The Odd Couple

Two men, a neat freak and a slob separated from their wives, have to live together despite their differences.

Genre: Comedy

Cast:Tony Randall , Jack Klugman , Al Molinaro , Penny Marshall , Elinor Donahue , Garry Walberg , Eddie Garrett , Janis Hansen , Larry Gelman , Joan Hotchkis , Richard Stahl , Ryan MacDonald , Herbie Faye , Ogden Talbot , Brett Somers , Louis Guss , Billy Sands , Johnny Silver

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ The Laundry Orgy

Thu, Sep 24, 1970

Oscar has arranged dates for himself and Felix with Gwendolyn and Cecily Pigeon who live upstairs. Oscar is excited, but Felix is nervous and uncertain. Oscar tries to rally Felix to get back in the dating game, but then both realize that the date will conflict with poker night. Felix wants to cancel the date, but Oscar wants to trick the guys into breaking up the game early.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Fight of the Felix

Thu, Oct 1, 1970

Splint McCullough is a rough and tough hockey player who spends as much time in the penalty box for fighting as he does on the ice. He and Oscar have just gone a round at a sports bar and Oscar comes away the loser with a black eye. He is determined to get revenge in his column by writing an expose about McCullough. Felix thinks revenge is wrong and when he confronts McCullough he too is forced into a fight.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ Felix Gets Sick

Thu, Oct 8, 1970

Oscar has a date with an airline stewardess while Felix is away for the weekend on business. Only Felix isn't away...he's in bed sick with a 48 hour flu. With a high fever Oscar feels guilty about leaving Felix alone and is going to cancel his date. Felix convinces him to bring her to the apartment instead and assures Oscar he'll be quiet. This is just the beginning of a disastrous weekend for Oscar.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Jury Story

Thu, Oct 15, 1970

Leo Garvey is being released from prison after serving 7 years of a 10 year sentence. The mention of this on the news makes Oscar and Felix reminisce about the first time they met...serving on Garvey's jury. What should be an open and shut case is dragged on by Felix's search for mitigating circumstances. After lengthy deliberation the jury is sequestered overnight and Oscar and Felix spend their first night together and get their first glimpse of each other's annoying habits.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Breakup

Thu, Oct 22, 1970

Oscar has a bad hangover and has zero tolerance for Felix or the noise he's making cleaning. They have an argument and Oscar tells Felix to get out. Felix moves in with Murray, Vinnie and the Pigeon sisters and promptly begins driving them all crazy. Meanwhile Oscar is having his own problems with cooking, cleaning and ironing and it isn't long before he realizes how much he wants Felix to move back in.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ Oscar's Ulcer

Thu, Oct 29, 1970

Felix is warning Oscar that he needs to change his lifestyle and get healthy or it could catch up with him. He could be right when Oscar folds during a poker game with a full house due to stomach pains. The doctor thinks it could be the beginning of an ulcer. Felix is determined to prevent this and begins to monitor Oscar's meals and habits to the point of creating the tension in Oscar's life he wanted to avoid in the first place.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ I Do, I Don't

Thu, Nov 5, 1970

Felix ruins the wedding plans of a couple.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ Oscar, the Model

Thu, Nov 12, 1970

Felix gets Oscar to pose in a cologne ad, but soon he lives to regret it.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Big Brothers

Thu, Nov 19, 1970

Oscar and Felix join the Big Brothers foundation. Felix tries to show his little brother culture, but he prefers to be with Oscar.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ It's All Over Now, Baby Bird

Thu, Dec 3, 1970

Felix's pet parrot passes away. While he wants to give the bird an honorable burial, Oscar just wants to get rid of the body.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ Felix Is Missing

Thu, Dec 10, 1970

When Felix leaves on a sudden out of town assignment, their friends think he died at Oscar's hands.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ Scrooge Gets an Oscar

Thu, Dec 17, 1970

After Oscar refuses to be Scrooge in a children's play, his poker buddies come to him in a dream giving him the Christmas Carol treatment.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ The Blackout

Thu, Dec 24, 1970

Oscar gets accused of stealing $50 from the poker pot during a blackout.

14Season 1

S1.E14 ∙ They Use Horse Radish, Don't They

Thu, Jan 7, 1971

Besides his bad back, Felix thinks he'll have trouble with the cooking contest after Oscar gave away his secret ingredients to his competitor.

15Season 1

S1.E15 ∙ The Hideaway

Thu, Jan 14, 1971

While Oscar thinks his Eskimo friend would make a great quarterback, Felix wants him to follow his cello talents.

16Season 1

S1.E16 ∙ Lovers Don't Make House Calls

Fri, Jan 29, 1971

Oscar falls in love with the doctor that is subbing for Felix's regular doctor.

17Season 1

S1.E17 ∙ Engrave Trouble

Fri, Feb 5, 1971

A gift to Gloria is stolen and Oscar gets help from a shady friend.

18Season 1

S1.E18 ∙ Bunny Is Missing Down by the Lake

Fri, Feb 12, 1971

Oscar and Felix go into the woods and are interrupted by a girl's group.

19Season 1

S1.E19 ∙ You've Come a Long Way, Baby

Fri, Feb 19, 1971

Oscar is all set to go to a sportswriter's dinner, but Felix can't leave since he found a baby.

20Season 1

S1.E20 ∙ A Taste of Money

Fri, Feb 26, 1971

How could Oscar's neighbor's kid get $2000?

21Season 1

S1.E21 ∙ Oscar's New Life

Fri, Mar 5, 1971

Felix gets Oscar fired and he ends up at a new magazine, Harem.

22Season 1

S1.E22 ∙ What Makes Felix Run

Fri, Mar 12, 1971

Felix begs Oscar to cure him of his neatness.

23Season 1

S1.E23 ∙ What Does a Naked Lady Say to You?

Fri, Mar 19, 1971

How does Oscar tell Felix that his new girlfriend is in a nude play?

24Season 1

S1.E24 ∙ Trapped

Fri, Mar 26, 1971

Just before a masquerade ball, Felix, Oscar and Nancy get trapped in the basement.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ Natural Childbirth

Fri, Sep 17, 1971

Oscar's niece, Martha, is planning to have a home birth. Felix is supportive; while Oscar is panicky.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ Felix's Wife's Boyfriend

Fri, Sep 24, 1971

Nancy's brother is in town and Oscar tries to find him a date. When none of Oscar's friends are available, Nancy sets up Raymond with Felix's ex-wife Gloria. Felix is jealous.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Hospital Mates

Fri, Oct 1, 1971

Oscar and Felix end up in the same hospital room at the same time for different reasons.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Sleepwalker

Fri, Oct 8, 1971

Oscar, on the advice from girlfriend Nancy, tries being nicer to Felix. In trying too hard to be so, it causes him to sleepwalk and hit Felix on the head with a rolled up newspaper every night.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ A Grave for Felix

Fri, Oct 15, 1971

Needing money for gambling game, Oscar throws in the deed to Felix's cemetery plot on a hand, but loses the round. Oscar now has to help Felix find another place for his final resting place.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ Murray the Fink

Fri, Oct 29, 1971

Murray complains that after 15 years on the police force, he gets a gold watch. The guys at the regular poker game tease him and tell him he is just too nice. To prove he can be tough, Murray arrests his friends in the poker game.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ Does Your Mother Know You're Out, Rigoletto?

Fri, Nov 5, 1971

Felix is organizing a local production of an opera, and Oscar even helps to get a well-known opera singer to agree to perform. On the day of the performance, the opera singer gets injured, and Felix is forced to take the role.

8Season 2

S2.E8 ∙ Fat Farm

Fri, Nov 12, 1971

Felix and Oscar's girlfriend are concerned about Oscar's health. They force him to go to a fat farm, and Felix goes with him.

9Season 2

S2.E9 ∙ The Odd Couple Meet Their Host

Fri, Nov 19, 1971

Felix takes publicity photos of David Steinberg. David mentioned he wants Oscar to appear on his show. On the show, Oscar jokes about his fussy, clean-freak roommate Felix. Now, Felix wants to go on the show to talk about Oscar's messiness.

10Season 2

S2.E10 ∙ Win One for Felix

Fri, Dec 3, 1971

Felix is way out of his element when he, feeling he is growing apart from his son, becomes the coach of his football team.

11Season 2

S2.E11 ∙ Being Divorced Is Never Having to Say I Do

Fri, Dec 10, 1971

Blanche is about to remarry. Oscar is enthusiastic about the match, (especially as he will not have to pay any more alimony). But Felix is uncertain Blanche is doing the right thing.

12Season 2

S2.E12 ∙ Surprise! Surprise!

Fri, Dec 17, 1971

Felix's surprise birthday party for his daughter is in competition with Oscar's big poker game.

13Season 2

S2.E13 ∙ Felix, the Calypso Singer

Fri, Dec 24, 1971

Oscar's girlfriend, Nancy, gets called to work at the last minute before their vacation and has to cancel, and Oscar asks Felix to go with him, instead. They get to their room after a harrowing flight and cab ride, and while Felix is out renting a tandem bicycle for their weekend, Oscar's girlfriend calls and says she can make it down for vacation after all. Oscar "dumps" Felix, who then has a bad day touring the town. In the bar that evening, Oscar arranges for Felix to sing Calypso.

14Season 2

S2.E14 ∙ And Leave the Greyhound to Us?

Fri, Dec 31, 1971

Oscar's love for betting takes on a whole new meaning after he buys a racing dog. But the race is all but done when Felix becomes attached to the animal.

15Season 2

S2.E15 ∙ Security Arms

Fri, Jan 7, 1972

Oscar wakes up to find Felix tied up and bandaged. Their apartment has been robbed. They find another place to live, but it causes different problems.

16Season 2

S2.E16 ∙ Speak for Yourself

Fri, Jan 14, 1972

The story is told through flashbacks of how Oscar introduced Felix to Gloria. Then, after Felix and Gloria had been seeing each other for a while, Felix wants to propose marriage, but loses his voice. Oscar proposes for Felix.

17Season 2

S2.E17 ∙ You Saved My Life

Fri, Jan 21, 1972

As Felix is cleaning the outside of the windows, he loses his balance and tips backward, half in and half out of the apartment. Oscar pulls him in. Felix decides to thank Oscar in every way possible for saving his life.

18Season 2

S2.E18 ∙ Where's Grandpa?

Fri, Jan 28, 1972

Oscar is ecstatic that Felix has left for a long vacation until Felix's grandfather shows up and decides to move in.

19Season 2

S2.E19 ∙ Partner's Investment

Fri, Feb 4, 1972

Oscar finds out Felix has been taking money from him every day for about two years, putting the money into a bank account for Oscar's saving. With it's accumulation, Oscar & Felix decide to invest in a Japanese restaurant.

20Season 2

S2.E20 ∙ Good, Bad Boy

Fri, Feb 11, 1972

Felix becomes a kind of Big Brother to a young teenager in a reform school. He constantly talks about how a troubled youth should be treated just like any other kid - until he asks his daughter out on a date.

21Season 2

S2.E21 ∙ A Night to Dismember

Fri, Feb 18, 1972

Only Felix would arrange a special lunch date for Oscar and his ex-wife on the anniversary of their divorce. They recall the last night they all spent together - with very different results.

22Season 2

S2.E22 ∙ Oscar's Promotion

Fri, Feb 25, 1972

Oscar is given the chance to be the writer for the newspaper sports supplement, and it may even become a weekly issue. The first story is a wrestling match between the United States and China. Felix finds his own way to help.

23Season 2

S2.E23 ∙ Psychic, Shmychic

Fri, Mar 3, 1972

Felix tells Oscar he will win Sportswriter of the Year. Oscar gets a call and finds out he did win. Felix says when he has a fever, his predictions come true. Felix has a premonition of Oscar involved in a murder. Will this come true?

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Gloria, Hallelujah

Fri, Sep 15, 1972

Exaggerating on his computer dating service application, Oscar gets matched up with Felix's ex-wife Gloria.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Big Mouth

Fri, Sep 22, 1972

Oscar gets to face off against Howard Cosell.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ The Princess

Fri, Sep 29, 1972

Oscar falls in love with the royal princess who's portrait Felix is taking.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pencil

Fri, Oct 6, 1972

Felix takes a writing class and gets showered with praise for writing horrible poetry.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ The Odd Monks

Fri, Oct 13, 1972

The Odd Couple visit a monastery to relax.

6Season 3

S3.E6 ∙ I'm Dying of Unger

Fri, Oct 20, 1972

Due to Oscar suffering from writer's block, Felix takes him to Murray's cabin in the woods to unwind.

7Season 3

S3.E7 ∙ The Odd Couples

Fri, Oct 27, 1972

When Oscar's mother visits, both the Odd Couple and their ex-wives have to pretend that they are still married.

8Season 3

S3.E8 ∙ Felix's First Commercial

Fri, Nov 3, 1972

When Felix directs his first TV commercial Oscar insists to be in it.

9Season 3

S3.E9 ∙ The First Baby

Fri, Nov 10, 1972

The story is told how Felix gets thrown out of the hospital at the time of his daughter's birth.

10Season 3

S3.E10 ∙ Oscar's Birthday

Fri, Nov 17, 1972

Oscar does not want Felix to have a surprise birthday party for him because they always turns out very embarrassing for him.

11Season 3

S3.E11 ∙ Password

Fri, Dec 1, 1972

Oscar and Felix appear together on Password (1961) and Felix is sure that they can win.

12Season 3

S3.E12 ∙ The Odd Father

Fri, Dec 8, 1972

Felix wants to find common ground with his daughter, but her interests are closer to Uncle Oscar's.

13Season 3

S3.E13 ∙ Don't Believe in Roomers

Fri, Dec 22, 1972

Both Oscar and Felix fall for the carefree woman that Oscar let's stay in their apartment.

14Season 3

S3.E14 ∙ Sometimes a Great Ocean

Fri, Jan 5, 1973

When Oscar refuses to cut down on his poor eating habits, Felix books them a cruise for retirees.

15Season 3

S3.E15 ∙ I Gotta Be Me

Fri, Jan 12, 1973

In an experiment to determine why they argue so much, Oscar and Felix play a role reversal game.

16Season 3

S3.E16 ∙ The Ides of April

Fri, Jan 19, 1973

During a meeting with the IRS, a distraught Felix gets Oscar called in for an audit after a few misspoken words.

17Season 3

S3.E17 ∙ Myrna's Debut

Fri, Feb 2, 1973

Felix encourages Myrna to follow her dream to become a tap dancer.

18Season 3

S3.E18 ∙ The Hustler

Fri, Feb 9, 1973

Felix needs Oscar to win money in a pool game so he can get the money for the costumes for his opera group.

19Season 3

S3.E19 ∙ My Strife in Court

Fri, Feb 16, 1973

Felix is their lawyer in court after the Odd Couple is charged with ticket scalping.

20Season 3

S3.E20 ∙ Let's Make a Deal

Fri, Feb 23, 1973

Felix and Oscar appear on Let's Make a Deal to get a new bed for Felix after Oscar set his on fire.

21Season 3

S3.E21 ∙ The Odyssey Couple

Fri, Mar 2, 1973

Oscar's mother wants to meet the girlfriend that Oscar told her about in a lie.

22Season 3

S3.E22 ∙ Take My Furniture, Please

Fri, Mar 9, 1973

After Felix redecorates in ultramodern furniture, Oscar redoes the apartment in discount house bad taste.

23Season 3

S3.E23 ∙ The Murray Who Came to Dinner

Fri, Mar 23, 1973

Murray moves in after a fight with his wife making it the odd triple.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Gloria Moves In

Fri, Sep 14, 1973

When Felix's ex-wife, Gloria visits, he tries to convince her she should take him back.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Last Tango in Newark

Fri, Sep 21, 1973

Felix substitutes in the lead in 'Swan Lake' when a dancer may miss a children's recital.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Odd Decathalon

Fri, Sep 28, 1973

Oscar & Felix compete against each other to determine who's the fittest.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ That Was No Lady

Fri, Oct 5, 1973

Felix is taken by the neglected wife of a football player.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The Odd Holiday

Fri, Oct 12, 1973

The story is told of when Oscar and Felix and their wives went on a tropical vacation together and Felix tried to save Oscar's failing marriage.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ The New Car

Fri, Oct 19, 1973

Winning a car in a contest is easy, finding to find a place to park in New York City is hard.

7Season 4

S4.E7 ∙ That Is the Army Mrs. Madison

Fri, Oct 26, 1973

Felix relates the story of Oscar and Blanche's honeymoon in an Army barracks due to Felix's misadventure.

8Season 4

S4.E8 ∙ The Songwriter

Fri, Nov 2, 1973

Felix wants to write a hit song for Oscar's current girl friend, Jaye P. Morgan.

9Season 4

S4.E9 ∙ Felix Directs

Fri, Nov 9, 1973

Felix is making a movie about sportswriter Oscar Madison.

10Season 4

S4.E10 ∙ The Pig Who Came to Dinner

Fri, Nov 16, 1973

Bobby Riggs hustles Oscar out of everything he owns, and then even loses Felix. Felix then has a plan to beat him, playing ping-pong.

11Season 4

S4.E11 ∙ Maid for Each Other

Fri, Nov 23, 1973

The Odd Couple want to find a maid that is efficient enough for Felix and wonderful to look at for Oscar.

12Season 4

S4.E12 ∙ The Exorcists

Fri, Dec 7, 1973

Felix feels that their apartment has an air conditioner that is haunted.

13Season 4

S4.E13 ∙ A Barnacle Adventure

Fri, Dec 21, 1973

Oscar and his dentist want Felix to invest in their new glue made from barnacles.

14Season 4

S4.E14 ∙ The Moonlighter

Fri, Jan 4, 1974

Oscar is working in a greasy spoon diner to pay back some borrowed money.

15Season 4

S4.E15 ∙ Cleanliness is Next to Impossible

Fri, Jan 11, 1974

Oscar is called a slob by his current girlfriend and decides to take after Felix.

16Season 4

S4.E16 ∙ The Flying Felix

Fri, Jan 18, 1974

Oscar works with Felix to get over his fear of flying and travels with him on an eccentric airline.

17Season 4

S4.E17 ∙ Vocal Girl Makes Good

Fri, Jan 25, 1974

Felix's newest opera discovery will only appear if Oscar is also in the production.

18Season 4

S4.E18 ∙ Shuffling Off to Buffalo

Fri, Feb 8, 1974

Felix is thinking about taking a job offer from his brother, but the job is in Buffalo.

19Season 4

S4.E19 ∙ A Different Drummer

Fri, Feb 22, 1974

Felix wants to get his band on Monty Hall's new show.

20Season 4

S4.E20 ∙ The Insomniacs

Fri, Mar 1, 1974

Felix's insomnia is also keeping Oscar awake.

21Season 4

S4.E21 ∙ New York's Oddest

Fri, Mar 8, 1974

Felix is sick and tired of the indifference of his fellow New Yorkers, so he joins the auxiliary police force dragging Oscar along with him.

22Season 4

S4.E22 ∙ One for the Bunny

Fri, Mar 22, 1974

Felix is going to photograph a centerfold for Playboy.

1Season 5

S5.E1 ∙ The Rain in Spain

Thu, Sep 12, 1974

Myrna's upset over breaking up with her long-time boyfriend.

2Season 5

S5.E2 ∙ To Bowl or Not to Bowl

Thu, Sep 19, 1974

Felix begs out of the bowling championship.

3Season 5

S5.E3 ∙ The Frog

Thu, Sep 26, 1974

Oscar loses a kid's entry in the frog jumping contest.

4Season 5

S5.E4 ∙ The Hollywood Story

Thu, Oct 3, 1974

Oscar lands a bit part in a Hollywood movie and Felix becomes his agent. Bob Hope guests.

5Season 5

S5.E5 ∙ The Dog Story

Thu, Oct 10, 1974

Felix kidnaps a famous dog actor from the hands of a bad agent.

6Season 5

S5.E6 ∙ Strike Up the Band or Else

Thu, Oct 17, 1974

To pay off a gambling debt, Oscar talks Felix into having his band perform doing country music.

7Season 5

S5.E7 ∙ The Odd Candidate

Thu, Oct 24, 1974

Oscar and Felix appear on a TV horror movie show with a Zacherle-like host named Igor. Felix gets Oscar to run for city council .

8Season 5

S5.E8 ∙ The Subway Story

Thu, Oct 31, 1974

Oscar's fed up with New York City. To show him how much fun the city can be, Felix shows him around. Then they get stuck on a hot, stalled subway with assorted New Yorkers, including a blind pencil seller, and a pregnant dog.

9Season 5

S5.E9 ∙ The Paul Williams Story

Thu, Nov 7, 1974

Felix's daughter runs away when Felix keeps her from a Paul Williams concert.

10Season 5

S5.E10 ∙ Our Fathers

Thu, Nov 21, 1974

A tale is told of an accidental meeting between the Odd Couple's fathers.

11Season 5

S5.E11 ∙ The Big Broadcast

Thu, Nov 28, 1974

Oscar has a job of hosting a live radio program. Felix throws in his own ideas including rewriting the stories while on the air.

12Season 5

S5.E12 ∙ Oscar in Love

Thu, Dec 12, 1974

Oscar finds a girl and wants to become a family man.

13Season 5

S5.E13 ∙ The Bigger They Are

Sat, Dec 14, 1974

Felix gets Oscar to model for a series of weight loss advertisements.

14Season 5

S5.E14 ∙ Two on the Aisle

Thu, Dec 19, 1974

Oscar fills in for his newspaper's theater critic, but knows nothing about the subject.

15Season 5

S5.E15 ∙ Your Mother Wears Army Boots

Thu, Jan 16, 1975

Felix pulls some strings and gets Oscar a job with Howard Cosell.

16Season 5

S5.E16 ∙ Felix the Horse Player

Thu, Jan 23, 1975

Oscar gets winning tips on horses and Felix goes along for the ride.

17Season 5

S5.E17 ∙ The Rent Strike

Fri, Jan 31, 1975

When the rents go up so do the picket signs as Felix leads his fellow tenants in a rent strike.

18Season 5

S5.E18 ∙ Two Men on a Hoarse

Fri, Feb 7, 1975

Felix has to push Oscar to have his throat operation.

19Season 5

S5.E19 ∙ The Roy Clark Show

Fri, Feb 14, 1975

Felix gets Oscar's old Army buddy into the music business.

20Season 5

S5.E20 ∙ Old Flames Never Die

Fri, Feb 21, 1975

Felix runs into his high school girlfriend and finds out that she's now a grandmother.

21Season 5

S5.E21 ∙ Laugh Clown, Laugh

Fri, Feb 28, 1975

Oscar joins Richard Dawson to host a TV show. Felix is jealous.

22Season 5

S5.E22 ∙ Felix Remarries

Fri, Mar 7, 1975

Oscar Madison finally loses his insufferable roommate and friend Felix Unger when he convinces his ex-wife Gloria that he has changed and he prepares to remarry her.