The Worst Episodes of Perfect Strangers

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6.3/10(72 votes)
#1 - Yes Sir, That's My Baby
S7:E162/8/1992
When Balki shows Larry that Jennifer has been knitting booties, The possibility that Jennifer is pregnant causes Larry to imagine Larry and Balki's future sons becoming best friends in the nursery trying to escape.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Barry O'Brien
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6.6/10(76 votes)
#2 - Fright Night
S7:E610/25/1991
When Balki finds out that there is a ghost in their house, Larry refuses to believe it. Jennifer and Mary Anne are convinced when Balki shows them a book about it. So they go up to Balki's room (where the ghost lives) and wait for him to come out. Even when miraculous things start to happen, Larry still doesn't believe it until he's attacked.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Barry O'Brien
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Writer:Barry O'Brien
6.8/10(74 votes)
#3 - New Kid on the Block
S6:E210/5/1990
Balki agrees to babysit their new neighbor's daughter Tess and lets her do whatever she wants. She ends up terrorizing the apartment which disturbs Larry who is trying to write a possible front-page story for a city council expose. She also disrupts the staff at the Chronicle.
Director:Greg Antonacci
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Greg Antonacci
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6.8/10(72 votes)
#4 - Weekend at Ferdinand's
S7:E510/18/1991
King Ferdinand of Mypos comes to visit America and dies in Larry's arms - which means that Larry is the new king according to Myposian custom. But convinced that Larry would make a terrible king, they must pretend that he's alive and drop him into the arms of the King's advisor - The Speaker of the Hut.
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6.9/10(71 votes)
#5 - The Gazebo
S7:E711/1/1991
Larry and Balki are building a new gazebo in their back yard and as they struggle to build it, it reminds Jennifer and Mary Anne of Laurel and Hardy as we see them in a parody of Laurel and Hardy trying to build a gazebo.
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6.9/10(71 votes)
#6 - Citizenship (2)
S7:E911/15/1991
Larry travels to Mypos to try and persuade Balki's mama to let him come back to America. But before he can talk to her, Larry settles happily into the relaxed life style of Mypos and wants to stay. Eventually, he gets fed up and talks to Balki's mama who realizes that it would really make him happy to let him come back to America where is finally sworn in as an American Citizen.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Barry O'Brien
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7.0/10(78 votes)
#7 - College Bound
S4:E812/9/1988
Larry prepares a surprise party for Balki who is taking his college entrance exams. While they are waiting for him to return, they talk about some things they've been through together such as when they first met, the first day at the Chronicle, when they tried to fix Jennifer and Mary Anne's shower, etc. Larry thinks that he has helped Balki come along way but it seems that Balki has been helping him more.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Joel Zwick
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7.0/10(67 votes)
#8 - The Play's the Thing
S7:E193/21/1992
When Balki takes Larry's "Wheat" play-script to Lydia's theater, Larry goes down to see the cast. But when the director tries to change the lines, Larry won't let him, so they all quit. But Larry insists that they keep the show by casting him with Balki, Lydia, Jennifer, and Mary Anne, but they've never acted before and make a mess of it.
Director:Unknown
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7.0/10(65 votes)
#9 - After Hours
S8:E27/16/1993
Larry wants to put some sparks back in his marriage, and after he fails with Balki's secret treasures, he goes shopping with Balki and accidentally gets locked in the store after hours with a mad dog on the loose.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Barry O'Brien
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7.1/10(72 votes)
#10 - Dog Day Mid-Afternoon
S5:E510/20/1989
Larry writes an expose of a money laundering scheme that gets him his first front page story but he's upset when he realizes that Marshall & Walpole too all the credit for his article. Also, Marvin Berman, the money laundering scheme's accountant, is also upset because his boss took all the credit for the scheme that was really his idea. So he shows up at the Chronicle with a bomb and demands a printed retraction.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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7.1/10(58 votes)
#11 - Baby Quiz
S8:E47/30/1993
Balki applies to the "Baby Quiz" TV game show for both couples. As it happens, Only Larry and Jennifer are accepted until a last minute drop out of the other contestants, in which Balki and Mary Anne take their places. The prize is a college scholarship for the baby.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Scott S. Gorden
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Writer:Scott S. Gorden
7.2/10(73 votes)
#12 - Prose and Cons
S4:E173/10/1989
Larry and Balki wind up in jail after refusing to reveal their source for a commodity scandal, to protect the freedom of the press. They won't stop there; they are very persistent to keep their sources, and take the hard time, but they later get two dangerous cell mates.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Joel Zwick
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7.2/10(62 votes)
#13 - See How They Run
S6:E192/22/1991
Balki runs for student body president and lets Larry help and as usual, Larry goes completely over the top. The students however, don't like the idea of Balki's idea of reinstating the language requirement so Larry thinks Balki should lie in order to win but he won't.
Director:Unknown
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7.3/10(72 votes)
#14 - Lie-Ability
S5:E29/29/1989
After a minor car accident, Mr. Gorpley suggests Larry should sue. So Larry has plans to defraud an insurance company to gain money to help his sister Elaine with her tuition. But Balki objects as usual.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Joel Zwick
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7.3/10(72 votes)
#15 - Almost Live from Chicago
S5:E1012/1/1989
Lydia has been offered the opportunity of having her on TV advice show but she has one problem, she's afraid of cameras. But Larry tries to force her to do the show because of a mistake he made in high school when he turned down an opportunity.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Barry O'Brien
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Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Barry O'Brien
7.3/10(71 votes)
#16 - Up, Up and Away (2)
S8:E68/6/1993
Trapped on board a runaway hot air balloon, Larry and Balki must find a way to get back to Earth as Jennifer goes into labor.
Director:Unknown
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7.3/10(66 votes)
#17 - Duck Soup
S6:E224/5/1991
Larry is going duck hunting with Mr. Wainwright and Balki wants to go to get revenge on something that happened to him when he was a kid involving a duck. Larry lets him go when he sees what a great shot Balki is but it turns into a disaster when Balki will only let them kill one kind of ducks - pterodactyls.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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7.3/10(62 votes)
#18 - Citizenship (1)
S7:E811/8/1991
Balki has passed his Citizenship test and is about to be sworn in as an American Citizen. So Larry arranges for Balki's mama (Bronson Pinchot in a dual role) to come to American to witness him being sworn in. When Balki's mama discovers that he will not come back to Mypos to live, She is angry and Balki has to go back to Mypos.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Barry O'Brien
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7.4/10(80 votes)
#19 - High Society
S4:E511/11/1988
Larry has an excellent idea to present to the owners of the Chronicle but has trouble getting into the party that they're holding. And mistakenly believing that Balki is that Crown Prince of Mypos, he gets invited with Larry.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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7.4/10(74 votes)
#20 - Wedding Bell Blues
S4:E225/5/1989
On Balki's 25th birthday, his mama has a pre-arranged marriage that Balki must go through with, even though he is in love with Mary Anne. So Larry and Jennifer try and find a way to save Balki from being unhappy.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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7.4/10(73 votes)
#21 - Teacher's Pest
S4:E214/28/1989
Larry was chosen to teach a college course in journalism and Balki is able to take the class. But his standards are set way too high that he fails the whole class.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Joel Zwick
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7.4/10(70 votes)
#22 - He's the Boss
S5:E192/23/1990
When Mr. Wainwright hires a personal assistant Mr. Glover, Balki gets promoted to the executive staff, but is unaware that it is a scheme that Mr. Glover has to try and implement the American Dream Program. And Larry may lose his job if he doesn't go along with it.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Joel Zwick
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7.4/10(70 votes)
#23 - Eyewitless Reports
S5:E224/11/1990
A Chronicle Tour sends Mr. Gorpley, Larry and Balki & Jennifer and Mary Anne to a cabin in the forest where they encounter a 'Mad Dog' killer who escaped from prison. The killer is later apprehended but they all tell different stories about the capture which confuses the state trooper.
Director:Joel Zwick
Writer:Unknown
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7.4/10(68 votes)
#24 - ...Or Get Off the Pot
S7:E214/4/1992
Mary Anne has been hinting at Balki to propose to her and he has failed one too many times so she threatens to move out. Larry talks to Balki and tries to get him to realize but do to mis-communication, Balki thinks that Jennifer's in love with him and Mary Anne is going to die. But in all the confusion, Mary Anne move out.
Director:Unknown
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7.4/10(68 votes)
#25 - The Baby Shower
S8:E17/9/1993
Jennifer is seven months pregnant; Balki and Mary Anne have been on their honeymoon for five months in Mypos and their about to come home. When they arrive, they have a surprise, Mary Anne is also pregnant but isn't going through any bad symptoms like Jennifer is. Balki brought a root back from Mypos that could help Jennifer but when Larry and Balki eat it, they start acting very hyper and ruin the baby shower.
Director:Unknown
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