A Man About the House
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1977
Chrissy and Janet try to convince their landlord that their new male roommate is gay.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1977
Chrissy and Janet try to convince their landlord that their new male roommate is gay.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1977
Chrissy's mother visits for the first time since Jack moved in with the girls.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Mar 31, 1977
Convinced that Jack is gay, Roper decides that he is a safe date for his visiting niece.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Apr 7, 1977
Larry gives Jack and the girls a puppy even though Roper doesn't allow pets.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Apr 14, 1977
Jack has guilt feelings about not standing up to the tough guy who makes a play for Chrissy at the local pub and goes back the next night to tell the Casanova off.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Apr 21, 1977
The roommates fear the rent money has been stolen.
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Sep 13, 1977
Jack and Chrissy walk in on Janet while she is entertaining a date. The roommates decide to make some ground rules for using the apartment for dates.
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Sep 20, 1977
Jack's modeling job requires him to pose nude.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1977
Janet loses a promotion to a voluptuous candidate.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1977
Jack throws a wild party when Chrissy and Janet go away for the weekend.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Oct 11, 1977
Jack and Janet learn Chrissy's beau is married.
Episode: 2x06 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1977
Chrissy and Jack are home alone for one night.
Episode: 2x07 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1977
Roper thinks he sold the roommates a classic car.
Episode: 2x08 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1977
Chrissy asks Jack to cook a meal so she can impress a gourmet.
Episode: 2x09 | Airdate: Nov 15, 1977
Jack defends Chrissy's honor when a man follows her home from a bar.
Episode: 2x10 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1977
Mr. Roper is suspected of seeing another woman.
Episode: 2x11 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1977
Janet runs into her high-school sweetheart, who isn't all she remembered him to be.
Episode: 2x12 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1977
Jack's uncle comes to visit. Needing help with money, the uncle pays their rent, with what turns out to be a bad check.
Episode: 2x13 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1977
Mrs. Roper takes a job to spite her husband.
Episode: 2x14 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1977
The Ropers invite Jack and the girls to their Christmas party. Expecting it to be boring, Jack receives a phone call and accepts an invitation to another party. Now they must find a way to get out of the Ropers' place.
Episode: 2x15 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1978
Jack helps Mr. Roper hide a coat which is a present for Mrs. Roper. Chrissy finds it and thinks it's for her.
Episode: 2x16 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1978
Janet accuses Chrissy of stealing an executive away from her.
Episode: 2x17 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1978
Jack and Chrissy spend a nightmarish evening subbing for Janet as baby sitters.
Episode: 2x18 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1978
A new boyfriend leads Chrissy to try filmmaking.
Episode: 2x19 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1978
Janet hires Jack to work in the flower shop.
Episode: 2x20 | Airdate: Feb 7, 1978
Jack and the girls hope to keep the Ropers from raising the rent. A guy from Jack's past in the Navy shows up, but he's not exactly a friend.
Episode: 2x21 | Airdate: Feb 14, 1978
A pregnant woman claims Jack is the father of her unborn child.
Episode: 2x22 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1978
When Chrissy, Jack, and Janet are strong-armed to clean out the yard behind the Roper's apartment building, Chrissy discovers some flowers that she brings back to their apartment. When Mrs. Roper sees how pretty they are, she decides to pick some herself to use in her flower arrangements. However, when Larry tells Jack and Chrissy that one of the plants is cannabis, they are frantic to get Mrs. Roper before her arrangement gets judged at her class.
Episode: 2x23 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1978
An unexpected visit from Chrissy's father, the minister, throws the kids into a panic. Jack decides to move out temporarily but Reverend Snow arrives before Jack can leave. Fumbling for an explanation, Janet blurts out that she and Jack are married.
Episode: 2x24 | Airdate: May 9, 1978
The roommates take the Ropers' parakeet overnight.
Episode: 2x25 | Airdate: May 16, 1978
A surprise birthday party for Jack is nearly spoiled when an old girlfriend turns up, ready to entice Jack back into her web.
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Sep 12, 1978
Jack lies to his girlfriend in order to keep a date with his new romantic interest.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Sep 19, 1978
Janet convinces Mrs. Roper to join her in a nude beach protest.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 26, 1978
Mr. Roper thinks the candid diary Chrissy is transcribing is her own.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Oct 3, 1978
Jack and Chrissy compete in a test of willpower.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Oct 10, 1978
Jack, Janet and Chrissy think that Helen is having an affair.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Oct 17, 1978
Janet finds Jack in bed with her visiting sister.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 24, 1978
A guru dazzles Chrissy into following him to his commune.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 31, 1978
The girls accuse Jack of wanting Larry's fiancée.
Episode: 3x09 | Airdate: Nov 14, 1978
Chrissy plans a business trip with her boss.
Episode: 3x10 | Airdate: Nov 21, 1978
A 13-year-old who is the daughter of friends of the Ropers stays with them for a few days, and develops a crush on Jack.
Episode: 3x11 | Airdate: Nov 28, 1978
Jack and Janet suspect Chrissy is a kleptomaniac.
Episode: 3x12 | Airdate: Dec 5, 1978
Mr. Roper's dirty trick prompts his wife to leave.
Episode: 3x13 | Airdate: Dec 12, 1978
Eleanor, the girls' roommate prior to Jack moving in, returns for a visit. Jack suspects the girls may want her to move back in.
Episode: 3x14 | Airdate: Jan 16, 1979
Jack falls in love with an older woman.
Episode: 3x15 | Airdate: Jan 30, 1979
Able to hear the roommates talking through the plumbing while working on his own bathroom sink, Mr. Roper overhears things that make him convinced Chrissy is pregnant.
Episode: 3x16 | Airdate: Feb 6, 1979
Chrissy recommends Jack for a catered event her boss is hosting. Janet and the Ropers help him work the event.
Episode: 3x17 | Airdate: Feb 13, 1979
Jack offers to protect Chrissy from a mouse.
Episode: 3x18 | Airdate: Feb 20, 1979
Janet and her date find Jack and Chrissy in bed.
Episode: 3x19 | Airdate: Feb 27, 1979
Chrissy eats the pie Jack was going to enter in a statewide baking competition.
Episode: 3x20 | Airdate: Mar 13, 1979
Roper plans to sell the apartment house as an anniversary surprise for Helen. This sets off the premise for the spinoff series "The Ropers".
Episode: 3x21 | Airdate: May 8, 1979
Jack gets angry with the girls and moves out of the apartment.
Episode: 3x22 | Airdate: May 15, 1979
Jack pretends he lives alone when he falls for a woman he believes is old-fashioned, but it turns out she has a living situation that mirrors his own.
Episode: 4x01 | Airdate: Sep 11, 1979
Jack disguises himself as Chrissy to avoid FBI agents who are on his trail.
Episode: 4x02 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1979
Chrissy catches Jack working as a paid escort.
Episode: 4x03 | Airdate: Sep 25, 1979
The roommates accidentally sells the new landlord's furniture.
Episode: 4x04 | Airdate: Oct 2, 1979
Chrissy tries to sell cosmetics at Ralph Furley's poker game.
Episode: 4x05 | Airdate: Oct 9, 1979
Jack sheds his Mr. Nice Guy image with the help of some assertiveness training.
Episode: 4x06 | Airdate: Oct 23, 1979
A grateful man offers the trio a free penthouse.
Episode: 4x07 | Airdate: Oct 30, 1979
The roommates take in an old man whose apartment has been converted into a condominium.
Episode: 4x08 | Airdate: Nov 6, 1979
The girls crash Jack's weekend in a remote cabin.
Episode: 4x09 | Airdate: Nov 13, 1979
Jack and Janet worry about Chrissy's health.
Episode: 4x10 | Airdate: Nov 20, 1979
Jack gives cooking lessons to a mobster's wife.
Episode: 4x11 | Airdate: Nov 27, 1979
Jack must choose a guest for a luxury cruise.
Episode: 4x12 | Airdate: Dec 4, 1979
Ralph says Chrissy is his wife to impress a rival.
Episode: 4x13 | Airdate: Dec 11, 1979
A letter in a newspaper column convinces each of the two girls that the other is having an affair with Jack.
Episode: 4x14 | Airdate: Dec 18, 1979
Chrissy's minister father announces that the roommates' living arrangement is jeopardizing his new appointment.
Episode: 4x15 | Airdate: Jan 8, 1980
Chrissy and Jack try to cool Larry's crush on Janet.
Episode: 4x16 | Airdate: Jan 15, 1980
Jack runs into trouble when he dates a pretty gym instructor.
Episode: 4x17 | Airdate: Jan 22, 1980
Jack faces eviction when he lets it slip to Furley that he is not gay.
Episode: 4x18 | Airdate: Jan 29, 1980
Jack and Chrissy are handcuffed together as a joke and then discover they have no key.
Episode: 4x19 | Airdate: Feb 5, 1980
Chrissy and Jack think Janet wants a baby.
Episode: 4x20 | Airdate: Feb 12, 1980
A 12-year-old runaway moves into the apartment.
Episode: 4x21 | Airdate: Feb 26, 1980
Jack becomes enraged when his brother decides to romance Chrissy.
Episode: 4x22 | Airdate: Mar 4, 1980
Chrissy's big track winnings threaten to split the threesome.
Episode: 4x23 | Airdate: Mar 11, 1980
Chrissy sets up a rendezvous with the man who has been sending her secret love notes.
Episode: 4x24 | Airdate: Mar 25, 1980
The roommates help Furley attract a lady friend.
Episode: 4x25 | Airdate: May 6, 1980
A dishonest student may prevent Jack's graduation.
Episode: 5x01 | Airdate: Oct 28, 1980
Jack prepares three different meals in three separate apartments.
Episode: 5x02 | Airdate: Nov 11, 1980
Jack charges his new boss with sexual harassment.
Episode: 5x03 | Airdate: Nov 18, 1980
Janet discovers that Chrissy's old high-school friend is a prostitute.
Episode: 5x04 | Airdate: Nov 25, 1980
A lovely skier thinks Jack is an alpine champion.
Episode: 5x05 | Airdate: Dec 2, 1980
Jack and Larry unknowingly date the same woman.
Episode: 5x06 | Airdate: Dec 9, 1980
Jack's friends think he is the chef at a fancy French restaurant where he is actually a busboy.
Episode: 5x07 | Airdate: Dec 16, 1980
Chrissy's cousin Cindy replaces her as the third roommate.
Episode: 5x08 | Airdate: Jan 6, 1981
Cindy's boss expects her to be his errand girl.
Episode: 5x09 | Airdate: Jan 13, 1981
Jack gets a prestigious job after being mistaken for a famous chef.
Episode: 5x10 | Airdate: Jan 20, 1981
An elderly neighbor smothers Jack with attention.
Episode: 5x11 | Airdate: Jan 27, 1981
Jack plays cupid for his date's widowed father.
Episode: 5x12 | Airdate: Feb 3, 1981
Janet tells her parents she and Jack are married.
Episode: 5x13 | Airdate: Feb 10, 1981
Jack and Janet try to thwart a wealthy man's efforts to make Cindy his bride.
Episode: 5x14 | Airdate: Feb 17, 1981
Fired Furley moves in with the roommates.
Episode: 5x15 | Airdate: Feb 24, 1981
Jack and Larry switch apartments after Jack has an argument with the girls.
Episode: 5x16 | Airdate: Mar 3, 1981
The niece of the cooking-school dean pursues Jack.
Episode: 5x17 | Airdate: Mar 10, 1981
Jack grows suspicious when Cindy starts collecting maternity clothes.
Episode: 5x18 | Airdate: Mar 17, 1981
Roper goes to a bowling banquet instead of celebrating his anniversary.
Episode: 5x19 | Airdate: Mar 24, 1981
When a frustrated Mr. Furley shares with Jack that his niece is coming to town to spy on him for his brother, Jack offers to find someone to take her on a date in order to keep her out of his hair. However, Jack gets himself in a bind when he offers to set Veronica up with his identical twin brother, Austin, when Mr. Furley wants to meet him first.
Episode: 5x20 | Airdate: May 5, 1981
When Larry and Jack are having some drinks at the Regal Beagle, they notice a pretty girl and start flirting with her. However, when her boyfriend arrives, it doesn't take long for him to start threatening the guys for talking to his date. While Jack takes his threats seriously, Larry starts egging him on, and as a result, the boyfriend sets his sights on fighting Jack in order to get them away from his girlfriend.
Episode: 5x21 | Airdate: May 12, 1981
Jack and Janet become detectives when Cindy mysteriously vanishes.
Episode: 5x22 | Airdate: May 19, 1981
Jack stops lying to women about his roommates.
Episode: 6x01 | Airdate: Oct 6, 1981
Jack and Janet find a new roommate after Cindy moves into a college dorm.
Episode: 6x02 | Airdate: Oct 13, 1981
Jack and Larry devise a way of getting rid of Jack's new roommate.
Episode: 6x03 | Airdate: Oct 20, 1981
Terri's overly friendly behavior toward Jack makes Janet suspicious.
Episode: 6x04 | Airdate: Oct 27, 1981
Terri thinks Jack is giving love lessons.
Episode: 6x05 | Airdate: Nov 3, 1981
Terri and Jack fear that Janet will need to have an affair with her dance instructor if she is to be successful.
Episode: 6x06 | Airdate: Nov 10, 1981
Jack breaks a date with Janet to coach Larry in the art of romantic conversation.
Episode: 6x07 | Airdate: Nov 17, 1981
Jack and Janet mistake Terri's psychiatrist friend for a mental-ward escapee.
Episode: 6x08 | Airdate: Nov 24, 1981
A policeman moves in to protect Jack after he witnesses an armed robbery.
Episode: 6x09 | Airdate: Dec 1, 1981
Jack must come up with a temporary wife to deter his boss's man-hungry daughter.
Episode: 6x10 | Airdate: Dec 8, 1981
Janet inadvertently fixes Terri up with a guy she had wanted to date herself.
Episode: 6x11 | Airdate: Dec 15, 1981
Much to Jack's embarrassment, Terri subdues a drunk with karate.
Episode: 6x12 | Airdate: Jan 5, 1982
Jack tries to win over a Southern belle whom he insulted on a date.
Episode: 6x13 | Airdate: Jan 12, 1982
Larry sets up a test to determine if Furley's latest girl is a gold digger.
Episode: 6x14 | Airdate: Jan 19, 1982
Jack assumes that Terri's friend wants to leave the convent to be with him.
Episode: 6x15 | Airdate: Jan 26, 1982
The roommates reluctantly hire Cindy as a maid.
Episode: 6x16 | Airdate: Feb 2, 1982
An efficiency expert drives Janet to quit.
Episode: 6x17 | Airdate: Feb 9, 1982
Cindy invites the trio for a weekend on the farm.
Episode: 6x18 | Airdate: Feb 16, 1982
Jack substitutes for a chef and winds up with a full-time job.
Episode: 6x19 | Airdate: Feb 23, 1982
Jack adopts a new image to please a wealthy woman who would like to marry him.
Episode: 6x20 | Airdate: Mar 2, 1982
Jack pretends he's a doctor to impress his visiting grandfather.
Episode: 6x21 | Airdate: Mar 9, 1982
Jack cooks dinner for a famous food critic.
Episode: 6x22 | Airdate: Mar 16, 1982
Larry and Furley attempt to stop the threesome from moving to a luxury beach house.
Episode: 6x23 | Airdate: Mar 23, 1982
Jack botches a cooking demonstration on a local TV talk show.
Episode: 6x24 | Airdate: Apr 6, 1982
Janet dons a blond wig and a new personality.
Episode: 6x25 | Airdate: May 4, 1982
Jack escorts Janet to a stuffy, formal party.
Episode: 6x26 | Airdate: May 11, 1982
Jack signs up for a computer dating service.
Episode: 7x01 | Airdate: Sep 28, 1982
Jack strikes out as Janet's chaperon when he gets drunk and falls asleep.
Episode: 7x02 | Airdate: Oct 12, 1982
Terri's boyfriend thinks Jack is the reason behind their breakup.
Episode: 7x03 | Airdate: Oct 19, 1982
A jewel-thief date thinks Jack is a fence.
Episode: 7x04 | Airdate: Oct 26, 1982
A newspaper article implies the trio's living arrangement is more than a practical one.
Episode: 7x05 | Airdate: Nov 9, 1982
Jack is the victim of a con game when he rents a decrepit restaurant.
Episode: 7x06 | Airdate: Nov 16, 1982
Jack and the crew are all set for the restaurant's opening night.
Episode: 7x07 | Airdate: Nov 23, 1982
Chaos results when Jack romances Felipe's cousin.
Episode: 7x08 | Airdate: Nov 30, 1982
Jack dates one of Janet's friends from high school, unaware that she is married.
Episode: 7x09 | Airdate: Dec 7, 1982
Jack hosts a Sunday brunch to convince a neighborhood clergyman that the bistro is really a respectable place.
Episode: 7x10 | Airdate: Dec 14, 1982
The Bistro's new guitarist has a singer, Larry.
Episode: 7x11 | Airdate: Jan 3, 1983
Furley learns that Terri's boyfriend is a convicted murderer.
Episode: 7x12 | Airdate: Jan 11, 1983
Larry becomes overprotective of his sister when he lets Jack show her around town.
Episode: 7x13 | Airdate: Jan 18, 1983
A rumor spreads that Carol and Bob's marriage is on the rocks.
Episode: 7x14 | Airdate: Feb 1, 1983
Jack is outraged by a building inspector's demand for a bribe.
Episode: 7x15 | Airdate: Feb 15, 1983
Terri is about to marry a soap opera star who Jack believes has a questionable reputation.
Episode: 7x16 | Airdate: Feb 22, 1983
Jack challenges a Golden Gloves contender.
Episode: 7x17 | Airdate: Mar 1, 1983
Jack bets Janet and Terri that he can stay away from women for a week.
Episode: 7x18 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1983
Jack and Terri think Janet is trying to seduce Furley's shy nephew.
Episode: 7x19 | Airdate: Mar 22, 1983
Jack catches married Mr. Angelino with a woman.
Episode: 7x20 | Airdate: Apr 5, 1983
Jack's new moustache is a turn-on for Terri.
Episode: 7x21 | Airdate: May 3, 1983
A former Navy buddy visits Jack and tries to con his way into a partnership at the bistro.
Episode: 7x22 | Airdate: May 10, 1983
Janet and Terri try to raise money for Jack.
Episode: 8x01 | Airdate: Sep 27, 1983
Jack's girlfriend asks him to father her child.
Episode: 8x02 | Airdate: Oct 4, 1983
Jack thinks one of the girls is interested in him.
Episode: 8x03 | Airdate: Oct 18, 1983
Jack accidentally receives $1,000 from an automatic teller machine.
Episode: 8x04 | Airdate: Oct 25, 1983
Jack tries to retrieve his nasty note to a critic.
Episode: 8x05 | Airdate: Nov 1, 1983
Jack winds up with two dates for the same day.
Episode: 8x06 | Airdate: Nov 8, 1983
Jack tries to keep his girlfriend's job a secret.
Episode: 8x07 | Airdate: Nov 22, 1983
Jack disguises himself as a woman to compete in a baking contest.
Episode: 8x08 | Airdate: Nov 29, 1983
Jack's meddling father drops in unexpectedly.
Episode: 8x09 | Airdate: Dec 6, 1983
Terri pretends she is married to ward off Dr. Kenderson's advances.
Episode: 8x10 | Airdate: Dec 13, 1983
Jack pretends he is well-to-do when he dates a wealthy socialite.
Episode: 8x11 | Airdate: Dec 20, 1983
Jack is convinced that his new neighbor is one of London's most-wanted criminals.
Episode: 8x12 | Airdate: Jan 4, 1984
Janet's new boss uses her to get Jack.
Episode: 8x13 | Airdate: Jan 10, 1984
Jack's old flame asks him for marital advice.
Episode: 8x14 | Airdate: Jan 17, 1984
Jack and Furley become trapped in a freezer at Angelino's restaurant.
Episode: 8x15 | Airdate: Jan 24, 1984
The trio hopes that Furley will bend the apartment rules when they place a stray cat on his doorstep.
Episode: 8x16 | Airdate: Jan 31, 1984
Jack checks into a hospital to have an embarrassing tattoo removed.
Episode: 8x17 | Airdate: Feb 21, 1984
A new neighbor raises Jack's anger until he discovers that the neighbor is a pretty young woman. He then becomes involved in her art class in order to hit on her with unexpected results.
Episode: 8x18 | Airdate: Feb 28, 1984
Jack feigns amnesia after wrecking Janet's car.
Episode: 8x19 | Airdate: Mar 8, 1984
One of Janet's customers names her in his will.
Episode: 8x20 | Airdate: Mar 15, 1984
Jack falls for Vicky, a busy stewardess.
Episode: 8x21 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1984
Janet and Phillip plan for the wedding at Janet's apartment. Jack wants to win the approval of Vicky's father, Mr. Bradford.
Episode: 8x22 | Airdate: Sep 18, 1984
The roommates move out. Vicky suggests that she and Jack live together after explaining her fear of marriage. Jack and Vicky move into the apartment above Jack's restaurant, setting up the introduction to follow-up TV series "Three's a Crowd".
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: May 18, 1982
Lucille Ball is the host of this retrospective of the best scenes from the series' previous episodes.
Episode: S06 Special | Airdate: May 18, 1982
Lucille Ball is the host of this retrospective of the best scenes from the series' previous episodes.