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Three's Company
S4.E22
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The Root of All Evil

  • Episode aired Mar 4, 1980
  • TV-PG
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7.3/10
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John Ritter, Suzanne Somers, and Joyce DeWitt in Three's Company (1976)
Comedy

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  • Director
    • Dave Powers
  • Writers
    • Howard Albrecht
    • Sol Weinstein
    • Don Nicholl
  • Stars
    • John Ritter
    • Joyce DeWitt
    • Suzanne Somers
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    196
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    • Director
      • Dave Powers
    • Writers
      • Howard Albrecht
      • Sol Weinstein
      • Don Nicholl
    • Stars
      • John Ritter
      • Joyce DeWitt
      • Suzanne Somers
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    John Ritter
    John Ritter
    • Jack Tripper
    Joyce DeWitt
    Joyce DeWitt
    • Janet Wood
    Suzanne Somers
    Suzanne Somers
    • Chrissy Snow
    Richard Kline
    Richard Kline
    • Larry Dallas
    Don Knotts
    Don Knotts
    • Ralph Furley
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    Joel Brooks
    Joel Brooks
    • Dr. Prescott
    • Director
      • Dave Powers
    • Writers
      • Howard Albrecht
      • Sol Weinstein
      • Don Nicholl
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    8Hey_Sweden

    "We're like a candy bar. Some sweets and some nuts."

    Chrissy comes into a fair amount of money ($1637 must have sounded like a more impressive amount back in 1980) when Jack places some successful bets for her at the race track. The roommates are practically giddy thinking about what they can do with the money.

    However, they start to needle each other for what they consider to be unwise purchases, and this opens the floodgates in terms of the three just sniping at each other for every annoying habit. (Ex. Jack making train tracks with a fork in his farina, Chrissy loudly scraping the carbon off her toast.)

    The cheesy but undeniably effective psychiatrist Dr. Prescott (Joel Brooks) makes a welcome encore appearance when Chrissy decides that they need outside help in working out their differences. In the end, they prove that old adage that having money to burn is not necessarily a good thing.

    Among the highlights are the "play-acting" moments: Jack giving a toy giraffe a "voice", or Janet doing an impression of Jack. Overall, there are enough laughs here to make this a good time for a 'Three's Company' fan.

    Eight out of 10.

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    • Trivia
      In the 1980 equivalent of 2024 dollars, Janet spent about $300 on that bottle of wine, and Chrissy spent roughly $750 on that stuffed giraffe.
    • Quotes

      Jack Tripper: You are the proud owner of 1637 hurt me dollars.

      Chrissy Snow: Oh. shrieks

      Janet Wood: I think that finally got her.

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      Three's Company
      Written by Joe Raposo and Don Nicholl

      Performed by Ray Charles and Julia Rinker

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    • Release date
      • March 4, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • DLT Entertainment
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • The NRW Company
      • TTC Enterprises
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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