The Ropers - Episode Guide

Helen bugs Stanley into finally looking for a new house. Stanley, however, wants to buy a mobile home.

Stanley embarrasses Helen, when he locks himself outside of their house in nothing but underwear, while she's attending a posh party next door.

After a relative dies, the Ropers are advised to buy an insurance policy. Stanley accepts but then he get scared of receiving the result of his physical.

Helen thinks Stanley needs help and takes him to a marriage counselor, after she finds many love letters from him that turn out were for Doris Day.

Stanley gets upset when Helen's mother and sister Ethel visit and he thinks that her mother has plans to stay with them permanently.

Larry Dallas visits and tries to sell them a mobile home. This idea excites Mr. Roper and the always devious Jeffrey. Stanley almost buys it without telling Helen.

Helen complains about never getting to take a vacation. To keep her quiet, Stanley prepares a secret disco birthday party with the aid of his former tenants Jack Tripper, Janet Wood, and Chrissy Snow.

A man shows up at the condo and introduces himself as Stanley's son from an affair years ago. The Brookes want to send their son, David, to a private school.

When the electricity to the Ropers' house is cut off, and Helen's sister is supposed to come for dinner, Stanley "borrows" electricity from the Brookes.

Stanley fears that Helen will ignore him if they adopt a child. When a social worker says they're too old to adopt, he raises her spirits by giving her a dog, Muffin.

Stanley and Jeffrey get drunk and are arrested, after both have arguments with their respective spouses.

Stanley loses their dog and buys another one to try to calm Helen down.

On their 23rd wedding anniversary, Stanley buys a fake antique clock that happens to resemble the Brookes' stolen clock. Helen then tries to sneak into their house to return it.

When Stanley accidentally sets his kitchen on fire, Brookes thinks it's from faulty wiring and lets the Ropers stay with his family.

When Stanley gets a new (or so he tells Helen) living room suite from his friend Joey, he finds out the furniture once belonged to Helen's sister, Ethel.

The Brookes and Ropers fight over the commission money Helen gets when she sells one of the townhouses to a buyer, so the Brookes decide to buy her an organ.

Jeffrey's hobo uncle comes for a visit, just as a congressman is coming for lunch.

Helen asks the gardener to pose as her "Latin lover" Ramon, in order to make Stanley jealous.

The Ropers find out that an 18-year-old girl has been living in their store room for weeks.

Stanley pays the Brookes' nephew, Michael, $50 to take Jenny out on a date.

Ethel attempts to retrieve a valuable horse-shaped case, supposedly from the Ming Dynasty, from Helen.

The Ropers and Brookes feud on David and Helen's birthday.

Helen is convinced Stanley is having an affair, when she sees him give a locket to another woman.

After Helen volunteers Stanley to babysit David on poker night, he takes him to a game.

Stanley is jealous when Helen's old USO boyfriend wants to see her and makes himself a date with an old girlfriend.

Stanley's men's magazines are accidentally donated to a church rummage sale.

When Stanley goes over to his brother-in-law Hubert's office to get a job, he finds two tickets for Hubert and his secretary to Acapulco.

Helen's mother holds a wake at the Ropers' house to discuss her will, complete with presents.