Dale McRaven
Director
Perfect Strangers (1986)
Season 1
The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.
Released March 25, 1986
Episode 23 min
10+
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Knock Knock, Who's There?
Larry Appleton has just settled in his new Chicago apartment after leaving home of one of nine kids and took a job at the corner discount store working for his greedy landlord Mr. Twinkacetti until he can eventually become a photo journalist. But one evening, Balki Bartokomous, his distant cousin and a Mediterranean sheep herder from the island of Mypos shows up on his door step looking for a place to stay. So Larry takes him in and tries to get him a job at Twinkacetti's store which may mean risking his own job.
March 25, 1986, midnight
S1E2 - Picture This
Larry tries to kickstart his career and gets tipped off that Dolly Parton is in town committing adultery. So he decides to follow her until he can get a picture to sell to newspapers. Meanwhile, Balki will do a favor for anyone who will ask for it so Larry teaches him to say "no" once in a while but it backfires on him.
April 1, 1986, midnight
S1E3 - First Date
Larry takes Balki to a singles bar to meet women and while Balki gets his first date, Larry gets beat up in a parking lot by a boyfriend of a woman he hit on.
April 8, 1986, midnight
S1E4 - Baby, You Can Drive My Car
Balki wants to get his driver's license but Mr. Twinkacetti doesn't think he can do it. But Larry is so confident that he can, that he bets $50 and offers Balki his car.
April 15, 1986, midnight
S1E5 - Check This
Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything about banking when he overspends with his checks and buys Larry new furniture. Meanwhile, Twinkacetti is going to a poker game and his wife, Edwina doesn't like him gambling. So he asks Larry to tell his wife that they were at a basketball game but Larry refuses to.
April 22, 1986, midnight
S1E6 - Happy Birthday, Baby
Larry is miserable on his 24th birthday after he blew a photo opportunity. So Balki tries to throw him a last minute surprise birthday party for him to cheer him up.
April 29, 1986, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 23 min.
Season Runtime: 3493 min.
Released: March 25, 1986
Last Air Date: Aug. 6, 1993, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 10+
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