The BEST episodes of Laverne & Shirley season 6

Every episode of Laverne & Shirley season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Laverne & Shirley season 6!

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: 9/17/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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8.79
34 votes

#1 - 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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8.79
34 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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8.67
3 votes

#3 - 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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8.25
4 votes

#4 - 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
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7.75
4 votes

#5 - The Other Woman

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 1/6/1981

Shirley finally gets to date a Doctor. The trouble is she looks exactly like his old wife.

Directors: Arthur Silver
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7.75
4 votes

#6 - 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.
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7.67
3 votes

#7 - Love Out the Window

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/3/1981

After learning that Laverne fears for his safety, Sonny quits his job as a stuntman and takes a job selling insurance.

Directors: Linda McMurray
Writer: Ruth Bennett
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7.55
11 votes

#8 - Not Quite New York

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/18/1980

After being fired from the brewery, the girls decide to pack up and move out to California. The only way they can afford to get out there is to have Lenny and Squiggy drive them there in an old ice cream truck.

Directors: John Tracy
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7.33
3 votes

#9 - The Dating Game

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/30/1980

Lenny and Squiggy appear in on the television show, The Dating Game.

Directors: Penny Marshall
Writer: Al Aidekman
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7.33
3 votes

#10 - To Tell the Truth

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 2/17/1981

Stuck at home on a rainy night with nothing to do, the gang decides to play a game of truth or dare. Within minutes, everybody ends up arguing with each other.

Writer: Al Aidekman
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7.33
3 votes

#11 - But Seriously Folks

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/3/1981

Carmine's new stand up comedy act is not such a big hit with his friends when he starts to make fun of them in turn.

Directors: Penny Marshall
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7.25
4 votes

#12 - Grand Opening

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 12/9/1980

In order to pay Shirley back some of the money she owes her, Laverne agrees to be the target in Sonny's knife throwing act at Cowboy Bill's grand opening. When Sonny breaks his arm and is unable to do the act, Shirley takes over throwing the knives at Laverne, which makes Laverne extremely nervous since she knows that Shirley is already upset with her.

Writer: Ruth Bennett
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7.25
4 votes

#13 - Child's Play

Season 6 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/26/1981

Because of Squiggy's forgetfulness, Laverne and Shirley must play all the parts in Shirley's play "Murder In Mother Goose Land", which a Broadway producer attends.

Directors: Gary Menteer
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7.25
4 votes

#14 - Sing, Sing, Sing

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/19/1981

Laverne asks Carmine to give her singing lessons so that she can sing for Hoot Night at Cowboy Bill's.

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7.25
4 votes

#15 - High Priced Dates

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/7/1981

The girls turn to Edna for advice when their dates expect "rewards".

Directors: Jack Winter
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7.25
4 votes

#16 - Candy is Dandy

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/16/1980

The girls finally get a job in California in the gift wrapping department at Bardwell's Department Store. On their first day on the job, Laverne gets tipsy after eating candy laced with alcohol.

Directors: John Tracy
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7.20
5 votes

#17 - Studio City

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 12/2/1980

The girls are hired to play stunt women in a Troy Donahue movie.

Directors: John Tracy
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7.20
5 votes

#18 - Out, Out, Damned Plout

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/5/1981

Sgt. Plout goes AWOL and decides to hide out at the girl's apartment.

Directors: Marlena Laird
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7.17
6 votes

#19 - Welcome to Burbank

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/25/1980

The girls are ready to return to Milwaukee after experiencing an earthquake on their first night in California.

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7.00
3 votes

#20 - Born Too Late

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 1/27/1981

Lenny and Squiggy imagine that they are the stars in a whole series of flashback black and white silent movies.

Directors: Alan Myerson
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7.00
4 votes

#21 - Malibu Mansion

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/10/1981

The girls are hired to house sit at the Malibu beachfront mansion of the owner of the Cowboy Bill's chain of restaurants. While he is away for the weekend, the girls throw a beach party which gets gate crashed by a gang of bikers. The girls manage to clean the place up just in time, but the owner's talking pet parrot threatens to spill the beans.

Directors: Frank Alesia
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7.00
4 votes

#22 - Fifth Anniversary

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/14/1981

The girls throw Frank and Edna a fifth wedding anniversary party at their trailer, which has a broken trailer jack.

Directors: Tom Trbovich