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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. 8.9/10(115 votes)

    #1 - Not Quite South of the Border

    S5:E14

    The girls can't wait to go on a vacation to Mexico. Unfortunately when they get there, they find half of their hotel room missing and that they have to share the room with another woman.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  2. 8.9/10(96 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. 8.8/10(113 votes)

    #3 - Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)

    S5:E20

    The girls are riding the Moose Jaw Express when a murder victim enters their compartment.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  4. 8.8/10(103 votes)

    #4 - Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)

    S5:E21

    Laverne and Shirley try to find out who the murderer is.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  5. 8.8/10(96 votes)

    #5 - 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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  6. 8.7/10(88 votes)

    #6 - The Right to Light

    S5:E17

    To protest a false bill, the girls chain themselves insde the gas company building, little knowing that another disgruntled customer has planted a bomb in the building. Because the girls are chained to the wall, they can't get out.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. 8.7/10(128 votes)

    #7 - Why Did the Fireman . . .

    S5:E18

    Laverne falls for a fireman who is always being called to duty. Before he gets a chance to propose to Laverne, he dies in the line of duty saving many lives.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  9. 8.6/10(116 votes)

    #8 - 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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  10. 8.6/10(112 votes)

    #9 - 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
  11. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8.5/10(91 votes)

    #14 - You've Pushed Me Too Far

    S5:E6

    Lenny refuses to have anything to do with Squiggy after he pushes him into a garbage can from their second floor apartment window. Laverne and Shirley get the two friends to make up in Squiggy's uncle's wax works museum.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  16. 8.5/10(89 votes)

    #15 - The Wedding

    S5:E7

    Edna accepts a marriage proposal from Frank, who waited to the last minute to ask her. Laverne and Shirley end up singing at their wedding in an all-black gospel choir.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  17. 8.5/10(93 votes)

    #16 - Take Two, They're Small

    S5:E11

    Lenny and Squiggy fix Laverne and Shirley up with computer dates, who turn out to be midgets.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. 8.5/10(90 votes)

    #17 - Testing, Testing

    S5:E13

    Shotz hires a psychiatrist to evaluate job aptitudes. The gang are all terrified that some deep dark secret, or that all their inadequacies are going to be revealed when they visit the company shrink.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  19. 8.5/10(136 votes)

    #18 - The Diner

    S5:E25

    Lenny inherits a greasy spoon diner called 'Laslo's Place', they immediately rename it ""Dead Laslo's Place"". Because Laverne and Shirley are desperate for work, they get hired to cook and waitress the diner. The girls get run off their feet and Shirley ends up running out of the diner screaming in frustration. Frank offers to buy the restaurant from Lenny, which he does, so now Frank has 2 restaurants.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. 8.4/10(140 votes)

    #19 - 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
  21. 8.4/10(121 votes)

    #20 - 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
  22. 8.4/10(118 votes)

    #21 - 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
  23. 8.4/10(113 votes)

    #22 - 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
  24. 8.4/10(135 votes)

    #23 - 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
  25. 8.4/10(106 votes)

    #24 - 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
  26. 8.4/10(113 votes)

    #25 - 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

Best Episodes Summary

"Not Quite South of the Border" is the best rated episode of "Laverne & Shirley". It scored 8.9/10 based on 115 votes. Directed by Joel Zwick and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/7/1980. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Bardwell Caper (1)".