"Angels of Mercy"

"Angels of Mercy"
October 5, 1976
C

In the episode where the girls found out that their old friend had become a nun, Shirley claimed that they were candy-stripers, while here it comes true.  Unfortunately, I didn't find the episode, written by Bickley and Warren, particularly funny.

Charles Frank returns as Jerry Callihan, the cute writer neighbor that Laverne has a crush on.  (In fact, it turns out everyone in the building but Jerry knows this.)  She does his laundry and feeds fish, and even agrees to work in the hospital to try to win him over.  He doesn't ask her out until she's honest with him (offscreen), but then we never see him again.

Meanwhile, Shirley has dreams of meeting and marrying a rich doctor, dreams that she refuses to give up on, even after a doctor attacks her in a supply closet, ripping her uniform and trying to give her ether!

Mekka is credited, but I'm pretty sure he couldn't have been in any of the scenes, even in first run.  There aren't really any shipping notes, although it is weird as an adult to see Shirley straddle a sleeping patient while trying to help Laverne change his bed linens.  Also, the opening credits for Season Two have wisely dropped "DeFazio" and "Feeney."