The BEST episodes of The Odd Couple
Every episode of The Odd Couple ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Odd Couple!
Can two divorced men share an apartment without driving each other crazy? This TV adaptation of Neil Simon's classic play deserves its place among the best-known and funniest sitcoms of the 1970s.
#1 - The Flying Felix
Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1974
Oscar tries to help frightened flyer Felix make it to Houston.
#2 - I Gotta Be Me
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/12/1973
Felix and Oscar seek group therapy to resolve their hostilities.
#3 - The Frog
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1974
Oscar loses Felix's son's entry in a frog-jumping contest.
#4 - The Murray Who Came to Dinner
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/1973
Felix and Oscar try to get rid of a depressed houseguest.
#5 - Password
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/1/1972
Oscar and Felix appear as contestants on TV game show Password.
#6 - That is the Army, Mrs. Madison
Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1973
Oscar remembers his marriage and a wedding night spent in the army barracks.
#7 - Two Men on a Hoarse
Season 5 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/7/1975
Oscar's throat surgery keeps him from yelling at Felix.
#8 - The Rent Strike
Season 5 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1975
Felix leads the building's tenants on a strike over high rents.
#9 - Two on the Aisle
Season 5 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1974
Oscar uses Felix's opinions when filling in for the paper's drama critic.
#10 - The Moonlighter
Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1974
To earn money to repay Felix, Oscar takes a job as a cook at a diner.
#11 - The Exorcists
Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1973
Felix is convinced that the air conditioner is haunted by a ghost.
#12 - The Odd Decathalon
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1973
Felix comes up with a scheme to prove that he is more physically fit than Oscar.
#13 - My Strife in Court
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/16/1973
Felix plays lawyer when he and Oscar are charged with ticket scalping.
#14 - The First Baby
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/10/1972
Felix suffers from a unique case of trauma while expecting a child.
#15 - Felix's First Commercial
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/3/1972
Felix can direct his first television commercial if Oscar gets friend and NFL legend Deacon Jones to appear in the ad.
#16 - Psychic, Shmycic
Season 2 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1972
Felix believes he can see the future and predicts a murder attempt on Oscar.
#17 - Security Arms
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/7/1972
Oscar and Felix move into a high-security building.
#18 - Being Divorced is Never Having to Say I Do
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1971
Oscar's ex-wife is remarrying, but Felix interferes and ruins Oscar's hopes to stop paying alimony.
#19 - The Jury Story
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/1970
Oscar and Felix flash back to how they first met, "12 Angry Men" style.
#20 - The Songwriter
Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1973
Felix tries to write a happy and peppy song for Jaye P. Morgan.
#21 - Last Tango in Newark
Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1973
Oscar and Felix appear in a performance of the ballet Swan Lake.
#22 - The Breakup
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/1970
When Oscar throws Felix out of the apartment, he moves in with Murray, then Vinnie, and then the Pigeon sisters.
#23 - Felix Gets Sick
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/1970
Oscar's date with a stewardess is interrupted by Felix's sickness.
#24 - To Bowl or Not to Bowl
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1974
Felix drops a bombshell when he refuses to participate in the championship bowling match.
#25 - That Was No Lady
Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1973
Felix's new love interest is married to a jealous professional football player (played by NFL legend Alex Karras).