Eric Monte
Director
What's Happening Now!! (1985)
Season 2
What's Happening Now!! is an American sequel series of What's Happening!! It ran in syndication from 1985 to 1988. Like the previous series, What's Happening Now!! is loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High.
Released Sept. 7, 1985
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.sequel, imdb.sitcom, imdb.teenager, imdb.sitcom-comedy, imdb.laugh-track
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures Television
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Nadine's Surprise
While eavesdropping, Raj mistakenly believes he is soon to became a father, while Nadine has instead planned a different surprise for him -- dinner with his long-lost father (Thalmus Rasulala, ""What's Happening!!"") who has care to make amends with his estranged son.
Sept. 22, 1986, midnight
S2E2 - Picture Perfect
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.
Sept. 29, 1986, midnight
S2E3 - Shirley's Landlord
Raj is elated when his agent 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.
Oct. 6, 1986, midnight
S2E4 - Raj's Nightmare
Raj is quickly exposed to modern art when he discovers that a nude painting Nadine posed for years earlier is now part of a prominent art exhibit.
Oct. 13, 1986, midnight
S2E5 - The Movie Deal
Raj's dream of going on a fishing trip with Dwayne becomes a real life nightmare when his mother-in-law sinks her hooks into him.
Oct. 20, 1986, midnight
S2E6 - Thy Boss's Daughter
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.
Oct. 27, 1986, midnight
S2E7 - Shirley's Little Sister
Shirley realizes that the buddy system works both ways when she volunteers to be a big sister to a teenage girl.
Nov. 3, 1986, midnight
S2E8 - Raj's Big Break
Raj is misled by a psychiatric patient posing as a book publisher.
Nov. 10, 1986, midnight
S2E9 - Party Animal
Dwayne finds out that business and pleasure don't mix when he dates the daughter of his boss.
Nov. 17, 1986, midnight
S2E10 - Dwayne's Amiga
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.
Nov. 24, 1986, midnight
S2E11 - Cabin Fever
In an effort to impress an old schoolmate, Shirley pretends to be Raj 's wife and the mother of two children whom they have ""rented"" to support the lie.
Dec. 1, 1986, midnight
S2E12 - Instant Family
Dwayne's old army buddy comes to visit and challenges Raj to a poker game, which almost costs him his car and his half interest in the diner.
Dec. 8, 1986, midnight
S2E13 - I'll Be Homeless for Christmas
Raj and Nadine plan a yard sale to clear their garage of cartons, but after Dee and Raj browse through several of the old boxes and relive moments from their earlier lives together, they have second thoughts and become sentimental about their old ""junk.""
Dec. 15, 1986, midnight
S2E14 - Sorority Sisters
Dwayne falls in love with a nurse from El Salvador who, upon returning to her country, is killed when fighting erupts in her village.
Jan. 5, 1987, midnight
S2E15 - Mad Money
Dee brings two of her sorority pledge sisters home for the weekend from college and one of their pranks costs Raj $500 first prize money in a poetry competition.
Jan. 12, 1987, midnight
S2E16 - Old Army Daze
Raj convinces himself Nadine is having an affair when he uncovers secret plans for a cruise she has been saving up for to surprise him.
Jan. 19, 1987, midnight
S2E17 - Taking the Rap
A lovesick pest follows Dee home from college and drives the Thomases crazy with his obnoxious attempts to win her affection.
Jan. 26, 1987, midnight
S2E18 - Raj on the Double
Raj has a nightmare that he's homeless during Christmas and awakens to realize that it can happen to anyone.
Feb. 2, 1987, midnight
S2E19 - Opening Day
When ""Jolly Cholly"" opens a restaurant down the street, Rob's Place starts losing customers until Raj and the gang persuade a hot rap group to record a radio commercial for their sinking business.
Feb. 9, 1987, midnight
S2E20 - The Yard Sale
Raj and Shirley sponsor a little league baseball team, and no sooner does Raj became the coach than he learns that the opening game is against the team of his dreaded high school nemesis.
Feb. 16, 1987, midnight
S2E21 - The Housekeeper
When Raj's criminal cousin, Willie (Ernest Thomas, in a dual role), a dead-ringer for Raj, escapes from prison, the Thomas household becomes a comedy of errors when Nadine, Shirley and Dwayne are victims of the mistaken identity.
Feb. 23, 1987, midnight
S2E22 - Dee's Suitor
Nadine brings home Nanooka (Teresa Ganzel), a lovesick woman from the Arctic Circle, to work as a maid until Raj can rejoin her with her boyfriend for a bizarre ceremonial wedding in the Thomas living room.
March 2, 1987, midnight
ABC
30 min/ep
22 min
Sept. 7, 1985
May 16, 1988, midnight
Ended
TV-G / 2+
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