The BEST episodes of Happy Days season 4
Every episode of Happy Days season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Happy Days season 4!
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.
#1 - Marion Rebels
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/1977
Not having enough to do now that Richie and Joanie are growing up and because she feels as though she's a slave to Howard, Marion gets a job waitressing at Arnold's.
#2 - Time Capsule
Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1977
Richie and the guys organize a time capsule for a school project. Howard agrees to let them use the vault at his store for the capsule, and Potsie accidentally locks them all inside.
#3 - The Last of the Big Time Malphs
Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/1977
Ralph takes bets on football games at 10:1 odds. The Green Bay Packers pull out an unexpected win, and Ralph owes a lot of people a lot of money.
#4 - Spunky Come Home
Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/1977
Fonzie gets a dog, and she escapes when Ralph and Potsie accidentally leave the gate open. Ralph tells Fonzie that the dog, Spunky, was stolen.
#5 - Fonz-How, Inc.
Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/1977
Howard comes up with the idea for a trash compactor, and Fonzie becomes his partner to help him build it. They become very excited about the success they could achieve and present "The Gulper" to a corporation for consideration.
#6 - They Shoot Fonzies, Don't They?
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1976
Joanie enlists Fonzie to be her partner for a marathon dance at Arnold's. She desperately wants to outlast cheerleading captain Jill Higgins who had cut Joanie from the squad earlier. Prior to the dance, however, Fonzie's motorcycle breaks down, and he is forced to push it for 12 miles.
#7 - A Place of His Own
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1976
To allow Richie to have a night alone with his girl, Fonzie allows him to use his apartment and claim it as his own. Fonzie needs some rest, so he sleeps in Richie's bed without Howard, Marion, and Joanie knowing.
#8 - Fonzie's Baptism
Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/29/1977
After crashing in a stock-car race, Fonzie begins to worry about what will happen when his number comes up. Al suggests Fonzie seek the guidance of his brother, Father Anthony Delvecchio.
#9 - Fonzie Loves Pinky (1)
Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/21/1976
Fonzie reunites with an old flame, Pinky Tuscadero, who is in town to perform motorcycle stunts at a demolition derby.
#10 - Fonzie Loves Pinky (2)
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1976
Fonzie assesses the damage to Pinky's car, and Richie asks Howard to delay the start of the demolition derby.
#11 - The Muckrakers
Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1976
Richie, wanting to become a tough reporter, sets out to investigate the food at Jefferson High. During his investigation, he discovers that Fonzie is afraid of liver.
#12 - Fonzie the Father
Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/19/1976
Fonzie's friend's pregnant wife stays with Richie at the Cunningham house while the rest of the family is away on vacation.
#13 - A Shot in the Dark
Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/1977
Richie makes a lucky shot to win a basketball game and suddenly becomes a big hero.
#14 - A.K.A. the Fonz
Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/30/1976
Kirk, the new acting sheriff, tries to exert his power by forcing Fonzie to leave town.
#15 - Fonzie's Old Lady
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1977
Fonzie meets an older woman whose car he fixed and agrees to meet her the next day for doubles tennis at a country club.
#16 - Fonzie Loves Pinky (3)
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1976
Though he's up against the two Mallachi brothers by himself, Fonzie is able to win the demolition derby. While waiting at the hospital for Pinky to be released, Fonzie tells Richie that he loves her and wants to marry her.
#17 - Fonzie's Hero
Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/26/1976
Potsie saves Fonzie from a fire at the garage. Out of gratitude, Fonzie grants Potsie any one favor, and Potsie wants to pal around with the Fonz.
#18 - Richie Branches Out
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/7/1976
Richie falls in love with a Wisconsin Cola poster girl and poses as a successful hardware businessman in order to meet her.
#19 - A Mind of His Own
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1976
After having been in several fights recently, on the advice of the Cunninghams, Fonzie agrees to see a psychologist.
#20 - Graduation (2)
Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/1977
After passing make-up health exams and getting permission for Fonzie to participate, the guys arrange for aspects of the graduation ceremony to be sped up in order to accomodate the inclusion of Fonzie's speech.
#21 - The Physical
Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/1977
Richie, Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph receive notices from the army to report for physicals.
#22 - The Book of Records
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/1977
To get some publicity, Al tries to have someone break a world record at Arnold's. Meanwhile, Fonzie's cousin, Angie, is in town for a visit and proves to be extremely clumsy.
#23 - Graduation (1)
Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/1977
The guys discover that Fonzie has been going to night school so that he can graduate with them. Marion gave them this information, and she becomes worried that Fonzie will be angry with her for telling.
#24 - Joanie's Weird Boyfriend
Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/1977
Thinking her life is dull and that she's always treated like a little kid, Joanie wants to join the Red Devils' gang.