**EXPLICIT LANGUAGE WARNING**

The beginning of the end! With another time-jump, Shirley reveals that the guy she's been dating, Walter Meeney, has proposed! Laverne is ecstatic for her best friend. But as the two begin putting the wedding together, the timeline for it speeds up, as Walter, an Army medic, gets his orders to ship out soon. So Laverne and Shirley go into overdrive for the Feeney/Meeney wedding, only to be once more be thwarted - Walter's got a full body rash! In the end, they have the wedding at the VA Hospital... but, will Shirley Feeney marry a doctor prop?

On pod, Lisa goes down the rabbit hole of Season 8's rise and fall, while Chris attempts to survive his first encounter with the enemy.

REFERENCES SOURCES [among others noted]:
Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall interviews [The Television Academy Foundation] -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJP_M59vk2Fox9WxjiVzpmFbuW7LbWH2Z
https://youtu.be/RoCsorfgp4M

Garry Marshall on Cindy's departure [The Television Academy Foundation] -
https://youtu.be/NuokWhpheSk

A&E Biography Retrospective (2005) -
https://www.youtube.com/watch

Penny Marshall Interview Snippet [The Television Academy Foundation] -
https://youtu.be/tK8hYSz2GLE

Cindy Discussing Her Departure [Larry King Live interview clip] -
https://youtu.be/OK0ROd77nis

Cindy Williams Obituary from TODAY - with interview clips -
https://youtu.be/IeBM_K5ZPHk?si=D3hf1gOJwtB21xOh