Happy Days: Season 5

1977 · 26 episodes

What Season 5 of Happy Days

Season 5 kicks off with Fonzie on his way to Hollywood. A talent scout spots him at Arnold's garage and thinks he could be the next James Dean, so the Cunninghams, Potsie and Ralph travel with him for his screen test. Richie becomes his reading buddy, and the studio is more interested in him than in Fonzie. Howard and Marion keep pushing their son to grow up, while Joanie clashes with her father over a tour with Leather. Richie hesitates when it comes to love, his future and what the neighborhood expects of him, and Chachi gets into trouble at high school.

26episodes

Sep 13, 1977premiered

May 30, 1978latest episode

10.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 5 Episodes

5x01 Hollywood (1)
Sep 13, 1977 · 25 min
A Hollywood talent scout, needing a mechanic for his limousine, sees Fonzie at Arnold's and thinks he could be the next James Dean. The Cunninghams, Potsie, and Ralph go to Hollywood with Fonzie for his screen test.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, James Daughton, Talia Balsam, Scott Baio
5x02 Hollywood (2)
Sep 13, 1977 · 25 min
Fonzie takes his screen test with Richie as his reading partner. The director loves Fonzie, but the studio is more impressed with Richie and offers him a contract.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: James Daughton, Talia Balsam, Warren Berlinger
5x03 Hollywood (3)
Sep 20, 1977 · 25 min
Fonzie faces jumping a caged shark on water skis, and Richie decides whether or not he wants to sign the Paramount Pictures contract he was offered.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, James Daughton, Talia Balsam, Scott Baio
5x04 Hard Cover
Sep 27, 1977 · 25 min
Facing a dating slump, Fonzie suggests that Richie go to the library to meet girls. Richie meets Lori Beth Allen at the library who invites him to her dorm room.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Marcia Lewis, Lynda Goodfriend
5x05 My Cousin, the Cheat
Oct 4, 1977 · 25 min
After Chachi is caught by a truant officer, Fonzie and Richie arrange for Joanie to tutor him. He gets caught cheating on a test and, as a result, gets suspended from school and gets in hot water with Fonzie.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Charles Hallahan, Scott Baio
5x06 Fonsillectomy
Oct 25, 1977 · 25 min
Fonzie has to have his tonsils removed and will miss a big Halloween party.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Scott Marshall, Kathleen Marshall, Scott Baio
5x07 The Apartment
Nov 1, 1977 · 25 min
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph get an apartment of their own.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Scott Baio
5x08 Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (1)
Nov 8, 1977 · 25 min
Pinky Tuscadero's younger sister, Leather, comes to Milwaukee looking for a gig. Al gives her and her group a job at Arnold's after a successful audition, but Officer Kirk threatens to shut the place down after learning of Leather's troubled past.
Director: Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Suzi Quatro, Kathy Hilton, Ed Peck
5x09 Fonzie and Leather Tuscadero (2)
Nov 15, 1977 · 25 min
After Howard refuses to let Joanie go on tour with Leather, she follows through with her threat to run away from home.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Suzi Quatro, Hillary Horan
5x10 My Fair Fonzie
Nov 22, 1977 · 25 min
Fonzie is invited to a socialite dinner party, but the people who invite him do so thinking Fonzie will make a fool of himself.
Director: Jerry Paris · Writer: Warren S. Murray · Starring: Al Molinaro, Lynda Goodfriend, Morgan Fairchild, Scott Baio
5x11 Bye Bye Blackball
Nov 29, 1977 · 25 min
Richie, Potsie, and Ralph want to join the best fraternity on campus, but they have to survive Hell Week first.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Judy Landers, Scott Baio
5x12 Requiem for a Malph
Dec 6, 1977 · 25 min
Ralph is caught with the girl of the football team's star fullback, Rebel E. Lee. Instead of a fight, Fonzie arranges a boxing match between Rebel and Ralph to settle their dispute.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, Audrey Landers, Hillary Horan
5x13 Nose for News
Dec 13, 1977 · 25 min
After getting a D on a paper for his investigative reporting class, Richie decides to do a story about the corrupt sanitation department that is forcing Howard to pay a weekly surcharge.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Al Molinaro, H.B. Haggerty, Lynda Goodfriend, Henry Beckman
5x14 Grandpa's Visit
Jan 3, 1978 · 25 min
Howard's father comes for a visit after being forceably retired as a captain of detectives due to his age. Not wanting to sit around, he gets a job at Fonzie's garage. After one day, Fonzie, not having the heart to do it himself, asks Howard to fire his father.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Danny Thomas
5x15 Potsie Gets Pinned
Jan 10, 1978 · 25 min
After one date with Jennifer Jerome, Potsie wants to ask her to marry him. Howard suggests that they get pinned instead, but, after asking her, Potsie suddenly backs out.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend
5x16 Joanie's First Kiss
Jan 17, 1978 · 25 min
Joanie is set to go on her first car date, so Fonzie and Richie show her how to counter any advances her date may make toward her. Joanie says she may not want to counter his advances and would like to experience her first kiss.
Director: Jerry Paris · Starring: Lynda Goodfriend, Cynthia Windham
5x17 Marion's Misgivings
Jan 24, 1978 · 25 min
When Marion's friend is dumped by her husband for a younger woman, Marion begins to think that Howard may do the same to her.
Director: Jerry Paris · Starring: Suzi Quatro, Cynthia Windham
5x18 Richie Almost Dies
Jan 31, 1978 · 25 min
Lori Beth reports that Richie isn't moving after they crash his new motorcycle.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Lynda Goodfriend, Suzi Quatro
5x19 Spunkless Spunky
Feb 7, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie's dog, Spunky, appears depressed and distant. After a visit to the veterinarian, it is determined that Spunky's problem is mental.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring: Joyce Brothers, Rance Howard
5x20 Be My Valentine
Feb 14, 1978 · 25 min
Joanie daydreams about the gang singing romantic Valentine's Day songs.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Starring Christopher Knight, Lynda Goodfriend
5x21 Our Gang
Feb 21, 1978 · 25 min
Richie tells Chachi the story of how he met Fonzie in order to convince him that joining a gang is a mistake.
Directing: Jerry Paris
5x22 My Favorite Orkan
Feb 28, 1978 · 25 min
An alien, Mork from Ork, comes to earth looking for someone average, or humdrum, to study and picks Richie.
Directing: Jerry Paris · Starring: Robin Williams
5x23 Do You Want to Dance?
May 9, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie's girlfriend is a moderately successful ballet teacher, but Fonzie has trouble accepting that she may be happier as a professional performer in New York.
Director: Jerry Paris · Starring: Leslie Browne, Lynda Goodfriend
5x24 Second Wind
May 16, 1978 · 25 min
Al is to receive a man-of-the-year award from the Sons of Italy, but he doesn't have a date. Fonzie sets him up with a meter maid, and she agrees to go with him to the banquet.
Directing: Jerry Paris
5x25 Rules to Date By
May 23, 1978 · 25 min
Richie and Lori Beth have a fight and break up before going on a weekend trip where the band is backing up Leather and the Suedes. Meanwhile, Howard and Marion argue about women's rights.
Director: Jerry Paris · Starring: Ben Davidson, Lynda Goodfriend, Suzi Quatro
5x26 Fonzie for the Defense Season Finale
May 30, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie and Howard are picked for jury duty. The case appears cut and dry, but Fonzie isn't so sure. Meanwhile, Richie, Potsie, and Ralph practice for a fraternity festival, and Marion is to hold a paint sale at the hardware store in Howard's absence.
Directed by Jerry Paris · Written by David Ketchum · Starring: David Ketchum, Ralph Wilcox, Barney Martin