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The Best Episodes of Laverne & Shirley

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The Best Episodes of Laverne & Shirley

Best friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up...

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  1. Background image for The Bardwell Caper (1)
    8.9/10(96 votes)

    #1 - The Bardwell Caper (1)

    S6:E15

    Disappointed after not receiving the customary tri-monthly $5.00 raise, Laverne and Shirley write a nasty letter to their boss. At the end of the day, it is revealed that they DID get a raise, after all, but also that the nasty letter is sitting, unopened, on the boss's desk - waiting to be read the next morning. Desperate to save their jobs, Laverne and Shirley go home and try to hatch a plan to get that letter back, before morning.

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    8.8/10(114 votes)

    #2 - The Quiz Show

    S4:E5

    The gang attend ""Be Silly For Dollars"". Carmine got the tickets & wanted to be a contestant. Shecky the host comes to the audience to select contestants. He first picks Lenny & Squiggy who aren't too interested. Then as he's about to select Carmine, Laverne & Shirley start jumping up & down & he selects them instead. On the game show, Lenny & Squiggy appear first. They answer a hard stumper correctly & model Irma comes out displaying a salami they won. Shecky tempts them with living room furniture, but they decide to take the salami! Laverne & Shirley appear next. They miss the question & have to do a silly stunt. They had two minutes to dress each other blindfoldedly which they succussfully do. Irma tells them they won a trip to Appliance Street! Shecky tells them they could either take the oven or appliance potpourri. After squabbling & arguing, the lucky buzzer sounds! Shecky invites them back next week. At home, Laverne's father wants them to wear some silly clothing pr

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    8.8/10(96 votes)

    #3 - The Bardwell Caper (2)

    S6:E16

    The girls recruit Lenny, Squiggy, and Carmine to help them pull off this mission. Lenny and Squiggy will drive the getaway car, and act as lookouts, while Carmine, Laverne, and Shirley will sneak through the air vents, and make their way into the boss's office. They will carefully maneuver around the alarm system, retrieve the letter, and be on their way. No one shall be the wiser. Of course, when they try to put the plan into action, our heroes run into some obstacles along the way, and quickly realize that this isn't going to be as easy as they thought.

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    8.6/10(116 votes)

    #4 - Good Time Girls

    S2:E8

    The girls get plenty of offers for dates after Icky Hector puts their names and phone number on several men's room walls.

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    8.6/10(112 votes)

    #5 - Hi, Neighbor Book 2

    S2:E19

    Laverne & Shirley come to the rescue when Lenny and Squiggy get stood up.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Playing the Roxy
    8.6/10(110 votes)

    #6 - Playing the Roxy

    S4:E3

    Laverne comes out the bedroom wearing only her slip and reading a magazine about a stripper named Roxy's adentures. It turns out that Shirley has read the article and when Laverne is about to go outside to collect the mail, Shirley gives Laverne a telling off for wearing only her slip outside. So she goes to collect the mail. Lenny and Squiggy appear wearing their new lodge hats, The Order Of The Bass, and then tell Laverne that Shirley is taking a nap outstide at the bottom of the stairs. Shirley has fallen and hit her head and now thinks she is Roxy from the magazine. She then shows a complete change in her persoanlity as she practices bumps and grinds. Carmine thinks he'll have more luck with Roxy and chats her up just as Laverne tells him to leave. Later when Shirley/Roxy is all alone, Lenny and Squiggy arrive and try to get Roxy to strip. She says she will if it's at a mens club and she gets paid, so they arrange for her to strip at their lodge's big party. Laverne comes home late

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    Director:Joel Zwick
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  8. Background image for Dinner for Four
    8.6/10(103 votes)

    #7 - Dinner for Four

    S4:E12

    The girls meet two guys in Frank's Pizzabowl. When they get chatting, the girls think that the guys are inviting them for dinner at their posh flat, but in reality all the guys want is to hire them to be maids for the evening to them and their posh girlfriends.

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    Director:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Supermarket Sweep
    8.6/10(116 votes)

    #8 - Supermarket Sweep

    S4:E17

    Laverne wins three minutes of free shopping and everyne want something. Everybody wants something all right: Lenny and Squiggy are constantly telling them to get Bosco, Carmine is out taking orders from the neighborhood. When the day comes, due to the girls' greed all they end up with is one measly item each.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
  10. Background image for Squiggy in Love
    8.6/10(100 votes)

    #9 - Squiggy in Love

    S4:E20

    Laverne and Shirley try to help Squiggy by pointing out to him that his latest great looking girlfriend is just using him to help move into and decorate her flat. When they finally confront Squiggy with the news, he tells them he knows he's being used but what chance does a guy like him have with a beautiful girl like that. Of course he does the right thing thanks to his friends and tells the golddigger to get lost.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Helmut Weekend
    8.6/10(96 votes)

    #10 - Helmut Weekend

    S7:E18

    Squiggy's long lost father suddenly shows up and wants to spend time with his son.

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    Director:Tom Trbovich
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Haunted House
    8.5/10(124 votes)

    #11 - Haunted House

    S2:E21

    The girls want new furniture and go looking for a used couch, in a haunted house. Lenny and Squiggy go with Laverne and Shirley to the haunted house to help them remove a couch if they buy one. Of course, the cast start to disappear one by one until there's only the girls left, they can't get out. In the end discover that it is the owners of the house who are trying to scare people away so they don't have to move. Shirley discovers that Abe Lincoln once slept in the house and suggests they have the house marked as a piece of history which saves the building.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian
    8.5/10(131 votes)

    #12 - Laverne and Shirley Meet Fabian

    S3:E8

    Fabian's concert is sold out, but the girls still want to see him. The girls bet Rosie that they can not only meet Fabian but that they will have their pictures taken with him. Rosie agrees to the bet, and says that if she should lose she'll clean the girls flat with her toothbrush. Needless to say, Rosie is soon scrubbing the floors, toothbrush and all.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Shirley's Operation
    8.5/10(111 votes)

    #13 - Shirley's Operation

    S3:E10

    The gang is rehearsing the play ""Alice In Wonderland"" so they're all in costume: Shirley is Alice, Laverne is the Mad Hatter, Lenny and Squiggy are Tweedle-dum and Tweedle-dee. Shirley faints on the couch and is taken to hospital where it is discovered that her appendix is about to burst. Fearful that she is going to lose her hair for the operation, Shirley hides while everyone else tries to find her before her appendix bursts.

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  15. Background image for Lenny's Crush
    8.5/10(97 votes)

    #14 - Lenny's Crush

    S4:E18

    Lenny falls in love with Laverne after misunderstanding what she told him.

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    Director:Carl Gottlieb
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for The Tenants Are Revolting
    8.5/10(96 votes)

    #15 - The Tenants Are Revolting

    S4:E22

    The girls believe they are doing a good deed by calling in a building inspector to make repairs, until Mrs. Babish is given a deadline to fix it or pay a fine.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for Guinea Pigs
    8.4/10(140 votes)

    #16 - Guinea Pigs

    S2:E14

    The girls become guinea pigs in order to raise money to go to a cocktail party. Laverne is allowed to sleep for a few minutes at a time, and Shirley has to eat dirt.

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    Director:James Burrows
  18. Background image for Call Me a Taxi
    8.4/10(121 votes)

    #17 - Call Me a Taxi

    S2:E15

    The girls take jobs as taxi dancers when they get laid off.

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    Director:Alan Myerson
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Steppin' Out
    8.4/10(118 votes)

    #18 - Steppin' Out

    S2:E16

    The girls have big dates now if only they can get themselves together in time.

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    Director:Dennis Klein
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for New Years Eve 1959
    8.4/10(113 votes)

    #19 - New Years Eve 1959

    S3:E12

    It is New Years Eve and Laverne is dumped by her date and Shirley has a cold. Squiggy does his human fly stunt as the countdown to the new year, 1960, arrives.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for The Slow Child
    8.4/10(135 votes)

    #20 - The Slow Child

    S3:E15

    When Mrs. Babish's mentally slow daughter, Amy, comes to visit, a moving relationship soon develops between her and Lenny - despite the fact that almost everyone believes Lenny just wants to take advantage of ""the slow child"". But to everyone's amazement, Lenny really comes through as a thoughtful, sensitive and caring person toward Amy.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Driving Test
    8.4/10(106 votes)

    #21 - The Driving Test

    S3:E19

    The show starts with Laverne and Shirley chatting away in the Shotz brewery canteen when Lenny and Squiggy come in. Upon opening their pay checks, Squiggy discovers a letter from Max Shotz himself. He reads it aloud and the gang discovers that Squiggy failed his written driving test and he must retake it this Saturday and pass or lose his truck driver's licence and his job. We next see Laverne and Shirley spring cleaning their flat, Shirley is pouring soapy water on the floor while singing ""Twist Again"" as Laverne with sponges on her feet does the twist to clean the floor. Lenny comes in all upset and asking the girls if they'll help him help Squiggy to pass his test as Squiggy is getting very depressed. The girls reluctantly agree as if they don't, Lenny says he'll have to move in with them as he won't be able to afford the rent on his own. Laverne is asking Squiggy some highway code questions in which his answer is ""Here chicky, chicky, chicky"". After a few minutes of this, Laverne j

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for The Debutante Ball
    8.4/10(113 votes)

    #22 - The Debutante Ball

    S3:E21

    Laverne and Lenny go to a debutantes' ball where Lenny learns he is 89th in line for the Polish throne.

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    Director:Alan Rafkin
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Laverne and Shirley Move In
    8.4/10(102 votes)

    #23 - Laverne and Shirley Move In

    S4:E11

    Shirley recalls how she and Laverne first moved in together.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Playing Hooky
    8.3/10(124 votes)

    #24 - Playing Hooky

    S2:E13

    The girls both call in sick to Shotz and decide to have 'fun' instead. They go to the movies where they see a couple of guys and Laverne waves at them throughout the picture. Later in the children's play park, Shirley goes to get fudgecicles. One of the guys from the movie theater comes over and talk to Shirley, then goes back to his friend. Later, while at their apartment, the guys, who have followed them home invite themselves in. They play a game of charades and one of the guys goes out to buy pink champagne. The other guy offers the girls $100 to buy something for themselves. When they take it, he handcuffs them and arrests them for being ""pros"". His friend comes back to find the girls upset and crying. When he finds out his new rookie partner, who's on his first case, offered the girls money, he tells him that's not allowed because it's entrapment and orders him to free Laverne and Shirley. To try to make it up to them, they offer to take them out to dinner and show them a good

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Lonely at the Middle
    8.3/10(103 votes)

    #25 - Lonely at the Middle

    S2:E22

    Shirley is promoted to supervisor and has the other workers hating her for it.

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    Director:James Burrows

Best Episodes Summary

"The Bardwell Caper (1)" is the best rated episode of "Laverne & Shirley". It scored 8.9/10 based on 96 votes. Directed by Tom Trbovich and written by David Ketchum, it aired on 3/10/1981. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Quiz Show".