Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: March 25, 1986
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 150
Networks: ABC
Genres: Comedy

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Perfect Strangers(1986)

Now we are so happy we do the Dance of Joy!

TMDB Rating: 6.7 (102 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

6 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Knock Knock, Who's There?	Mar 25, 1986
2	Picture This	Apr 1, 1986
3	First Date	Apr 8, 1986
4	Baby, You Can Drive My Car	Apr 15, 1986
5	Check This	Apr 22, 1986
6	Happy Birthday, Baby	Apr 29, 1986

Season 2

22 episodes • 1986

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Hello Baby	Sep 17, 1986
2	Hunks Like Us	Sep 24, 1986
3	The Unnatural	Oct 1, 1986
4	Ladies and Germs	Oct 15, 1986
5	Lifesavers	Oct 22, 1986
6	Babes in Babylon	Oct 29, 1986
7	Falling in Love is...	Nov 12, 1986
8	Two Men and a Cradle	Nov 19, 1986
9	Can I Get a Witness	Nov 26, 1986
10	The Rent Strike	Dec 10, 1986
11	A Christmas Story	Dec 17, 1986
12	Dog Gone Blues	Jan 7, 1987
13	Since I Lost My Baby	Jan 14, 1987
14	Trouble in Paradise	Jan 21, 1987
15	Beautiful Dreamer	Jan 28, 1987
16	Tux for Two	Feb 4, 1987
17	Ten Speed and a Soft Touch	Feb 11, 1987
18	Snow Way to Treat a Lady (1)	Feb 18, 1987
19	Snow Way to Treat a Lady (2)	Feb 25, 1987
20	Up on a Roof	Feb 27, 1987
21	Get a Job	Mar 5, 1987
22	Hello, Elaine	Apr 1, 1987

Season 3

22 episodes • 1987

#	Episode	Air Date
1	All News That Fits	Sep 22, 1987
2	Weigh to Go Buddy	Sep 29, 1987
3	Sexual Harrassment in Chicago	Oct 7, 1987
4	Taking Stock	Oct 14, 1987
5	Better Shop Around	Oct 21, 1987
6	Your Cheatin' Heart	Oct 28, 1987
7	The Horn Blows at Midnight	Nov 4, 1987
8	Karate Kids	Nov 11, 1987
9	Night School Confidential	Nov 18, 1987
10	Future Shock	Nov 25, 1987
11	Couch Potato	Dec 2, 1987
12	The Break-In	Dec 9, 1987
13	To Be or Not to Be	Jan 6, 1988
14	My Lips Are Sealed	Jan 13, 1988
15	The Pen Pal	Jan 27, 1988
16	Just Desserts	Feb 3, 1988
17	Pipe Dreams	Feb 10, 1988
18	Bye Bye Biki	Feb 24, 1988
19	The Graduate	Mar 9, 1988
20	Defiant Guys	Mar 11, 1988
21	My Brother, Myself	Mar 18, 1988
22	You Gotta Have Friends	Mar 25, 1988

Season 4

22 episodes • 1988

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Lottery	Oct 14, 1988
2	Assertive Training	Oct 21, 1988
3	Aliens	Oct 28, 1988
4	Piano Movers	Nov 4, 1988
5	High Society	Nov 11, 1988
6	Up a Lazy River (1)	Nov 18, 1988
7	Up a Lazy River (2)	Nov 25, 1988
8	College Bound	Dec 9, 1988
9	The Gift of the Mypiot	Dec 16, 1988
10	Maid to Order	Jan 6, 1989
11	That Old Gang of Mine	Jan 13, 1989
12	Crimebusters	Jan 20, 1989
13	Games People Play	Feb 3, 1989
14	Come Fly with Me	Feb 10, 1989
15	Blind Alley	Feb 17, 1989
16	The 'King' and I	Feb 24, 1989
17	Prose and Cons	Mar 10, 1989
18	Car Wars	Mar 17, 1989
19	Just a Gigolo	Mar 31, 1989
20	Seven Card Studs	Apr 14, 1989
21	Teacher's Pest	Apr 28, 1989
22	Wedding Bell Blues	May 5, 1989

Season 5

24 episodes • 1989

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Good Skates	Sep 22, 1989
2	Lie-Ability	Sep 29, 1989
3	The Newsletter	Oct 6, 1989
4	Tooth or Consequences	Oct 13, 1989
5	Dog Day Mid-Afternoon	Oct 20, 1989
6	Poetry in Motion	Nov 5, 1989
7	Father Knows Best (1)	Nov 10, 1989
8	Father Knows Best (2)	Nov 17, 1989
9	Hello Ball	Nov 24, 1989
10	Almost Live from Chicago	Dec 1, 1989
11	Home Movies	Dec 8, 1989
12	Everybody in the Pool	Dec 15, 1989
13	Because They're Cousins	Jan 5, 1990
14	Disorderly Orderlies	Jan 12, 1990
15	The Selling of Mypos	Jan 26, 1990
16	Nightmare Vacation	Feb 2, 1990
17	Three's a Crowd	Feb 9, 1990
18	Blast From the Past	Feb 16, 1990
19	He's the Boss	Feb 23, 1990
20	Here Comes the Judge	Mar 9, 1990
21	This Old House	Mar 30, 1990
22	Eyewitless Reports	Apr 11, 1990
23	Bye, Bye Birdie	Apr 13, 1990
24	Digging Up the News	Apr 27, 1990

Season 6

24 episodes • 1990

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Safe at Home	Sep 28, 1990
2	New Kid on the Block	Oct 5, 1990
3	The Break Up	Oct 12, 1990
4	A Horse is a Horse	Oct 19, 1990
5	Family Feud	Oct 26, 1990
6	Call Me Indestructible	Nov 2, 1990
7	The Men Who Knew Too Much (1)	Nov 9, 1990
8	The Men Who Knew Too Much (2)	Nov 16, 1990
9	The Ring	Nov 23, 1990
10	Black Widow	Nov 30, 1990
11	Sunshine Boys	Dec 7, 1990
12	Hocus Pocus	Dec 28, 1990
13	Finders Keepers	Jan 4, 1991
14	Grandpa	Jan 11, 1991
15	Little Apartment of Horrors	Jan 18, 1991
16	I Saw This on TV	Feb 1, 1991
17	Speak Memory	Feb 8, 1991
18	Out of Sync	Feb 15, 1991
19	See How They Run	Feb 22, 1991
20	Climb Every Billboard	Mar 15, 1991
21	A Catered Affair	Mar 22, 1991
22	Duck Soup	Apr 5, 1991
23	Great Balls of Fire	Apr 26, 1991
24	See You in September	May 3, 1991

Season 7

24 episodes • 1991

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Bachelor Party	Sep 20, 1991
2	The Wedding	Sep 27, 1991
3	This New House	Oct 4, 1991
4	Door to Door	Oct 11, 1991
5	Weekend at Ferdinand's	Oct 18, 1991
6	Fright Night	Oct 25, 1991
7	The Gazebo	Nov 1, 1991
8	Citizenship (1)	Nov 8, 1991
9	Citizenship (2)	Nov 15, 1991
10	Wild Turkey	Nov 22, 1991
11	Dimitri's World	Nov 29, 1991
12	Car Tunes	Dec 6, 1991
13	Two Angry Men	Jan 3, 1992
14	Missing	Jan 17, 1992
15	Going Once, Going Twice	Feb 1, 1992
16	Yes Sir, That's My Baby	Feb 8, 1992
17	Wayne Man	Feb 29, 1992
18	The Elevator	Mar 14, 1992
19	The Play's the Thing	Mar 21, 1992
20	Stress Test	Mar 28, 1992
21	...Or Get Off the Pot	Apr 4, 1992
22	Chicago Suite	Apr 11, 1992
23	It Had to be You	Apr 18, 1992
24	Get Me to the Dump on Time	Apr 18, 1992

Season 8

6 episodes • 1993

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Baby Shower	Jul 9, 1993
2	After Hours	Jul 16, 1993
3	Lethal Weapon	Jul 23, 1993
4	Baby Quiz	Jul 30, 1993
5	Up, Up and Away (1)	Aug 6, 1993
6	Up, Up and Away (2)	Aug 6, 1993

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