What's Happening!!: Nice Guys Finish Last (1977)
Season 1, Episode 20
10/10
Best, Funniest Episode
4 May 2024
The is by far the best, funniest episode of What's Happening, but also the worst titled, as NICE GUYS FINISH LAST has almost nothing to do with what the episode is about...

It should be titled Dee's Pen-Pal since, well, Dee has a pen-pal, Judy, who gets out of jail and is (or is already) invited to stay at the Thomas household...

The funniest moments have Raj the innocent mama's boy not trusting this jail-bird, and trying to act tough at the same time...

In one scene, he's wearing a soccer uniform, seated, and Dee says, "It looks like someone tried to dress a chair," which could possibly be the funniest liner ever on this series, where Dee was the funniest in the first two (of three) seasons, as a young brat who made her brother's (and his buddy's) life hell...

The title is probably referring to the third-act character in future character-actor Harold Sylvester (Uncommon Valor, Vision Quest), who plays the dingbat ex-con boyfriend of Judy...

And how Dee solves the impending trouble, by just being Dee, simply adds to what was already a perfect episode.
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