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The Best Episodes of Happy Days Season 7

Every episode of Happy Days Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Happy Days Season 7!

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

Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Shotgun Wedding (I)" is the best rated episode of "Happy Days" season 7. It scored 6.4/10 based on 105 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by N/A, it aired on 9/11/1979. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Chachi Sells His Soul".

  • Shotgun Wedding (I)
    6.4/10105 votes

    #1 - Shotgun Wedding (I)

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/11/1979

    The Cunninghams and Fonzie go on vacation to Lake Pinewood. Richie and Fonzie get together with two lonely milkmaids, and, when their father catches them in his barn with his daughters, he says they will have to get married. The crossover continues on Laverne & Shirley S05E01 Shotgun Wedding (II).

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Chachi Sells His Soul
    5.1/10106 votes

    #2 - Chachi Sells His Soul

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/1979

    Wanting to be treated more like an adult, Chachi sells his soul to the devil. In order to get him out of it, Fonzie has to go 24 hours without receiving a kiss from a girl.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Fonz Meets Kat
    6.8/1097 votes

    #3 - Fonz Meets Kat

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/25/1979

    The merchant seamen are in town, and with them is Rico, a sworn enemy of Fonzie. Fonzie is primed to fight, but Father Delvecchio makes him promise not to.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: David Ketchum

  • Marion Goes to Jail
    7.0/1086 votes

    #4 - Marion Goes to Jail

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 10/2/1979

    Marion forgets to set the parking brake in her car, and it rolls down a hill and through the wall at Arnold's. To show Howard that she is a responsible person, she goes to court to take full responsibility for her actions. She phones Fonzie at Arnold's and says she is in jail.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Richie's Job
    6.7/1087 votes

    #5 - Richie's Job

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 10/9/1979

    Wanting to have some money of his own, Richie gets a job loading papers for The Milwaukee Journal. A man named Frank, who works in the same department, doesn't like Richie right from the start.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Richie Falls in Love
    6.5/1092 votes

    #6 - Richie Falls in Love

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1979

    Angry with Lori Beth about her wanting him to wear a Humpty Dumpty costume for a Homecoming parade, Richie goes to a bar to be alone. He meets a young woman there and finds they work in complementary fields. The woman asks Richie to go with her on a trip to Venice, and he accepts.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Fonzie's a Thespian
    6.6/1086 votes

    #7 - Fonzie's a Thespian

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1979

    Marion is a star in a community theatre play, and her director/co-star begins to make unwelcome advances toward her.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Burlesque
    6.6/1094 votes

    #8 - Burlesque

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1979

    Howard puts on a burlesque show for his Leopard Lodge with the hope that it will earn him the honor of being the Grand Poobah. The show is in jeopardy of being halted when the girls hired for the show are snowed-in in Buffalo, New York.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: David Ketchum

  • Joanie Busts Out
    7.4/1095 votes

    #9 - Joanie Busts Out

    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1979

    In a somewhat rebellious move after Howard and Marion won't let her go to Chicago for a concert, Joanie decides to become a model. However, she is unaware that the studio shoots nudes.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • King Richard's Big Night
    7.0/1089 votes

    #10 - King Richard's Big Night

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1979

    Richie is chosen the 1961 Delta Gamma King and acts like a jerk after receiving the honor. However, nobody knows that the reason he acts the way he does is a result of someone slipping a pill into his ginger ale. The next day, everyone is angry with Richie, but he is confused because he doesn't remember anything that happened after being crowned king.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Fonzie Versus the She Devils
    7.3/1097 votes

    #11 - Fonzie Versus the She Devils

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1979

    Unknowingly, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph are invited to a party hosted by the She Devils gang in which the Devil who brings in the biggest nerd wins a $100 prize. After Richie discovers the purpose of the party, he and the guys head for the door. However, several Devils come in carrying a sack containing a guy who jilted the sister of the gang's leader. The guy is Chachi.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mechanic
    6.3/1094 votes

    #12 - The Mechanic

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1979

    A wheelchair-bound man, injured by a drunk driver, answers Fonzie's want advertisement for Bronko's Auto Repairing and is hired. He drives Fonzie crazy and is rude to everyone he comes into contact with.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • They're Closing Inspiration Point
    6.4/1088 votes

    #13 - They're Closing Inspiration Point

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1979

    Milwaukee's East Boulevard Business Association, led by Howard, wants to build an expressway off-ramp through Inspiration Point. Everyone does their best to stop the construction and save Inspiration Point.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Here Comes the Bride Again
    6.8/1087 votes

    #14 - Here Comes the Bride Again

    Season 7 Episode 14 - Aired 12/18/1979

    After initially being reluctant to go through with it, Howard agrees to have a second wedding where he and Marion will renew their vows.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Ah, Wilderness
    6.9/1097 votes

    #15 - Ah, Wilderness

    Season 7 Episode 15 - Aired 1/8/1980

    The guys and their girls go on a camping trip for their Spring vacation. Under Richie's leadership, everything seems to go wrong and nobody has a good time.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Joanie's Dilemma
    6.4/1090 votes

    #16 - Joanie's Dilemma

    Season 7 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1980

    Joanie is unsure about whether or not she wants to go with her boyfriend to The Alamo, a special section of Inspiration Point.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: April Kelly

  • Hot Stuff
    7.5/10103 votes

    #17 - Hot Stuff

    Season 7 Episode 17 - Aired 1/22/1980

    Chachi accidentally sets Arnold's on fire, and Fonzie, Potsie, and Ralph are trapped inside.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The New Arnold's
    7.0/1090 votes

    #18 - The New Arnold's

    Season 7 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1980

    As 50/50 partners, Fonzie and Al are at odds about various aspects of the new Arnold's and threaten to not build it at all.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Hucksters
    6.6/1084 votes

    #19 - The Hucksters

    Season 7 Episode 19 - Aired 2/5/1980

    After hearing from a former employee about the wonders of television advertising, Howard thinks it will help his hardware store. He hires someone to handle the advertisement who guarantees a 40 percent increase in business in exchange for complete control of the project.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Mark Rothman

  • Allison
    7.1/1095 votes

    #20 - Allison

    Season 7 Episode 20 - Aired 2/12/1980

    Fonzie meets a deaf woman at the electric company office where he is attempting to straighten out a billing error for Howard. He gives Richie the indication that this girl may be the one.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: Harriett Weiss

  • Fools Rush In
    7.1/1089 votes

    #21 - Fools Rush In

    Season 7 Episode 21 - Aired 2/26/1980

    Joanie thinks Chachi is losing interest in her, and Chachi thinks Joanie isn't taking him seriously. On the advice of Lori Beth, Joanie invites Chachi over for dinner on a night where she is babysitting Potsie's cousins. Chachi tells Al that he's finally going to make his move with Joanie.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • Father & Son
    6.9/1086 votes

    #22 - Father & Son

    Season 7 Episode 22 - Aired 3/4/1980

    Richie goes to a Leopard Lodge convention with Howard in Chicago despite wanting to go to a Bears game with Potsie and Ralph.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • A Potsie Is Born
    6.9/1087 votes

    #23 - A Potsie Is Born

    Season 7 Episode 23 - Aired 3/11/1980

    Potsie secures an audition as a singer for a local club. The potential success goes to his head, and he treats those around him as inferiors.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: N/A

  • The Roaring Twenties
    6.1/1091 votes

    #24 - The Roaring Twenties

    Season 7 Episode 24 - Aired 3/25/1980

    Howard's Uncle Joe, after reading Richie's report on the 1920s, tells him a story about what really happened during Prohibition.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: David Ketchum

  • Ralph's Family Problem
    6.7/1097 votes

    #25 - Ralph's Family Problem

    Season 7 Episode 25 - Aired 5/6/1980

    Ralph's parents are getting a divorce, and Ralph becomes depressed. Meanwhile, Marion practices for her upcomming role as the witch in a Hansel & Gretel play.

    Director: Jerry Paris

    Writer: David Ketchum