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Starring Tony Randall (as Felix Unger) & Jack Klugman (as Oscar Madison)
Season 2 (ABC) (1971-72)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
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ABC Fridays 9.30pm Eastern

2.1 [25] The Odd Couple: NATURAL CHILDBIRTH
17Mar71 ABC Fri
Written by: Bill Idelson and Harvey Miller
Oscar's pregnant niece shows up at the apartment, and wants to have the baby by
natural childbirth.
Note: This is the first episode to be filmed in front of a studio audience.

2.2 [26] The Odd Couple: FELIX'S WIFE'S BOYFRIEND
24Sep71 ABC Fri
Written by: Ron Friedman
When Gloria starts dating Nancy's brother, Felix becomes jealous.

2.3 [27] The Odd Couple: HOSPITAL MATES
01Oct71 ABC Fri
Written by: Garry Marshall
Oscar and Felix both wind up in the hospital - in the same room
Note: This was the first episode to be filmed with three cameras.

2.4 [28] The Odd Couple: SLEEPWALKER
08Oct71 ABC Fri
Written by: Mickey Rose
Oscar tries to stop yelling at Felix so much, but begins sleepwalking, and
attacking Felix while he sleeps.

2.5 [29] The Odd Couple: A GRAVE FOR FELIX
15Oct71 ABC Fri
Written by: Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant
Felix selects a cemetery plot to buy, and gives the money to Oscar, who gambles it away.

[--] 22Oct71 - no details

2.6 [30] The Odd Couple: MURRAY THE FINK
29Oct71 ABC Fri
Written by: Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield
Murray arrests Oscar and Felix and the gang for gambling.

2.7 [31] The Odd Couple: DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW YOU'RE OUT, RIGOLETTO?
05Nov71 ABC Fri
Written by: Ron Friedman
Oscar gets opera star Richard Fredericks to perform in a show with Felix's opera group.

2.8 [32] The Odd Couple: FAT FARM
12Nov71 ABC Fri
Written by: Albert E. Lewin
Felix convinces Oscar to spend two weeks at a health farm with him, but Oscar keeps trying to smuggle in food.

2.9 [33] The Odd Couple: THE COUPLE MEET THEIR HOST
19Nov61 ABC Fri
Written by: Bill Idelson & Harvey Miller
Guest: David Steinberg (as himself)
After Oscar criticizes Felix's fussy ways on national tv, Felix vows revenge.

[--] : 26Nov71 - no details

2.10 [34] The Odd Couple: WIN ONE FOR FELIX
03Dec71 ABC Fri
Written by: Arthur Julian, Bill Idelson & Harvey Miller
Felix becomes the coach of his son Leonard's football team.

2.11 [35] The Odd Couple: BEING DIVORCED IS NEVER HAVING TO SAY I DO
10Dec71 ABC Fri
Written by: Rick Mittleman
Oscar is overjoyed when Blanche announces that she is getting married.

2.12 [36] The Odd Couple: SURPRISE! SURPRISE!
17Dec71 ABC Fri
Written by: by Fritzell and Greenbaum
Felix is throwing his daughter Edna a birthday party, but Oscar wants to use the
apartment for a poker game.

2.13 [37] The Odd Couple: FELIX, THE CALYSPSO SINGER
24Dec71 ABC Fri
Written by: Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield
Oscar, Felix and Nancy take a vacation in the Caribbean.

2.14 [38] The Odd Couple: AND LEAVE THE GREYHOUND TO US?
31Dec71 ABC Fri
Written by: Martin Cohan
Oscar wins a greyhound in a poker game, and decides to race it.

2.15 [39] The Odd Couple: SECURITY ARMS
07Jan72 ABC Fri
Written by: Jerry Belson
Oscar and Felix move into a high-security apartment, but it turns out to be a
bit too high-security.
Note: John Fiedler, who appeared in this episode, played Vinnie in the Odd Couple movie.

2.16 [40] The Odd Couple: SPEAK FOR YOURSELF
14Jan72 ABC Fri
Written by: Peggy Elliot and Ed Scharlach
Oscar tells Murray the story about how Felix and Gloria first met (Flashback).

2.17 [41] The Odd Couple: YOU SAVED MY LIFE
21Jan72 ABC Fri
Written by: Bob Rodgers
Oscar saves Felix's life, and Felix becomes so grateful, that he drives Oscar crazy.

2.18 [42] The Odd Couple: WHERE'S GRANDPA
28Jan71 ABC Fri
Written by: Albert E. Lewin
Felix's grandfather (played by Tony Randall) stays at the apartment when his wife throws him out.

2.19 [43] The Odd Couple: PARTNER'S INVESTMENT
04Feb72 ABC Fri
Written by: Bill Idelson and Harvey Miller
Felix and Oscar invest in a Japanese restaurant.

2.20 [44] The Odd Couple: GOOD, BAD BOY
11Feb72 ABC Fri
Written by: Dick Bensfield and Perry Grant
Felix volunteers Oscar to be a big brother to a boy in reform school, but he
gets upset when the boy asks out his daughter Edna.

2.21 [45] The Odd Couple: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
18Feb72 ABC Fri
Written by: Rick Mittleman
Oscar and Blanche remember the events leading up to their divorce - but they
each seem to remember things a little differently (Flashback).

2.22 [46] The Odd Couple: OSCAR'S PROMOTION
25Feb72 ABC Fri
Written by: Martin Cohan
When Oscar gets promoted, he takes on Felix as his photographer.

2.23 [47] The Odd Couple: PSYCHIC, SHMYCHIC
03Mar72 ABC Fri
Written by: Ron Friedman
After some of his predictions come true, Felix believes that he is psychic.

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