Three's Company

Lucille Ball pays tribute to Three's Company in hosting a retrospective of the series. Introducing memorable clips of the show's funniest and most touching moments of the first 6 seasons.

Legendary sitcom actress Lucille Ball hosts a special looking back at the previous six seasons of the series. Part two of the special highlights John Ritter's physical comedy and how the show's comedy relies on the classic sitcom misunderstanding. Ritter also makes a brief appearance with Ball.

The first of two pilot episodes, taped in March 1976 but never aired on television. Written by Larry Gelbart (M*A*S*H) and starring John Ritter, the pilot co-stars Suzanne Zenor and Valerie Curtin, who were eventually replaced by Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt for the series.

This crazy series begins when Janet Wood and Chrissy Snow, two attractive women, have a going away party for their roommate, Eleanor (who we'll meet in Episode 44). While trying to find someone to share the rent with, they find party crasher Jack Tripper in their bathtub. They have their doubts at first but when they find out that Jack is the only one that can cook (by going to cooking school), they want him to stay. The hardest part of this is trying to convince the landlords, Stanley and Helen Roper, that Jack is indeed good company. Stanley doesn't like the idea of a man living with two women, knowing what can go on behind closed doors. Jack pretends he is gay so that he can have a place to live. It works, and the rest is sitcom history.

Jack is all set to move into Eleanor's room, until Chrissy's mother unexpectedly shows up. Chrissy's mom does not know that she and Janet live with a man, so she tries to keep them out of sight. Janet and Jack go to the Regal Beagle to hide out, and Mrs. Roper finds out that Jack is not really gay. She manages to keep it secret from Mr. Roper.

Mr. Roper sets Jack up with his niece, who turns out to be very promiscuous in her way. Jack finds out that Mr. Roper set him up in order to turn him straight, and if he is, out he goes.

After Jack and Chrissy disturb Janet's time alone with her date, the trio agree to arrange reservation times for the apartment. However, Jack has an offer he can't refuse and he tries to renege on the agreement.

In order to earn tuition money, Jack takes on a variety of odd jobs, including an encyclopedia salesman and a nude model in a magazine layout.

Janet's co-worker Chloe gets a promotion after only being hired for a couple of weeks. Janet's upset because chloe got the job because of her looks not her skills.

Jack pretends he has a cold when Mr. Roper overhears him making a date.

Janet and Mrs. Roper participate in a nude beach protest, and end up walking home without their clothes.

Chrissy discovers a spicy diary and uses it to perfect her typing skills. Mr. Roper reads the diary and thinks that Chrissy has it in for him!

Jack mistakes a visit from the FBI for a reference for a former Navy buddy as a mission to get him.

Lana Shields needs an escort and instantly falls for Jack, who wants nothing at all to do with her.

The trio and Larry meet Mr. Ralph Furley, the new landlord, after accidentally selling all of his furniture, believing it was the Roper's old furniture.

Jack has to fix dinner for 4 dates at the same time!

Jack's female boss makes a pass at him and he sues her for sexual harassment.

Chrissy goes to work at a convention as a hostess with an old friend of hers, not realizing the job is being a high priced call girl.

Jack cuts his finger and goes to the hospital. While there, he meets a sassy nurse named Terri Alden and they do not really hit it off. Meanwhile, Cindy is leaving for UCLA and Janet is looking for a roommate and finds Terri, much to Jack's dismay....

Terri tries her best to warm up to Jack, which proves to be totally unsuccessful. Jack now hates her even more and wants her out. At Cindy's going-away party, he and Larry really insult and play mean jokes on Terri. Jack has a chance to spray Terri with water, but he ends up spraying himself. He really wants Terri to stay with them and now Terri is added to the cast.

To boost Jack's confidence, Terri turns on the charm, causing Janet to suspect that her new roommate's interest in Jack is more than platonic.

Jack and Janet end up in the same bed, and Jack doesn't even remember how he got there.

Jack goes to the dentist who terrorizes him when the dentist thinks that Terri left him for Jack.

Larry asks Jack to take over on a date for him and Jack gets mixed up with diamond smugglers by mistake.

Jack's girlfriend wants him to be a father to her child.

Jack finds a magazine quiz about secret loves and thinks that either Janet or Terri is in love with him. He then gets them both alone in a cabin to find out who the mystery lover is.

Jack goes to an ATM machine and the machine goes haywire and spits out all of the money on Jack. He tries to get it back to the bank, but the bank is closed. Janet suggests that he hide it in the couch, which, incidentally, gets takes away by Furley who wants to put in a new couch!