Happy Days/Ralph's Family Problem

Ralph's Family Problem
Season 7, Episode 25
Airdate	May 6, 1980
Written by	David Ketchum & Tony DiMarco
Directed by	Jerry Paris
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Ralph's Family Problem is the twenty-fifth episode of the seventh season of Happy Days, and the one hundred sixty-seventh episode overall.

With contemporary trend of children's media dealing with divorce on the uprise during the 1970s, this episode centers on the imminent split between Ralph's parents, due to a long period of arguing and inability to reconcile differences. Ralph, despite being an adult, worries that he is somehow to blame and that his parents will no longer love him.

Starring: Ron Howard (Richie Cunningham), Henry Winkler (Arthur Fonzarelli)

Co-Starring: Marion Ross (Marion Cunningham), Anson Williams (Potsie Weber), Donny Most (Ralph Malph), Erin Moran (Joanie Cunningham), Al Molinaro (Al Delvecchio), Scott Baio (Chachi Arcola)

and Starring: Tom Bosley (Howard Cunningham)

Co-Starring: Lynda Goodfriend (Lori Beth Allen)

Guest Star: Jack Dodson (Mickey Malph)

Plot Overview

In the end, Ralph thanks Howard and Marion for their support and counseling. After explaining that his parents have agreed to stay together for now but still fighting, Ralph tells Howard and Marion that he realizes that if his parents do agree to divorce at some point, it's not his fault, but more importantly, they still love him and he still loves them and that would never change.

Notes

• This episode marks the final regular appearances of Ron Howard and Donny Most as Richie and Ralph, respectively. During the summer of 1962 (as 1979-1980 episodes were set in the 1961-1962 timeframe), the two enlist in the Army and are written out of the series.
• While Anson Williams continued with the show until the series ended, Potsie's appearances are reduced following this episode. At first, he appears in most episodes of the 1980-1981 season and about half of the 1981-1982 season, before appearing in just six episodes each in the last two seasons, with his final episodes filmed in the summer of 1983.