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Season 11
September 26, 1983

Season 11

01. Because It's There

Fonzie finds a note he wrote as a child containing a list of things to accomplish in the next twenty years. On the list is one goal he hasn't yet accomplished: climb Suicide Hill on a motorcycle. The problem is that he's already tried it and failed.

September 27, 1983

02. The Ballad of Joanie and Chachi

New events in Joanie's life cause Chachi to resent her for not having enough time for him. Each has their own solution: Joanie wants to break up, and Chachi wants to get married.

October 4, 1983

03. Where the Guys Are

In an attempt to help Fonzie move on after his break-up with Ashley, Potsie, Chachi, and Roger take him on a retreat to a singles resort. However, to get him to go, they tell him they're going to a sporting camp. When they arrive at the lake, Fonzie discovers what the resort is all about and says he's going to leave. He ends up staying which puts a damper on the rest of the guys' fun.

October 18, 1983

04. Welcome Home (1)

Richie (with Lori Beth and Richie Jr.) and Ralph return from the army. Howard is able to get Richie an interview with The Milwaukee Journal, but Richie doesn't appear to be interested.

October 25, 1983

05. Welcome Home (2)

Still upset about having given up on his dream as a screenwriter and having to pretend to be happy all of the time, Richie takes out his frustrations on everyone around him - including punching Fonzie in a bar.

November 1, 1983

06. Glove Story

After being nothing more than a coatrack for Fonzie's scarf during a rumble, Chachi enters the city boxing championship tournament to earn his respect. Fonzie is elated when Chachi wins his first fight.

November 8, 1983

07. Vocational Education

Roger is the new principal of the tough George S. Patton Vocational High School. He thinks he can handle the students there but is sorely mistaken.

November 22, 1983

08. Arthur, Arthur

Fonzie's long-lost brother from San Francisco, whom Fonzie didn't know existed, tracks Fonzie down in Milwaukee. Fonzie is, initially, happy to have a brother but soon comes to hate him.

December 6, 1983

09. You Get What You Pay For

Howard decides that it is necessary to build a second bathroom after he's forced to shave at the dining room table. To save money, he decides to allow Fonzie's students to build the room. Howard doesn't realize that the room will take all semester to complete, and this hurts his plan to make a killing in whisper-quiet toilets. He fires Fonzie and the students and says he'll finish the bathroom himself.

30min
December 13, 1983

10. Kiss Me, Teach

Joanie accepts an assistant teaching position at Patton High and immediately encounters trouble when a student has a crush on her.

30min
January 10, 1984

11. The People vs. The Fonz

Fonzie is accused of hitting a trouble-making student but refuses to testify at a school-board hearing. By not doing so, he runs the risk of being ruled against and getting fired.

January 17, 1984

12. Like Mother, Like Daughter

Howard is jealous and upset when Marion's high-school boyfriend, Frederick, comes to visit. He becomes enraged when Frederick takes Joanie out on a date.

January 24, 1984

13. Social Studies

Chachi is hesitant about asking girls out for fear that he will be rejected. Fonzie tells Chachi that girls will ask him out because he has the Fonzarelli power.

January 31, 1984

14. The Spirit Is Willing

Fonzie meets a beautiful woman, Nancy Haley, at his garage while listening to the radio in a beat-up 1955 Chevy. He takes the woman home, but when he goes back to return her purse, an older woman tells him that the Haleys moved out ten years ago when their daughter was killed in an automobile accident.

April 24, 1984

15. Fonzie Moves Out

Howard is offered the vice-presidential position at a large hardware-store chain and considers taking it and moving to New York. Despite nothing being final and Fonzie feeling as though the Cunninghams are pushing him to leave, he decides to immediately move out of his apartment.

May 1, 1984

16. Passages (1)

After realizing they're dating people that look like each other, Joanie and Chachi decide to meet in order to explore the option of getting back together.

Meanwhile, Fonzie wants to adopt an orphaned boy to whom he's been a Big Brother.

May 8, 1984

17. Passages (2)

Fonzie's adoption request is reconsidered after a stern talk by Howard to the adoptions administrator.

Meanwhile, Joanie and Chachi continue to prepare for their wedding.

30min
May 8, 1984

18. So How Was Your Weekend?

Marion and Joanie take a trip to Mother Kelp's to help her move. From the time they arrive, Mother Kelp does nothing but critcize Marion.

Meanwhile, Howard, Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger spend the weekend playing poker.

June 28, 1984

19. Low Notes

After having to borrow money from Marion and being hassled by Fonzie about being a bum, Chachi takes a job as a dance instructor.

Meanwhile, Howard takes away Potsie's salary after he sells power drills for $13.05 less than cost.

July 5, 1984

20. School Dazed

Joanie brings home one of her students in an attempt to help her with her drug problem. The student promises Joanie that she'll make changes in her life, but she immediately takes several pills after everyone has gone to bed.

30min
July 12, 1984

21. Good News, Bad News

After his single makes it onto the record charts, Chachi is invited to go on tour with the Beach Boys as one of their opening acts. However, he quits the tour after learning he has diabetes.

July 19, 1984

22. Fonzie's Spots

With the recent death of a fellow Leopard Lodge member, Howard fears that he may be ousted as Grand Poohbah for not attracting any new members other than Potsie during his five-year reign. He gets Fonzie, Chachi, and Roger to join as pledges, and they have to follow the orders of Potsie during their initiation.

September 24, 1984