8.7/10 387 votes#1 - Guess Who's Coming to Christmas
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/1974
Howard wants Christmas Eve to only include the family, but Richie discovers that Fonzie will be all alone.
Director: Frank Buxton
Writer: N/A
8.5/10 240 votes#2 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.4/10 176 votes#3 - A Date with Fonzie
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/11/1975
With Richie in a dating slump, Fonzie sets Richie and himself up on a double date with two of his girls, Laverne and Shirley.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Mark Rothman, Lowell Ganz
8.3/10 164 votes#4 - Richie Fights Back
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1975
After being embarrassed at Arnold's by a couple of hoods, Richie wants to take a jujitsu class to learn how to defend and stand up for himself.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.2/10 156 votes#5 - Dance Contest
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/6/1976
Marion, tired of the monotony of everyday house chores, decides to enter a televised dance contest. When Howard won't participate with her, she secretly enlists the help of Fonzie. Arnold unwittingly tells Howard that Marion has been at Arnold's early in the morning with another man, and Howard becomes suspicious.
Director: Norm Gray
Writer: Bob Howard
8.2/10 135 votes#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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 234 votes#7 - Haunted
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1974
After experiencing a few strange happenings, Richie begins to buy into the legend that the place where their Halloween party is to be held, the old Simpson house, is haunted.
Director: Garry Marshall
Writer: David Ketchum, Bruce Shelly
8.1/10 163 votes#8 - Motorcycle
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1975
Fonzie finds his his bike in pieces, and the search is on to find out who did it.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 129 votes#9 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.1/10 122 votes#10 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 194 votes#11 - The Cunningham Caper
Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/1975
An ill Richie is home alone after the rest of the family go to see Cinerama. When he goes to see what is causing noises downstairs, he finds a burglar.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: Michael Weinberger
8.0/10 176 votes#12 - Get a Job
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 2/25/1975
Looking for work, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph agree to fix the fence of an attractive divorcee. When the woman leaves for awhile, Potsie and Ralph decide to take off, as well, leaving Richie to finish the job by himself.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 179 votes#13 - Fish and the Fins
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 3/11/1975
To hide from overzealous fans, a popular rock group (one of the members was Richie's childhood friend) is staying at the Cunningham house, but Richie can't tell anyone that they're there. This poses a problem for Richie because nobody believes he actually knows them.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 144 votes#14 - The Other Richie Cunningham
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1975
Needing to make a good impression for a prospective business deal, Howard asks Richie to take the ""Prince of Porcelain's"" daughter out on a date. Richie, however, already has big plans and asks Potsie to take his place and pretend to be him.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 152 votes#15 - They Call It Potsie Love
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/2/1975
Joanie develops a crush on Potsie after he sings to her at Arnold's.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
8.0/10 154 votes#16 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 197 votes#17 - Richie's Car
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/17/1974
Richie buys a car from Fonzie and finds out that it is stolen.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 186 votes#18 - Wish Upon a Star
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1974
Richie wins a date with a movie star, Cindy Shea, to a school dance, and Gloria breaks up with him because of circumstances surrounding it. Cindy, however, will only be able to meet up with Richie after the dance has started.
Director: Herb Wallerstein
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 143 votes#19 - Three on a Porch
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1975
With nothing to do for the Easter holiday, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph decide to rent a cabin at Lake Whitefish. They pretend to be adult businessmen in order to secure the cabin and get girls.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 138 votes#20 - Arnold's Wedding
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/2/1976
Arnold asks Fonzie to be the best man at his wedding, but Fonzie is resistant to the idea because of the "Fonzarelli curse." Arnold's fiance calls the wedding off when she thinks she'd be holding back Arnold's career.
Director: Frank Buxton
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 126 votes#21 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Jack Winter
7.9/10 125 votes#22 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 127 votes#23 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 123 votes#24 - 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.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
7.8/10 261 votes#25 - Richie's Cup Runneth Over
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/29/1974
Richie and Potsie are invited to Potsie's cousin's stag party. In an attempt to lessen the effects of the alcohol they will consume, they each drink several cartons of milk and a sip of olive oil.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Happy Days
Every episode of Happy Days ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Happy Days!
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Top Episode Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Happy Days" is "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas", rated 8.7/10 from 387 user votes. It was directed by Frank Buxton and written by N/A. "Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" aired on 12/17/1974 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "My Favorite Orkan".