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Episodes: All (151)

Season: 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  5  |  6  |  7  |  8  |  unknown
Year: 1986  |  1987  |  1988  |  1989  |  1990  |  1991  |  1992  |  1993  |  unknown


Season 1


Season 1, Episode 1: Knock Knock, Who's There?

Original Air Date—25 March 1986

Season 1, Episode 2: Picture This

Original Air Date—1 April 1986
When Larry attempts to teach the good-natured Balki not to let others take advantage of him, it threatens Larry's chance to get a picture that could help his career.

Season 1, Episode 3: First Date

Original Air Date—8 April 1986
Larry teaches Balki about dating American women...not surprisingly, it turns out better for Balki than for Larry.

Season 1, Episode 4: Baby, You Can Drive My Car

Original Air Date—15 April 1986
Balki wants to obtain his "membership card to the American dream"--a driver's license--and Twinkacetti bets Larry $50 that he won't get it. So Larry offers to teach Balki to drive, but is hesitant to actually hand over the keys to his car.

Season 1, Episode 5: Check This

Original Air Date—22 April 1986
Balki gets a lesson in banking, but has to learn it the hard way when Larry doesn't have the patience to explain it properly.

Season 1, Episode 6: Happy Birthday, Baby

Original Air Date—29 April 1986
Balki tries to cheer up Larry, who is depressed on his 24th birthday because he has not achieved the goals he set as part of his "master plan".

Season 2


Season 2, Episode 1: Hello, Baby

Original Air Date—7 September 1986
Balki convinces Larry to let a pregnant friend from his citizenship class stay with them until her husband returns from a trip.

Season 2, Episode 2: Hunks Like Us

Original Air Date—24 September 1986
The guys join a gym so Larry can impress a girl, but they overdo it just a bit.

Season 2, Episode 3: The Unnatural

Original Air Date—1 October 1986
When Larry's baseball team makes it to the championships, Larry finally has the chance to win his very own trophy. But will he put winning above his friendship with Balki when Balki wants to join the team?

Season 2, Episode 4: Lifesavers

Original Air Date—22 October 1986
When Larry saves Balki from getting hit by a taxi, he becomes "Primodopolos" according to Myposian custom, which means Balki must serve Larry for life, much to Larry's annoyance.

Season 2, Episode 5: Babes in Babylon

Original Air Date—29 October 1986
Balki is excited when the guys win a trip to Las Vegas, but Larry worries Balki will become a gambler like their Uncle Pete.

Season 2, Episode 6: Ladies & Germs

Original Air Date—5 November 1986
When Larry comes down with a bad cold on the day of a big date, Balki wants him to take the "Mypos cure", but Larry is hesitant.

Season 2, Episode 7: Falling in Love Is...

Original Air Date—12 November 1986
Balki is excited to be in love for the first time, but Larry worries Balki is setting himself up for heartbreak.

Season 2, Episode 8: Can I Get a Witness?

Original Air Date—26 November 1986
Balki inadvertently takes a second job working for a criminal, and he and Larry are asked to testify against him.

Season 2, Episode 9: Two Men and a Cradle

Original Air Date—3 December 1986
Balki and Larry spend the weekend babysitting Gina's baby (the baby they delivered in "Hello Baby"). All goes well until they take the baby to the park, where an awful lot of carriages look alike...

Season 2, Episode 10: The Rent Strike

Original Air Date—10 December 1986
Larry and Balki lead their fellow tenants in a rent strike in order to get Mr. Twinkacetti to make repairs to the building. But Twinkacetti decides to fight back...

Season 2, Episode 11: A Christmas Story

Original Air Date—17 December 1986
Larry and Balki are going to visit Larry's family in Madison for Christmas, but a snowstorm threatens to ruin their plans.

Season 2, Episode 12: Dog Gone Blues

Original Air Date—7 January 1987
Balki brings home a dog, but pets are against their lease, so the guys attempt to keep the dog while hiding it from Mr. Twinkacetti.

Season 2, Episode 13: Since I Lost My Baby

Original Air Date—14 January 1987
Mr. Twinkacetti moves in with the guys when Edwina kicks him out, prompting Larry and Balki to try to save the couple's marriage, or risk having their landlord and boss as a roommate indefinitely.

Season 2, Episode 14: Trouble in Paradise

Original Air Date—21 January 1987
Conflict arises between the guys when they invite the girls over for a "casual dinner".

Season 2, Episode 15: Beautiful Dreamer

Original Air Date—28 January 1987
When Balki has trouble sleeping, Larry is determined to find the cause of Balki's nightmares, but Balki refuses to talk about it.

Season 2, Episode 16: Tux for Two

Original Air Date—4 February 1987
Larry wins 10th place in a photo contest, and as a result, a well-known photographer invites him to a black tie party for the opening night of his latest photo exhibit. When Jennifer can't attend, Balki gets to go with Larry, who gives Balki a crash course in how he believes one is "supposed" to act at such an event.

Season 2, Episode 17: Ten Speed and Soft Touch

Original Air Date—11 February 1987
Larry and Balki spend time with a teenager who seems headed down a path of delinquency, but Larry thinks their efforts are for nothing when he suspects the boy of stealing his childhood bicycle.

Season 2, Episode 18: Snow Way to Treat a Lady: Part 1

Original Air Date—18 February 1987
A fun ski trip with the girls goes awry after Larry exaggerates his skiing ability in an attempt to impress Jennifer.

Season 2, Episode 19: Snow Way to Treat a Lady: Part 2

Original Air Date—25 February 1987
Trapped in a mountain cabin with the girls after an avalanche, Balki and Larry try to dig a tunnel to get help.

Season 2, Episode 20: Get a Job

Original Air Date—4 March 1987
Pushed too far by Twinkacetti, the guys quit their jobs at the store, only to find there actually are worse jobs out there.

Season 2, Episode 21: Hello, Elaine

Original Air Date—1 April 1987
Larry's younger sister, Elaine, comes to visit; however conflict arises when he finds out she plans to go to New York instead of to college.

Season 2, Episode 22: Up on a Roof

Original Air Date—6 May 1987
Larry needs a photo to enter in a prestigious photo contest, and he has an idea for the perfect shot. Unfortunately, he needs to take it from Mr. Twinkacetti's roof.

Season 3


Season 3, Episode 1: All the News That Fits

Original Air Date—22 September 1987
When Larry takes a new job at the Chicago Chronicle, Balki feels his job at the discount store is no longer enough for him. So he gets a job in the mail room at the Chronicle, but his new boss Mr. Gorpley is not going to make it easy for him.

Season 3, Episode 2: Weigh to Go Buddy

Original Air Date—29 September 1987
Larry makes Balki promise to help him lose weight, and a Mypiot never breaks his promise...

Season 3, Episode 3: Sexual Harassment in Chicago

Original Air Date—7 October 1987
Balki learns about sexual harassment through experience, when Olivia Crawford, editor of the Sunday Magazine, makes a pass at him and threatens his job.

Season 3, Episode 4: Taking Stock

Original Air Date—14 October 1987
Balki is proud to own his first share of stock in his favorite cereal company, until he finds out they make false promises to their customers.

Season 3, Episode 5: Better Shop Around

Original Air Date—10 February 1988
When the cousins win a supermarket shopping spree, Balki sees it as a chance to have fun, but of course Larry has a plan...

Season 3, Episode 6: Your Cheatin' Heart

Original Air Date—28 October 1987
Balki and Jennifer try to surprise Larry with a gift, but with all their sneaking around, Larry becomes suspicious.

Season 3, Episode 7: The Horn Blows at Midnight

Original Air Date—4 November 1987
When a psychic has a premonition while holding Larry's lucky pen, Balki worries that "Mr. Death" is coming to take his cousin.

Season 3, Episode 8: Karate Kids

Original Air Date—11 November 1987
After Larry and Balki get beaten up by a bully, they decide to learn karate for self-defense.

Season 3, Episode 9: Future Shock

Original Air Date—25 November 1987

Season 3, Episode 10: Episode #3.10

Original Air Date—????

Season 3, Episode 11: Couch Potato

Original Air Date—2 December 1987
When the guys get cable, Balki becomes so entranced by 24 hour TV, that it interferes with his life and threatens to cost him his job.

Season 3, Episode 12: The Break-In

Original Air Date—9 December 1987
When Larry's joke article gets turned in by mistake, he talks Balki into helping him break into the Chronicle to exchange it for the real one.

Season 3, Episode 13: To Be or Not to Be

Original Air Date—6 January 1988

Season 3, Episode 14: My Lips Are Sealed

Original Air Date—13 January 1988
Larry regrets teaching Balki the importance of keeping confidential information he learns in the mail room, when he realizes Balki knows whether Larry got the raise he needs to buy his dream car.

Season 3, Episode 15: The Pen Pal

Original Air Date—27 January 1988
Larry fears for his life when Balki invites the paroled Vince Lucas, a criminal they helped send to jail, to stay with them until he starts a new job.

Season 3, Episode 16: Just Desserts

Original Air Date—3 February 1988

Season 3, Episode 17: Pipe Dreams

Original Air Date—4 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 18: Bye Bye Biki

Original Air Date—6 May 1988
Balki is excited about a visit from his grandmother, but Larry must break the news to him that Yaya Biki died on the way to Chicago.

Season 3, Episode 19: The Graduate

Original Air Date—19 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 20: The Defiant Guys

Original Air Date—11 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 21: My Brother, Myself

Original Air Date—18 March 1988

Season 3, Episode 22: You Gotta Have Friends

Original Air Date—25 March 1988

Season 4


Season 4, Episode 1: The Lottery

Original Air Date—14 October 1988

Season 4, Episode 2: Assertive Training

Original Air Date—21 October 1988

Season 4, Episode 3: Aliens

Original Air Date—28 October 1988

Season 4, Episode 4: Piano Movers

Original Air Date—4 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 5: High Society

Original Air Date—11 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 6: Up the Lazy River: Part 1

Original Air Date—25 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 7: Up a Lazy River: Part 2

Original Air Date—25 November 1988

Season 4, Episode 8: College Bound

Original Air Date—9 December 1988

Season 4, Episode 9: The Gift of the Mypiot

Original Air Date—16 December 1988

Season 4, Episode 10: Maid to Order

Original Air Date—6 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 11: That Old Gang of Mine

Original Air Date—13 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 12: Crimebusters

Original Air Date—20 January 1989

Season 4, Episode 13: Games People Play

Original Air Date—3 February 1989

Season 4, Episode 14: Come Fly with Me

Original Air Date—10 February 1989

Season 4, Episode 15: Blind Alley

Original Air Date—17 February 1989

Season 4, Episode 16: The 'King' and I

Original Air Date—24 February 1989

Season 4, Episode 17: Prose and Cons

Original Air Date—10 March 1989

Season 4, Episode 18: Car Wars

Original Air Date—17 March 1989

Season 4, Episode 19: Just a Gigolo

Original Air Date—31 March 1989

Season 4, Episode 20: Seven Card Studs

Original Air Date—14 April 1989

Season 4, Episode 21: Teacher's Pest

Original Air Date—28 April 1989

Season 4, Episode 22: Wedding Belle Blues

Original Air Date—5 May 1989

Season 5


Season 5, Episode 1: Good Skates

Original Air Date—22 September 1989

Season 5, Episode 2: Lie-Ability

Original Air Date—29 September 1989

Season 5, Episode 3: The Newsletter

Original Air Date—6 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 4: Tooth or Consequences

Original Air Date—13 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 5: Dog Day Mid-Afternoon

Original Air Date—20 October 1989

Season 5, Episode 6: Poetry in Motion

Original Air Date—5 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 7: Father Knows Best?: Part 1

Original Air Date—10 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 8: Father Knows Best?: Part 2

Original Air Date—17 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 9: Hello Ball

Original Air Date—24 November 1989

Season 5, Episode 10: Almost Live from Chicago

Original Air Date—1 December 1989

Season 5, Episode 11: Home Movies

Original Air Date—8 December 1989

Season 5, Episode 12: Everybody in the Pool

Original Air Date—15 December 1989

Season 5, Episode 13: Because They're Cousins

Original Air Date—5 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 14: Disorderly Orderlies

Original Air Date—12 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 15: The Selling of Mypos

Original Air Date—26 January 1990

Season 5, Episode 16: Nightmare Vacation

Original Air Date—2 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 17: Three's a Crowd

Original Air Date—9 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 18: A Blast from the Past

Original Air Date—16 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 19: He's the Boss

Original Air Date—23 February 1990

Season 5, Episode 20: Here Comes the Judge

Original Air Date—9 March 1990

Season 5, Episode 21: This Old House

Original Air Date—30 March 1990

Season 5, Episode 22: Eyewitless Report

Original Air Date—11 April 1990

Season 5, Episode 23: Bye Bye Birdie

Original Air Date—13 April 1990

Season 5, Episode 24: Digging Up the News

Original Air Date—27 April 1990

Season 6


Season 6, Episode 1: Safe at Home

Original Air Date—28 September 1990

Season 6, Episode 2: New Kid on the Block

Original Air Date—5 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 3: The Breakup

Original Air Date—12 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 4: A Horse Is a Horse

Original Air Date—19 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 5: Family Feud

Original Air Date—26 October 1990

Season 6, Episode 6: Call Me Indestructible

Original Air Date—2 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 7: The Men Who Knew Too Much: Part 1

Original Air Date—9 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 8: The Men Who Knew Too Much: Part 2

Original Air Date—16 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 9: The Ring

Original Air Date—23 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 10: Black Widow

Original Air Date—30 November 1990

Season 6, Episode 11: The Sunshine Boys

Original Air Date—7 December 1990

Season 6, Episode 12: Hocus Pocus

Original Air Date—28 December 1990

Season 6, Episode 13: Finders Keepers

Original Air Date—4 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 14: Grandpa

Original Air Date—11 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 15: Little Apartment of Horrors

Original Air Date—18 January 1991

Season 6, Episode 16: I Saw This on TV

Original Air Date—1 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 17: Speak, Memory

Original Air Date—8 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 18: Out of Sync

Original Air Date—15 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 19: See How They Run

Original Air Date—22 February 1991

Season 6, Episode 20: Climb Every Billboard

Original Air Date—15 March 1991

Season 6, Episode 21: A Catered Affair

Original Air Date—22 March 1991

Season 6, Episode 22: Duck Soup

Original Air Date—5 April 1991

Season 6, Episode 23: Great Balls of Fire

Original Air Date—26 April 1991

Season 6, Episode 24: See You in September

Original Air Date—3 May 1991

Season 7


Season 7, Episode 1: Bachelor Party

Original Air Date—20 September 1991

Season 7, Episode 2: The Wedding

Original Air Date—27 September 1991

Season 7, Episode 3: This New House

Original Air Date—4 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 4: Door to Door

Original Air Date—20 December 1991

Season 7, Episode 5: Weekend at Ferdinand's

Original Air Date—18 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 6: Fright Night

Original Air Date—25 October 1991

Season 7, Episode 7: The Gazebo

Original Air Date—1 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 8: Citizenship: Part 1

Original Air Date—8 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 9: Citizenship: Part 2

Original Air Date—15 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 10: Wild Turkey

Original Air Date—22 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 11: Dimitri's World

Original Air Date—29 November 1991

Season 7, Episode 12: Car Tunes

Original Air Date—6 December 1991

Season 7, Episode 13: Two Angry Men

Original Air Date—3 January 1992

Season 7, Episode 14: Missing

Original Air Date—17 January 1992

Season 7, Episode 15: Going Once, Going Twice

Original Air Date—1 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 16: Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Original Air Date—8 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 17: Wayne Man

Original Air Date—29 February 1992

Season 7, Episode 18: The Elevator

Original Air Date—14 March 1992

Season 7, Episode 19: The Play's the Thing

Original Air Date—21 March 1992

Season 7, Episode 20: Stress Test

Original Air Date—28 March 1992

Season 7, Episode 21: Or Get Off the Pot

Original Air Date—4 April 1992

Season 7, Episode 22: Chicago Suite

Original Air Date—11 April 1992

Season 7, Episode 23: It Had to Be You

Original Air Date—18 April 1992

Season 7, Episode 24: Get Me to the Dump on Time

Original Air Date—18 April 1992

Season 8


Season 8, Episode 1: The Baby Shower

Original Air Date—9 July 1993

Season 8, Episode 2: After Hours

Original Air Date—16 July 1993

Season 8, Episode 3: Lethal Weapon

Original Air Date—23 July 1993

Season 8, Episode 4: The Baby Quiz

Original Air Date—30 July 1993

Season 8, Episode 5: Up, Up and Away: Part 1

Original Air Date—6 August 1993

Season 8, Episode 6: Up, Up and Away: Part 2

Original Air Date—6 August 1993

Unknown Season


Night School Confidential

Original Air Date—18 November 1987
Balki and Larry go undercover to bust a guy selling cheap counterfeit jewelry at Balki's night school.

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