The BEST episodes of Happy Days season 2

Every episode of Happy Days season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Happy Days season 2!

A nostalgic comedy set in 1950s Milwaukee centered on the squeaky-clean Cunningham family and their relationship with Fonzie, a motorcycle-riding Casanova who became a pop-culture phenomenon during the show's heyday in the 1970s.

Last Updated: 8/13/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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Kiss Me Sickly
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8.16
86 votes

#1 - Kiss Me Sickly

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/29/1975

Fonzie asks Richie to watch after his girl, Denise, while he's out of town at a demolition derby. Denise, upon hearing what Fonzie's asked Richie to do, decides to test Richie's trustworthiness. Richie succumbs to temptation and makes out with Denise at Inspiriation Point, but he later finds out that she has mononucleosis.

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Cruisin'
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8.04
90 votes

#2 - Cruisin'

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/11/1975

Richie, Postie, and Ralph are forced to go cruising for girls in Howard's DeSoto after Marion dents Richie's car at the supermarket. They find three girls but, later, find their boyfriends who are members of a gang called the Dragons.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Ron Friedman
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Get a Job
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8.03
89 votes

#3 - Get a Job

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1975

Looking for work, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph agree to fix the fence of an attractive divorcee. When the woman leaves for awhile, Potsie and Ralph decide to take off, as well, leaving Richie to finish the job by himself.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill Idelson
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Fonzie's Getting Married
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7.98
92 votes

#4 - Fonzie's Getting Married

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/1975

Fonzie announces that he's getting married and brings his bride-to-be to the Cunningham house for dinner. There, Howard recognizes her as stripper he saw at a hardware convention in Chicago.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Wish Upon a Star
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7.75
97 votes

#5 - Wish Upon a Star

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1974

Richie wins a date with a movie star, Cindy Shea, to a school dance, and Gloria breaks up with him because of circumstances surrounding it. Cindy, however, will only be able to meet up with Richie after the dance has started.

Directors: Herb Wallerstein
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Guess Who's Coming to Christmas
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7.74
138 votes

#6 - Guess Who's Coming to Christmas

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1974

Howard wants Christmas Eve to only include the family, but Richie discovers that Fonzie will be all alone.

Directors: Frank Buxton
Writer: Bill Idelson
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The Howdy Doody Show
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7.69
95 votes

#7 - The Howdy Doody Show

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/18/1975

Facing a deadline for the school paper, Richie tries to get a photo of Clarabell the clown, from The Howdy Doody Show, without makeup. To get on the set, Richie plans to get Ralph to enter a Howdy Doody look-alike contest the show is conducting.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bob Brunner
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Haunted
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7.68
138 votes

#8 - Haunted

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1974

After experiencing a few strange happenings, Richie begins to buy into the legend that the place where their Halloween party is to be held, the old Simpson house, is haunted.

Directors: Garry Marshall
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The Cunningham Caper
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7.66
116 votes

#9 - The Cunningham Caper

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1975

An ill Richie is home alone after the rest of the family go to see Cinerama. When he goes to see what is causing noises downstairs, he finds a burglar.

Directors: George Tyne
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Fish and the Fins
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7.63
116 votes

#10 - Fish and the Fins

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1975

To hide from overzealous fans, a popular rock group (one of the members was Richie's childhood friend) is staying at the Cunningham house, but Richie can't tell anyone that they're there. This poses a problem for Richie because nobody believes he actually knows them.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Phil Mishkin
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Goin' to Chicago
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7.61
111 votes

#11 - Goin' to Chicago

Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/6/1975

Richie, Potsie, and Ralph go on a trip to Chicago with the school choir. Not wanting to stay in their hotel room all night, they decide to sneak out and see a show.

Directors: George Tyne
Writer: Frank Buxton
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Who's Sorry Now?
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7.51
115 votes

#12 - Who's Sorry Now?

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1974

Richie's old girlfriend comes back to Milwaukee and wants to go steady with him.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Richie's Flip Side
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7.38
87 votes

#13 - Richie's Flip Side

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/18/1975

Richie is forced into being a disc jockey at a local radio station when one there suddenly quits. His boss informs him that he has the potential to become the next Wolfman Jack, and Richie begins to develop an inflated ego and neglect his friends.

Directors: Herb Wallerstein
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You Go to My Head
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7.35
113 votes

#14 - You Go to My Head

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1974

Richie reads a book about abnormal psychology and begins to think that there's something wrong with him.

Directors: Jerry London
Writer: Phil Mishkin
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Open House
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7.32
117 votes

#15 - Open House

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/1975

Richie and Potsie plan to host a poker night at the Cunningham house as Howard and Marion will be out of town. However, their plans change when three young women stop by after their car breaks down, and Potsie invites them to stay the night.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bill James
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R.O.T.C.
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7.20
133 votes

#16 - R.O.T.C.

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1974

Richie is named R.O.T.C. squad leader but has trouble controlling his squad. After several warnings to obey his commands, he puts them all on report.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Mickey Rose
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Richie Moves Out
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7.18
159 votes

#17 - Richie Moves Out

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1974

Richie feels that he doesn't have enough privacy, so he decides to move in with Chuck. He quickly discovers, though, that bachelor life isn't quite what he expected it to be.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Not with My Sister, You Don't
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7.13
126 votes

#18 - Not with My Sister, You Don't

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1974

Spike, Fonzie's little cousin, takes Joanie out on her first date. Richie and his date act as Joanie and Spike's chaperones and discover them missing at the movie theater.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Fonzie Joins the Band
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7.10
119 votes

#19 - Fonzie Joins the Band

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/4/1975

Howard secures a gig for Richie, Potsie, Ralph, and Bag to play at the Leopard Lodge dance. Fonzie is able to get the guys tuxedos, but, in return, he joins them as a member of the band. When Fonzie plays a loud bongo solo during a slow dance, Richie is chosen to give him the news that he's out of the band.

Directors: Frank Buxton
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The Not Making of the President
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7.08
117 votes

#20 - The Not Making of the President

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/1975

Richie goes against Howard and, to get a girl, campaigns for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 Presidential race.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Richie's Car
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7.05
146 votes

#21 - Richie's Car

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1974

Richie buys a car from Fonzie and finds out that it is stolen.

Directors: Jerry Paris
A Star is Bored
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6.91
123 votes

#22 - A Star is Bored

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1974

Richie, Potsie, and Ralph need new uniforms for their baseball team and want to get a big celebrity to play the title role in their upcomming fundraiser production of Hamlet. When they can't get a big name to play the part, Fonzie agrees to do it.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Big Money
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6.59
127 votes

#23 - Big Money

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1974

As a game-show contestant, Richie wins $3200 before time runs out for that week's show. After the show, he is given an envelope by the show's host that contains the answer to the $5000 question.

Directors: Jerry Paris