to join discriminates against women, submitting her application and winning acceptance as a "man" after being rejected as herself.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Adventures of Kangaroo Kincaide

Sat, Mar 26, 1988

A plan to fake a bear attack on Raj while on a camping trip backfires when a real life bear invades the campsite.