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The Best Episodes of Perfect Strangers

Every episode of Perfect Strangers ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Perfect Strangers!

The Best Episodes of Perfect Strangers

The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.

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  1. Background image for Happy Birthday, Baby
    8.3/10(121 votes)

    #1 - Happy Birthday, Baby

    S1:E6

    Larry is miserable on his 24th birthday after he blew a photo opportunity. So Balki tries to throw him a last minute surprise birthday party for him to cheer him up.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Speak Memory
    8.3/10(70 votes)

    #2 - Speak Memory

    S6:E17

    Jennifer's mother comes to town and wants to meet Larry, and Jennifer doesn't think that her mother will approve of her marrying him. Later on, Larry falls down the stairs at the Chronicle and gets amnesia which lasts through the dinner where Larry meets Mrs. Lyons.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for I Saw This on TV
    8.2/10(76 votes)

    #3 - I Saw This on TV

    S6:E16

    Larry manages to get tickets to go to a Bulls game with Balki on the night that Larry promised to take Jennifer to the ballet. So Larry lied to Jennifer saying that he had to work. Balki tells him a story about an old Honeymooners rerun where we see Ralph (Larry) lying to Alice (Jennifer) about having to work late when he plans on going bowling with Norton (Balki) and Alice ends up finding out about it while she was with Trixie (Mary Anne). However Jennifer found out about the basketball game and Larry is in a heap of trouble.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Baby, You Can Drive My Car
    7.9/10(125 votes)

    #4 - Baby, You Can Drive My Car

    S1:E4

    Balki wants to get his driver's license but Mr. Twinkacetti doesn't think he can do it. But Larry is so confident that he can, that he bets $50 and offers Balki his car.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for This New House
    7.9/10(64 votes)

    #5 - This New House

    S7:E3

    After losing their new apartment, Larry and Jennifer move into a luxurious Victorian house but can't afford to pay for food and heat. So after trying to break the lease without success, They ask Balki and Mary Anne to board with them to help them out.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Finders Keepers
    7.8/10(108 votes)

    #6 - Finders Keepers

    S6:E13

    Balki finds a box with over $50,000 cash in it. Larry wants to keep it but Balki is insistent on finding the rightful owner, which won't be easy, especially with Mr. Gorpley scheming to get it anyway he can.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for See You in September
    7.8/10(54 votes)

    #7 - See You in September

    S6:E24

    Balki and Mary Anne expect Larry and Jennifer to set a wedding date but they're too scared. To help them, Balki gives them an official marriage test to see if they're right for each other but things don't go as expected. In the end they set the wedding for September regardless of what the test says.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Elevator
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #8 - The Elevator

    S7:E18

    Larry decides to impress Mr. Wainwright by enlisting himself and Balki to move his brand new oversized couch up the elevator to his office while the elevator is under repair.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Knock Knock, Who's There?
    7.7/10(187 votes)

    #9 - Knock Knock, Who's There?

    S1:E1

    Larry Appleton has just settled in his new Chicago apartment after leaving home of one of nine kids and took a job at the corner discount store working for his greedy landlord Mr. Twinkacetti until he can eventually become a photo journalist. But one evening, Balki Bartokomous, his distant cousin and a Mediterranean sheep herder from the island of Mypos shows up on his door step looking for a place to stay. So Larry takes him in and tries to get him a job at Twinkacetti's store which may mean risking his own job.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for First Date
    7.7/10(129 votes)

    #10 - First Date

    S1:E3

    Larry takes Balki to a singles bar to meet women and while Balki gets his first date, Larry gets beat up in a parking lot by a boyfriend of a woman he hit on.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Check This
    7.7/10(117 votes)

    #11 - Check This

    S1:E5

    Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything about banking when he overspends with his checks and buys Larry new furniture. Meanwhile, Twinkacetti is going to a poker game and his wife, Edwina doesn't like him gambling. So he asks Larry to tell his wife that they were at a basketball game but Larry refuses to.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for Picture This
    7.6/10(138 votes)

    #12 - Picture This

    S1:E2

    Larry tries to kickstart his career and gets tipped off that Dolly Parton is in town committing adultery. So he decides to follow her until he can get a picture to sell to newspapers. Meanwhile, Balki will do a favor for anyone who will ask for it so Larry teaches him to say "no" once in a while but it backfires on him.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Break Up
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #13 - The Break Up

    S6:E3

    Jennifer was asked out on a date by an old boyfriend and checked with Larry first. But he agreed thinking that's what she wanted but she really wanted to know here their relationship is going. Confused, She breaks up with Larry who is too scared to tell her how he really feels but they eventually end up getting engaged.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for The Men Who Knew Too Much (2)
    7.6/10(69 votes)

    #14 - The Men Who Knew Too Much (2)

    S6:E8

    Larry and Balki manage to play back the tape proving their innocence, but they have trouble getting the tape to the police after they are mugged and captured by Marco's men.

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    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Grandpa
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #15 - Grandpa

    S6:E14

    Grandpa Appleton comes for a visit and is quite a surprise: He's 76 years old and is acting like a wild teenager, and has a much younger girlfriend. Larry thinks he should act more his age but Balki thinks that it's okay acting as young as he feels.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
  17. Background image for A Catered Affair
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #16 - A Catered Affair

    S6:E21

    Balki's catering business really takes off when he is catering for Texans. At Larry's advice, Balki books another party on the same night unaware that Larry already booked another party without telling him. Even with Larry helping him in the kitchen, and Jennifer and Mary Anne serving, all three parties are too much for them to handle.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Bachelor Party
    7.6/10(63 votes)

    #17 - Bachelor Party

    S7:E1

    As the best man at Larry's upcoming wedding, Balki is tricked by Mr. Gorpley into throwing a bachelor party and when Mr. Gorpley show up at the party, he spikes the punch and hires a stripper and Jennifer finds out.

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for The Wedding
    7.6/10(62 votes)

    #18 - The Wedding

    S7:E2

    Larry and Balki are driving to Lake Whitefish where Larry and Jennifer are getting married and they are pulled over for going too slow, but they are arrested when Larry backs into the patrol car, then they are picked out of a line-up when Larry is identified as a robber. Larry and Jennifer end up getting married in jail until the real robber confessed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Going Once, Going Twice
    7.6/10(104 votes)

    #19 - Going Once, Going Twice

    S7:E15

    Larry goes to an auction to cover a story and brings Balki with him and Larry demonstrates the bidding procedure at an auction and they wind up buying a very expensive bottle of wine for $21,000. They now must hide it from Jennifer until they can go back to the auction and resell it.

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    Director:Unknown
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  21. Background image for The Men Who Knew Too Much (1)
    7.5/10(68 votes)

    #20 - The Men Who Knew Too Much (1)

    S6:E7

    Larry is sent to Los Angeles to write an article about a soap opera star's wedding and Balki goes with him. While attempting to get a better story, they get chased by mobsters after they witness and video tape Marco Madison, a big time gangster, murder an undercover drug agent and Larry and Balki are prime suspects.

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    Director:Rich Correll
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for The Ring
    7.5/10(63 votes)

    #21 - The Ring

    S6:E9

    Larry buys an engagement ring for Jennifer from a street hustler unaware that he sells phony diamonds. When he discovers that the ring is fake, Larry sells his car, buys a real diamond and tries to switch the rings before she gets it appraised the next day.

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    Director:Unknown
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  23. Background image for Black Widow
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #22 - Black Widow

    S6:E10

    After doing some research, Larry finds evidence that Mary Anne is a serial killer but Jennifer is very skeptical since she's known her all her life. But Larry gets scared when Mary Anne is planning on taking Balki mountain climbing, and when Jennifer gets called into work, he thinks that Mary Anne killed her. It turns out to be a total misunderstanding.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Little Apartment of Horrors
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #23 - Little Apartment of Horrors

    S6:E15

    During the cold season, Larry has a bad cold, along with everyone else except Balki. So Balki's mama sent a plant that cures Larry and everyone else and Larry decides to grow it big to make money off it unaware that growing it big has wacky side effects.

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Climb Every Billboard
    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #24 - Climb Every Billboard

    S6:E20

    Larry suggests to Mr. Wainwright that a Chronicle employee stay on a billboard until the Bulls' losing streak is over. Mr. Wainwright liked the idea and assigned Larry to find someone to do it. So he tricks Balki to do it but when Balki wants to get down, Larry kicks the ladder down and they both get stuck up there until the Bulls win.

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Door to Door
    7.5/10(65 votes)

    #25 - Door to Door

    S7:E4

    Larry and Balki get part time jobs to earn extra money. Balki tries stuffing teddy bears, but Larry asks for his help with door to door selling cleaning products. However, Larry is determined to go to a mansion and sell lots of products instead of going door to door with disastrous results.

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    Director:Unknown

Best Episodes Summary

"Happy Birthday, Baby" is the best rated episode of "Perfect Strangers". It scored 8.3/10 based on 121 votes. Directed by Joel Zwick and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/29/1986. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Speak Memory".