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The Worst 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 All News That Fits
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    #1 - All News That Fits

    S3:E1

    Larry gets a job at the Chicago Chronicle local newspaper as a reporter and brings Balki to find a job. Mr. Burns the city editor hires Balki in the mail room but Mr. Gorpley the mail room boss doesn't want him there and tries everything to fire him.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Weigh to Go Buddy
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    #2 - Weigh to Go Buddy

    S3:E2

    When Larry discovers that he has gained 7 pounds, He goes on a diet that won't work. So Balki gives him a Mypos diet but Larry has trouble following it and Balki won't let him quit.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #3 - Sexual Harrassment in Chicago

    S3:E3

    The editor of the Chronicle's Sunday Magazine makes a play for Balki but he isn't interested. She won't take no for an answer and anyone who ever tried to report her lost their jobs.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #4 - Taking Stock

    S3:E4

    Balki buys one share of stock in a cereal company and discovers that there isn't enough raisins in a box that they advertise. Knowing that the company is cheating the public, he decides to go to head office to complain and Larry goes with him.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #5 - Better Shop Around

    S3:E5

    While grocery shopping, Balki wins a shopping spree to happen the next day and he thinks it would be fun. But Lary makes a plan to get certain things to sell for an air conditioner which takes all the fun out of it.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Bob Keyes
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    #6 - Your Cheatin' Heart

    S3:E6

    Jennifer is planning on buying a surprise typewriter for Larry and asks Balki for help barganing at a clearance sale. Larry gets suspicious after he sees Balki and Jennifer sneaking around, and thinks they're having an affair.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Horn Blows at Midnight
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    #7 - The Horn Blows at Midnight

    S3:E7

    When a famous psychic visits the Chronicle, She goes into a trance and predicts that a bog storm will come and Larry will die at midnight after sitting on a sheep and eating a golden ring. Larry thinks that it is just superstition until a storm comes out of nowhere.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #8 - Karate Kids

    S3:E8

    While at a happy hour restaurant, Larry and Balki get beaten up at a bar by a bully who hit on Jennifer. So they decide to take karate and after several weeks of fine training, Larry insists on returning to the bar to pick a fight with the bully.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #9 - Night School Confidential

    S3:E9

    Balki is cheated by a con artist who sold him counterfeit watches. And after getting no help from the police, Larry and Balki go undercover to expose the con artist and put him out of business.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
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    #10 - Future Shock

    S3:E10

    Jennifer has been given a promotion but if she accepts it, she has to move to LA. Larry refuses to tell her how he feels as a fear of rejection but later that evening, he has a dream about being a lonely old man with Balki and Mary Anne married, rich, living upstairs.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #11 - Couch Potato

    S3:E11

    When Larry and Balki get cable TV, Balki becomes glued to the TV and won't stop watching it to the point where he forgets about his job, sleep, and never goes out anymore. So Larry must make an important decision of getting rid of the cable.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #12 - The Break-In

    S3:E12

    Balki accidently delivers Larry's offensive article to the publisher. So they break in late at night to retrieve it and end up on the ledge dealing with someone trying to commit suicide.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
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    #13 - To Be or Not to Be

    S3:E13

    When Larry and Balki are chosen to be in the commercial for the Chicago Chronicle, Larry takes his acting abilities too far and goes overboard.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #14 - My Lips Are Sealed

    S3:E14

    After Mr. Gorpley gets information out of Balki about what's in the mail, Larry tells him that it's against the rules for him to give away what's in the mail. But in order to buy his dream car, he needs to know about his raise that was processed in the mail.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - The Pen Pal

    S3:E15

    Vince Lucas the racketeer that Larry and Balki testified against has been paroled and Balki invites him into their apartment after writing to him ever since he went to prison. Even though he threatened them, Balki trusts him but Larry's too scared.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Just Desserts

    S3:E16

    After Balki serves Larry, Jennifer, and Mary Anne some "Bibbi Babkas" (Myposian cream puffs), Larry suggests selling them but baking them cannot be rushed.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Pipe Dreams

    S3:E17

    Jennifer asks Larry if he can call a plumber for her to fix her shower head while she's away. Larry decides that to impress her he'll fix it himself and as Larry and Balki try and put everything together, things go extremely wrong and they end up flooding Jennifer and Mary Anne's bathroom.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for Bye Bye Biki
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    #18 - Bye Bye Biki

    S3:E18

    Balki is excited because his 106 year old grandmother Biki is coming to America to see him but when she switched planes in New York, she died at the airport and Balki has a hard time accepting it and pretends to be happy.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Graduate
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    #19 - The Graduate

    S3:E19

    Balki manages to graduate night school at the top of his class, but soon finds out that there is no graduation ceremony. So Larry talks to the principal and arranges one.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #20 - Defiant Guys

    S3:E20

    Larry is very angry at Balki for making him late for work and won't speak to him so Balki handcuffs them together and loses the key during Larry's important luncheon sate with Mr. Burns and the publisher R.T. Wainwright.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #21 - My Brother, Myself

    S3:E21

    Larry's successful brother Billy (Ted McGinley) comes down for a visit, and Larry is upset because he brags about his success. So he tricks Balki into lying to Billy to make him think Larry is more successful.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #22 - You Gotta Have Friends

    S3:E22

    While Larry is doing some important research, Balki goes out to the races and when he gets back, he tells Larry about meeting Carl Lewis but Larry doesn't believe him since he has taken Balki's money and left.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #23 - The Lottery

    S4:E1

    Balki insists on buying a lottery ticket but Larry thinks that it is just a waste of money for something that can't possibly win. But during the draws, Larry realizes that Balki picked the right numbers and won 28 million dollars but Balki can't remember where he hid the ticket.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #24 - Assertive Training

    S4:E2

    After Mr. Perkins, an employee at the Chronicle parked in Larry's parking space and Jennifer breaks a date with him at the last minute, Larry figures he has trouble being assertive. So he goes to a seminar called "stop" hoping it will help him become more assertive. When he returns, He tells Jennifer and Mr. Perkins off, and he instructs Balki how to get a raise after Mr. Gorpley laughed in his face when he asked for it. He finally gets Balki to demand a raise from Mr. Gorpley.

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    Director:Joel Zwick
    Writer:Unknown
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    #25 - Aliens

    S4:E3

    Larry and Balki throw a Halloween party with their friends and after six hours of watching scary movies, Larry wakes up and discovers that Balki is an alien from "Planet Mypos" and is turning everyone into Mypiots by putting vests on them.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

Worst Episodes Summary

"All News That Fits" is the worst rated episode of "Perfect Strangers". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Joel Zwick and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/22/1987. This episode scored 0.0 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Weigh to Go Buddy".