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The Best Episodes of Happy Days Season 11

Every episode of Happy Days Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Happy Days Season 11!

In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Season 11 Ratings Summary

"Because It's There" is the best rated episode of "Happy Days" season 11. It scored 6/10 based on 85 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by N/A, it aired on 9/27/1983. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi".

  • Because It's There
    6.0/1085 votes

    #1 - Because It's There

    Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1983

    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.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi
    6.1/1078 votes

    #2 - The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi

    Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1983

    New events in Joanie's life cause Chachi to resent her for not having enough time for him. Each has their own solution: Joanie wants to break up, and Chachi wants to get married.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Where the Guys Are
    6.5/1090 votes

    #3 - Where the Guys Are

    Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1983

    In an attempt to help Fonzie move on after his break-up with Ashley, Potsie, Chachi, and Roger take him on a retreat to a singles resort. However, to get him to go, they tell him they're going to a sporting camp. When they arrive at the lake, Fonzie discovers what the resort is all about and says he's going to leave. He ends up staying which puts a damper on the rest of the guys' fun.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Neil Thompson, Nancy Steen

  • Welcome Home  (1)
    7.4/10111 votes

    #4 - Welcome Home (1)

    Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1983

    Richie (with Lori Beth and Richie Jr.) and Ralph return from the army. Howard is able to get Richie an interview with The Milwaukee Journal, but Richie doesn't appear to be interested.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Welcome Home  (2)
    7.4/1099 votes

    #5 - Welcome Home (2)

    Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1983

    Still upset about having given up on his dream as a screenwriter and having to pretend to be happy all of the time, Richie takes out his frustrations on everyone around him - including punching Fonzie in a bar.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Glove Story
    5.7/1085 votes

    #6 - Glove Story

    Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1983

    After being nothing more than a coatrack for Fonzie's scarf during a rumble, Chachi enters the city boxing championship tournament to earn his respect. Fonzie is elated when Chachi wins his first fight.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Rich Correll

  • Vocational Education
    6.6/1092 votes

    #7 - Vocational Education

    Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1983

    Roger is the new principal of the tough George S. Patton Vocational High School. He thinks he can handle the students there but is sorely mistaken.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Arthur, Arthur
    6.2/1087 votes

    #8 - Arthur, Arthur

    Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 12/6/1983

    Fonzie's long-lost brother from San Francisco, whom Fonzie didn't know existed, tracks Fonzie down in Milwaukee. Fonzie is, initially, happy to have a brother but soon comes to hate him.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Craig Heller

  • You Get What You Pay For
    5.8/1085 votes

    #9 - You Get What You Pay For

    Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 12/13/1983

    Howard decides that it is necessary to build a second bathroom after he's forced to shave at the dining room table. To save money, he decides to allow Fonzie's students to build the room. Howard doesn't realize that the room will take all semester to complete, and this hurts his plan to make a killing in whisper-quiet toilets. He fires Fonzie and the students and says he'll finish the bathroom himself.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Kiss Me, Teach
    6.4/1091 votes

    #10 - Kiss Me, Teach

    Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/1984

    Joanie accepts an assistant teaching position at Patton High and immediately encounters trouble when a student has a crush on her.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The People vs. The Fonz
    6.6/1085 votes

    #11 - The People vs. The Fonz

    Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 1/17/1984

    Fonzie is accused of hitting a trouble-making student but refuses to testify at a school-board hearing. By not doing so, he runs the risk of being ruled against and getting fired.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Like Mother, Like Daughter
    5.9/1085 votes

    #12 - Like Mother, Like Daughter

    Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 1/24/1984

    Howard is jealous and upset when Marion's high-school boyfriend, Frederick, comes to visit. He becomes enraged when Frederick takes Joanie out on a date.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Social Studies
    5.7/1078 votes

    #13 - Social Studies

    Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 1/31/1984

    Chachi is hesitant about asking girls out for fear that he will be rejected. Fonzie tells Chachi that girls will ask him out because he has the Fonzarelli power.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Spirit Is Willing
    7.0/1096 votes

    #14 - The Spirit Is Willing

    Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 4/24/1984

    Fonzie meets a beautiful woman, Nancy Haley, at his garage while listening to the radio in a beat-up 1955 Chevy. He takes the woman home, but when he goes back to return her purse, an older woman tells him that the Haleys moved out ten years ago when their daughter was killed in an automobile accident.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Fonzie Moves Out
    6.2/1086 votes

    #15 - Fonzie Moves Out

    Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 5/1/1984

    Howard is offered the vice-presidential position at a large hardware-store chain and considers taking it and moving to New York. Despite nothing being final and Fonzie feeling as though the Cunninghams are pushing him to leave, he decides to immediately move out of his apartment.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Passages  (1)
    7.2/1092 votes

    #16 - Passages (1)

    Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 5/8/1984

    After realizing they're dating people that look like each other, Joanie and Chachi decide to meet in order to explore the option of getting back together. Meanwhile, Fonzie wants to adopt an orphaned boy to whom he's been a Big Brother.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Neil Thompson, Nancy Steen

  • Passages  (2)
    7.7/10124 votes

    #17 - Passages (2)

    Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 5/8/1984

    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.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • So How Was Your Weekend?
    6.1/1083 votes

    #18 - So How Was Your Weekend?

    Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 6/28/1984

    Marion and Joanie take a trip to Mother Kelp's to help her move. From the time they arrive, Mother Kelp does nothing but critcize Marion. Meanwhile, Howard, Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger spend the weekend playing poker.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Low Notes
    5.7/1082 votes

    #19 - Low Notes

    Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 7/5/1984

    After having to borrow money from Marion and being hassled by Fonzie about being a bum, Chachi takes a job as a dance instructor. Meanwhile, Howard takes away Potsie's salary after he sells power drills for $13.05 less than cost.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • School Dazed
    6.1/1089 votes

    #20 - School Dazed

    Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 7/12/1984

    Joanie brings home one of her students in an attempt to help her with her drug problem. The student promises Joanie that she'll make changes in her life, but she immediately takes several pills after everyone has gone to bed.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Good News, Bad News
    5.7/1082 votes

    #21 - Good News, Bad News

    Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 7/19/1984

    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.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Fonzie's Spots
    6.9/10106 votes

    #22 - Fonzie's Spots

    Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 9/24/1984

    With the recent death of a fellow Leopard Lodge member, Howard fears that he may be ousted as Grand Poohbah for not attracting any new members other than Potsie during his five-year reign. He gets Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger to join as pledges, and they have to follow the orders of Potsie during their initiation.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A