Laverne's widowed dad Frank (Phil Foster) has fallen head over heels in love with a flashy blonde named Veronica (Maureen Arthur). Laverne (Penny Marshall) and Shirley (Cindy Williams) aren't cool with this, deducing (correctly) that sweet Veronica is actually a conniving golddigger. Hoping to scare the vixen away, the girls persuade Lenny (Michael McKean), Squiggy (David L. Lander) and Carmine (Eddie Mekka) to pose as tough-talking mobsters--while Laverne and Shirley pretend to be scared-witless "victims". This episode was directed by comic actor Howard Morris, who'd previously helmed such classic sitcoms as The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi