7.8/1055 votesLoading...#1 - The Truth and Other Lies
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 10/8/1981
After not being about to take Sonny back to his apartment after a date, Kip decided to reveal his secret to Sonny.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.3/1056 votesLoading...#2 - Beauty and the Beasts
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/15/1981
Buffy and Hildy are invited by Sonny and Isabelle to a singles bar. The pair are ignored by the men, causing Henry to question society's favoritism for attractive people. Feeling like a hypocrite for spurning Amy's advances, he asks her out on a date.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Howard Gewirtz
7.3/1056 votesLoading...#3 - Reunion
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/22/1981
At his high school reunion, Henry encounters a deaf girl he dumped as his prom date.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.0/1090 votesLoading...#4 - Bosom Buddies
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 11/27/1980
Henry Desmond and Kip Wilson are imaginative young admen who solve an acute housing problem by donning wigs and dresses to qualify for residence in the Susan B. Anthony hotel for women.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.0/1050 votesLoading...#5 - On the Road to Monte Carlo
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 12/4/1981
Kip and Henry use insurance money from a elevator accident to take a vacation in Monte Carlo.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votesLoading...#6 - Not With My Sister, You Pig
Season 2 Episode 17 - Aired 3/18/1982
Kip's younger sister, Vickie, pays a vist...and he is totally convinced that Henry has seduced her.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.9/1048 votesLoading...#7 - All You Need is Love
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 12/18/1981
Henry begins getting tired of his relationship status--so he decides to submit a personal add in a video dating service. But when he thinks he found the girl of his dreams--he soon finds out that she's not exactly normal.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.8/1058 votesLoading...#8 - Kip and Sonny's Date
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/8/1981
Kip's date with Sonny turns into a disaster, thanks to his nervousness and Henry's date, Cecily - Ruth's niece and a recent devotee of punk rock.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1055 votesLoading...#9 - How Great Thou Art
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 2/19/1981
For Kip's birthday, Henry arranges to have some of his painting shown at The La Daux Gallery.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
6.8/1062 votesLoading...#10 - The Show Must Go On
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 3/26/1981
After Isabelle steals the show from Bob The Comic by singing ""New York, New York"" during his stand-up act, Kip and Henry arrange for her to sing at a night club.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Howard Gewirtz
6.8/1049 votesLoading...#11 - One for You, One for Me
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 11/27/1981
At ""60 Seconds Street""'s first shareholder's meeting, Herny puts a cap on Kip's abuse of his expense account. While Kip is away on a skiing holiday with Sonny, Henry is arrested for buying a stolen video recorder.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: Jack Carrerow
6.8/1044 votesLoading...#12 - The Way Kip and Henry Were
Season 2 Episode 15 - Aired 3/4/1982
Ruth and Kip and Henry reminisce about how she hired them straight out of school.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.8/1055 votesLoading...#13 - Not the Last Picture Show
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 3/25/1982
Kip and Henry contemplate what they will be like when they are older.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.7/1064 votesLoading...#14 - My Brother, My Sister, Myself
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/4/1980
When Kip is discovered in the apartment without his Buffy disguise, Lilly Sinclair, the new manager of the hotel, decides to have the other residents vote on whether Buffy and Hildegarde are evicted or not.
Director: Chris Thompson
Writer: N/A
6.7/1063 votesLoading...#15 - Revenge
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/22/1981
The girls hatchs a scheme to embarass Walter after he dumps Amy for another woman at a costume party.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
6.7/1054 votesLoading...#16 - Only the Lonely
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 3/12/1981
Kip and Henry are worried when Ruth invites them to dinner, and appears to wabt more than a business relationship.
Director: Tom Trbovich
Writer: David Chambers, Jack Carrerow
6.7/1055 votesLoading...#17 - Best Friends
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 4/9/1981
Henry feels left out when Kip renews his friendship with a rock and roll star.
Director: Chris Thompson
Writer: N/A
6.7/1044 votesLoading...#18 - The Slightly Illustrated Man
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 1/8/1982
Amy and Kip decide they will get tattoos to show their devotion to Henry and Sonny.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.7/1049 votesLoading...#19 - Who's on Thirst?
Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 3/11/1982
Kip and Henry, seeking a little isolation to spark their creativity, become stranded in a wilderness cabin in the dead of winter. The girls, left to their own devices, try to shoot a commercial by themselves, and quickly find they are over their heads.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.6/1062 votesLoading...#20 - What Price Glory?
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/1/1981
Kip and Henry have to compromise their morals to compete with Marty Bursky, the office boot-licker, for a prestigious new account, Dr. Bob.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.6/1052 votesLoading...#21 - Gotta Dance
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/5/1981
Kip uses the public library commercial he's directing as an excuse to hire Sonny as a dancer, hoping to kick-start her career.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: N/A
6.6/1051 votesLoading...#22 - The Hospital
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 4/2/1981
Sonny recruits Buffy and Hildy to volunteer as ""candy stripers"" when the hospital where she works becomes short on staff. Kip discovers he has competition for Sonny affections in the form of Jim, a blind patient who knows Buffy and Hildy are men. Amy finds herself in over her head when she substitutes for a sick Lilly as the hotel's manager.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Jack Carrerow, David Chambers
6.6/1048 votesLoading...#23 - Cablevision
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/22/1982
Kip and Henry produce a TV show, on cable, trying to advertise their client's product.
Director: Joel Zwick
Writer: N/A
6.5/1051 votesLoading...#24 - Kip Quits
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 2/26/1981
When Ruth insists that Kip indulge a new client, Kip walks out, expecting Henry to follow him.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Howard Gewirtz
6.5/1058 votesLoading...#25 - The Rewrite
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 3/19/1981
Kip tries to help Henry spice up a story documenting Ruth nearly discovering the duo's alternate identities.
Director: Will Mackenzie
Writer: Howard Gewirtz
The Best Episodes of Bosom Buddies
Every episode of Bosom Buddies ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Bosom Buddies!
Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Best Episodes Summary
"The Truth and Other Lies" is the best rated episode of "Bosom Buddies". It scored 7.8/10 based on 55 votes. Directed by Joel Zwick and written by N/A, it aired on 10/8/1981. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Beauty and the Beasts".