Perfect Strangers (1986)

Comedy · Family

The chronicles of the rocky coexistence of midwestern American Larry Appleton and his distant cousin from eastern Mediterranean Europe, Balki Bartokomous.

IMDb rating: 7.2 (12,355 votes)
Seasons: 8
Streaming (US): The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Plex · Xumo Play · Tubi TV
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Aug 19, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.73 avg 6 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 23 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Knock Knock, Who's There?	7.5	211
2	Picture This	7.5	156
3	First Date	7.6	144
4	Baby, You Can Drive My Car	8.0	139
5	Check This	7.8	129
6	Happy Birthday, Baby	8.0	134

Season 2 (1986)

8.02 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 8.2 25 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Hello Baby	7.9	126
2	Hunks Like Us	8.5	154
3	The Unnatural	7.9	116
4	Lifesavers	7.8	115
5	Babes in Babylon	8.0	116
6	Ladies and Germs	8.2	118
7	Falling in Love Is...	8.0	114
8	Two Men and a Cradle	7.8	108
9	Can I Get a Witness?	7.8	111
10	The Rent Strike	7.7	108
11	A Christmas Story	8.4	141
12	Dog Gone Blues	8.1	103
13	Since I Lost My Baby	7.8	99
14	Trouble in Paradise	8.1	98
15	Beautiful Dreamer	7.8	92
16	Tux for Two	8.3	101
17	Ten Speed and a Soft Touch	7.8	95
18	Snow Way to Treat a Lady: Part 1	8.2	108
19	Snow Way to Treat a Lady: Part 2	8.2	108
20	Get a Job	8.2	99
21	Hello, Elaine	7.8	96
22	Up on a Roof	8.2	97

Season 3 (1987)

8.17 avg 22 episodes 8.1 → 8.2 24 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	All the News That Fits	8.1	92
2	Weigh to Go Buddy	8.2	93
3	Sexual Harassment in Chicago	7.8	91
4	Taking Stock	7.8	94
5	Your Cheatin' Heart	8.3	87
6	The Horn Blows at Midnight	8.0	95
7	Karate Kids	8.3	99
8	Night School Confidential	8.4	94
9	Future Shock	8.0	92
10	Couch Potato	8.2	92
11	The Break-In	8.3	88
12	To Be or Not to Be	8.2	93
13	My Lips Are Sealed	7.8	83
14	The Pen Pal	8.2	84
15	Just Desserts	8.6	101
16	Better Shop Around	8.3	97
17	Pipe Dreams	8.7	112
18	The Defiant Guys	8.1	87
19	My Brother, Myself	7.9	86
20	You Gotta Have Friends	7.9	81
21	The Graduate	8.4	88
22	Bye Bye Biki	8.2	87

Season 4 (1988)

7.85 avg 22 episodes 7.9 → 7.4 23 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Lottery	7.9	87
2	Assertive Training	7.9	82
3	Aliens	7.8	87
4	Piano Movers	8.0	91
5	High Society	7.4	80
6	Up a Lazy River: Part 1	7.9	86
7	Up a Lazy River: Part 2	8.1	87
8	College Bound	7.0	78
9	The Gift of the Mypiot	8.5	91
10	Maid to Order	8.0	78
11	That Old Gang of Mine	7.8	74
12	Crimebusters	8.1	77
13	Games People Play	8.0	80
14	Come Fly with Me	7.6	76
15	Blind Alley	8.3	79
16	The 'King' and I	8.4	93
17	Prose and Cons	7.2	72
18	Car Wars	7.7	74
19	Just a Gigolo	7.9	71
20	Seven Card Studs	8.5	77
21	Teacher's Pest	7.4	72
22	Wedding Belle Blues	7.4	73

Season 5 (1989)

7.63 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 8.4 23 min avg

Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Good Skates	7.9	82
2	Lie-Ability	7.3	71
3	The Newsletter	7.5	69
4	Tooth or Consequences	8.0	80
5	Dog Day Mid-Afternoon	7.1	71
6	Poetry in Motion	7.6	72
7	Father Knows Best?: Part 1	7.5	74
8	Father Knows Best?: Part 2	7.7	72
9	Hello Ball	7.5	72
10	Almost Live from Chicago	7.3	71
11	Home Movies	7.6	68
12	Everybody in the Pool	7.9	71
13	Because They're Cousins	7.6	78
14	Disorderly Orderlies	7.6	75
15	The Selling of Mypos	8.1	72
16	Nightmare Vacation	7.7	79
17	Three's a Crowd	7.7	68
18	A Blast from the Past	7.8	72
19	He's the Boss	7.4	69
20	Here Comes the Judge	7.5	66
21	This Old House	7.5	72
22	Bye Bye Birdie	7.4	69
23	Digging Up the News	7.6	70
24	Eyewitless Report	8.4	72

Season 6 (1990)

7.69 avg 24 episodes 7.5 → 7.9 24 min avg

Rebound

Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Safe at Home	7.5	73
2	New Kid on the Block	6.8	73
3	The Breakup	7.8	67
4	A Horse Is a Horse	7.5	65
5	Family Feud	7.5	69
6	Call Me Indestructible	7.5	68
7	The Men Who Knew Too Much: Part 1	7.9	71
8	The Men Who Knew Too Much: Part 2	7.9	71
9	The Ring	7.8	67
10	Black Widow	7.8	64
11	The Sunshine Boys	7.5	69
12	Hocus Pocus	7.4	63
13	Finders Keepers	8.0	69
14	Grandpa	7.8	67
15	Little Apartment of Horrors	7.8	68
16	I Saw This on TV	8.4	82
17	Speak, Memory	8.5	73
18	Out of Sync	7.5	65
19	See How They Run	7.2	61
20	Climb Every Billboard	7.8	61
21	A Catered Affair	7.8	62
22	Duck Soup	7.3	65
23	Great Balls of Fire	7.6	62
24	See You in September	7.9	58

Season 7 (1991)

7.43 avg 24 episodes 7.9 → 7.5 23 min avg

Rollercoaster

Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Bachelor Party	7.9	68
2	The Wedding	7.8	66
3	This New House	8.1	68
4	Weekend at Ferdinand's	7.7	71
5	Fright Night	6.9	70
6	The Gazebo	6.6	75
7	Citizenship: Part 1	6.9	70
8	Citizenship: Part 2	7.3	61
9	Wild Turkey	6.9	70
10	Dimitri's World	7.6	66
11	Car Tunes	7.6	62
12	Door to Door	7.4	66
13	Two Angry Men	7.7	64
14	Missing	7.6	65
15	Going Once, Going Twice	8.0	66
16	Yes Sir, That's My Baby	6.3	71
17	Wayne Man	7.6	65
18	The Elevator	8.0	68
19	The Play's the Thing	7.0	66
20	Stress Test	7.5	68
21	Or Get Off the Pot	7.4	67
22	Chicago Suite	7.5	65
23	It Had to Be You	7.4	64
24	Get Me to the Dump on Time	7.5	63

Season 8 (1993)

7.32 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 7.3 22 min avg

Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Baby Shower	7.4	67
2	After Hours	7.1	63
3	Lethal Weapon	7.4	65
4	The Baby Quiz	7.1	57
5	Up, Up and Away: Part 1	7.6	61
6	Up, Up and Away: Part 2	7.3	70