TV Flash On air
Red carpet heat. Streaming secrets. The shows that made history. Tonight’s desk · Wed, Oct 14, 2026
Hot

Perfect Strangers

Season 8

6 listed hours · 1986–1993 · ABC

← All seasons · Show package

From the desk

How this season is filed

Filed by Lana Reyes · Red Carpet Reality

Balki Bartokomous arrives from Mypos, does the Dance of Joy, and ABC's TGIF finds its fish-out-of-water engine. Bronson Pinchot's accent is the instrument; Mark Linn-Baker is the straight man who never quite recovers. Chicago cousin-comedy that spun off Family Matters and taught a generation not to be ridiculous.

TV Flash files Season 8 of Perfect Strangers (1986–1993) on ABC as the last listed season of 8 — 6 listed hours, 1993-07-09–1993-08-06 from “The Baby Shower” (S08E01) to “Up, Up and Away (2)” (S08E06). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.

Desk essentials in this season

  1. S08E06 Up, Up and Away (2)

    Up, Up and Away (2) is the two-part closer's lift-off: eight seasons of Perfect Strangers, the spin-off already the empire.

  1. S08E01

    The Baby Shower

    Jennifer is seven months pregnant; Balki and Mary Anne have been on their honeymoon for five months in Mypos and their about to come home. When they arrive, they have a surprise, Mary Anne is also pregnant but isn't going through any bad symptoms like Jennifer is. Balki brought a root back from Mypos that could help Jennifer but when Larry and Balki eat it, they start acting very hyper and ruin the baby shower.

  2. S08E02

    After Hours

    Larry wants to put some sparks back in his marriage, and after he fails with Balki's secret treasures, he goes shopping with Balki and accidentally gets locked in the store after hours with a mad dog on the loose.

  3. S08E03

    Lethal Weapon

    When all of Balki's ants on his farm die, he discovers that he has the "exterminiki curse" and everything he touches will instantly die. So he must wear an oven-mitt suit but can't do his job and drives Jennifer and Mary Anne away until the curse is over.

  4. S08E04

    Baby Quiz

    Balki applies to the ""Baby Quiz"" TV game show for both couples. As it happens, Only Larry and Jennifer are accepted until a last minute drop out of the other contestants, in which Balki and Mary Anne take their places. The prize is a college scholarship for the baby.

  5. S08E05

    Up, Up and Away (1)

    Up, Up and Away (1) — Season 8, Episode 5 of Perfect Strangers. Aired 1993-08-06. Full plot synopsis not yet on file; see the show package for context.

  6. S08E06

    Up, Up and Away (2)

    Trapped on board a runaway hot air balloon, Larry and Balki must find a way to get back to Earth as Jennifer goes into labor.

More from the 1980s.