in the series, roger "raj" thomas (played by ernest thomas) has become a fledgling writer. he bought half of the restaurant rob's place (renamed rob's) and was running the business with shirley (shirley hemphill), making money for himself and his new wife nadine (anne-marie johnson), who was a social worker. dwayne (haywood nelson) has become a computer programmer, and rerun (fred berry) a used-car salesman. raj and nadine live in raj's childhood home while rerun and dwayne share an apartment.