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The Best Episodes of Happy Days Season 2

Every episode of Happy Days Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Happy Days Season 2!

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In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Happy Days Season 2 Episode 11 - Guess Who's Coming to Christmas
    8.7/10(450 votes)

    S2:E11

    Howard wants Christmas Eve to only include the family, but Richie discovers that Fonzie will be all alone.

    Director:Frank Buxton
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 6 - Haunted
    8.2/10(264 votes)

    S2:E6

    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
    Writers:Bruce Shelly, David Ketchum

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  3. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 14 - The Cunningham Caper
    8.0/10(221 votes)

    S2:E14

    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

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  4. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 18 - Get a Job
    8.0/10(209 votes)

    S2:E18

    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:Unknown

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  5. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 20 - Fish and the Fins
    8.0/10(209 votes)

    S2:E20

    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:Unknown

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  6. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 7 - Wish Upon a Star
    7.9/10(211 votes)

    S2:E7

    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:Unknown

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  7. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 2 - Richie's Car
    7.8/10(232 votes)

    S2:E2

    Richie buys a car from Fonzie and finds out that it is stolen.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 3 - Who's Sorry Now?
    7.8/10(192 votes)

    S2:E3

    Richie's old girlfriend comes back to Milwaukee and wants to go steady with him.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 8 - Not with My Sister, You Don't
    7.8/10(211 votes)

    S2:E8

    Spike, Fonzie's little cousin, takes Joanie out on her first date. Richie and his date act as Joanie and Spike's chaperones and discover them missing at the movie theater.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 12 - Open House
    7.8/10(208 votes)

    S2:E12

    Richie and Potsie plan to host a poker night at the Cunningham house as Howard and Marion will be out of town. However, their plans change when three young women stop by after their car breaks down, and Potsie invites them to stay the night.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 22 - Kiss Me Sickly
    7.8/10(195 votes)

    S2:E22

    Fonzie asks Richie to watch after his girl, Denise, while he's out of town at a demolition derby. Denise, upon hearing what Fonzie's asked Richie to do, decides to test Richie's trustworthiness. Richie succumbs to temptation and makes out with Denise at Inspiriation Point, but he later finds out that she has mononucleosis.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 9 - Big Money
    7.7/10(183 votes)

    S2:E9

    As a game-show contestant, Richie wins $3200 before time runs out for that week's show. After the show, he is given an envelope by the show's host that contains the answer to the $5000 question.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 13 - Fonzie's Getting Married
    7.7/10(198 votes)

    S2:E13

    Fonzie announces that he's getting married and brings his bride-to-be to the Cunningham house for dinner. There, Howard recognizes her as stripper he saw at a hardware convention in Chicago.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writers:Mark Rothman, Lowell Ganz

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  14. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 17 - The Howdy Doody Show
    7.7/10(185 votes)

    S2:E17

    Facing a deadline for the school paper, Richie tries to get a photo of Clarabell the clown, from The Howdy Doody Show, without makeup. To get on the set, Richie plans to get Ralph to enter a Howdy Doody look-alike contest the show is conducting.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 1 - Richie Moves Out
    7.5/10(251 votes)

    S2:E1

    Richie feels that he doesn't have enough privacy, so he decides to move in with Chuck. He quickly discovers, though, that bachelor life isn't quite what he expected it to be.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 10 - A Star Is Bored
    7.5/10(185 votes)

    S2:E10

    Richie, Potsie, and Ralph need new uniforms for their baseball team and want to get a big celebrity to play the title role in their upcomming fundraiser production of Hamlet. When they can't get a big name to play the part, Fonzie agrees to do it.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 15 - The Not Making of the President
    7.5/10(203 votes)

    S2:E15

    Richie goes against Howard and, to get a girl, campaigns for Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 Presidential race.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Lloyd Garver

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  18. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 16 - Cruisin'
    7.5/10(213 votes)

    S2:E16

    Richie, Postie, and Ralph are forced to go cruising for girls in Howard's DeSoto after Marion dents Richie's car at the supermarket. They find three girls but, later, find their boyfriends who are members of a gang called the Dragons.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 19 - Fonzie Joins the Band
    7.5/10(182 votes)

    S2:E19

    Howard secures a gig for Richie, Potsie, Ralph, and Bag to play at the Leopard Lodge dance. Fonzie is able to get the guys tuxedos, but, in return, he joins them as a member of the band. When Fonzie plays a loud bongo solo during a slow dance, Richie is chosen to give him the news that he's out of the band.

    Director:Frank Buxton
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 4 - You Go to My Head
    7.3/10(201 votes)

    S2:E4

    Richie reads a book about abnormal psychology and begins to think that there's something wrong with him.

    Director:Jerry London
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 23 - Goin' to Chicago
    7.3/10(183 votes)

    S2:E23

    Richie, Potsie, and Ralph go on a trip to Chicago with the school choir. Not wanting to stay in their hotel room all night, they decide to sneak out and see a show.

    Director:George Tyne
    Writer:Frank Buxton

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  22. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 21 - Richie's Flip Side
    7.1/10(187 votes)

    S2:E21

    Richie is forced into being a disc jockey at a local radio station when one there suddenly quits. His boss informs him that he has the potential to become the next Wolfman Jack, and Richie begins to develop an inflated ego and neglect his friends.

    Director:Herb Wallerstein
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Happy Days Season 2 Episode 5 - R.O.T.C.
    6.7/10(193 votes)

    S2:E5

    Richie is named R.O.T.C. squad leader but has trouble controlling his squad. After several warnings to obey his commands, he puts them all on report.

    Director:Jerry Paris
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Guess Who's Coming to Christmas" is the best rated episode of "Happy Days" season 2. It scored 8.7/10 based on 450 votes. Directed by Frank Buxton and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/17/1974. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Haunted".