
Perfect Strangers
The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.
Perfect Strangers
The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.
Perfect Strangers
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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Episode 1: Dance of Joy
Merry montage of Balki and Larry's signature two-step throughout the show's first two seasons.

Episode 1: Knock Knock, Who's There?
Larry Appleton has just settled in his new Chicago apartment after leaving home of one of nine kids...

Episode 2: Picture This
Larry tries to kickstart his career and gets tipped off that Dolly Parton is in town committing adul...

Episode 3: First Date
Larry takes Balki to a singles bar to meet women and while Balki gets his first date, Larry gets bea...

Episode 4: 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...

Episode 5: Check This
Larry takes Balki to the bank to open a bank account but Balki doesn't seem to understand everything...

Episode 6: Happy Birthday, Baby
Larry is miserable on his 24th birthday after he blew a photo opportunity. So Balki tries to throw h...

Episode 1: Hello Baby
Balki invites Gina, a friend from his citizenship class to stay with them. But she happens to be pre...

Episode 2: Hunks Like Us
Larry decides to join a health club after having the hots for a member named Jennifer. But he thinks...

Episode 3: The Unnatural
Larry's softball team has a chance of winning the championship but the star player was sent to priso...

Episode 4: Ladies and Germs
Larry has a date with a beauty queen but after going to the hospital to visit Mr. Twinkacetti (who h...

Episode 5: Lifesavers
After Larry saves Balki from getting hit by a taxi, Balki becomes his personal servant which ends up...

Episode 6: Babes in Babylon
Larry and Balki win a trip to Las Vegas. When they get there, Larry plans out what to do for their e...

Episode 7: Falling in Love is...
Balki falls in love with a girl at night school and who makes a play for Larry and constantly breaks...

Episode 8: Two Men and a Cradle
Balki agrees to take care of Gina's baby while she goes away with her husband. And since Larry knows...

Episode 9: Can I Get a Witness
Balki takes a job delivering packages for a racketeer named Vince Lucas. After Vince is busted, they...

Episode 10: The Rent Strike
Mr. Twinkacetti hasn't been living up to his landlord responsibilities so Larry, Balki, and all the...

Episode 11: A Christmas Story
Larry and Balki are snowed in Chicago on Christmas Eve which means they can't go to Madison to see L...

Episode 12: Dog Gone Blues
Balki got a dog and wants to keep it even though it is against the lease. So Larry and Balki do thei...

Episode 13: Since I Lost My Baby
After Mr. Twinkacetti forgot his wedding anniversary (for the 16th time), Edwina kicks him out. Balk...

Episode 14: Trouble in Paradise
Larry and Balki invite Jennifer and Mary Anne over for dinner but cannot agree on what to serve whic...

Episode 15: Beautiful Dreamer
Balki hasn't been sleeping due to a nightmare that has been haunting him about him not being able to...

Episode 16: Tux for Two
Larry has been invited to a formal party for a photographer he idolizes but Balki's honest opinions...

Episode 17: Ten Speed and a Soft Touch
Larry and Balki become 'big brothers' to a troubled teenager who is always stealing. They do fine un...

Episode 18: Snow Way to Treat a Lady (1)
Jennifer and Mary Anne are going skiing and invite Larry and Balki. Larry thinks he can impress Jenn...

Episode 19: Snow Way to Treat a Lady (2)
The quartet are trapped in a cabin buried alive by an avalanche and they try to dig a tunnel to the...

Episode 20: Up on a Roof
Larry enters a photo contest and has the idea of a perfect picture. But to take it, he and Balki hav...

Episode 21: Get a Job
Larry and Balki quit their jobs after Twinkacetti refuses to give them a raise and get jobs at a bur...

Episode 22: Hello, Elaine
When Larry's sister Elaine stops by for a visit, Larry is appalled when she tells him that she's goi...

Episode 1: All News That Fits
Larry gets a job at the Chicago Chronicle local newspaper as a reporter and brings Balki to find a j...

Episode 2: Weigh to Go Buddy
When Larry discovers that he has gained 7 pounds, He goes on a diet that won't work. So Balki gives...

Episode 3: Sexual Harrassment in Chicago
The editor of the Chronicle's Sunday Magazine makes a play for Balki but he isn't interested. She wo...

Episode 4: Taking Stock
Balki buys one share of stock in a cereal company and discovers that there isn't enough raisins in a...

Episode 5: Better Shop Around
While grocery shopping, Balki wins a shopping spree to happen the next day and he thinks it would be...

Episode 6: Your Cheatin' Heart
Jennifer is planning on buying a surprise typewriter for Larry and asks Balki for help barganing at...

Episode 7: The Horn Blows at Midnight
When a famous psychic visits the Chronicle, She goes into a trance and predicts that a bog storm wil...

Episode 8: Karate Kids
While at a happy hour restaurant, Larry and Balki get beaten up at a bar by a bully who hit on Jenni...

Episode 9: Night School Confidential
Balki is cheated by a con artist who sold him counterfeit watches. And after getting no help from th...

Episode 10: Future Shock
Jennifer has been given a promotion but if she accepts it, she has to move to LA. Larry refuses to t...

Episode 11: Couch Potato
When Larry and Balki get cable TV, Balki becomes glued to the TV and won't stop watching it to the p...

Episode 12: The Break-In
Balki accidently delivers Larry's offensive article to the publisher. So they break in late at night...

Episode 13: To Be or Not to Be
When Larry and Balki are chosen to be in the commercial for the Chicago Chronicle, Larry takes his a...

Episode 14: My Lips Are Sealed
After Mr. Gorpley gets information out of Balki about what's in the mail, Larry tells him that it's...

Episode 15: The Pen Pal
Vince Lucas the racketeer that Larry and Balki testified against has been paroled and Balki invites...

Episode 16: Just Desserts
After Balki serves Larry, Jennifer, and Mary Anne some "Bibbi Babkas" (Myposian cream puffs), Larry...

Episode 17: Pipe Dreams
Jennifer asks Larry if he can call a plumber for her to fix her shower head while she's away. Larry...

Episode 18: Bye Bye Biki
Balki is excited because his 106 year old grandmother Biki is coming to America to see him but when...

Episode 19: The Graduate
Balki manages to graduate night school at the top of his class, but soon finds out that there is no...

Episode 20: Defiant Guys
Larry is very angry at Balki for making him late for work and won't speak to him so Balki handcuffs...

Episode 21: My Brother, Myself
Larry's successful brother Billy (Ted McGinley) comes down for a visit, and Larry is upset because h...

Episode 22: You Gotta Have Friends
While Larry is doing some important research, Balki goes out to the races and when he gets back, he...

Episode 1: The Lottery
Balki insists on buying a lottery ticket but Larry thinks that it is just a waste of money for somet...

Episode 2: Assertive Training
After Mr. Perkins, an employee at the Chronicle parked in Larry's parking space and Jennifer breaks...

Episode 3: Aliens
Larry and Balki throw a Halloween party with their friends and after six hours of watching scary mov...

Episode 4: Piano Movers
When Lydia wants her piano moved up ten flights of stairs so she can sing for a record producer she...

Episode 5: High Society
Larry has an excellent idea to present to the owners of the Chronicle but has trouble getting into t...

Episode 6: Up a Lazy River (1)
The Chicago Chronicle is having a camping trip. Larry hates camping but knows that Jennifer loves it...

Episode 7: Up a Lazy River (2)
After the river takes them on a wild ride, The four end up lost in the woods. Hoping that Larry can...

Episode 8: College Bound
Larry prepares a surprise party for Balki who is taking his college entrance exams. While they are w...

Episode 9: The Gift of the Mypiot
On Christmas Eve, Larry and Balki throw a Christmas party at their apartment for all their friends....

Episode 10: Maid to Order
With Larry working late and Balki at college, their household chores are falling behind. So they dec...

Episode 11: That Old Gang of Mine
Mary Anne was promoted and moves to London and Balki is heartbroken and miserable. So Larry suggests...

Episode 12: Crimebusters
Larry is promoted to the investigative reporting team of Marshall & Walpole at the Chronicle and loo...

Episode 13: Games People Play
Larry is assigned to be on a game show called "Risk it All" and Balki is his partner. Balki wants to...

Episode 14: Come Fly with Me
Larry and Balki are flying to Hawaii with Jennifer and Mary Anne serving along the way. But after ea...

Episode 15: Blind Alley
Larry's bowling team is one game away from winning the trophy that Mr. Gorpley has been waving in La...

Episode 16: The 'King' and I
Larry and Balki throw a '50s party and invite their friends. Lydia brings her date Lamont, a hypnoti...

Episode 17: Prose and Cons
Larry and Balki wind up in jail after refusing to reveal their source for a commodity scandal, to pr...

Episode 18: Car Wars
Balki finally has enough money to buy a car and thinks it will be fun. But Larry insists on using hi...

Episode 19: Just a Gigolo
Lydia is miserable when her boyfriend dumped her so Balki uses his match-making skills to fix Lydia...

Episode 20: Seven Card Studs
Balki loses $100 at Mr. Gorpley's poker game so Larry insists on playing at his next game to win bac...

Episode 21: Teacher's Pest
Larry was chosen to teach a college course in journalism and Balki is able to take the class. But hi...

Episode 22: Wedding Bell Blues
On Balki's 25th birthday, his mama has a pre-arranged marriage that Balki must go through with, even...

Episode 1: Good Skates
When Larry finds out that Grant, a co-worker of Jennifer's, is impressing Jennifer by raising money...

Episode 2: Lie-Ability
After a minor car accident, Mr. Gorpley suggests Larry should sue. So Larry has plans to defraud an...

Episode 3: The Newsletter
When Balki is put in charge of the Chronicle Newsletter, Larry horns in and suggests he dig deep int...

Episode 4: Tooth or Consequences
Balki gets a cavity and Larry makes him a dental appointment for him and Balki is excited to go when...

Episode 5: Dog Day Mid-Afternoon
Larry writes an expose of a money laundering scheme that gets him his first front page story but he'...

Episode 6: Poetry in Motion
Larry and Balki discover that Lowell Kelly, a famous poet used to live in their apartment and his un...

Episode 7: Father Knows Best (1)
Larry's perfectionist father comes for a visit and Larry wants to impress him so he can finally get...

Episode 8: Father Knows Best (2)
Larry and Balki, Jennifer and Mary Anne, Lydia and Mr. Gorpley, and of course Larry's father are all...

Episode 9: Hello Ball
When Jennifer's father comes to town, Larry tries to impress him. So they decide to go golfing. Larr...

Episode 10: Almost Live from Chicago
Lydia has been offered the opportunity of having her on TV advice show but she has one problem, she'...

Episode 11: Home Movies
Balki wants to send a home movie to his mama for the reunion he is going to miss. But Larry takes ov...

Episode 12: Everybody in the Pool
Balki plays the football pool for the first time at the Chronicle and wins. He also ends up winning...

Episode 13: Because They're Cousins
Balki's cousin Bartok come to visit from Mypos via Los Angeles for the last six months. Bartok looks...

Episode 14: Disorderly Orderlies
Balki tries to get Larry to do volunteer work at the hospital but he refused until he discovered tha...

Episode 15: The Selling of Mypos
When a big corporation in Chicago wants to buy 300 acres of land on Mypos, Balki was chosen to negot...

Episode 16: Nightmare Vacation
Larry found the perfect vacation and Balki, Jennifer and Mary Anne decide to give him one more chanc...

Episode 17: Three's a Crowd
While playing a board game, an argument breaks out between Jennifer and Mary Anne. The result being...

Episode 18: Blast From the Past
It's a very psychotic evening when Marvin Berman, who tried to blow up Larry and Balki, visits them...

Episode 19: He's the Boss
When Mr. Wainwright hires a personal assistant Mr. Glover, Balki gets promoted to the executive staf...

Episode 20: Here Comes the Judge
When Balki is elected the head of the grievance committee, Lydia is accused of parking violations an...

Episode 21: This Old House
Larry has a plan to make a fortune and talks Balki into buying a house for no money down, fixing it...

Episode 22: Eyewitless Reports
A Chronicle Tour sends Mr. Gorpley, Larry and Balki & Jennifer and Mary Anne to a cabin in the fores...

Episode 23: Bye, Bye Birdie
Balki grows very fond of his new pet parrot that drives Larry crazy. Meanwhile, their chimney is clo...

Episode 24: Digging Up the News
Larry is assigned to interview Uncle Shaggy, a kid's show host and when he gets Balki to take a pict...

Episode 1: Safe at Home
After Larry buys an expensive stereo chair, their apartment is robbed along with the chair. So Larry...

Episode 2: New Kid on the Block
Balki agrees to babysit their new neighbor's daughter Tess and lets her do whatever she wants. She e...

Episode 3: The Break Up
Jennifer was asked out on a date by an old boyfriend and checked with Larry first. But he agreed thi...

Episode 4: A Horse is a Horse
Larry and Balki buy a race horse and when they race him, he comes in last. They later discover that...

Episode 5: Family Feud
A 500 year-old feud in the Bartokomous family is back when their rival Zolton Bauchelitis is coming...

Episode 6: Call Me Indestructible
Larry's fear of flying resurfaces when he interviews a pilot--who invites Larry to witness his aeria...

Episode 7: The Men Who Knew Too Much (1)
Larry is sent to Los Angeles to write an article about a soap opera star's wedding and Balki goes wi...

Episode 8: The Men Who Knew Too Much (2)
Larry and Balki manage to play back the tape proving their innocence, but they have trouble getting...

Episode 9: The Ring
Larry buys an engagement ring for Jennifer from a street hustler unaware that he sells phony diamond...

Episode 10: Black Widow
After doing some research, Larry finds evidence that Mary Anne is a serial killer but Jennifer is ve...

Episode 11: Sunshine Boys
Larry's popular high school rival Bunky McDermott comes to see him and invites him and Balki to a fo...

Episode 12: Hocus Pocus
When Balki practices his magic tricks for the Youth Center Show, Larry refuses to go because he's be...

Episode 13: Finders Keepers
Balki finds a box with over $50,000 cash in it. Larry wants to keep it but Balki is insistent on fin...

Episode 14: Grandpa
Grandpa Appleton comes for a visit and is quite a surprise: He's 76 years old and is acting like a w...

Episode 15: Little Apartment of Horrors
During the cold season, Larry has a bad cold, along with everyone else except Balki. So Balki's mama...

Episode 16: I Saw This on TV
Larry manages to get tickets to go to a Bulls game with Balki on the night that Larry promised to ta...

Episode 17: Speak Memory
Jennifer's mother comes to town and wants to meet Larry, and Jennifer doesn't think that her mother...

Episode 18: Out of Sync
Balki is discovered by a music promoter and he offers him a record and video contract. So Larry conv...

Episode 19: See How They Run
Balki runs for student body president and lets Larry help and as usual, Larry goes completely over t...

Episode 20: Climb Every Billboard
Larry suggests to Mr. Wainwright that a Chronicle employee stay on a billboard until the Bulls' losi...

Episode 21: A Catered Affair
Balki's catering business really takes off when he is catering for Texans. At Larry's advice, Balki...

Episode 22: Duck Soup
Larry is going duck hunting with Mr. Wainwright and Balki wants to go to get revenge on something th...

Episode 23: Great Balls of Fire
Balki convinces Larry to become a volunteer fireman but after the fire chief wore him out, Larry ref...

Episode 24: See You in September
Balki and Mary Anne expect Larry and Jennifer to set a wedding date but they're too scared. To help...

Episode 1: Bachelor Party
As the best man at Larry's upcoming wedding, Balki is tricked by Mr. Gorpley into throwing a bachelo...

Episode 2: The Wedding
Larry and Balki are driving to Lake Whitefish where Larry and Jennifer are getting married and they...

Episode 3: This New House
After losing their new apartment, Larry and Jennifer move into a luxurious Victorian house but can't...

Episode 4: Door to Door
Larry and Balki get part time jobs to earn extra money. Balki tries stuffing teddy bears, but Larry...

Episode 5: Weekend at Ferdinand's
King Ferdinand of Mypos comes to visit America and dies in Larry's arms - which means that Larry is...

Episode 6: Fright Night
When Balki finds out that there is a ghost in their house, Larry refuses to believe it. Jennifer and...

Episode 7: The Gazebo
Larry and Balki are building a new gazebo in their back yard and as they struggle to build it, it re...

Episode 8: Citizenship (1)
Balki has passed his Citizenship test and is about to be sworn in as an American Citizen. So Larry a...

Episode 9: Citizenship (2)
Larry travels to Mypos to try and persuade Balki's mama to let him come back to America. But before...

Episode 10: Wild Turkey
On Thanksgiving, Larry goes into the turkey selling business with over 50 turkeys roaming their back...

Episode 11: Dimitri's World
Mr. Wainwright promotes Balki as the editor of the Sunday Children's page where he draws a comic tri...

Episode 12: Car Tunes
Larry buys a new car radio that gets stolen. So he puts an alarm in the car that keeps going off all...

Episode 13: Two Angry Men
Balki gets his and Larry's names drawn for jury duty which starts the day before Jennifer has a pre-...

Episode 14: Missing
After Dimitri is kidnapped, Balki has a mental block that prevents him from drawing it in the paper....

Episode 15: Going Once, Going Twice
Larry goes to an auction to cover a story and brings Balki with him and Larry demonstrates the biddi...

Episode 16: Yes Sir, That's My Baby
When Balki shows Larry that Jennifer has been knitting booties, The possibility that Jennifer is pre...

Episode 17: Wayne Man
Balki wins an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas but is sad when they can't get any tickets to see...

Episode 18: The Elevator
Larry decides to impress Mr. Wainwright by enlisting himself and Balki to move his brand new oversiz...

Episode 19: The Play's the Thing
When Balki takes Larry's "Wheat" play-script to Lydia's theater, Larry goes down to see the cast. Bu...

Episode 20: Stress Test
Mr. Wainwright has chosen Larry and Balki to team up for a stress evaluation test that could get the...

Episode 21: Or Get Off the Pot (1)
Mary Anne has been hinting at Balki to propose to her and he has failed one too many times so she th...

Episode 22: Chicago Suite (2)
Balki hasn't gone out since he broke up with Mary Anne. So Larry convinces Balki to go out and meet...

Episode 23: It Had to be You (1)
Balki has been having so many dates in the past two weeks and Jennifer thinks he still misses Mary A...

Episode 24: Get Me to the Dump on Time (2)
According to a sacred Myposian custom, Balki and Mary Anne must be married within 24 hours and they...

Episode 1: The Baby Shower
Jennifer is seven months pregnant; Balki and Mary Anne have been on their honeymoon for five months...

Episode 2: After Hours
Larry wants to put some sparks back in his marriage, and after he fails with Balki's secret treasure...

Episode 3: Lethal Weapon
When all of Balki's ants on his farm die, he discovers that he has the "exterminiki curse" and every...

Episode 4: Baby Quiz
Balki applies to the "Baby Quiz" TV game show for both couples. As it happens, Only Larry and Jennif...

Episode 5: Up, Up and Away (1)
Jennifer is two weeks overdue and has a few false alarms. Meanwhile, After Balki and Mary Anne went...

Episode 6: Up, Up and Away (2)
Trapped on board a runaway hot air balloon, Larry and Balki must find a way to get back to Earth as...
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