The BEST episodes of Laverne & Shirley

Every episode of Laverne & Shirley ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Laverne & Shirley!

Best friends, roommates and polar opposites Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home for the show's first several seasons. But after losing their jobs at Shotz, the pair moves to Burbank, Calif., in season six to get a fresh start and hope to break into the movie business. Many of their friends and family, inspired by the women, move to California with them, though they make some new friends as well, including Sonny the stuntman and Rhonda, a model.

Last Updated: 12/30/2023Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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The Festival (2)
star
9.00
1 votes

#1 - The Festival (2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/5/1978

Frank tries to win the climbing the greased pole contest so he can win a trip to Italy for his mother.

Directors: Alan Myerson
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The Bardwell Caper (1)
star
8.85
33 votes

#2 - The Bardwell Caper (1)

Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/10/1981

Disappointed after not receiving the customary tri-monthly $5.00 raise, Laverne and Shirley write a nasty letter to their boss. At the end of the day, it is revealed that they DID get a raise, after all, but also that the nasty letter is sitting, unopened, on the boss's desk - waiting to be read the next morning. Desperate to save their jobs, Laverne and Shirley go home and try to hatch a plan to get that letter back, before morning.

Directors: Tom Trbovich
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The Bardwell Caper (2)
star
8.85
33 votes

#3 - The Bardwell Caper (2)

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 3/17/1981

The girls recruit Lenny, Squiggy, and Carmine to help them pull off this mission. Lenny and Squiggy will drive the getaway car, and act as lookouts, while Carmine, Laverne, and Shirley will sneak through the air vents, and make their way into the boss's office. They will carefully maneuver around the alarm system, retrieve the letter, and be on their way. No one shall be the wiser. Of course, when they try to put the plan into action, our heroes run into some obstacles along the way, and quickly realize that this isn't going to be as easy as they thought.

Directors: Tom Trbovich
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I Do, I Do
star
8.50
2 votes

#4 - I Do, I Do

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 2/24/1981

The girls almost marry tow rock stars from Britain after eating some brownies laced with marijuana.

Directors: Phil Perez
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We're in the Army Now (2)
star
8.33
3 votes

#5 - We're in the Army Now (2)

Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/15/1979

Laverne & Shirley regret joining the Army.

Directors: Joel Zwick
Writer: Judy Pioli
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Why Did the Fireman?
star
8.33
3 votes

#6 - Why Did the Fireman?

Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/4/1980

Laverne falls for a fireman who is always being called to duty. Before he gets a chance to propose to Laverne, he dies in the line of duty saving many lives.

Directors: Joel Zwick
The Road to Burbank
star
8.33
3 votes

#7 - The Road to Burbank

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 1/13/1981

There is a dispute over who should pay the bill when Lenny and Squiggy trash a hotel room on their way to California and try to blame it on Laverne and Shirley. This leads to the telling of two different versions of what happened that night: one where Lenny and Squiggy are chasing the girls all night, and the other where the girls are feeling feisty and chase the boys around the room.

Directors: Frank Alesia
The Quiz Show
star
8.20
5 votes

#8 - The Quiz Show

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1978

The gang attend "Be Silly For Dollars". Carmine got the tickets & wanted to be a contestant. Shecky the host comes to the audience to select contestants. He first picks Lenny & Squiggy who aren't too interested. Then as he's about to select Carmine, Laverne & Shirley start jumping up & down & he selects them instead. On the game show, Lenny & Squiggy appear first. They answer a hard stumper correctly & model Irma comes out displaying a salami they won. Shecky tempts them with living room furniture, but they decide to take the salami! Laverne & Shirley appear next. They miss the question & have to do a silly stunt. They had two minutes to dress each other blindfoldedly which they succussfully do. Irma tells them they won a trip to Appliance Street! Shecky tells them they could either take the oven or appliance potpourri. After squabbling & arguing, the lucky buzzer sounds! Shecky invites them back next week. At home, Laverne's father wants them to wear some silly clothing pr

Directors: Howard Storm
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Separate Tables
star
8.00
1 votes

#9 - Separate Tables

Season 5 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/13/1980

Shirley is building a lollipop stick model of her dream house. Laverne walks in wanting to go to the movies, but Shirley just wants to build her house in peace. Laverne starts to muscle in on Shirley's model and Shirley tells Laverne to go to see the movie on her own. Laverne doesn't want to and this prompts Shirley to ask Laverne is she's afraid to go on her own. Laverne says she's not afraid of nothing, and storms out. later she comes back and tells Shirley how good the movie was. Shirley thinking she went on her own, congratulates Laverne, Mrs. Kolchek walks in and it turns out that Laverne dragged the old woman from her bed to go to the movie with her rather than go on her own. Shirley tells Laverne she has a problem, and that she's probably very insecure. Laverne realizes Shirley is right, so Shirley books them both a table at a new Chinese restaurant where they'll both be eating at separate tables to try to cure Laverne of her monophobia. The next day we see Shirley being seated

Directors: Frank Alesia
The Diner
star
8.00
31 votes

#10 - The Diner

Season 5 - Episode 25 - Aired 5/6/1980

Lenny inherits a greasy spoon diner called 'Laslo's Place', they immediately rename it "Dead Laslo's Place". Because Laverne and Shirley are desperate for work, they get hired to cook and waitress the diner. The girls get run off their feet and Shirley ends up running out of the diner screaming in frustration. Frank offers to buy the restaurant from Lenny, which he does, so now Frank has 2 restaurants.

Directors: Linda McMurray
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The Duke of Squigman
star
8.00
3 votes

#11 - The Duke of Squigman

Season 5 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/25/1980

Squiggy sleepwalks thinking he is a rich duke.

Directors: Penny Marshall
Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)
star
8.00
3 votes

#12 - Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)

Season 5 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/4/1980

Laverne and Shirley try to find out who the murderer is.

Directors: Joel Zwick
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The Wedding
star
8.00
3 votes

#13 - The Wedding

Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/1/1979

Edna accepts a marriage proposal from Frank, who waited to the last minute to ask her. Laverne and Shirley end up singing at their wedding in an all-black gospel choir.

Directors: Joel Zwick
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There's a Spy in My Beer
star
8.00
5 votes

#14 - There's a Spy in My Beer

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/8/1979

No one believes Laverne saw an industrial spy in the brewery. So she takes it upon herself to prove everyone wrong. She drags Shirley back to the brewery late that evening and they lie in wait for the spy. Both girls after arguing with each other end up soaking wet in a huge vat of beer. When the spy appears the girls confront him. Moments later, the security guard comes in and the girls try to convince the guard about the spy. The spy spins a tale to the guard who is now unconvinced so Laverne pulls of his trousers revealling the stolen microfilm in his sock suspenders.

Directors: Joel Zwick
The Festival (1)
star
8.00
3 votes

#15 - The Festival (1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/5/1978

The girls go to New York to visit all of Laverne's relatives and to attend the Italian festival. Laverne's Grandmother, Frank's mother takes a liking to Squiggy and treats him like a son.

Directors: Alan Myerson
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The Horse Show
star
8.00
3 votes

#16 - The Horse Show

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1978

Shirley rescues a horse from a glue factory and put it in her bedroom. The girls try to find a new home for Buttercup before she's turned into glue. In the end it's Lenny and Squiggy who save the day by finding a farm with a nice pasture who's willing to let the horse live out the remainder of its days in contentment.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Judy Ervin
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Good Time Girls
star
7.89
9 votes

#17 - Good Time Girls

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/30/1976

The girls get plenty of offers for dates after Icky Hector puts their names and phone number on several men's room walls.

Directors: James Burrows
Writer: Laura Levine
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The Society Party
star
7.84
82 votes

#18 - The Society Party

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/27/1976

Shotz brewery bottle-cappers and best friends, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, are invited by the boss' nephew, Tad Shotz, to the Shotz formal society party. Shirley is excited about going while Laverne finds it insulting.

Directors: Garry Marshall
Writer: Bob Brunner
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Supermarket Sweep
star
7.80
5 votes

#19 - Supermarket Sweep

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1979

Laverne wins three minutes of free shopping and everyne want something. Everybody wants something all right: Lenny and Squiggy are constantly telling them to get Bosco, Carmine is out taking orders from the neighborhood. When the day comes, due to the girls' greed all they end up with is one measly item each.

Directors: Joel Zwick
Writer: Ron Leavitt
Dating Slump
star
7.80
44 votes

#20 - Dating Slump

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/30/1976

Shirley becomes reclusive and refuses to date after learning that Carmine has a new girlfriend, which drives Laverne crazy.

Directors: Alan Myerson
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The Second (Almost) Annual Shotz Talent Show
star
7.75
4 votes

#21 - The Second (Almost) Annual Shotz Talent Show

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1978

Mr. Shotz wants the girls to find a spot in the talent show for his no-talent nephew.

Directors: Alan Rafkin
Bachelor Mothers
star
7.73
11 votes

#22 - Bachelor Mothers

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/1976

Since the girls have no dates that night, they agree to babysit Fonzie's godson. When they get a call for a big date only one of them can go, the other has to stay home and watch the baby. Laverne gets to go but when the date gets cancelled, Shirley has to stop Laverne from getting on a bus and going to Chicago to meet her date. Shirley asks Lenny and Squiggy to watch the baby while she goes to get Laverne. When the girls return to the apartment they find Lenny and Squiggy there but the baby is gone. Lenny and Squiggy gave it back to a guy who claimed to be it's father, the girls go berserk thinking all manners of horrible things has happened only to find out in the end it was indeed the father that they gave the baby to.

Directors: Howard Storm
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Oh, Hear the Angels' Voices (a.k.a. Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch)
star
7.69
13 votes

#23 - Oh, Hear the Angels' Voices (a.k.a. Christmas Eve at the Booby Hatch)

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/1976

Carmine calls the gang together at the Pizzabowl and asks them all if they're willing to help him put on a Christmas show for the local hospital. Carmine and none of the others know that it's a mental hospital. When they get there they're greeted by one of the patients pretending to be a doctor. The real doctor enters and tells the group that it is a mental hospital. Shirley immediately becomes anxious as her parents always used to threaten her when she was a little girl that she would be placed in such a place along with her dotty aunt. The shows starts with Edna doing a song and playing a small guitar, followed by Carmine singing "Jingle Bell Rock" and tap dancing, then Lenny and Squiggy sing "The Jolliest Fat Man" and finished off with Laverne and Shirley baton twirling and singing. The show ends on a warm note getting the message to the viewer that they shouldn't forget the poor people who are on their own at Christmas.

Directors: Howard Storm
Laverne & Shirley Go to Night School
star
7.67
3 votes

#24 - Laverne & Shirley Go to Night School

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1978

Shirley wants to become a medical assistant, and wants reluctant Laverne to go to night school with her.

Directors: Lowell Ganz
Writer: Marc Sotkin
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Laverne's Broken Leg
star
7.67
3 votes

#25 - Laverne's Broken Leg

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/12/1981

After she has to miss a party because of her broken leg, Laverne sits at home alone and falls asleep while watching It's A Wonderful Life on TV. She then dreams what life would be like for her friends and her family if she had never been born.

Directors: Ray DeVally, Jr.