The BEST Episodes of Bosom Buddies
Every episode ever - ranked by fan votes!
Last Updated: Feb 21, 2021
Network: ABC (US)
Kip and Henry, two young studs working for a New York ad agency, must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.
#1 - Sonny Boy
Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired Feb 12, 1981
Kip and Henry (as Buffy and Hildy) subdue two criminals that are robbing the hotel, drawing the attention of the media, and Henry's mother.
8.46 #2 - Kip Quits
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired Feb 26, 1981
When Ruth insists that Kip indulge a new client, Kip walks out, expecting Henry to follow him.
8.33 #3 - Kip Off the Old Block
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired Feb 18, 1982
When Kip learns his parents are heading for a divorce, it's time for him to play the role of peacemaker.
8.00 #4 - How Great Thou Art
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired Feb 19, 1981
For Kip's birthday, Henry arranges to have some of his painting shown at The La Daux Gallery.
7.82 #5 - Only the Lonely
Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired Mar 12, 1981
Kip and Henry are worried when Ruth invites them to dinner, and appears to want more than a business relationship.
7.82 #6 - Amy's Career
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired Jan 29, 1981
Amy's spirits get a temporary boost when her complimenting of a new client's product gets her a shot at producing its ad campaign.
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#7 - Gotta Dance
Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired Feb 5, 1981
Kip uses the public library commercial he's directing as an excuse to hire Sonny as a dancer, hoping to kick-start her career.
7.67 #8 - Macho Man
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired Dec 18, 1980
Henry decides to toughen up his image when another date insists she just wants to be friends.
7.50 #9 - Beauty and the Beasts
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired Jan 15, 1981
Buffy and Hildy are invited by Sonny and Isabelle to a singles bar. The pair are ignored by the men, causing Henry to question society's favoritism for attractive people. Feeling like a hypocrite for spurning Amy's advances, he asks her out on a date.
7.45 #10 - The Hospital
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired Apr 2, 1981
Sonny recruits Buffy and Hildy to volunteer as "candy stripers" when the hospital where she works becomes short on staff. Kip discovers he has competition for Sonny affections in the form of Jim, a blind patient who knows Buffy and Hildy are men. Amy finds herself in over her head when she substitutes for a sick Lilly as the hotel's manager.
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#11 - Bosom Buddies
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired Nov 27, 1980
Henry Desmond and Kip Wilson are imaginative young admen who solve an acute housing problem by donning wigs and dresses to qualify for residence in the Susan B. Anthony hotel for women.
7.41 #12 - Loathe Thy Neighbor
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired Dec 11, 1980
A fight between Sonny and Amy sparks a fight between Kip and Henry, and a swap of roommates.
7.38 #13 - What Price Glory?
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired Jan 1, 1981
Kip and Henry have to compromise their morals to compete with Marty Bursky, the office boot-licker, for a prestigious new account, Dr. Bob.
7.38 #14 - All You Need is Love
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired Dec 18, 1981
Henry begins getting tired of his relationship status--so he decides to submit a personal ad to a video dating service. But when he thinks he found the girl of his dreams--he soon finds out that she's not exactly normal.
7.33 #15 - Not With My Sister, You Pig
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired Mar 18, 1982
Kip's younger sister, Vickie, pays a vist...and he is totally convinced that Henry has seduced her.
7.33 #16 - Kip and Sonny's Date
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired Jan 8, 1981
Kip's date with Sonny turns into a disaster, thanks to his nervousness and Henry's date, Cecily - Ruth's niece and a recent devotee of punk rock.
7.22 #17 - WaterBalloonGate
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired Dec 11, 1981
Kip and Henry get into trouble when they drop a water balloon on a government official's car.
7.22 #18 - There's No Business
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired Oct 15, 1981
Henry reluctantly agrees to spend the money that he and Kip are saving for a T-Bill on his Uncle Mort's commercial production company, unaware that Mort owes $17,000 to loanshark Victor.
7.20 #19 - Who's on Thirst?
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired Mar 11, 1982
Kip and Henry, seeking a little isolation to spark their creativity, become stranded in a wilderness cabin in the dead of winter. The girls, left to their own devices, try to shoot a commercial by themselves, and quickly find they are over their heads.
7.17 #20 - The Reunion
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired Oct 22, 1981
At his high school reunion, Henry encounters a deaf girl he dumped as his prom date.
7.13 #21 - Other Than That, She's a Wonderful Person
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired Dec 25, 1981
Henry starts to date an interior decorator that nobody else can stand.
7.13 #22 - Revenge
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired Jan 22, 1981
The girls hatchs a scheme to embarass Walter after he dumps Amy for another woman at a costume party.
7.11 #23 - The Truth and Other Lies
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired Oct 8, 1981
After not being about to take Sonny back to his apartment after a date, Kip decided to reveal his secret to Sonny.
7.05 #24 - Cahoots
Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired Apr 30, 1981
Kip and Amy form a pact to use their inside information to help each other win over Sonny and Henry.
7.00 #25 - The Slightly Illustrated Man
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired Jan 8, 1982
Amy and Kip decide they will get tattoos to show their devotion to Henry and Sonny.
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