Happy Days: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Happy Days Season 5.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Westward Ho (1)
Sep 12, 1978 · 25 min
The entire gang goes to Colorado to help Marion's Uncle Ben at his dude ranch. They have to come up with enough money in five days to pay off Ben's neighbor who holds a note on th
Westward Ho (2)
Sep 12, 1978 · 25 min
The gang stages a rodeo in an attempt to raise money to pay off the note H. R. Buchanan holds on Marion's Uncle Ben's ranch.
Westward Ho (3)
Sep 19, 1978 · 25 min
Richie is able to stop the out-of-control horses that are pulling a wagon Joanie is in. With the deadline looming, the gang is still short $1017.38 for H. R. Buchanan's note, so Fo
Fonzie's Blindness
Sep 26, 1978 · 25 min
Al accidentally hits Fonzie in the head with a serving tray, and he becomes blind as a result.
Casanova Cunningham
Oct 5, 1978 · 25 min
Richie makes up a story to tell Lori Beth when he's actually escorting a baton twirler to the fraternity dance.
Kid Stuff
Oct 10, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie and his girlfriend's son are getting along together as if they were father and son, but his girlfriend reveals that she and her estranged husband are getting back together.
Sweet Sixteen
Oct 17, 1978 · 25 min
Joanie thinks she's found true love in Jefferson High's star quarterback. However, she sees him sweet-talking another girl, breaks up with him, and is faced with not having a date
Fearless Malph
Oct 24, 1978 · 25 min
Richie is writing a story about fears and phobias, and he finds out that Ralph is afraid of nearly everything. While Richie, Potsie, and Ralph are visiting a professor whose specia
The Claw Meets the Fonz
Nov 3, 1978 · 25 min
Al thinks about taking on an investment partner to create an Arnold's franchise. When Al suggests consulting an accountant and lawyer before they complete the deal, the man he's de
The Fonz Is Allergic to Girls
Nov 14, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie comes to think that he is allergic to girls.
The First Thanksgiving
Nov 21, 1978 · 25 min
Upset that the rest of the family is watching a football game instead of helping her prepare the Thanksgiving dinner, Marion reminds them of the meaning of the holiday with the sto
The Kissing Bandit
Nov 28, 1978 · 25 min
Richie is falsely accused of being the Kissing Bandit.
The Magic Show
Dec 5, 1978 · 25 min
Howard and Al are co-chairmen of a Leopard Lodge fund-raiser. When the magician/escape-artist they hired injures himself while attempting the milk-can escape, Fonzie suggests anot
Richie Gets Framed
Dec 12, 1978 · 25 min
Richie, who is running for class president, gets his picture taken at a massage parlor by his opponent. Richie thinks his campaign will be ruined if the picture gets out.
Christmas Time
Dec 19, 1978 · 25 min
Fonzie receives a Christmas gift from his father but is reluctant about accepting and opening it. Meanwhile, Richie and Lori Beth argue about what they've spent on each other's gif
Smokin' Ain't Cool
Jan 16, 1979 · 25 min
Joanie starts smoking to fit in with a club she's recently joined. Howard initially forbids her to smoke but, eventually, allows her to make her own decision. He is disappointed to
Ralph Versus Potsie
Jan 23, 1979 · 25 min
Richie temporarily takes over a local newspaper's advice column but only tells Fonzie about it. Potsie and Ralph, in an attempt to solve their continuous bickering problem, write i
Stolen Melodies
Feb 2, 1979 · 25 min
Leather and the band audition for a television music show and are turned down. Leather's song, however, is stolen and recorded by another band.
Married Strangers
Feb 6, 1979 · 25 min
It's their 23rd anniversary, and Howard and Marion are angry at each other over a rate-your-mate test they took in a magazine. Richie, Fonzie, and Joanie have arranged for them to
Marion, Fairy Godmother
Feb 13, 1979 · 25 min
Ralph asks Leather to the annual military ball. Ralph, under the advisement of Fonzie, learns to act like a serious gentleman, and Leather, under the advisement of Marion, learns t
Fonzie's Funeral (1)
Feb 20, 1979 · 25 min
Fonzie discovers thousands of dollars in counterfeit money hidden in a casket inside of a hearse he is working on. When he doesn't return from the funeral parlor after bringing bac
Fonzie's Funeral (2)
Feb 27, 1979 · 25 min
Fonzie survives an explosion at the garage triggered by the counterfeiters. The counterfeiters don't know that Fonzie has survived, so a phony funeral is staged at their funeral pa
Mork Returns
Mar 6, 1979 · 25 min
Mork returns to 1950s Milwaukee to learn about relationships in this fifth anniversary retrospective episode.
The Duel
Mar 13, 1979 · 25 min
A fencing champion from France visits UWM for an exhibition. After he insults Joanie and America, Richie challenges the champion to a duel.
Chachi's Incredo-Wax
May 8, 1979 · 25 min
Needing extra money, Chachi begins selling Incredo-Wax, a miracle product that will shine anything. Unfortunately, it has disastrous side effects and ruins everything it touches.
Potsie Quits School
May 15, 1979 · 45 min
Facing failing his anatomy final, Potsie threatens to quit school. Fonzie tells him to use music as a tool to help him with the exam. Meanwhile, Joanie and Howard are at odds over