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.
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- Seasons
- 8
- Episodes aired
- 171
- Latest aired
- S08E21
- Total runtime
- 2d 16h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 March 1977 – April 1977 6 episodes
- Season 2 September 1977 – May 1978 25 episodes
- Season 3 September 1978 – September 1979 23 episodes
- Season 4 September 1979 – May 1980 25 episodes
- Season 5 October 1980 – May 1981 22 episodes
- Season 6 October 1981 – May 1982 26 episodes
- Season 7 September 1982 – May 1983 22 episodes
- Season 8 September 1983 – September 1984 22 episodes
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S03E01 Double Date
September 12 · 20min find the promo
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Jack pretends he has a cold when Mr. Roper overhears him making a date.
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S03E02 Good Old Reliable Janet
September 19 · 20min find the promo
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Janet and Mrs. Roper participate in a nude beach protest, and end up walking home without their clothes.
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S03E03 The Love Diary
September 26 · 20min find the promo
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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!
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S03E04 The Fast
October 3 · 20min find the promo
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It's a test of willpower when Janet and Chrissy give up food in exchange for Jack giving up girls!
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S03E05 Helen's Rendezvous
October 10 · 20min find the promo
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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.
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S03E06 My Sister's Keeper
October 17 · 20min find the promo
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Janet's little sister visits the trio and instantly falls for Jack.
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S03E07 Chrissy and the Guru
October 24 · 20min find the promo
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Chrissy is tricked into becoming a panhandler by a con-artist.
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S03E08 Larry's Bride
October 31 · 20min find the promo
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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!
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S03E09 Chrissy's New Boss
November 14 · 20min find the promo
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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.
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S03E10 The Crush
November 21 · 20min find the promo
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Laurie, the trio's babysitting charge, has a crush on Jack, much to her boyfriend's dismay.
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S03E11 The Kleptomaniac
November 28 · 20min find the promo
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Chrissy a thief? No way! At least that what Jack thinks when he sees her with his money.
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S03E12 The Party's Over
December 5 · 20min find the promo
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After canceling a party the trio were holding, Helen (in disgust) leaves Stanley.
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S03E13 Eleanor's Return
December 12 · 20min find the promo
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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!
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S03E14 The Older Woman
January 16 · 20min find the promo
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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.
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S03E15 Stanley's Hotline
January 30 · 20min find the promo
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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.
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S03E16 The Catered Affair
February 6 · 25min find the promo
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While Jack is catering a party for Chrissy's business, Chrissy's lecherous boss tries to get it on with Chrissy.
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S03E17 The Best Laid Plans
February 13 · 20min find the promo
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Jack finally has a chance to get it on with Chrissy when a mouse terrorizes the apartment building.
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S03E18 The Harder They Fall
February 20 · 20min find the promo
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Jack ruins Janet's date when he has a broken leg.
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S03E19 The Bake-Off
February 27 · 20min find the promo
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Chrissy accidentally eats Jack's pie right before a pie contest he is supposed to be in.
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S03E20 An Anniversary Surprise
March 13 · 19min find the promo
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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.
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S03E21 Jack Moves Out
May 8 · 19min find the promo
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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.
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S03E22 Triangle Troubles
May 15 · 20min find the promo
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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.
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S03E23 Stanley, the Ladies' Man
September 15 · 20min find the promo
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Roper plans a surprise disco party for his wife. This is an episode of the Ropers packaged in syndication with Three's Company.