The BEST episodes of Happy Days season 5

Every episode of Happy Days season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Happy Days season 5!

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: 11/6/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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My Favorite Orkan
star
7.27
51 votes

#1 - My Favorite Orkan

Season 5 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/28/1978

An alien, Mork from Ork, comes to earth looking for someone average, or humdrum, to study and picks Richie.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Joe Glauberg
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Marion's Misgivings
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7.25
20 votes

#2 - Marion's Misgivings

Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/24/1978

When Marion's friend is dumped by her husband for a younger woman, Marion begins to think that Howard may do the same to her.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Fred Maio
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Second Wind
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7.16
19 votes

#3 - Second Wind

Season 5 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/16/1978

Al is to receive a man-of-the-year award from the Sons of Italy, but he doesn't have a date. Fonzie sets him up with a meter maid, and she agrees to go with him to the banquet.

Writer: Brian Levant
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My Cousin, the Cheat
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7.15
26 votes

#4 - My Cousin, the Cheat

Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/4/1977

After Chachi is caught by a truant officer, Fonzie and Richie arrange for Joanie to tutor him. He gets caught cheating on a test and, as a result, gets suspended from school and gets in hot water with Fonzie.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Fonzie for the Defense
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6.98
46 votes

#5 - Fonzie for the Defense

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/30/1978

Fonzie and Howard are picked for jury duty. The case appears cut and dry, but Fonzie isn't so sure. Meanwhile, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph practice for a fraternity festival, and Marion is to hold a paint sale at the hardware store in Howard's absence.

Directors: Jerry Paris
My Fair Fonzie
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6.92
53 votes

#6 - My Fair Fonzie

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/1977

Fonzie is invited to a socialite dinner party, but the people who invite him do so thinking Fonzie will make a fool of himself.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Our Gang
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6.92
49 votes

#7 - Our Gang

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1978

Richie tells Chachi the story of how he met Fonzie in order to convince him that joining a gang is a mistake.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Brian Levant
Hard Cover
star
6.79
24 votes

#8 - Hard Cover

Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1977

Facing a dating slump, Fonzie suggests that Richie go to the library to meet girls. Richie meets Lori Beth Allen at the library who invites him to her dorm room.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Brian Levant
Do You Want to Dance?
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6.74
42 votes

#9 - Do You Want to Dance?

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/9/1978

Fonzie's girlfriend is a moderately successful ballet teacher, but Fonzie has trouble accepting that she may be happier as a professional performer in New York.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Hollywood (2)
star
6.72
18 votes

#10 - Hollywood (2)

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1977

Fonzie takes his screen test with Richie as his reading partner. The director loves Fonzie, but the studio is more impressed with Richie and offers him a contract.

Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (1)
star
6.66
56 votes

#11 - Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (1)

Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1977

Pinky Tuscadero's younger sister, Leather, comes to Milwaukee looking for a gig. Al gives her and her group a job at Arnold's after a successful audtion, but Officer Kirk threatens to shut the place down after learning of Leather's troubled past.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bob Brunner
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Hollywood (3)
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6.55
22 votes

#12 - Hollywood (3)

Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1977

Fonzie faces jumping a caged shark on water skis, and Richie decides whether or not he wants to sign the Paramount Pictures contract he was offered.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Joanie's First Kiss
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6.52
44 votes

#13 - Joanie's First Kiss

Season 5 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/17/1978

Joanie is set to go on her first car date, so Fonzie and Richie show her how to counter any advances her date may make toward her. Joanie says she may not want to counter his advances and would like to experience her first kiss.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (2)
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6.42
52 votes

#14 - Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (2)

Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1977

After Howard refuses to let Joanie go on tour with Leather, she follows through with her threat to run away from home.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Bob Brunner
Potsie Gets Pinned
star
6.41
46 votes

#15 - Potsie Gets Pinned

Season 5 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/10/1978

After one date with Jennifer Jerome, Potsie wants to ask her to marry him. Howard suggests that they get pinned instead, but, after asking her, Potsie suddenly backs out.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Grandpa's Visit
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6.40
47 votes

#16 - Grandpa's Visit

Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/3/1978

Howard's father comes for a visit after being forceably retired as a captain of detectives due to his age. Not wanting to sit around, he gets a job at Fonzie's garage. After one day, Fonzie, not having the heart to do it himself, asks Howard to fire his father.

Directors: Jerry Paris
The Apartment
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6.39
51 votes

#17 - The Apartment

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1977

Richie, Potsie, and Ralph get an apartment of their own.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Requiem for a Malph
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6.37
49 votes

#18 - Requiem for a Malph

Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/6/1977

Ralph is caught with the girl of the football team's star fullback, Rebel E. Lee. Instead of a fight, Fonzie arranges a boxing match between Rebel and Ralph to settle their dispute.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Bye Bye Blackball
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6.35
48 votes

#19 - Bye Bye Blackball

Season 5 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1977

Richie, Potsie, and Ralph want to join the best fraternity on campus, but they have to survive "Hell Week" first.

Directors: Jerry Paris
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Rules to Date By
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6.22
45 votes

#20 - Rules to Date By

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/23/1978

Richie and Lori Beth have a fight and break up before going on a weekend trip where the band is backing up Leather and the Suedes. Meanwhile, Howard and Marion argue about women's rights.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Joe Glauberg
Nose for News
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6.22
46 votes

#21 - Nose for News

Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/13/1977

After getting a "D" on a paper for his investigative reporting class, Richie decides to do a story about the corrupt sanitation department that is forcing Howard to pay a weekly surcharge.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Fonsillectomy
star
6.04
50 votes

#22 - Fonsillectomy

Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1977

Fonzie has to have his tonsils removed and will miss a big Halloween party.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Marty Nadler
Richie Almost Dies
star
5.82
51 votes

#23 - Richie Almost Dies

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/31/1978

Lori Beth reports that Richie isn't moving after they crash his new motorcycle.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: Marty Nadler
Spunkless Spunky
star
5.71
41 votes

#24 - Spunkless Spunky

Season 5 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/7/1978

Fonzie's dog, Spunky, appears depressed and distant. After a visit to the veterinarian, it is determined that Spunky's problem is mental.

Directors: Jerry Paris
Writer: James Ritz
Hollywood (1)
star
5.16
43 votes

#25 - Hollywood (1)

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1977

A Hollywood talent scout, needing a mechanic for his limousine, sees Fonzie at Arnold's and thinks he could be the next James Dean. The Cunninghams, Potsie, and Ralph go to Hollywood with Fonzie for his screen test.