What's Happening Now!!

1. Raj Returns

Sep 7, 1985 · 22 min

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 doesn't share in the excitement is Rerun, who is now a used car salesman and jealous of Raj's new success.

2. A Horse Is Not a Home

Sep 14, 1985 · 22 min

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

3. Dwayne's Crush

Sep 21, 1985 · 22 min

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

4. The Houseguest

Sep 28, 1985 · 22 min

When Dwayne and Rerun have a falling out, Raj and Nadine agree to let Dwayne temporarily stay with them. However, as Dwayne begins to overstay his welcome, the couple hatch a plot to get Rerun and Dwayne to make amends.

5. One Enchanted Evening

Oct 5, 1985 · 22 min

When Nadine's hard-to-please mother Yvonne visits, Raj and Nadine go out of their way to impress her. They take her to Rob's, where she is wooed by a patron who is really a wino.

6. Aunt Shirley

Oct 12, 1985 · 22 min

After overhearing Raj and Nadine say that they're 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.

7. The New Kid

Oct 19, 1985 · 22 min

Raj and Nadine take in a homeless 10-year-old who just ran away from an orphanage.

8. The Bully

Oct 26, 1985 · 22 min

When Raj ends up in jail in a chicken suit, he recounts the events leading up his arrest, from when he meets the health inspector and former high school bully, who threatens to shut down Rob's unless Raj follows through on a dare.

9. That Old Gang of Mine

Nov 2, 1985 · 22 min

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

10. Dueling Menus

Nov 9, 1985 · 22 min

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.

11. Dee's Dilemma

Nov 16, 1985 · 22 min

When Dee comes home from college, she considers 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.

12. Raj on the Run

Nov 23, 1985 · 22 min

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

13. The Challenge

Dec 7, 1985 · 22 min

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

14. Married or Not

Dec 14, 1985 · 22 min

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.

15. The Improbable Dream

Dec 21, 1985 · 22 min

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

16. Rags to Riches

Jan 18, 1986 · 22 min

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

17. Goodbye, Mr. Ripps

Jan 25, 1986 · 22 min

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

18. Dee and Dwayne

Feb 1, 1986 · 22 min

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

19. Mr. First Nighter

Feb 8, 1986 · 22 min

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

20. Shirley's Pen Pal

Mar 1, 1986 · 22 min

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

21. Nadine's Boss

Mar 8, 1986 · 22 min

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

22. The Wedding

Apr 28, 1986 · 22 min

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 planning causes tension between everyone.

1. Nadine's Surprise

Sep 27, 1986 · 22 min

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

2. Shirley's Landlord

Oct 4, 1986 · 22 min

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.

3. The Movie Deal

Oct 11, 1986 · 22 min

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 in fact Nadine's case study on homeless women that the producer wants to turn into a blockbuster.

4. Picture Perfect

Oct 18, 1986 · 22 min

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.

5. Raj's Nightmare

Oct 25, 1986 · 22 min

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.

6. Party Animal

Nov 8, 1986 · 22 min

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.

7. Shirley's Little Sister

Nov 15, 1986 · 22 min

Shirley realizes that the buddy system works both ways when she volunteers to be a big sister to a teenage girl.

8. Raj's Big Break

Nov 22, 1986 · 22 min

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.

9. Thy Boss's Daughter

Dec 6, 1986 · 22 min

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

10. Cabin Fever

Dec 13, 1986 · 22 min

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.

11. Instant Family

Dec 20, 1986 · 22 min

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.

12. Old Army Daze

Jan 10, 1987 · 22 min

Dwayne's old army buddy visits and challenges Raj to a poker game, which almost costs him his car and his half interest in the diner.

13. The Yard Sale

Jan 17, 1987 · 22 min

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

14. Dwayne's Amiga

Jan 24, 1987 · 22 min

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.

15. Sorority Sisters

Jan 31, 1987 · 22 min

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

16. Mad Money

Feb 7, 1987 · 22 min

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.

17. Dee's Suitor

Feb 14, 1987 · 22 min

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

18. I'll Be Homeless for Christmas

Feb 21, 1987 · 22 min

After Raj kicks a homeless man out of the diner, he has a nightmare that he's homeless during Christmas and awakens to realize that it can happen to anyone.

19. Taking the Rap

Feb 28, 1987 · 22 min

When Jolly Cholly opens down the street, Rob's starts losing customers until the gang persuade a hot rap group to record a radio ad for their sinking business.

20. Opening Day

Mar 7, 1987 · 22 min

After learning that the Little League team sponsored by Rob's 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.

21. Raj on the Double

Mar 14, 1987 · 22 min

When Raj's doppelgänger cousin Willie escapes from prison, he heads straight to Raj and Nadine's to avoid detection. Plenty of confusion is abound when even Nadine cannot tell them apart.

22. The Housekeeper

Mar 28, 1987 · 22 min

Feeling sorry for an Arctic woman 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 beloved.

22. Adventures of Kangaroo Kincaide

Mar 26, 1988 · 22 min

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