Season 3 (1987/88)
- This season consisted of 22 episodes.
- Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker were present for all episodes.
- Melanie Wilson and Rebeca Arthur were absent for 9 episodes.
- Belita Moreno only appears in 8 episodes.
- Melanie Wilson and Rebeca Arthur are upgraded from recurring roles to regular cast members.
- Belita Moreno returns to the series, now playing Lydia Markham.
Series # |
Season # |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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29 | 1 | "All the News That Fits" | Joel Zwick | Howard Adler & Robert Griffard |
September 23, 1987 (1987-09-23) | 176503 |
Larry gets a job at the Chicago Chronicle as a reporter and has to write an article by the next morning. He brings Balki in to find a job and Mr. Burns, the city editor, hires him for the mailroom, to the annoyance of mailroom boss Mr. Gorpley, who tries to get him fired. | ||||||
30 | 2 | "Weigh to Go, Buddy" | Joel Zwick | Paula A. Roth | September 30, 1987 (1987-09-30) | 176501 |
When Larry discovers that he has gained 7 pounds, he diets unsuccessfully, prompting Balki to give him a Myposian diet. | ||||||
31 | 3 | "Sexual Harassment in Chicago" | Joel Zwick | Paula A. Roth | October 7, 1987 (1987-10-07) | 176510 |
The editor of the Chronicle's Sunday magazine makes a play for innocent Balki, who isn't interested. But she won't take no for an answer and threatens to get Balki fired. | ||||||
32 | 4 | "Taking Stock" | Joel Zwick | John B. Collins | October 14, 1987 (1987-10-14) | 176504 |
After buying one share of stock in a cereal company, Balki discovers that there aren't the advertised number of raisins in a box. He decides to go to head office to complain that the company is cheating the public. | ||||||
33 | 5 | "Your Cheatin' Heart" | Joel Zwick | Howard Adler & Robert Griffard |
October 28, 1987 (1987-10-28) | 176509 |
Jennifer and Balki are trying to surprise Larry with a new typewriter, but Larry misunderstands their secretive actions and suspects that they're having an affair. | ||||||
34 | 6 | "The Horn Blows at Midnight" | Joel Zwick | William Bickley & Michael Warren |
November 4, 1987 (1987-11-04) | 176508 |
When a famous psychic visits the Chronicle, she goes into a trance and makes an elaborate prediction ending in Larry's death. Then the first part happens. | ||||||
35 | 7 | "The Karate Kids" | Joel Zwick | James O'Keefe & Alan Plotkin |
November 11, 1987 (1987-11-11) | 176505 |
Humiliated after getting roughed up in front of Jennifer, Larry and Balki decide to take karate lessons, but Larry's desire for revenge might be his undoing. | ||||||
36 | 8 | "Night School Confidential" | Joel Zwick | Barry O'Brien | November 18, 1987 (1987-11-18) | 176514 |
Balki is cheated by a con artist who sells him counterfeit watches; when the police are no help, he and Larry go undercover to expose the crook themselves. | ||||||
37 | 9 | "Future Shock" | Joel Zwick | John B. Collins | November 25, 1987 (1987-11-25) | 176512 |
Jennifer faces a promotion that would send her to Los Angeles, but Larry still can't quite tell her how he feels about her and ask her to stay. | ||||||
38 | 10 | "Couch Potato" | Joel Zwick | Bob Keyes | December 2, 1987 (1987-12-02) | 176511 |
When Larry and Balki get cable TV, an entranced Balki becomes a serious couch potato. | ||||||
39 | 11 | "The Break In" | Joel Zwick | Dave Ketchum & Tony DiMarco |
December 9, 1987 (1987-12-09) | 176502 |
When Balki accidentally delivers Larry's joke article to the publisher, the two break into his office late at night to retrieve it. | ||||||
40 | 12 | "To Be or Not to Be" | Joel Zwick | Robert Blair | January 6, 1988 (1988-01-06) | 176516 |
Larry and Balki are chosen to be in a commercial for the Chronicle. | ||||||
41 | 13 | "My Lips Are Sealed" | Joel Zwick | Paula A. Roth | January 13, 1988 (1988-01-13) | 176515 |
Larry soon regrets chastising Balki for telling Mr. Gorpley what's in the company's mail when he suddenly must know about his impending raise to buy his dream car. | ||||||
42 | 14 | "The 'Pen' Pal" | Joel Zwick | Bob Keyes | January 27, 1988 (1988-01-27) | 176517 |
Larry fears for his life when Balki invites the just-paroled Vince Lucas—whom the duo testified against—to their apartment. | ||||||
43 | 15 | "Just Desserts" | Joel Zwick | Howard Adler & Robert Griffard |
February 3, 1988 (1988-02-03) | 176518 |
After Balki serves Larry, Jennifer, and Mary Anne some "bibi-bobkas", Larry looks for a way to rush the product into production for a fast profit. | ||||||
44 | 16 | "Better Shop Around" | Joel Zwick | Bob Keyes | February 10, 1988 (1988-02-10) | 176506 |
Balki is thrilled to win a grocery-shopping spree, but Larry plans every purchase in hopes of reselling the goods and buying an air-conditioner. | ||||||
45 | 17 | "Pipe Dreams" | Joel Zwick | Bob Keyes | March 4, 1988 (1988-03-04) | 176522 |
Jennifer asks Larry to get a plumber to fix her showerhead. Larry decides to impress her by fixing it himself--but can he? | ||||||
46 | 18 | "The Defiant Guys" | Joel Zwick | John B. Collins Michael Mauer |
March 11, 1988 (1988-03-11) | 176507 |
Larry isn't speaking to Balki, so Balki handcuffs them together before Larry's big meeting with the Chronicle publisher—and he doesn't have the key. | ||||||
47 | 19 | "My Brother, Myself" | Joel Zwick | John B. Collins | March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18) | 176520 |
Hoping to upstage his successful braggart brother, Larry fibs about his job at the Chronicle, and dupes Balki into helping. | ||||||
48 | 20 | "You Gotta Have Friends" | Joel Zwick | Howard Adler & Robert Griffard |
March 25, 1988 (1988-03-25) | 176513 |
When Balki claims to have met—and loaned money to—Carl Lewis, Larry thinks Balki's been taken advantage of again. | ||||||
49 | 21 | "The Graduate" | Joel Zwick | Robert Blair | April 29, 1988 (1988-04-29) | 176521 |
Larry seeks a way to help after Balki is crestfallen to learn there's no graduation ceremony for his completing night school. | ||||||
50 | 22 | "Bye Bye Biki" | Joel Zwick | William Bickley & Michael Warren |
May 6, 1988 (1988-05-06) | 176519 |
Larry has to break bad news to Balki: his centenarian grandmother, whom they'd been expecting to come for a visit, has died en route. |
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