About this season
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.
Episodes (22)
1. Ask Al
Aired 26 September 1987 • 22 min
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.
2. The Boxer
Aired 3 October 1987 • 22 min
Raj goes down for the count when Nadine discovers that he has invested in a professional boxer.
3. The New Employee
Aired 10 October 1987 • 22 min
Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a nighttime teen club to impress a girl.
4. The Hat Comes Back
Aired 17 October 1987 • 22 min
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.
5. Dwayne's Big Step
Aired 24 October 1987 • 22 min
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.
6. Girls' Night Out
Aired 31 October 1987 • 22 min
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.
7. The Candidate
Aired 7 November 1987 • 22 min
When Maurice runs for class president, he risks his friendship with Darryl by becoming a political puppet to a manipulative campaign manager.
8. Family Life
Aired 14 November 1987 • 22 min
With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is desperate to find the perfect man and tries everything to find him.
9. Runnin' Scared
Aired 21 November 1987 • 22 min
A little friendly competition becomes survival of the fittest when Raj and Dwayne enter a 10k run for charity.
10. Nadine's Wood-Be Father
Aired 28 November 1987 • 22 min
Nadine feels like a real dummy when her mother brings home her ventriloquist fiancé and she kicks them out of her house.
11. The Pad
Aired 5 December 1987 • 22 min
Maurice and Darryl enjoy an evening in a swinging bachelor pad with two sisters from UCLA...until the girls' father shows up.
12. Teacher's Threat
Aired 13 December 1987 • 22 min
Maurice gets more than he bargained for when he takes his teacher's daughter out dancing.
13. Daddy's Back
Aired 19 December 1987 • 22 min
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.
14. I Gotta Be Raj
Aired 16 January 1988 • 22 min
When a bump on the head causes Dwayne to lose his memory, Nadine loses her mind because Dwayne now thinks he's her husband!
15. Run, Shirley, Run
Aired 23 January 1988 • 22 min
Thanks to Shirley, a councilman straightens up his act when he realizes that he'd forgotten why he was elected in the first place.
16. The Older Woman
Aired 30 January 1988 • 22 min
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.
17. Happy Face
Aired 19 February 1988 • 22 min
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.
18. The Fabulous Fortunes
Aired 27 February 1988 • 22 min
Shirley teaches a young boy with 'two left feet' how to dance.
19. Shirley's Debt
Aired 5 March 1988 • 22 min
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.
20. Man in Motion
Aired 12 March 1988 • 22 min
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.
21. Members Only
Aired 19 March 1988 • 22 min
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.
22. Adventures of Kangaroo Kincaide
Aired 26 March 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.