Season 8 (Laverne & Shirley)

Laverne & Shirley: Season Eight
"Laverne & Shirley" Season 8 DVD cover
Season Information
Episodes	22 aired
Network/Air Dates	ABC-TV, September 28, 1982 - May 10, 1983
Season Guide
Previous	Season 7 (Laverne & Shirley)
Next	None. End of series

Also see: Happy Days Mork and Mindy

This page lists all of the episodes aired in the eighth and final season of Laverne & Shirley

Starring

• Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio
• Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney (2 episodes, in season openers only)
• Phil Foster as Frank DeFazio
• Eddie Mekka as Carmine Ragusa
• David L. Lander as Andrew "Squiggy" Squigmond
• Michael McKean as Leonard "Lenny" Koznowski
• Leslie Easterbrook as Rhonda Lee

Cast changes

Cindy Williams departed the series, this after appearing in the season opening episode "The Mummy's Bride" as she was pregnant with her first child. In May, Williams and her manager-husband singer Bill Hudson presented a list of demands to accommodate her pregnancy and pending child birth, which Paramount refused. In August, two episodes into production of the series' eighth season, Williams left the show and filed a $20 million lawsuit against Paramount. The case was later settled out of court and Williams was released from her contract.

As for Shirley, she quickly falls in love in the two episodes produced before Williams' departure, and marries Army medic Walter Meany (making her Shirley Feeney Meany). In Williams' final scenes, Shirley discovers that she is pregnant. Shirley's absence is explained with a note left for Laverne saying that she had left town quickly to join her husband overseas in the following episode.

Season 8 (1982–83)

Season 8 episodes
Image	Episode	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	No. in series	Prod. code
	1	"The Mummy's Bride"	Tom Trbovich	Roger Garrett	September 28, 1982	157	157
Shirley makes plans to marry Walter Meeney.
	2	"Window on Main Street"	Tom Trbovich	Al Aidekman	October 12, 1982	158	158
The roommates spend a week in a store display. Note: This is Cindy Williams' final episode.
	3	"The Note"	Gabrielle Alice James	Judy Pioli	October 19, 1982	159	169
Shirley leaves to live with her new husband. Note: This is the first episode without Cindy Williams.
	4	"Lost in Spacesuits"	Tom Trbovich	Barry Rubinowitz	October 26, 1982	160	166
Laverne gets a job testing anti-gravity boots.
	5	"The Playboy Show"	Michael McKean	Ed Solomon & Joan Marks (Teleplay by : Ed Solomon	November 9, 1982	161	160
Laverne decides to become a Playboy bunny. Note: Hugh Hefner and Carrie Fisher both guest star.
	6	"Death Row: Part 1"	Tom Trbovich	Gene Braunstein & Robert Perlow	November 16, 1982	162	167
Laverne gets mixed up with a group of radicals who rob a bank.
	7	"Death Row: Part 2"	Tom Trbovich	Nick LeRose	November 23, 1982	163	168
Laverne gets sent to Death Row by mistake.
	8	"Jinxed"	Tom Trbovich	Tony DiMarco & Dave Ketchum	November 30, 1982	164	171
Laverne thinks her bad luck is connected to a chain letter.
	9	"Of Mice and Men"	Paul Sills	Story by : Susan Jane Lindner & Jack Lukes Teleplay by : Jill Gordon & Ed Solomon	December 7, 1982	165	170
Laverne's boyfriend loses his self-confidence.
	10	"The Gymnast Show"	Tom Trbovich	Monica Johnson	December 14, 1982	166	173
Laverne discovers she resembles a circus aerialist's partner, whom he blames for a serious trapeze accident.
	11	"The Monastery Show"	Tom Trbovich	Story by : Ken Sagoes & Nick LaRose Teleplay by : Jill Gordon & Ed Solomon	January 4, 1983	167	175
Laverne goes to a monastery for rest and relaxation.
	12	"Defective Ballet"	Tom Trbovich	Nick LeRose	January 11, 1983	168	165
Squiggy is mistaken for a defecting Russian dancer.
	13	"The Baby Show"	Phil Perez	Judy Pioli	January 18, 1983	169	159
Sgt. Plout enlists Laverne's help in winning an expectant-mothers contest.
	14	"The Rock & Roll Show"	Chris Thompson	Jill Gordon	January 25, 1983	170	172
Chuck asks Laverne to manage his band.
	15	"The Fashion Show"	Tom Trbovich	Roger Garrett, Al Aidekman & Marc Sotkin	February 1, 1983	171	163
Laverne thinks her photographer boyfriend is spending too much time with models.
	16	"Short on Time"	Tom Trbovich	Jack Lukes	February 8, 1983	172	161
Laverne's commitment to babysitting could hurt her chances of singing with the Spinners.
	17	"Ghost Story"	Tom Trbovich	Kenny Wolin & Barry Bleach	February 15, 1983	173	176
Laverne believes there's a ghost in her apartment.
	18	"Please Don't Feed the Buzzards"	Tom Trbovich	Story by : Andy Goldberg & Cheryl Alu Teleplay by : Andy Goldberg	February 22, 1983	174	162
Lenny and Squiggy try to keep their treasure map a secret, but they soon have Frank and Carmine along on the treasure hunt.
	19	"How's Your Sister?"	Tom Trbovich	Roger Garrett	March 1, 1983	175	174
Carmine accepts payment to date Squiggy's sister, then comes to regret it when Rhonda invites them to a big party.
	20	"Do the Carmine"	Tom Trbovich	Jay Grossman	March 15, 1983	176	164
An activist claims that anti-American propaganda can be heard on Carmine's hit record—if it plays in reverse.
	21	"Councilman DeFazio"	Tom Trbovich	Dottie Archibald & Phil Foster	May 3, 1983	177	177
Frank runs for city council in protest of plans to raze Cowboy Bill's for an office complex.
	22	"Here Today, Hair Tomorrow"	Tom Trbovich	Story by : Susan Jane Lindner & Ken Sagoes Teleplay by : Susan Jane Lindner	May 10, 1983	178	178
Carmine moves to the Big Apple to make it as an actor.

See also

• List of "Happy Days" episodes (includes part 1 of "Shotgun Wedding").