Episode
Perfect Strangers: Games People Play
Overview
Larry is assigned to be on a game show called "Risk it All" and Balki is his partner. Balki wants to do all the stunts on the show but Larry, to avoid humiliation, insists that he just answer questions and go home. But after being offered a cruise around the world, Larry won't quit.
Details
- Series
- Perfect Strangers
- Season
- Season 4
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1989-02-03
- Runtime
- 24 min
Episode context
Games People Play is Episode 13 in Season 4 of Perfect Strangers. It aired on 1989-02-03. The runtime is 24 min.
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Episode 12: Crimebusters
Larry is promoted to the investigative reporting team of Marshall & Walpole at the Chronicle and looks hard for a great story. Harriette's husband Carl is a cop who is about to make a big bust and Larry tries to take advantage of the situation to get a front-page story.
Episode 14: Come Fly with Me
Larry and Balki are flying to Hawaii with Jennifer and Mary Anne serving along the way. But after eating a Myposian snack the wrong way, Jennifer and Mary Anne get sick. So Larry and Balki decide to cover for them but didn't know they weren't suppose to serve through turbulence.
More episodes from this season
Episode 11: That Old Gang of Mine
Mary Anne was promoted and moves to London and Balki is heartbroken and miserable. So Larry suggests Balki get a hobby to take his mind off her. So he joins a motorcycle gang where the club plans a wild initiation ceremony.
Episode 15: Blind Alley
Larry's bowling team is one game away from winning the trophy that Mr. Gorpley has been waving in Larry's face for the last year. But Calvin, the star player has been sent out of town by his boss - Mr. Gorpley of course. Balki tries bowling for the first time and had an excellent score so he becomes the substitute, but his trip to the ophthalmologist before the tournament may make playing difficult.
Episode 10: Maid to Order
With Larry working late and Balki at college, their household chores are falling behind. So they decide to hire a maid. They finally select Mr. Bailey who waits on them hand and foot for practically nothing which ends up getting on Larry's nerves.
Episode 16: The 'King' and I
Larry and Balki throw a '50s party and invite their friends. Lydia brings her date Lamont, a hypnotist. After demonstrating hypnosis, he accidentally hypnotizes Balki into thinking he's Elvis which carries on through their tax audit the next day.
Episode 9: The Gift of the Mypiot
On Christmas Eve, Larry and Balki throw a Christmas party at their apartment for all their friends. But when Balki realizes that Mr. Gorpley is lonely, he invites him who causes a lot of trouble with snide attitude and everyone wants to throw him out. But Balki insists on spreading a little Christmas cheer his way too.
Episode 17: Prose and Cons
Larry and Balki wind up in jail after refusing to reveal their source for a commodity scandal, to protect the freedom of the press. They won't stop there; they are very persistent to keep their sources, and take the hard time, but they later get two dangerous cell mates.
Episode 8: College Bound
Larry prepares a surprise party for Balki who is taking his college entrance exams. While they are waiting for him to return, they talk about some things they've been through together such as when they first met, the first day at the Chronicle, when they tried to fix Jennifer and Mary Anne's shower, etc. Larry thinks that he has helped Balki come along way but it seems that Balki has been helping him more.
Episode 18: Car Wars
Balki finally has enough money to buy a car and thinks it will be fun. But Larry insists on using his father's "used car rating system" to buy him one and ends up choosing him a lemon.
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 regain Jennifer's respect, he talks Balki into letting him lead them back to the camp site but they end up walking for five hours in a circle. Later, Larry and Balki almost drown in quicksand and in the evening, they get attacked by a bear.
Episode 19: Just a Gigolo
Lydia is miserable when her boyfriend dumped her so Balki uses his match-making skills to fix Lydia up with a man who turns out to be a gigolo who married wealthy women, takes their money and leaves them.