Three's Company: Season 5

5-01 Upstairs Downstairs Downstairs:Jack promises to cook the girls a dinner while at the same time going on a date with a girl Larry hooked him up with.5-02 And Justice for Jack:When Jack does not reciprocate his female boss' come ons, she fires him.5-03 A Hundred Dollars a What?:Chrissy's high school friend turns out to be a hundred dollars a night hooker.5-04 Downhill Chaser:In order to impress his new girlfriend who is an avid skier, Jack pretends to be into skiing as well and goes on a skiing trip with her.5-05 A Crowded Romance:Jack and Larry are both dating the same girl and don't know it.5-06 Room at the Bottom:Too embarrassed to admit that he was hired as a busboy, Jack tells his friends that he just landed a job as chef in a prestigious French restaurant.5-07 Chrissy's Cousin:Trying to fill Chrissy's spot in the apartment now that she is gone, everyone introduces a potential new roommate to the apartment until Chrissy's cousin Cindy shows up.5-08 Jack to the Rescue:When Janet and Jack find out about all the non-secretarial work Cindy is asked to do at her job they decide to help her stand up to her boss.5-09 The Not-So-Great Imposter:To get a new job, Jack assumes the identity of a famous chef not knowing that a lot of people have it in for that person.5-10 Jack's Other Mother:After helping an old lady carry her groceries up the stairs, Jack suddenly finds himself with a new mother who smothers him with affection and becomes an interfering nuisance in all aspects of his life.5-11 Make Room for Daddy:Jack gives dating advice to his date's widowed father in the hopes of winning his approval of their relationship. When he uses that advice on Janet, Jack is not too thrilled.5-12 Janet's Secret:Jack agrees to pretend to be Janet's husband when her parents pay an unexpected visit.5-13 Father of the Bride:Cindy is hounded by an eccentric millionaire who wants to marry her and won't take "no" for an answer.5-14 Furley Versus Furley:The trio allows Mr. Furley to move in with them after Janet inadvertently causes his ruthless brother Bart to fire him from his job as building manager.5-15 In Like Larry:Jack becomes fed up with his roommates after another fight, and Larry agrees to swap apartments.5-16 Teacher's Pet:Dean Travers gives Jack his dream opportunity to teach a night school basic cooking class. However, it quickly turns into a nightmare when he refuses the advances of Travers' flirtatious niece.5-17 And Baby Makes Four:Cindy becomes concerned with the welfare of a waitress at the Reagle Beagle who is a single mother-to-be. Cindy's limited explanation of the situation causes her roommates to conclude that she is pregnant.5-18 Night of the Ropers:Mrs. Roper pays the trio an unexpected visit after having a falling out with Stanley, and they suggest that she spend the night in her old apartment since Mr. Furley is away.5-19 Double Trouble:Jack poses as his heterosexual identical twin brother by donning a cowboy hat and speaking with a drawl in order to take Mr. Furley's visiting niece out.5-20 Dying to Meet You:Jack inadvertently becomes involved in a spat between a girl and her insanely jealous boyfriend who believes Jack is trying to steal her.5-21 The Case of the Missing Blonde:Jack and Janet think Cindy was kidnapped after arriving home late one night from seeing a horror movie and discover Cindy isn't home.5-22 Honest Jack Tripper:Jack decides to be honest from now on no matter what. A decision that ends up creating many more problems than it solves.

Great condition. What an underrated actress Joyce DeWitt is. As great as John Ritter is, it takes more than one person to carry a show for 8 years. The bright radiant & beautiful Joyce DeWitt Is the only cast member aside from John to survive the entire run of the series & to me is every bit as talented & funny as "Jack Tripper". "Janet Wood" is a wonderful ball of energy. She is a very strong character & I feel she should've won an Emmy as well. Janet could certainly give Jack the business, but their mutual love and affection for each other comes through loud & clear in each & every episode. What a pity they didn't hook up at the end. It truly should've been Jack & Janet getting married!!! I rank Joyce right up there with Carol Burnett & Lucille Ball. Drop-dead gorgeous, feisty, anxiety-filled, smart & every bit as confused as Jack in the "misunderstandings" of their best episodes. I've loved Joyce DeWitt for decades now & respect her incredible talent & beauty forever.

In Season 5, Suzanne Somers(Chrissy Snow) appears in only two full episodes: "Upstairs, Downstairs, Downstairs," and her last full episode "A Hundred Dollars A What?." After letting success go to her head, she demanded an outrageous pay raise. After her salary demands were refused, she was absent from a few episodes(one of which had to be scrapped). As a result of her absences, Chrissy Snow is sent home to take care of her sick mother, and is cut down to a 60 second telephone scene in a few episodes.(Her telephone scenes were filmed earlier in the day and behind the show's set since the other actors no longer wanted to work with her). Meanwhile, Jenilee Harrison moves in as the third roommate, Cindy Snow, the cousin of Chrissy Snow. Cindy brings a lot of comedy to the series as Chrissy's very clumsy, but well-meaning cousin. I actually do prefer Cindy over Chrissy, just as I prefer Jenilee over Suzanne. With or without Chrissy, John Ritter's comedy is what made the show a hit, for he was(and is) the show's undisputed star. Suzanne is fired at the end of this season, and Chrissy Snow is never again mentioned, and no reason is ever given on the show as to why Chrissy does not return. She brought everything on herself. Thank You, Suzanne, for allowing new characters to come on the show, and for allowing the show's star, JOHN RITTER, to shine brighter. You are not a nice person, Miss Somers. GOOD BYE AND GOOD RIDDENCE!

...this would be the one to miss. However, this show's low points are still way better than most other shows' high points. But Season Five finds Three's Company in awkward company as Chrissy is reduced to the now legendary "we'll teach you a lesson" snippets of her calling on the phone from some relative's house usually at the end of the episode, and very obviously filmed while no one else was on the set. About five episodes in, Chrissy's cousin Cindy comes to take her place in the apartment and unfortunately her one-trick-pony klutz routine gets old even before that first episode is finished. Janet is given more sexy things to do, I guess to make up for Chrissy's absence. And you'll also notice a LOT more Larry (bad) and a LOT more Mr Furley (good). A notable thing about "Three's Company" was its resilience to make itself work and stay funny, regardless of the major cast changing that was done during its course. Whether it was the Ropers or Mr Furley, Chrissy or Terri, it always kept the laughs coming, and coming hard and fast. But Cindy was one of the show's biggest misfires, which considering the situation, was nearly impossible to avoid.

I'm only giving this 3 stars - a fairly neutral rating because even though I never liked this show, (I would only give it 1 star myself) I didn't purchase the set for myself. I bought it - as a gift - for my brother who loves the show and has a habit of clogging up the p.v.r. with re-runs of particular episodes of the show, many of which are on this set and another set I bought him back in December.So my motives behind this are what you'd call "self-serving". Namely as a means to make space for more recordings on our shared p.v.r. system. That said though I know that many people love this show and think it is a classic. So I should point out that if you are among those people you will have a higher opinion of this set.For those unfamiliar with the show, it was based on a British series called Man About The House. I quite liked that show, but never cared much for this one. Yeah, one guy living with 2 sexy girls, one of whom was Suzanne Summers and later in the series her equally sexy cousin. And yeah some good talents and actors like Don Knotts on the show. But for me I found that every plot for every episode was the exact same thing. One of the 3 (Jack, Chrissy or Janet) would overhear the other 2 or 2 other characters talking and get the wrong impression of what was going on.After that mayhem and absurdity would have free reign to the point of ridiculousness until at the end of each episode someone would set the person straight about what they overheard.You would think after about 40 episodes of the show the writers and producers could come up with a better way to write a funny show, but they never did. It was like that from the first episode to the last.You would think that the characters would catch on even sooner. But no.But to each their own.

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I bought all seasons of "Three's Company" for a loved one. She watches these DVDs often. The quality is very good. SS.

love John Ritter

met expectations