What's Happening Now!! (Season 3)

Roger 'Raj' Thomas has graduated from the University of Southern California, and become a fledgling writer. He and his wife Nadine, a social worker, move in to his old home in Watts (given to him by his mother, Mabel, now remarried and living in Phoenix, Arizona). His sister Dee is away at college. Childhood friend Dwayne Nelson has become a computer programmer, while Freddie 'Rerun' Stubbs is a used-car salesman. The old soda shop hangout, Rob's Place, has gone out of business and left abandoned. Reminded of his youth, and seeing an opportunity, Raj and Shirley Wilson, who used to wait tables there, decide to buy the business together, renaming it Rob's.

Ask Al (Episode 1)
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic
Air date: 1987-09-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Shirley eats her words when she takes a job as an undercover advice columnist and inadvertently causes Dwayne and his new girlfriend to break up.
The Boxer (Episode 2)
Air date: 1987-10-03
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Raj goes down for the count when Nadine discovers that he has invested in a professional boxer.
The New Employee (Episode 3)
Air date: 1987-10-10
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a nighttime teen club to impress a girl.
The Hat Comes Back (Episode 4)
Air date: 1987-10-17
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Maurice worries that he will be fired after he accidentally rips a hat donated by famous singer Sharona for Nadine's charity auction. He enlists Darryl to help him sneak into Sharona's room to get another hat.
Dwayne's Big Step (Episode 5)
Air date: 1987-10-24
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: After being fired from his job and failing at a series of attempts to try a new line of work, Dwayne decides to become his own boss and buys a magic shop.
Girls' Night Out (Episode 6)
Air date: 1987-10-31
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
The Candidate (Episode 7)
Air date: 1987-11-07
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When Maurice runs for class president, he risks his friendship with Darryl by becoming a political puppet to a manipulative campaign manager.
Family Life (Episode 8)
Air date: 1987-11-14
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is desperate to find the perfect man and tries everything to find him.
Runnin' Scared (Episode 9)
Air date: 1987-11-21
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: A little friendly competition becomes survival of the fittest when Raj and Dwayne enter a 10k run for charity.
Nadine's Wood-Be Father (Episode 10)
Air date: 1987-11-28
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Nadine feels like a real dummy when her mother brings home her ventriloquist fiancé and she kicks them out of her house.
The Pad (Episode 11)
Writer: Stephen Sustarsic
Air date: 1987-12-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Maurice and Darryl enjoy an evening in a swinging bachelor pad with two sisters from UCLA...until the girls' father shows up.
Teacher's Threat (Episode 12)
Air date: 1987-12-13
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Maurice gets more than he bargained for when he takes his teacher's daughter out dancing.
Daddy's Back (Episode 13)
Air date: 1987-12-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When her truck driver father comes into town, Shirley begins to experience the same feelings of neglect and disappointment that have plagued their strained relationship throughout the years.
I Gotta Be Raj (Episode 14)
Air date: 1988-01-16
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: When a bump on the head causes Dwayne to lose his memory, Nadine loses her mind because Dwayne now thinks he's her husband!
Run, Shirley, Run (Episode 15)
Air date: 1988-01-23
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Thanks to Shirley, a councilman straightens up his act when he realizes that he'd forgotten why he was elected in the first place.
The Older Woman (Episode 16)
Writer: Pam Veasey
Air date: 1988-01-30
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Happy Face (Episode 17)
Air date: 1988-02-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
The Fabulous Fortunes (Episode 18)
Air date: 1988-02-27
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Shirley teaches a young boy with 'two left feet' how to dance.
Shirley's Debt (Episode 19)
Air date: 1988-03-05
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: 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.
Man in Motion (Episode 20)
Writer: David Braff
Air date: 1988-03-12
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Dee falls in love with wheelchair-bound comedian Reggie, 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.
Members Only (Episode 21)
Air date: 1988-03-19
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: Nadine sets out to prove her suspicions that the exclusive club Raj is trying to join discriminates against women, submitting her application and winning acceptance as a 'man' after being rejected as herself.
Adventures of Kangaroo Kincaide (Episode 22)
Writer: Marley Clark
Air date: 1988-03-26
Runtime: 22 min
Overview: A plan to fake a bear attack on Raj while on a camping trip backfires when a real bear invades the campsite.