Three's Company
Come and knock on our door
When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.
Seasons
1. A Man About the House
Air Date: 1977-03-15
This crazy series begins when Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow, two attractive women, have a going away party for their roommate, Eleanor (who we'll meet in Episode 44). While trying to find someone to share the rent with, they find party crasher Jack Tripper in their bathtub. They have their doubts at first but when they find out that Jack is the only one that can cook (by going to cooking school), they want him to stay. The hardest part of this is trying to convince the landlords, Stanley and Helen Roper, that Jack is indeed good company. Stanley doesn't like the idea of a man living with two women, knowing what can go on behind closed doors. Jack pretends he is gay so that he can have a place to live. It works, and the rest is sitcom history.
2. And Mother Makes Four
Air Date: 1977-03-24
Jack is all set to move into Eleanor's room, until Chrissy's mother unexpectedly shows up. Chrissy's mom does not know that she and Janet live with a man, so she tries to keep them out of sight. Janet and Jack go to the Regal Beagle to hide out, and Mrs. Roper finds out that Jack is not really gay. She manages to keep it secret from Mr. Roper.
3. Roper's Niece
Air Date: 1977-03-31
Mr. Roper sets Jack up with his niece, who turns out to be very promiscuous in her way. Jack finds out that Mr. Roper set him up in order to turn him straight, and if he is, out he goes.
4. No Children, No Dogs
Air Date: 1977-04-07
Larry Dallas, a slick car salesman, unloads a puppy on the trio. Knowing that Stanley doesn't allow pets, they try to hide it. The puppy is necesary for Chrissy's sleepwalking problem.
5. Jack the Giant Killer
Air Date: 1977-04-14
Jack's masculinity is put to the test when a big bully tries to have his way with the girls.
6. It's Only Money
Air Date: 1977-04-21
Oh my! The trio's rent money is missing and they scramble to get more money so Stanley will not kick them out. Unbeknownst to them, Stanley picked up the money earlier that day.
1. Ground Rules
Air Date: 1977-09-13
After Jack and Chrissy disturb Janet's time alone with her date, the trio agree to arrange reservation times for the apartment. However, Jack has an offer he can't refuse and he tries to renege on the agreement.
2. Jack Looks For a Job
Air Date: 1977-09-20
In order to earn tuition money, Jack takes on a variety of odd jobs, including an encyclopedia salesman and a nude model in a magazine layout.
3. Janet's Promotion
Air Date: 1977-09-27
Janet's co-worker Chloe gets a promotion after only being hired for a couple of weeks. Janet's upset because chloe got the job because of her looks not her skills.
4. Strange Bedfellows
Air Date: 1977-10-04
Chrissy and Janet go away on a trip, and Jack promises he won't throw a party. As soon as they're gone he goes back on his word. When Mr. Roper comes up to put an end to the party, he ends up joining in, but wakes up the next day in Jack's bed...WITH Jack, and he thinks he's gay.
5. Chrissy's Date
Air Date: 1977-10-11
Chrissy's new man is married, but she thinks he's single, and now her friends must prove to her the truth.
6. Alone Together
Air Date: 1977-10-25
Jack must help Chrissy regain her confidence in her sex appeal, since he's the one who made her lose confidence after failing to come on to her when they spend a night alone in the apartment.
7. Roper's Car
Air Date: 1977-11-01
Mr. Roper tries to get his old car back from Jack and the girls after someone else makes an offer to him for a lot of money.
8. Cyrano de Tripper
Air Date: 1977-11-08
Jack agrees to cook a gourmet meal for Chrissy's date, who happens a very fussy critic when it comes to gourmet food.
9. Chrissy's Night Out
Air Date: 1977-11-15
Chrissy's naturally friendly nature gets her arrested for prostitution when a policeman thinks she's propositioning him.
10. Stanley Casanova
Air Date: 1977-11-22
During one of their marital disputes, Stanley thinks he is attractive to a younger woman (a friend of Jack's) who befriends him as a favor to Jack.
11. Janet's High School Sweetheart
Air Date: 1977-11-29
Janet is shocked at the misguided attention of a jock she used to have a crush on from high school. She realizes what a creep he really is once he is all over her, thinking their past will win her over.
12. Jack's Uncle
Air Date: 1977-12-06
Jack's uncle writes Mr. Roper a bad check and the trio try to get it back.
13. Helen's Job
Air Date: 1977-12-13
While Helen is out looking for a job, Stanley gets cooking lessons from Jack.
14. Three's Christmas
Air Date: 1977-12-20
The kids and the Ropers spend Christmas together, but they would rather be at another party.
15. The Gift
Air Date: 1978-01-03
Stanley gets Helen a fur coat, unknowing that Jack is holding the gift for Mr. Travers.
16. The Rivals
Air Date: 1978-01-10
Chrissy steals Janet's date by accident, and they refuse to speak to each other. It's up to Jack to get the two girls together again.
17. The Baby Sitters
Air Date: 1978-01-17
Janet made a date at the same time as her babysitting duty. She gets Jack and Chrissy to take her place as babysitters.
18. Home Movies
Air Date: 1978-01-24
Chrissy has a new boyfriend who's a film buff, so she decides to become a filmmaker. She gets a super-8mm film camera from her parents and takes lots of very amateur footage of the trio fooling around. Meanwhile, Jack' s friend Larry has some footage of his own - a porno flick he's bought from a stranger for $50. Larry comes over to borrow Chrissy's projector, expecting to have a private showing with Jack. Unfortunately, Roper spots the film and decides to join them. Then Chrissy and Janet show up and it looks like it's going to be a very embarrassing premier showing. What shows up on the screen, however, is a Woody Woodpecker cartoon. Larry is furious, but Jack is hysterical and relieved. Meanwhile, Chrissy finds out her boyfriend has no enthusiasm for her films, and drops him for a painter.
19. Jack in the Flower Shop
Air Date: 1978-01-31
Janet offers Jack a job in her flower shop, and Jack takes that opportunity to goof off during company time. Janet wants Jack to be more serious about his job and they end up not speaking to each other. They forgive each other when Janet needs help in fulfilling an order.
20. Jack's Navy Pal
Air Date: 1978-02-07
Jack's blind Navy friend comes to visit him and the girls.
21. Will the Real Jack Tripper...
Air Date: 1978-02-14
Because of one of Larry's tricks, Jack is in trouble. A girl calls him claiming that he might have gotten her pregnant. The girls think that Jack is the father, but actually Larry used his name when he dated her. Jack hears this and thinks that he got his recent girlfriend, Linda, pregnant.
22. Days of Beer and Weeds
Air Date: 1978-02-21
Jack, Janet and Chrissy weeds the Ropers' backyard and they find a plant which they think is marijuana.
23. Chrissy, Come Home
Air Date: 1978-02-28
Chrissy's father, a reverend, does not approve of Chrissy's life living with Jack and decides to take her home.
24. Bird Song
Air Date: 1978-05-09
Janet has two tickets to see Frank Sinatra, and Chrissy and Jack fight over who gets to go with Janet.
25. Coffee, Tea or Jack
Air Date: 1978-05-16
Jack falls for a stewardess who plays him for a fool.
1. Double Date
Air Date: 1978-09-12
Jack pretends he has a cold when Mr. Roper overhears him making a date.
2. Good Old Reliable Janet
Air Date: 1978-09-19
Janet and Mrs. Roper participate in a nude beach protest, and end up walking home without their clothes.
3. The Love Diary
Air Date: 1978-09-26
Chrissy discovers a spicy diary and uses it to perfect her typing skills. Mr. Roper reads the diary and thinks that Chrissy has it in for him!
4. The Fast
Air Date: 1978-10-03
It's a test of willpower when Janet and Chrissy give up food in exchange for Jack giving up girls!
5. Helen's Rendezvous
Air Date: 1978-10-10
After Stanley's friend fails to fulfill their deal of loser buys the beer, Stanely works himself into an outrage. Helen tries to patch things up between Jerry & Stanely by trying to get Jerry to apologize. When Helen makes a date to meet up with Jerry, Jack and Chrissy both assume that she is having an affair.
6. My Sister's Keeper
Air Date: 1978-10-17
Janet's little sister visits the trio and instantly falls for Jack.
7. Chrissy and the Guru
Air Date: 1978-10-24
Chrissy is tricked into becoming a panhandler by a con-artist.
8. Larry's Bride
Air Date: 1978-10-31
Larry introduces the trio to his new fiance. Jack learns that Gloria has always had the hots for him, but Larry believes it to be the other way around. Jack unsuccessfully tries to talk Larry out of marriage. Chrissy unknowingly stumbles upon the real reason Gloria is marrying Larry, because he told her he owned a used car lot. Larry figures out what Jack was trying to tell him, and Gloria learns the truth about Larry. The conclusion is something both Gloria & Larry agree on!
9. Chrissy's New Boss
Air Date: 1978-11-14
Chrissy is invited to go on a business trip with her boss, and Jack thinks that the boss wants to get it on with her. What he doesn't know is that Chrissy's boss is a woman.
10. The Crush
Air Date: 1978-11-21
Laurie, the trio's babysitting charge, has a crush on Jack, much to her boyfriend's dismay.
11. The Kleptomaniac
Air Date: 1978-11-28
Chrissy a thief? No way! At least that what Jack thinks when he sees her with his money.
12. The Party's Over
Air Date: 1978-12-05
After canceling a party the trio were holding, Helen (in disgust) leaves Stanley.
13. Eleanor's Return
Air Date: 1978-12-12
Eleanor makes her first appearance in the shower when Jack meets her for the first time. Knowing that Eleanor was Janet and Chrissy's old roommate, he thinks that Eleanor is moving back in and he might have to leave. What he doesn't know is that they are planning a surprise party for him, but it's too late when Jack tries to ruin the party by having Larry streak across the room!
14. The Older Woman
Air Date: 1979-01-16
Jack tells Janet and Chrissy that he's going out with an old woman. Janet and Chrissy thinks that it is roper's aunt after she shows up with his swimming trunks after Jack says that he went surfing with his new girlfriend.
15. Stanley's Hotline
Air Date: 1979-01-30
Mr. Roper thinks that Chrissy is pregnant when he overhears a conversation in a pipe adjoining their bathroom. The real deal is that Chrissy has a wart. Also, Linda stays at the apartment temporarily while Janet is off visiting her parents.
16. The Catered Affair
Air Date: 1979-02-06
While Jack is catering a party for Chrissy's business, Chrissy's lecherous boss tries to get it on with Chrissy.
17. The Best Laid Plans
Air Date: 1979-02-13
Jack finally has a chance to get it on with Chrissy when a mouse terrorizes the apartment building.
18. The Harder They Fall
Air Date: 1979-02-20
Jack ruins Janet's date when he has a broken leg.
19. The Bake-Off
Air Date: 1979-02-27
Chrissy accidentally eats Jack's pie right before a pie contest he is supposed to be in.
20. An Anniversary Surprise
Air Date: 1979-03-13
Helen thinks that Stanley is leaving her for another woman, but in actuality, the woman is a real estate agent who got him a great deal on a house in Chevroit Hills. Stanley tells Helen that they have sold the building and are moving into their new house and their own spin-off.
21. Jack Moves Out
Air Date: 1979-05-08
Fed up with the girls not doing their share and helping out at the apartment, Jack angrily leaves and becomes a live-in cook for Larry's boss and his promiscuous wife.
22. Triangle Troubles
Air Date: 1979-05-15
Jack goes out with a girl, and he is afraid that she will leave him due to his living arrangements. But what he doesn't know is that she has the same problem that he does.
23. Stanley, the Ladies' Man
Air Date: 1979-09-15
Roper plans a surprise disco party for his wife. This is an episode of the Ropers packaged in syndication with Three's Company.
1. Jack on the Lam
Air Date: 1979-09-11
Jack mistakes a visit from the FBI for a reference for a former Navy buddy as a mission to get him.
2. Love Thy Neighbor
Air Date: 1979-09-18
Lana Shields needs an escort and instantly falls for Jack, who wants nothing at all to do with her.
3. The New Landlord
Air Date: 1979-09-25
The trio and Larry meet Mr. Ralph Furley, the new landlord, after accidentally selling all of his furniture, believing it was the Roper's old furniture.
4. Snow Job
Air Date: 1979-10-02
Chrissy gets a new sales job.
5. Jack the Ripper
Air Date: 1979-10-09
Jacks wants to be aggressive to get the better of Mr. Travers.
6. The Life Saver
Air Date: 1979-10-23
Jack saves the life of a man who happens to be rich. A s a reward, he gives them an apartment in a very affluent neighborhood.
7. Old Folks at Home
Air Date: 1979-10-30
Chrissy feels sorry for a homeless man and lets him stay with her, Janet and Jack, much to their dismay.
8. A Camping We Will Go
Air Date: 1979-11-06
Larry's girlfriend wants to be an actress, so he tells her that his friend Jack is a famous commercial director. Jack, Janet, Chrissy, Furley, Lana, Larry, and his girlfriend Laura go on a camping trip that's anything but relaxing.
9. Chrissy's Hospitality
Air Date: 1979-11-13
Chrissy falls and hits her head in the bathtub while trying to put up a shower curtain. Jack and Janet take her to the hospital when she starts to get dizzy. They misunderstand the doctor when he comes out of Chrissy's room crying, and think that she has only a short time to live.
10. The Loan Shark
Air Date: 1979-11-20
Chrissy loses Jack's money and they can't pay the rent. So Chrissy sees a loan shark and borrows money on Jack behalf.
11. The Love Barge
Air Date: 1979-11-27
Jack gets a job on a cruise ship and is invited to take only one guest. He has a choice between Janet and Chrissy and he sure doesn't want to take Lana of all people. So he makes it so Mr. Furley can go on the trip with Lana, who thinks that jack will be on the ship waiting for her.
12. Ralph's Rival
Air Date: 1979-12-04
Chrissy pretends to be Mr. Furley's wife so Mr. Furley can show off to his old rival.
13. Black Letter Day
Air Date: 1979-12-11
The trio think an advice column was written about them; that Jack is secretly dating one of the two girls without the other girl knowing.
14. The Reverend Steps Out
Air Date: 1979-12-18
Reverend Snow has a chance for a new appointment on the condition that his daughter Chrissy move out of the apartment.
15. Larry Loves Janet
Air Date: 1980-01-08
After an unsuccessful date, Janet comforts Larry, who takes her kindess the wrong way when he thinks that she wants him.
16. Mighty Mouth
Air Date: 1980-01-15
Jack goes out with a girl who has a muscular brother that doesn't like her sister dating.
17. The Love Lesson
Air Date: 1980-01-22
Furley hopes to ""straighten"" Jack out by giving him love lessons. If he is indeed straight, he has to move out.
18. Handcuffed
Air Date: 1980-01-29
Chrissy borrows her policeman cousin's handcuffs and accidentally gets locked together with Jack who has a big date waiting for him.
19. And Baby Makes Two
Air Date: 1980-02-05
Jack and Chrissy believe Janet wants to have a baby.
20. Jack's Bad Boy
Air Date: 1980-02-12
The trio help out a runaway boy.
21. Lee Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Air Date: 1980-02-26
Jack's brother comes for a visit, but Jack doesn't like him because he always seemed to be better than Jack. It gets really serious when he has designs on Chrissy.
22. The Root of All Evil
Air Date: 1980-03-04
Chrissy wins money at the racetrack and the trio get into a fight over how to use the winnings. It takes a trip to the psychiatrist's office to see that the money is tearing them apart.
23. Secret Admirer
Air Date: 1980-03-11
Chrissy plans a rendezvous with a secret admirer.
24. The Goodbye Guy
Air Date: 1980-03-25
The roommates thinks that Furley is going to kill himself and they show praise for him.
25. Jack's Graduation
Air Date: 1980-05-06
During a cooking class exam, Jack's dishonest friend switches dishes with him, making Jack unable to graduate cooking school.
1. Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs
Air Date: 1980-10-28
Jack has to fix dinner for 4 dates at the same time!
2. ...And Justice for Jack
Air Date: 1980-11-11
Jack's female boss makes a pass at him and he sues her for sexual harassment.
3. A Hundred Dollars a What?
Air Date: 1980-11-18
Chrissy goes to work at a convention as a hostess with an old friend of hers, not realizing the job is being a high priced call girl.
4. Downhill Chaser
Air Date: 1980-11-25
Jack pretends to be a professional skier to impress his new date who is a ski nut.
5. A Crowded Romance
Air Date: 1980-12-02
Jack and Larry both go at each other for the affections of one woman and Larry takes advantage of Jack's new job as a store window display mannequin to embarrass him in front of her.
6. Room at the Bottom
Air Date: 1980-12-09
Jack gets a job as a busboy and at the same time is misrepresenting himself to his new date as the chef.
7. Chrissy's Cousin
Air Date: 1980-12-16
Cindy Snow moves into the apartment with Jack and Janet.
8. Jack to the Rescue
Air Date: 1981-01-06
Jack goes to Cindy's place of employment to fight for her job back after she loses it.
9. The Not-So-Great Imposter
Air Date: 1981-01-13
To get a new job, Jack assumes the identity of another person, not knowing that a lot of people have it in for that person!
10. Jack's Other Mother
Air Date: 1981-01-20
A little old lady adopts Jack as her so-called 'son' but becomes more trouble than she is help when she starts interfering in Jack's love life.
11. Make Room for Daddy
Air Date: 1981-01-27
Jack set up a date for his girlfriend's father with Janet, who doesn't realize how old he is.
12. Janet's Secret
Air Date: 1981-02-03
Janet's parents come to visit, and Janet has to pretend that she and Jack are husband and wife.
13. Father of the Bride
Air Date: 1981-02-10
Cindy is flourished with the wealth of an older man who wants her to be his bride. Her persistant refusal to wed him doesn't seem to be enough, so Jack and Janet try to figure out a way to discourage him. They soon find themselves tempted by his generous promises for the future, before coming to their senses and rescuing Cindy from her worst nightmare.
14. Furley vs. Furley
Air Date: 1981-02-17
The roommates help Ralph stand up to his brother, Bart Furley, who owns the building.
15. In Like Larry
Air Date: 1981-02-24
Jack and Larry switch apartments to see how each other lives their life.
16. Teacher's Pet
Air Date: 1981-03-03
Dean Traver's niece gets Jack in trouble, and Janet and Larry try to help him out.
17. And Baby Makes Four
Air Date: 1981-03-10
Jack and Janet think that Cindy is going to have a baby.
18. Night of the Ropers
Air Date: 1981-03-17
The Ropers are back in town, and Stanley has a falling out with Mr. Furley when he catches him in bed with Helen.
19. Double Trouble
Air Date: 1981-03-24
In order to date Furley's niece, Jack must pretend that he is his fictitious brother, Austin.
20. Dying to Meet You
Air Date: 1981-05-05
Jack fakes his death to avoid dealing with a girl's jealous boyfriend.
21. The Case of the Missing Blonde
Air Date: 1981-05-12
Cindy goes to meet her father while he is visiting town but Jack and Janet think that she has been kidnapped.
22. Honest Jack Tripper
Air Date: 1981-05-19
Jack learns that honesty is not always the best policy when he agrees to tell the absolute truth.
1. Jack Bares All (1)
Air Date: 1981-10-06
Jack cuts his finger and goes to the hospital. While there, he meets a sassy nurse named Terri Alden and they do not really hit it off. Meanwhile, Cindy is leaving for UCLA and Janet is looking for a roommate and finds Terri, much to Jack's dismay....
2. Jack Bares All (2)
Air Date: 1981-10-06
Terri tries her best to warm up to Jack, which proves to be totally unsuccessful. Jack now hates her even more and wants her out. At Cindy's going-away party, he and Larry really insult and play mean jokes on Terri. Jack has a chance to spray Terri with water, but he ends up spraying himself. He really wants Terri to stay with them and now Terri is added to the cast.
3. Terri Makes Her Move
Air Date: 1981-10-13
To boost Jack's confidence, Terri turns on the charm, causing Janet to suspect that her new roommate's interest in Jack is more than platonic.
4. Professor Jack
Air Date: 1981-10-27
Jack is giving cooking lessons to raise some money and Terri mistakes them as love lessons.
5. Some of That Jazz
Air Date: 1981-11-03
Jack comes to the rescue when Janet meets an unscrupulous ballet dancer who tells her she has real talent to be a dancer in order to sleep with her.
6. Lies My Roommate Told Me
Air Date: 1981-11-10
Jack lies to Janet about having a date that night so that he can go out with 'Greedy' Gretchen.
7. Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Air Date: 1981-11-17
Jack and Janet think a doctor that Terri brought home is really a mental patient.
8. Eyewitness Blues
Air Date: 1981-11-24
Jack witnessed a robbery and now wants protective custody to save him from the return of the criminal.
9. Boy Meets Dummy
Air Date: 1981-12-01
Jack has a date with Angelino's daughter against her father's strict wishes and so to turn her off, pretends he is with his ""wife"" which is really a CPR dummy.
10. Dates of Wrath
Air Date: 1981-12-08
Janet unintentially fixes Terri up with the guy (Bob) she wanted to go out with. Terri tries to smooth things out with Janet by fixing her up with him, but Janet refuses to be the second choice. Jack tries to smooth things out between the girls and loses his own date ( Donna ) to Bob as a result.
11. Macho Man
Air Date: 1981-12-15
While taking fighting lessons from Terri, Jack accidentally tackles an undercover cop making an arrest and gets arrested for assault.
12. Strangers in the Night
Air Date: 1982-01-05
Jack falls in love with a beautiful woman and wants to serenade her. He goes to her apartment and sings at the window, but what he doesn't know is that he has serenaded an overweight girl. The overweight girls thinks that Jack likes her, but the beautiful woman trashes her in front of Jack. Jack decides to have a date with the overweight girl instead.
13. The Matchbreakers
Air Date: 1982-01-12
Ralph Furley falls in love with a woman whom the trio believe is a golddigger just out for whatever Ralph can give her financially.
14. Oh, Nun
Air Date: 1982-01-19
Jack overhears a conversation between Janet and her friend, a visiting nun, who has decided to leave the convent to marry the man she loves. Jack thinks he is that man and tries to convince her he is no good by pretending to be an alcoholic wharf rat.
15. Maid to Order
Air Date: 1982-01-26
To help give Cindy a job, the trio agree to hire her as their maid but with catastophic results.
16. Hearts and Flowers
Air Date: 1982-02-02
Janet's new boss is an efficiency expert and she drives Janet nuts. What doesn't help matters any is that Jack falls for her.
17. Urban Plowboy
Air Date: 1982-02-09
Larry uses Jack's name while out on a date that goes bad and when the girl's brother comes looking for Jack, he must hide out on Cindy's grandparents' farm until the heat is off.
18. A Friend in Need
Air Date: 1982-02-16
Jack agrees to help out a friend by posing as a head chef and becoming the favorite cook for a mobster with a spicy appetite.
19. Jack's 10
Air Date: 1982-02-23
Jack's new girlfriend is rich and she wants Jack to do better than his friends and his job.
20. Doctor in the House
Air Date: 1982-03-02
Jack pretends he is a doctor to impress his grandfather.
21. Critic's Choice
Air Date: 1982-03-09
Jack tries to win praise from a food critic, who is nothing more than a leich.
22. Paradise Lost
Air Date: 1982-03-16
Terri lines up a fancy new house for the trio to move into but Larry and Mr. Furley, not wanting to see their best friends leave, plot to make them feel wanted enough to stay.
23. And Now, Here's Jack
Air Date: 1982-03-23
Jack gets his own cooking show and hires the girls as his assistants with unexpected results.
24. Janet Wigs Out
Air Date: 1982-04-06
Janet buys a blonde wig to improve her image, but ends up breaking bad on her friends.
25. Up in the Air
Air Date: 1982-05-04
Janet needs a date to impress a new rich man she met and asks Jack to escort her to the ball which is held on a private island. Jack, afraid of flying, gets some tranquilizers from Larry, much to Terri's dismay. Jack accidentally mixes them with liquor and becomes a ""party animal"".
26. Mate for Each Other
Air Date: 1982-05-11
Jack & Janet sign up for a computer dating service, and both decide to lie on the application. Little do they know the computer has set them up together. They decide to go ahead with the date, but Terri thinks that they went out with each other behind her back. Larry tries to clarify the whole situation without knowing the whole truth himself causing Jack and Janet to believe he is making a play for Terri. The race is on to sort through their tangled stories to find the real truths.
1. A Night Not to Remember
Air Date: 1982-09-28
Jack and Janet end up in the same bed, and Jack doesn't even remember how he got there.
2. Jack Goes to the Dentist
Air Date: 1982-10-12
Jack goes to the dentist who terrorizes him when the dentist thinks that Terri left him for Jack.
3. Diamond Jack
Air Date: 1982-10-19
Larry asks Jack to take over on a date for him and Jack gets mixed up with diamond smugglers by mistake.
4. Extra, Extra
Air Date: 1982-10-26
A newspaper article about three people sharing a similar living arrangement to the trio has them wondering if one of them is spreading gossip about the others.
5. Jack Gets His Own Restaurant
Air Date: 1982-11-09
With Mr. Angelino's help (along with Mr. Furley), Jack gets his own restaurant!
6. Opening Night
Air Date: 1982-11-16
It's the first night of Jack's Bistro and no one even knows about it! Larry drums up business by bringing in his Greek relatives.
7. Cousin, Cuisine
Air Date: 1982-11-23
As a favor to Felipe, the trio allows his niece to stay with them until her wedding to prevent the immigration department from deporting her. Through a comedy of errors, everyone suspects Jack and the girl spent the night together.
8. An Affair to Forget
Air Date: 1982-11-30
Janet sets Jack up with an old director friend of hers from school whom she didn't know had since gotten married. That's okay, though, because the friend wanted to have an affair anyway.
9. The Brunch
Air Date: 1982-12-07
Jack hosts a Sunday brunch at the Bistro to prove to a pastor that it's a wholesome, family-oriented restaurant.
10. The Impossible Dream
Air Date: 1982-12-14
Larry wants to be a singer, but Jack finds out that he can't even carry a note when he sings at his restaurant, meanwhile Mr. Furley is helping Jack out in the kitchen and is messing up every order.
11. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Air Date: 1983-01-03
Terry dates an ex-murderer, which scares the total crap out of Jack and Janet.
12. Larry's Sister
Air Date: 1983-01-11
Larry's sister is visiting and Larry asked Jack to take her out. After Jacks and his sister stay out late, Larry suspects that Jack is trying something with his sister.
13. Bob & Carol & Larry & Terri
Air Date: 1983-01-18
Rumors are flying everywhere when Terry hears one about two friends and spreads it everywhere.
14. Going to Pot
Air Date: 1983-02-01
Jack must pay a bribe to an inspector in order to get a health permit so he sets up a sting operation to catch him redhanded but leads the police to believe that it's a drug bust they're working on.
15. Star Struck
Air Date: 1983-02-15
Terry falls for a soap star, who happens to be a lecher who trying to maintain his image.
16. Jack Goes the Distance
Air Date: 1983-02-22
Jack finds out the hard way that when it comes to boxing, he is no Rocky.
17. Jack's Double Date
Air Date: 1983-03-01
Janet and Terri bet Jack that he can't go without women for a week. Although he is intent on proving them wrong, he weakens when he sets Furley up with an older woman whose bombshell daughter sweeps Jack off his feet.
18. Janet's Little Helper
Air Date: 1983-03-15
Jack thinks that Janet is going out with Ralph's nephew when she trys to help him be a good gentleman when he meets girls.
19. The Apartment
Air Date: 1983-03-22
Jack accidentally stumbles onto Angelino's love hideaway when he decides to sleep in the little apartment above the restaurant.
20. Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Air Date: 1983-04-05
Jack wears a fake mustache to improve his image, but accidentally makes Terri fall in love with him.
21. Navy Blues
Air Date: 1983-05-03
Jack's Navy budy wants to get into the restaurant business, but tries to take over Jack's Bistro.
22. Borrowing Trouble
Air Date: 1983-05-10
Janet and Terri overhear and misunderstand a conversation Jack and Mr. Angelino are having about finances and think Jack is in debt. They arrange for Jack to 'win' money on a faked radio show; money borrowed from Mr. Furley and Larry. However, Jack uses the sudden winfall to buy a new leather coat he's always wanted.
1. Jack, Be Quick
Air Date: 1983-09-27
Jack's girlfriend wants him to be a father to her child.
2. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
Air Date: 1983-10-04
Jack finds a magazine quiz about secret loves and thinks that either Janet or Terri is in love with him. He then gets them both alone in a cabin to find out who the mystery lover is.
3. The Money Machine
Air Date: 1983-10-18
Jack goes to an ATM machine and the machine goes haywire and spits out all of the money on Jack. He tries to get it back to the bank, but the bank is closed. Janet suggests that he hide it in the couch, which, incidentally, gets takes away by Furley who wants to put in a new couch!
4. Out on a Limb
Air Date: 1983-10-25
Jack tries to get a scathing letter from a food critic who thinks has written a bad review about his restaurant.
5. Alias Jack Tripper
Air Date: 1983-11-01
Jack gets Larry to go out with Janet's visiting friend because he already had a date planned.
6. Hearing Is Believing
Air Date: 1983-11-08
Jack goes out with a sex therapist and Janet thinks that she is a prostitute.
7. Grandma Jack
Air Date: 1983-11-22
Larry enters one of Jack's recipes in a cooking contest which wins, but Jack finds out that the contest is open only to women. Jack dresses as a woman to enter a bake-off competition.
8. Like Father, Like Son
Air Date: 1983-11-29
Jack's father comes to two, but Jack is mad at him because of all the heartache he had caused.
9. The Odd Couples
Air Date: 1983-12-06
Terri goes out with a doctor who happens to be married, and the roommates plan to have the wife catch her husband and Terri together.
10. Now You See It, Now You Don't
Air Date: 1983-12-13
Jack and Larry gambles with a lot of fake money, and they lose a lot.
11. The Charming Stranger
Air Date: 1983-12-20
The trio is suspicious of a new tenant, who they think is a jewel thief and a murderer. In actuality, he is a ventriloquist practicing for his act.
12. Janet Shapes Up
Air Date: 1984-01-04
Janet's aerobics job seems to be in jeopardy, and Jack tries to go out with the female boss.
13. Itching for Trouble
Air Date: 1984-01-10
To help an old school chum save her marriage, Jack agrees to talk to her husband, a very jealous, big man. However, he learns she met with someone that day and now has poison ivy and so will the man she met up with...Jack.
14. Baby, It's Cold Inside
Air Date: 1984-01-17
When they surprise a burglar robbing the restaurant after store hours, Jack and Ralph are locked in the meat freezer by the thief.
15. Look What I Found
Air Date: 1984-01-24
After Jack finds a stray kitten and can't keep it due to the no-pet clause, the trio leaves it at Mr. Furley's doorstep. Mr. Furley is having fun until his brother Bart sends over an apartment inspector and the cat's owner winds up at the trio's apartment.
16. Jack's Tattoo
Air Date: 1984-01-31
Jack's navy buddies take him to a tattoo parlor while he's drunk.
17. Jack Takes Off
Air Date: 1984-02-21
Jack helps out an art teacher by posing nude for her class.
18. Forget Me Not
Air Date: 1984-02-28
Jack smashes Janet's new car and fakes amnesia to save his skin. The girls realize that Jack is fooling them and decides to get even with him.
19. The Heiress
Air Date: 1984-03-08
An old flower shop customer of Janet's leaves her a little something in his will and his family tries to cut her out.
20. Cupid Works Overtime
Air Date: 1984-03-15
While flying, Jack gets a fear of heights and a stewardess named Vicky Bradford helps him out. They even go out for the first time, against her father's wishes. Meanwhile, Philip, the guy we met in the last episode, proposes to Janet.
21. Friends and Lovers (1)
Air Date: 1984-09-18
Jack and Vicky are really good together, despite Mr. Bradford's objections. Janet and Philip get married in the apartment, and Jack wants Vicky to marry him as well.
22. Friends and Lovers (2)
Air Date: 1984-09-18
When Jack proposes to Vicky, she turns him down cold. The reason is that she's afraid of marriage because it might fail like her father's did. They decide to live together. The trio finally moves out of their apartment and into their new lives: Terri is going to Hawaii to work with poor children, Janet and Philip move into their new place, and Jack moves into the apartment above the restaurant with Vicky. As they begin their new life together, Mr. Bradford comes in and tells him that he is the new landlord! With that, the spin-off series Three's a Crowd begins.
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Rating
7.7/10
Release Date
1977-03-15
Episodes
171 (8 seasons)
Status
Ended