"The Muckrakers"

I laughed out loud a few times at this episode but the structure feels off, with the whole "bad meat in the cafeteria" thread being resolved quickly and easily*, and then things shifting over to Richie and Fonzie going through a friend-break-up that the audience is audibly upset about.  So I'll go with a B-.

• This aired on November 23rd, which makes the Turkey Hop surprisingly timely.
• Richie is emphatically a senior.
• I think his nickname of "Scoop" Cunningham came up before and I did always like the character arc of him as a reporter.
• Fonzie not only identifies with the Lone Ranger but thinks of Richie as his Tonto.
• Liver is Fonzie's kryptonite.
• Howard is on to the way that his wife is training their daughter to manipulate him.
• It's borderline skeevy that Fonzie praises Joanie's legs in front of her parents, but no one seems to mind.
• They're back to calling Al "Alfred," but he's already one of the gang, even singing along to "Sh-Boom" with the boys' band.
• Robert Ball was the Bailiff before and is Curly here.
• Arthur Batanides was Eddie before, is Louie here, and would return in other roles.
• Alan Mandel wouldn't write any more for HD, but he'd do a few scripts for Who's the Boss?  His writing partner, Charles Shyer, is probably better known for writing Private Benjamin and other screenplays.

*Welcome Back, Kotter would do more with a similar plot a couple months later, in the "Sweatgate Scandal" episode.