7.4/10167 votes#1 - The Laundry Orgy
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/1970
Felix and Oscar try to break up their poker game so that they can go out with the Pigeon sisters.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Garry Marshall
- 7.4/10184 votes
#2 - The Fight of the Felix
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/1970
A tough hockey player challenges Felix to a boxing match.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10133 votes
#3 - Felix Gets Sick
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1970
Oscar's date with a stewardess is interrupted by Felix's sickness.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10152 votes
#4 - The Jury Story
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1970
Oscar and Felix flash back to how they first met, "12 Angry Men" style.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10142 votes
#5 - The Breakup
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1970
When Oscar throws Felix out of the apartment, he moves in with Murray, then Vinnie, and then the Pigeon sisters.
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10151 votes
#6 - Oscar's Ulcer
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1970
Oscar's ulcer begins to flare up again.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Bob Rodgers
- 7.0/10120 votes
#7 - I Do, I Don't
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/1970
When Felix feels he's responsible for the separation of a young couple on the very day of their wedding he tries to get the stubborn couple back together
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: Carl Kleinschmitt
- 7.5/10121 votes
#8 - Oscar the Model
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/1970
A monster is created when Felix shucks Oscar into posing for a cologne ad.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: Garry Marshall
- 7.6/10130 votes
#9 - The Big Brothers
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/1970
Oscar and Felix become big brothers to a fatherless boy.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10140 votes
#10 - It's All Over Now, Baby Bird
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1970
Humorous story about Felix's "dead" parrot.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10144 votes
#11 - Felix is Missing
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1970
Felix goes missing, and Oscar thinks his buddy is dead.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/10177 votes
#12 - Scrooge Gets an Oscar
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1970
In a parody of A Christmas Carol, Oscar dreams he is haunted by Felix's ghost.
Director: George Tyne
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10131 votes
#13 - The Blackout
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/24/1970
Oscar's poker buddies believe that the eternally-strapped Oscar swiped fifty dollars out of the kitty during a building-wide blackout; Oscar fights to prove his innocence. (Contributor: Pushover Paige)
Director: Charles R. Rondeau
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10124 votes
#14 - They Use Horseradish, Don't They?
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/7/1971
Felix's determination to win a cooking contest drives Oscar nuts.
Director: Garry Marshall
Writer: Garry Marshall
- 7.2/10125 votes
#15 - The Hideaway
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/14/1971
Felix gets angry when an Eskimo quarterback is exploited.
Director: N/A
Writer: Harry Winkler
- 7.4/10111 votes
#16 - Lovers Don't Make House Calls
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/29/1971
Oscar is smitten by Dr. Nancy Cunningham, who is treating Felix's allergies.
Director: Bruce Bilson
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10104 votes
#17 - Engrave Trouble
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 2/5/1971
A thug helps Felix find a stolen watch.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10129 votes
#18 - Bunny is Missing Down by the Lake
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/12/1971
A weekend at a mountain cabin proves horrendous.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: Charles Shyer
- 7.0/1097 votes
#19 - You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/19/1971
A baby causes one heck of an evening.
Director: Garry Marshall
Writer: Garry Marshall
- 7.2/10106 votes
#20 - A Taste of Money
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/26/1971
Oscar and Felix's neighbor might very well be a bank robber.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10104 votes
#21 - Oscar's New Life
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 3/5/1971
After being fired from the newspaper, Oscar seeks employment at a girlie magazine.
Director: Alan Rafkin
Writer: Jack Winter
- 7.5/1099 votes
#22 - What Makes Felix Run
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/12/1971
Flashback Episode: Oscar helps Felix try to get over his neatness, which includes a flashback to Felix's childhood--a neat one to be exact.
Director: Jerry Paris
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10115 votes
#23 - What Does a Naked Lady Say to You?
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/19/1971
Oscar and his buddies go to a play featuring Felix's "librarian" girlfriend that bares "the naked truth."
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1098 votes
#24 - Trapped
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/26/1971
In this episode, we find out why Oscar, Felix, and Nancy were arrested.
Director: Jerry Belson
Writer: N/A
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Felix and Oscar are two divorced men. Felix is neat and tidy while Oscar is sloppy and casual. They share a Manhattan apartment, and their...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"The Laundry Orgy" is the best rated episode of "The Odd Couple" season 1. It scored 7.4/10 based on 167 votes. Directed by Jerry Paris and written by Garry Marshall, it aired on 9/24/1970. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Fight of the Felix".