The BEST episodes written by Michael Warren

Beauty Contest
star
8.07
82 votes

#1 - Beauty Contest

Happy Days - Season 3 - Episode 20

Richie, Potsie, and Ralph stage a beauty contest at Arnold's in order to meet girls. They plan to enter a plant into the contest who won't accept the prizes when chosen as the winner. Richie is uneasy about this but reconsiders when a cheerleader he's interested in enters.

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Ladies and Germs
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7.76
45 votes

#2 - Ladies and Germs

Perfect Strangers - Season 2 - Episode 4

Larry has a date with a beauty queen but after going to the hospital to visit Mr. Twinkacetti (who has broken his leg), he catches a cold and when Balki tries to cure him with a secret Myposian cure, he ends up sleeping for three days.

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Motorcycle
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7.73
126 votes

#3 - Motorcycle

Happy Days - Season 3 - Episode 2

Fonzie finds his his bike in pieces, and the search is on to find out who did it.

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Piano Movers
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7.64
22 votes

#4 - Piano Movers

Perfect Strangers - Season 4 - Episode 4

When Lydia wants her piano moved up ten flights of stairs so she can sing for a record producer she is dating, Balki volunteers himself and Larry but Larry's bad back may be a strain on this whole thing.

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Car Wars
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7.56
16 votes

#5 - Car Wars

Perfect Strangers - Season 4 - Episode 18

Balki finally has enough money to buy a car and thinks it will be fun. But Larry insists on using his father's ""used car rating system"" to buy him one and ends up buying him a lemon.

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Black and White Blues
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7.55
11 votes

#6 - Black and White Blues

What's Happening!! - Season 2 - Episode 13

To watch a football game, the guys "borrow" the church raffle's grand prize, a new color TV set.

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Pilot
star
7.54
216 votes

#7 - Pilot

Step by Step - Season 1 - Episode 1

During their vacations in Jamaica, contractor Frank Lambert and widowed beautician Carol Foster get married. When they return to their hometown, Port Washington, Wisconsin, they need to slowly introduce their very different children. Their plan is to make the children think they are dating but Frank accidentally tells the truth (that they are married) and there is nothing to hide so eventually the Lamberts move to the Foster's house. Later, as a sign of ""step-maternal"" love, Carol believes Al is having a pain that is hurting her (something Frank never believed) and she takes her to the hospital; the pain results to be a appendix and they remove it.

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Bye Bye Biki
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7.52
21 votes

#8 - Bye Bye Biki

Perfect Strangers - Season 3 - Episode 18

Balki is excited because his 106 year old grandmother Biki is coming to America to see him but when she switched planes in New York, she died at the airport and Balki has a hard time accepting it and pretends to be happy.

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The Mama Who Came to Dinner
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7.48
523 votes

#9 - The Mama Who Came to Dinner

Family Matters - Season 1 - Episode 1

Mother Winslow moves in and immediately begins to usurp Carl's authority. Eddie wants to go out with his friends, but he has a strict curfew that complicates things with Carl.

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Falling in Love is...
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7.46
68 votes

#10 - Falling in Love is...

Perfect Strangers - Season 2 - Episode 7

Balki falls in love with a girl at night school and who makes a play for Larry and constantly breaks dates with him. Balki refuses to believe that she is just using him to get good grades.

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Picture This
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7.32
109 votes

#11 - Picture This

Perfect Strangers - Season 1 - Episode 2

Larry tries to kickstart his career and gets tipped off that Dolly Parton is in town committing adultery. So he decides to follow her until he can get a picture to sell to newspapers. Meanwhile, Balki will do a favor for anyone who will ask for it so Larry teaches him to say ""no"" once in a while but it backfires on him.

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Hello, Mrs. Arcola
star
7.29
13 votes

#12 - Hello, Mrs. Arcola

Happy Days - Season 8 - Episode 14

Because she's never been to his house or met his mother, Joanie thinks that Chachi is ashamed of her. Fonzie invites the Cunninghams over to the Arcola's for dinner on Chachi's behalf. Fonzie surmizes that Chachi is embarrassed of his mother and uncle and of the fact that they're poor.

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Hello, Elaine
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7.26
27 votes

#13 - Hello, Elaine

Perfect Strangers - Season 2 - Episode 22

When Larry's sister Elaine stops by for a visit, Larry is appalled when she tells him that she's going to New York to become a pianist instead of college.

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The Horn Blows at Midnight
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7.25
24 votes

#14 - The Horn Blows at Midnight

Perfect Strangers - Season 3 - Episode 7

When a famous psychic visits the Chronicle, She goes into a trance and predicts that a bog storm will come and Larry will die at midnight after sitting on a sheep and eating a golden ring. Larry thinks that it is just superstition until a storm comes out of nowhere.

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Check This
star
7.24
82 votes

#15 - Check This

Perfect Strangers - Season 1 - Episode 5

Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything about banking when he overspends with his checks and buys Larry new furniture. Meanwhile, Twinkacetti is going to a poker game and his wife, Edwina doesn't like him gambling. So he asks Larry to tell his wife that they were at a basketball game but Larry refuses to.

Short Story
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7.21
257 votes

#16 - Short Story

Family Matters - Season 1 - Episode 3

Rachel writes a short story with characters that seem all too familiar; Carl becomes obsessed with the family's out of proportion water bill.

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College Bound
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7.20
20 votes

#17 - College Bound

Perfect Strangers - Season 4 - Episode 8

Larry prepares a surprise party for Balki who is taking his college entrance exams. While they are waiting for him to return, they talk about some things they've been through together such as when they first met, the first day at the Chronicle, when they tried to fix Jennifer and Mary Anne's shower, etc. Larry thinks that he has helped Balki come along way but it seems that Balki has been helping him more.

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One Flew Over Milwaukee
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7.20
46 votes

#18 - One Flew Over Milwaukee

Laverne & Shirley - Season 1 - Episode 8

Shirley drives everyone she knows crazy when she loses her pet canary.

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Laura's First Date
star
7.17
212 votes

#19 - Laura's First Date

Family Matters - Season 1 - Episode 12

Laura wants to go to an upcoming dance with a good-looking boy. Carl and Eddie try to find Laura a date. Carl asks Steve Urkel to take Laura to the dance, while Eddie asks one of his friends to take her out. When Laura finds out what happened, she is humiliated.

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Hello, Tough Guy
star
7.00
12 votes

#20 - Hello, Tough Guy

Happy Days - Season 9 - Episode 11

Dateless for an upcomming concert, Jenny is set up with Eugene Belvin by Joanie and Chachi. They, along with Fonzie, try to make Eugene appeal to Jenny by making him seem more manly.

A Woman Not Under the Influence
star
7.00
12 votes

#21 - A Woman Not Under the Influence

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 1

It's love at first sight for Fonzie when he sees a woman in a store as they pass each other on the escalator. Potsie happens to know who she is (Ashley Pfister), and Fonzie vows to find her and make her his.

Passages (2)
star
7.00
12 votes

#22 - Passages (2)

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 17

Fonzie's adoption request is reconsidered after a stern talk by Howard to the adoptions administrator. Meanwhile, Joanie and Chachi continue to prepare for their wedding.

Fonzie's Baptism
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6.96
52 votes

#23 - Fonzie's Baptism

Happy Days - Season 4 - Episode 24

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.

Angels of Mercy
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6.92
12 votes

#24 - Angels of Mercy

Laverne & Shirley - Season 2 - Episode 2

Laverne & Shirley become hospital volunteers.

Chachi's Future
star
6.87
15 votes

#25 - Chachi's Future

Happy Days - Season 9 - Episode 20

After a day of fishing with Howard, Chachi gets to thinking about his future when he realizes that being a success in the music business is a long shot. He leaves the house determined not to come back until he finds a career that would be sufficient to support Joanie should they get married one day. He tries his luck at being a salesman.

Fonzie Loves Pinky (2)
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6.83
18 votes

#26 - Fonzie Loves Pinky (2)

Happy Days - Season 4 - Episode 2

Fonzie assesses the damage to Pinky's car, and Richie asks Howard to delay the start of the demolition derby.

A Nun's Story
star
6.69
51 votes

#27 - A Nun's Story

Laverne & Shirley - Season 1 - Episode 4

While Laverne & Shirley await their yearly high school reunion, they reminisce about their old crazy friend, Anne-Marie, who shows up at the reunion a nun.

Hello, Pfisters
star
6.56
9 votes

#28 - Hello, Pfisters

Happy Days - Season 10 - Episode 12

Ashley receives an invitation to her estranged parents' wedding anniversary party. She doesn't want to go, but Fonzie insists.

Because It's There
star
6.54
12 votes

#29 - Because It's There

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 1

Fonzie finds a note he wrote as a child containing a list of things to accomplish in the next twenty years. On the list is one goal he hasn't yet accomplished: climb Suicide Hill on a motorcycle. The problem is that he's already tried it and failed.

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The Sit-In
star
6.50
6 votes

#30 - The Sit-In

Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1 - Episode 15

The Sweathogs, diverged from a food-fight, hold a sit-in to protest the school cafetieria's Wednesday liver.

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Hello, Roger
star
6.45
11 votes

#31 - Hello, Roger

Happy Days - Season 8 - Episode 4

Roger Phillips, Marion's nephew, comes to Milwaukee to become an English teacher and the basketball coach at Jefferson High School. He gets off on the wrong foot with Fonzie after he inadvertently empties his locker, insults him, and crashes into his motorcycle.

Graduation (2)
star
6.35
78 votes

#32 - Graduation (2)

Happy Days - Season 4 - Episode 18

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.

Good News, Bad News
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5.80
10 votes

#33 - Good News, Bad News

Happy Days - Season 11 - Episode 21

After his single makes it onto the record charts, Chachi is invited to go on tour with the Beach Boys as one of their opening acts. However, he quits the tour after learning he has diabetes.