Seasons
Mother Roper holds a wake at the Ropers' house to discuss her will, complete with presents.
When Stanley goes over to his brother-in-law Hubert's office to get a job, he finds two tickets for Hubert and his secretary to Acapulco.
Stanley's mens magazines are accidentally donated to a church rummage sale.
Ethel attempts to retrieve a valuable horse-shaped vase from the Ropers.
The Ropers find out that a 18 year old girl has been living in their store room for weeks
Helen creates a phony lover named Roman to make Stanley jealous.
The Brookes and Ropers fight over commission money Helen gets when she sells one of the townhouses to a buyer, the Brookes decide to buy her something—an organ!
When Stanley gets a new (or so he tells Helen) living room suite from his friend Joey and gets his old furniture hauled away, he finds out the furniture once belonged to Helen's sister, Ethel.
When Ropers' kitchen is accidently set on fire by Mr. Roper, Brookes thinks it's his fault and lets them stay with his family.
On their 23rd wedding anniversary, Stanley buys a fake antique clock which happens to resemble the Brookes' clock which was stolen. Helen then tries to sneak into the house to return the clock.
Stanley loses their dog and buys another one to try to calm Helen down.
Stanley and Jeffrey get drunk and are arrested after both have arguments with their respective spouses.
Stanley fears that Helen will ignore him if they adopt a child. But when a social worker says they're to old to adopt, he raises her sprits by giving her Muffin, a dog.
When the electricity to the Roper's house is cut off when Helen's sister is supposed to come for dinner, Stanley "borrows" electricity from the Brookes.
A man shows up at the condo and introduces himself as Stanley's son from an affair years ago.
Description
The Ropers is an American sitcom that ran from March 13, 1979 to May 22, 1980 on ABC. The series is a spin-off of Three's Company and based on the British sitcom George and Mildred. The series focused on middle-aged couple Stanley and Helen Roper who were landlords to Jack, Janet, and Chrissy on Three's Company.
As was the case during their time on Three's Company, opening credits for The Ropers exist with either Audra Lindley or Norman Fell credited first.
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Genres
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CastNorman FellAudra LindleyJeffrey TamborPatty McCormackEvan Cohen
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Channel
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Premiere DateMarch 13, 1979
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Rating5.941 (17)
