Laverne & Shirley - Season 5

Laverne & Shirley - Season 5

Season 5

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Episodes26
DatesSep 13, 1979 - May 13, 1980
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Episodes

Shotgun Wedding (2)
Season 5Episode 130 min

Shotgun Wedding (2)

This follow-up to an episode of Happy Days sees the girls posing as fiancées to the Fonz and Richie Cunningham to save them from having to marry two farm girls.

Sep 13, 1979
One Heckuva Note
Season 5Episode 230 min

One Heckuva Note

Shirley cleans behind the stove & finds what looks like a note from Carmine to Laverne. Thanks for a 'special night'. Laverne says something happened when Shirl was away 3 years ago. What went on between Laverne D. & Ragusa,C.?

Sep 20, 1979
Fat City Holiday
Season 5Episode 330 min

Fat City Holiday

To get a free vacation, the girls apply to be counselors at a 'fat farm'. A nasty female trainer named Bambi wants the jobs for her sisters and takes revenge by giving the two harsh tests of will power against eating. It's do or diet.

Sep 27, 1979
Upstairs, Downstairs
Season 5Episode 430 min

Upstairs, Downstairs

A phone co. check is sent in error to the girls. Laverne's for keeping it but Shirley says it's wrong. Warning Laverne it could mean trouble. Later,both have separate dreams of paradise & purgatory,the results of the choice that was made.

Oct 4, 1979
What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?
Season 5Episode 530 min

What Do You Do with a Drunken Sailor?

Shirley's sailor brother returns but he's not the Brother Shirley remembers. He's developed a drinking problem. He denies he's an alcoholic & just likes to have fun but Shirley's determined to bust him out from the bottle.

Oct 18, 1979
You've Pushed Me Too Far
Season 5Episode 630 min

You've Pushed Me Too Far

A fight between Lenny & Squiggy boils over & Lenny falls out of the top floor window and into the alley. Lenny gets no respect and now gets no apology from Squig,so he ends their friendship. Can the others reconcile the gruesome twosome?

Oct 25, 1979
The Wedding
Season 5Episode 730 min

The Wedding

Frank DeFazio, in his own unusual way, proposes to Edna after seeing her for some time. She accepts and Laverne is happy to welcome Edna to the family; but now the race is on to plan the ceremony and find a church due to Frank's forgetfulness.

Nov 1, 1979
Bad Girls
Season 5Episode 830 min

Bad Girls

The girls realize things have changed in their old club "The Angora Debs", when they let Edna's niece Vicki join. Finding that it's become a gang of trouble making teenage girls. Can the girls save Vicki and the old Deb spirit as well?

Nov 8, 1979
We're in the Army Now (1)
Season 5Episode 930 min

We're in the Army Now (1)

Denied promotions at work, the girls resign and join the army, expecting a new level of respect. The boot camp Sgt. is nice but when assignments are given, they get Sgt. Plout. A regular Army woman. Was joining the military a major mistake?

Nov 15, 1979
We're in the Army Now (2)
Season 5Episode 1030 min

We're in the Army Now (2)

The girls see the army's not for them and want out, when assigned to a dangerous mission. The boys' idea to go AWOL makes no horse sense, so the girls decide on taking leave of their own senses. Will Alvinia believe their manias?

Nov 15, 1979
Take Two, They're Small
Season 5Episode 1130 min

Take Two, They're Small

The girls okay a blind date, set up by Lenny and Squiggy. Later when the men arrive, they're two 'little people', which gets them laughed at by two mean girls from work at the roller rink. It's a case of stand tall or a short roller brawl.

Nov 22, 1979
The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show
Season 5Episode 1230 min

The Fourth Annual Shotz Talent Show

Mr. Shotz wants a patriotic theme for his annual talent show. The girls and their players must make this happen, but still want to make a show that will, in the end, rock Mr. Shotz's demanding role.

Dec 6, 1979
Testing, Testing
Season 5Episode 1330 min

Testing, Testing

Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, and Squiggy become justifiably paranoid when Mr. Shotz orders employees to a mandatory visit with a psychiatrist. Is the good doctor there to help Mr. Shotz terminate, or simply to evaluate?

Dec 13, 1979
Not Quite South of the Border
Season 5Episode 1430 min

Not Quite South of the Border

A too good to be true, inexpensive vacation to "Near" Mexico, proves to be just so when the girls get a room with a wall missing. Plus many other deceptive practices foisted on them and other guests by the hotel's deceitful owner.

Jan 7, 1980
You Oughta Be in Pictures
Season 5Episode 1530 min

You Oughta Be in Pictures

With a movie about to be filmed in Milwaukee, the excited girls try out for parts and land the leading roles. Of course, they are not so thrilled when they get the real scoop on the film and their parts.

Jan 14, 1980
The Beatnik Show
Season 5Episode 1630 min

The Beatnik Show

A visit to a local beatnik coffeehouse does not impress Laverne much, but Shirley's enamored of the culture and soon is dressing, speaking, and acting like a beatnik herself. Can Laverne sway her friend back from the lure of the beat scene?

Jan 21, 1980
The Right to Light
Season 5Episode 1730 min

The Right to Light

A power company clerk is mean when the girls complain of bogus charges on their bill. So they stage a protest and chain themselves to the company's new computer. However, a far angrier customer has an even more explosive protest in mind.

Jan 28, 1980
Why Did the Fireman...?
Season 5Episode 1830 min

Why Did the Fireman...?

Laverne is in deep denial when she learns that her boyfriend, a firefighter with the Milwaukee Fire Department, is killed fighting an apartment blaze.

Feb 4, 1980
The Collector
Season 5Episode 1930 min

The Collector

In need of better and faster income, Carmine compromises his principles and becomes a debt collector for a local loan shark. The girls find out and do all possible to save him and return him to his lovable self.

Feb 11, 1980
Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)
Season 5Episode 2030 min

Murder on the Moosejaw Express (1)

While on a train heading to Canada, the girls end up in the middle of espionage and murder. After an injured man comes to them warning, "Beware of the bald man", he dies. Who is the bald man and will the girls escape certain danger?

Feb 26, 1980
Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)
Season 5Episode 2130 min

Murder on the Moosejaw Express (2)

Laverne sees Shirley is missing, Lenny and Squiggy attempt a rescue, and no bald man on the train is above suspicion. Laverne realizes she needs to 'out' the villain and confront him. Will Laverne, Shirley, Lenny, and Squiggy survive?

Mar 4, 1980
Survival Test
Season 5Episode 2230 min

Survival Test

Being in the army reserves puts the girls to the test when Sgt. Plout takes them on a survival test. Far from the comforts of home. Their lone competitor is a soldier, who feels girls couldn't possibly 'rough it' or defeat him

Mar 11, 1980
The Duke of Squigman
Season 5Episode 2330 min

The Duke of Squigman

Squiggy is a sleepwalker. Not just walking, but seemingly awake he becomes "The Duke Of Squigman", and Lenny must protect him then. It's decided, Squig needs a therapist to find the deeper reasons for his subconscious persona.

Mar 25, 1980
Antonio, the Amazing
Season 5Episode 2430 min

Antonio, the Amazing

Laverne's distant Italian cousin, Antonio, comes to the U.S. seeking his fortune. Trouble is, he's not good at many things, getting fired from his first job. Will the girls help him grin and bear it and find his place in his new land?

Apr 1, 1980
The Diner
Season 5Episode 2530 min

The Diner

Lenny and Squiggy come into some money and invest in a run-down diner. Their ideas about food service bring no business, so they hand it over to the girls. The ladies spark success but could get burned by their own ambitions.

May 6, 1980
Separate Tables
Season 5Episode 2630 min

Separate Tables

To help Laverne fight a phobia of doing things alone, Shirley comes up with the idea of Laverne dining alone for a full evening in a Chinese Restaurant. Hopefully the owner and the entertainment will help her forget her solitude.

May 13, 1980

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