As of July 2026, Perfect Strangers Season 3 aired in 1987 with 22 episodes. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Perfect Strangers Season 3

1987 22 Episodes Comedy ⭐ 7/10

Perfect Strangers Season 3 is currently streaming on major platforms, and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. 117 viewers have already rated it on TMDB — the kind of consensus that does not happen by accident. Bronson Pinchot's performance alone is worth the time investment. There is no real reason to keep putting it off.

Perfect Strangers Season 3 arrived without much fanfare and built its audience the hard way — through word of mouth. The jokes in Perfect Strangers Season 3 land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. Season 3 of Perfect Strangers includes 22 episodes. It aired from September 1987 to March 1988. This season stars Bronson Pinchot, Mark Linn-Baker and Melanie Wilson. Bronson Pinchot and Mark Linn-Baker lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1987. The real test of any comedy is whether it is still funny once you know all the jokes, and Perfect Strangers Season 3 holds up on rewatch in a way that separates it from one-off curiosities. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

If you need a comedy that actually makes you laugh, Perfect Strangers Season 3 is a strong candidate. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Bronson Pinchot anchors an ensemble with real chemistry. Genuinely funny, consistently, across the whole run.

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🎬 Perfect Strangers Season 3 — Episode Guide

All News That Fits

Larry gets a job at the Chicago Chronicle local newspaper as a reporter and brings Balki to find a job. Mr. Burns the city editor hires Balki in the mail room but Mr. Gorpley the mail room boss doesn't want him there and tries everything to fire him.

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 him a Mypos diet but Larry has trouble following it and Balki won't let him quit.

Sexual Harrassment in Chicago

The editor of the Chronicle's Sunday Magazine makes a play for Balki but he isn't interested. She won't take no for an answer and anyone who ever tried to report her lost their jobs.

Balki buys one share of stock in a cereal company and discovers that there isn't enough raisins in a box that they advertise. Knowing that the company is cheating the public, he decides to go to head office to complain and Larry goes with him.

Better Shop Around

While grocery shopping, Balki wins a shopping spree to happen the next day and he thinks it would be fun. But Lary makes a plan to get certain things to sell for an air conditioner which takes all the fun out of it.

Your Cheatin' Heart

Jennifer is planning on buying a surprise typewriter for Larry and asks Balki for help barganing at a clearance sale. Larry gets suspicious after he sees Balki and Jennifer sneaking around, and thinks they're having an affair.

The Horn Blows at Midnight

When a famous psychic visits the Chronicle, She goes into a trance and predicts that a bog storm will come and Larry will die at midnight after sitting on a sheep and eating a golden ring. Larry thinks that it is just superstition until a storm comes out of nowhere.

While at a happy hour restaurant, Larry and Balki get beaten up at a bar by a bully who hit on Jennifer. So they decide to take karate and after several weeks of fine training, Larry insists on returning to the bar to pick a fight with the bully.

Night School Confidential

Balki is cheated by a con artist who sold him counterfeit watches. And after getting no help from the police, Larry and Balki go undercover to expose the con artist and put him out of business.

Jennifer has been given a promotion but if she accepts it, she has to move to LA. Larry refuses to tell her how he feels as a fear of rejection but later that evening, he has a dream about being a lonely old man with Balki and Mary Anne married, rich, living upstairs.

When Larry and Balki get cable TV, Balki becomes glued to the TV and won't stop watching it to the point where he forgets about his job, sleep, and never goes out anymore. So Larry must make an important decision of getting rid of the cable.

Balki accidently delivers Larry's offensive article to the publisher. So they break in late at night to retrieve it and end up on the ledge dealing with someone trying to commit suicide.

To Be or Not to Be

When Larry and Balki are chosen to be in the commercial for the Chicago Chronicle, Larry takes his acting abilities too far and goes overboard.

My Lips Are Sealed

After Mr. Gorpley gets information out of Balki about what's in the mail, Larry tells him that it's against the rules for him to give away what's in the mail. But in order to buy his dream car, he needs to know about his raise that was processed in the mail.

Vince Lucas the racketeer that Larry and Balki testified against has been paroled and Balki invites him into their apartment after writing to him ever since he went to prison. Even though he threatened them, Balki trusts him but Larry's too scared.

After Balki serves Larry, Jennifer, and Mary Anne some "Bibbi Babkas" (Myposian cream puffs), Larry suggests selling them but baking them cannot be rushed.

Jennifer asks Larry if he can call a plumber for her to fix her shower head while she's away. Larry decides that to impress her he'll fix it himself and as Larry and Balki try and put everything together, things go extremely wrong and they end up flooding Jennifer and Mary Anne's bathroom.

Balki is excited because his 106 year old grandmother Biki is coming to America to see him but when she switched planes in New York, she died at the airport and Balki has a hard time accepting it and pretends to be happy.

Balki manages to graduate night school at the top of his class, but soon finds out that there is no graduation ceremony. So Larry talks to the principal and arranges one.

Larry is very angry at Balki for making him late for work and won't speak to him so Balki handcuffs them together and loses the key during Larry's important luncheon sate with Mr. Burns and the publisher R.T. Wainwright.

🎭 Cast of Perfect Strangers Season 3

Bronson Pinchot

Bronson Pinchot

Balki Bartokomous

Mark Linn-Baker

Mark Linn-Baker

Melanie Wilson

Rebeca Arthur

Mary Anne Spencer

Sam Anderson

Jo Marie Payton

Jo Marie Payton

Harriette Winslow

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