Happy Days
Richie Cunningham and his friend Potsie face life at Jefferson High in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the 1950s. Lots of changes over time as kids come and go, new series spin off, Richie and pals go to college then the army. Even marriage.
- 1974-1984
- 11 seasons
- ABC
- Comedy, Family, Music
- TV-G
Richie Cunningham and his friend Potsie face life at Jefferson High in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the 1950s. Lots of changes over time as kids come and go, new series spin off, Richie and pals go to college then the army. Even marriage.
Season 11 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1983 - 1984
Episode 1
Because It's There
Tue, Sep 27, 1983
Fonzie shocks his friends when he throws his leather jacket away after finding a note taped to the bottom of the old cookie jar that held the last three cookies his mother baked for him before she deserted him...until he finally tells them why.
Episode 2
The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi
Tue, Oct 4, 1983
With far too many events occupying Joanie's free time, Chachi starts to resent her for not focusing on their relationship. After much thought, both come up with solutions to the problem. Chachi thinks they should get married but at the same time Joanie wants to break up with him, much to Chachi's visible disappointment. Is this the end of Joanie and Chichi's love story?
Episode 3
Where the Guys Are
Tue, Oct 18, 1983
After tricking Fonzie into going to a single's camp to help him get over losing steady girlfriend Ashley, Potsie, Chachi and Roger get suckered into a sauna by three con-girls.
Episode 4
Welcome Home: Part 1
Tue, Oct 25, 1983
Richie and Lori Beth (along with their son, Richie Jr.), plus Ralph arrive home from the Army to a rousing homecoming celebration. But as everyone celebrates good times and fond memories, it becomes obvious Richie's dreams have changed. Sure, Howard gets Richie a job at the Milwaukee Journal, and despite Richie's tepid interest, seems to be doing a good job. But Richie confides in several people that his future plans have a different path than everybody else expects or wants: screen writing. Marion learns about this and becomes very upset, leading to a huge argument between mother and son.
Episode 5
Welcome Home: Part 2
Tue, Nov 1, 1983
Richie bottles up his emotions as he continues to hold his day job as a reporter at the Milwaukee Journal. Eventually, his emotions boil over at the dinner table, and he storms out of the house. Fonzie decides to go after his friend and try to calm him down, and eventually tracks him down to a tavern. This time, Richie - who plans to get drunk - refuses to buy into the "talk to Fonzie and it will be all better" routine, and slugs the Fonz. Fonzie keeps his cool, however and tells him he needs to air his concerns appropriately with his mother. After a good night's sleep, Richie shares his feelings with Marion and convinces her that he's ready to make whatever sacrifices he needs to for his dream to come true. Marion still has her reservations about the idea of Richie pursuing what appears to be a difficult dream, but accepts the fact that Richie's future is in screen writing. Howard accepts too, and after a couple of weeks, everyone shares an emotional farewell.
Episode 6
Glove Story
Tue, Nov 8, 1983 30 mins
Chachi trains to fight in the city boxing tournament to prove to Fonzie that he's not a kid anymore.
Episode 7
Vocational Education
Tue, Nov 22, 1983
It seems like a bad fit when Yale-educated Roger Phillips is hired over street-savvy Fonzie as the new principal of the George S. Patton Vocational High School, known for it's rampant juvenile delinquency.
Episode 8
Arthur, Arthur
Tue, Dec 6, 1983
Fonzie gets a surprise visit from a half-brother he never knew he had; but, although the two share the same name, they soon find that they don't have much in common...or do they?
Episode 9
You Get What You Pay For
Tue, Dec 13, 1983
Howard decides the house needs a second bathroom (now that Joanie is back home and cousin Kasey lives there too). Especially after having to shave at the dining room table. Fonzie offers to have his shop students build it for him which would include Howard's new invention/tank attachment "The Whisper-Flush".
Episode 10
Kiss Me, Teach
Tue, Jan 10, 1984
Joanie is ecstatic when she learns she has been approved to enter a student teaching agreement. Howard and Marion, however, become gravely concerned when they learn Joanie will be teaching at Patton High, a school, despite the best efforts of Roger and Fonzie, that is notorious for poor academics and overall disorder. However, Fonzie convinces everyone that Joanie will do fine. However, the students in Joanie's English class refuse to learn except for one ... a student named Frankie. Frankie asks Joanie for help on an upcoming assignment and she agrees. However, she is unaware that Frankie has sinister ulterior motives. After an attempt to get at her at home fails (the others quickly become wise to him and kick him out), Frankie makes his move on Joanie in an empty classroom. The fire alarm goes off, and everyone except Frankie leaves. Before Joanie can leave, Frankie locks the door, corners his teacher and tries to kiss her against her will. Just then, Fonzie barges in and runs Frankie off. Fonzie is left to console a shaken Joanie, who is sure her teaching career has ended before it began. However, Fonzie convinces her nothing that happened was her fault, and that during her career she will have to deal with "students" (i.e., hoodlums) whose only reason for going to school is starting trouble.
Episode 11
The People vs. the Fonz
Tue, Jan 17, 1984
His friends are baffled when Fonzie refuses to speak in his own defense after he is accused of manhandling a student and brought before the school board's disciplinary court.
Episode 12
Like Mother, Like Daughter
Tue, Jan 24, 1984
Howard's fear that wife Marion's former college boyfriend will sweep her off her feet when he comes to the Cunninghams for dinner turns to shock when the man instead shows interest in...daughter Joanie!
Episode 13
Social Studies
Tue, Jan 31, 1984
Fonzie tries to help his cousin unleash his inborn "Fonzarelli Power" when Chachi decides to start dating again after his break-up with long-time steady, Joanie Cunningham.
Episode 14
The Spirit Is Willing
Tue, Apr 24, 1984 30 mins
While Fonzie is working late at the garage to restore a wrecked 1955 Chevrolet convertible, a beautiful young woman named Nancy Haley walks in. Nancy explains she is stranded and needs a ride home. Fonzie obliges, and when he returns to her house a few days later is met by the puzzled woman. She explains that Nancy doesn't live there, but that the couple who lived there previously had a daughter who was killed in a car accident about 10 years earlier and that the family had since moved away. Fonzie goes to the Cunninghams to get an explanation, but they just laugh at him. Later, at the garage, Nancy returns and asks Fonzie to take her for a ride in the newly restored car. He agrees, but the car soon stalls on a set of railroad tracks. Fonzie is unable to get the car restarted and there's a train approaching. However, Nancy is in no hurry to let Fonzie escape the car. Just as the train strikes the car, Fonzie wakes up in his rusted car shell and realizes he was only dreaming. He quickly retracts his earlier remark about how he wishes it was 1955 forever.
Episode 15
Fonzie Moves Out
Tue, May 1, 1984 30 mins
A real estate agent barging into his apartment with a client in tow is a surprised Fonzie's first clue that he may soon be hunting for a new home.
Episode 16
Passages: Part 1
Tue, May 8, 1984
Joanie says "yes" when Chachi pops the question and Fonzie finds that being single is a major snag when he decides to adopt Danny, his little brother from the Big Brother program.
Episode 17
Passages: Part 2
Tue, May 8, 1984
Joanie primps and Chachi nervously paces as their family and friends gather on their wedding day, while Fonzie and Howard try to convince a by-the-book adoption administrator that some rules are meant to be broken.
Episode 18
So How Was Your Weekend?
Thu, Jun 28, 1984
Howard's poker game with the guys unexpectedly takes a not-so-friendly turn and Marion struggles to please her overly-critical mother when the Cunninghams spend a rare week-end apart.
Episode 19
Low Notes
Thu, Jul 5, 1984
Suffering from song-writer's block, broke Chachi is too embarrassed to tell his friends when he takes a job as a senior citizen dance instructor to make ends meet.
Episode 20
School Dazed
Thu, Jul 12, 1984
Joanie tries to help an angry fifteen year old girl kick a drug habit that threatens to get her kicked out of school.
Episode 21
Good News, Bad News
Thu, Jul 19, 1984
Chachi thinks his life is over when he is diagnosed with diabetes on the eve of a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to tour with the Beach Boys.
Episode 22
Fonzie's Spots
Mon, Sep 24, 1984
Fonzie, Roger and Chachi soon regret agreeing to help Howard Cunningham save his Grand Poobah position by becoming new Leopard Lodge recruits when they find out their pledge master is prankster Potsie "Sabu" Weber.
