Episodes
1. Ask Al
September 21, 1987
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
September 28, 1987
Raj goes down for the count when Nadine discovers that he has invested in a professional boxer.
3. The New Employee
October 5, 1987
Shirley's new employee Maurice turns the diner into a nighttime teen club to impress a girl.
4. The Hat Comes Back
October 12, 1987
Shirley uses her friendship with an old school friend to obtain an auction item for charity from a visiting singing star.
5. Dwayne's Big Step
October 19, 1987
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
October 26, 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.
7. The Candidate
November 2, 1987
When Maurice runs for class president, he risks his friendship with Daryl by becoming a political puppet to a manipulative campaign manager.
Guest Stars:
Kristoff St. John
8. Family Life
November 9, 1987
With her biological clock ticking, Shirley is desperate to find the perfect man and tries everything to find him.
9. Runnin' Scared
November 16, 1987
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
November 23, 1987
Nadine feels like a real dummy when her mother brings home her ventriloquist fiancée and she kicks them out of her house.
11. The Pad
November 30, 1987
Maurice and Daryl enjoy an evening in a swinging bachelor pad with two sisters from UCLA...until the girls' father shows up.
12. Teacher's Threat
December 7, 1987
Maurice gets more than he bargained for when he takes his teacher's daughter out dancing.
13. Daddy's Back
December 14, 1987
Shirley's truck driving father comes to town but is too busy to attend the banquet when Shirley is named ""Business Woman of the Year.""
14. I Gotta Be Raj
January 25, 1988
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
February 1, 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.
16. The Older Woman
February 8, 1988
Raj tells Dwayne that age is irrelevant until he sees him at a restaurant with his girlfriend's grandmother and jumps to the wrong conclusion.
17. Happy Face
February 15, 1988
The diner is threatened when Shirley decides to deed over her half to a con man.
18. The Fabulous Fortunes
February 22, 1988
Shirley teaches a young boy with ""two left feet"" how to dance.
19. Shirley's Debt
April 25, 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.
20. Man in Motion
May 2, 1988
Dee falls in love with a stand-up comic in a wheelchair and plans to quit school and go on the road with him.
21. Members Only
May 9, 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.
