Occasional Wife
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Occasional Wife

7.5 / 10
1966
1 season
30 episodes
Comedy
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  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    13-09-196630m

    Peter and Greta set up housekeeping and purchase a wedding ring. They hold a wedding reception at Peter's apartment and just before Mr. Brahms and the guests arrive his girlfriend...

  • Ep 2

    2.Occasional Trouble

    20-09-196630m

    Peter's mother sees Greta kissing another man and confides in Mr. Brahms, who hires detective Will Yates. Peter's secretary Miss Wilson tips him off to the situation. Greta refus...

  • Ep 3

    3.The Rivalry

    27-09-196630m

    Peter and Greta are invited to the Brahms' country house in Connecticutt for the weekend along with backstabbing office rival Wally Frick and his wife Vera. Peter sees an opportun...

  • Ep 4

    4.He Who Burns Bridges

    04-10-196630m

    Peter accepts a job with another company where his advancement won't be hindered by being a bachelor. He writes a scathing letter to Mr. Brahms exposing the entire setup with Gret...

  • I Do, We Don't

    5.I Do, We Don't

    11-10-196630m

    Peter's mother wants them to re-enact their ""marriage"" in a church so Greta and Peter hire an actor to ""marry"" them. Peter's mother also brings along her own minister just in...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Promotion

    18-10-196630m

    Mr. Brahms summons Greta to his office in order to surprise her with the news he is promoting Peter and giving him a raise and asks Greta to have Peter call him later that evening....

  • Ep 7

    7.No Cookie for Dessert

    25-10-196630m

    Peter and Greta both have dates planned when Mr. Brahms shows up unexpectedly with his niece Amanda, asking Peter if she can stay overnight. Peter postpones his date with Cookie a...

  • Ep 8

    8.Danger! Woman at Work

    01-11-196630m

    Greta needs to supplement her income and takes a job at an employment agency. Her boss Gordon asks her to dinner. Meanwhile, Peter, Wally Frick and their wives have been asked by...

  • Ep 9

    9.A Friend of the Family

    15-11-196630m

    Greta is taking pills due to an illness she is recovering from and faints while on a date with Bernie. Bernie rushes her to the hospital and registers her as Greta Patterson. Mea...

  • Marriage Counselor

    10.Marriage Counselor

    22-11-196630m

    Peter and Mr. Brahms are relaxing with a drink after work when Mr. Brahms sees Greta on the dance floor with another man. He decides Peter and Greta need marriage counseling. Fig...

  • Ep 11

    11.No Talent Scouts

    29-11-196630m

    Peter is asked by Mr. Brahms to help the wife of an important client get her daughter Nancy into acting. It becomes obvious that Nancy has no talent or ambition for acting and is...

  • Ep 12

    12.That's How They Got Capone

    06-12-196630m

    Mr. Brahms decides to have a tax filing party at work. Peter signs his and says he will take it home for sick, bed-ridden Greta to sign. Mr. Brahms sends Peter home to care for h...

  • Ep 13

    13.GP Loves UU

    13-12-196630m

    Greta interrupts Peter's date with Linda to inform him she intends upon marrying Italian Count Umberto Ugazzi, who is involved with one of her art classes. Peter concocts a story...

  • Ep 14

    14.Miss Greta Regrets

    20-12-196630m

    Peter and Greta are set to go to dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Brahms when Greta's parents show up unexpectedly with her high school boyfriend Arnie Stoner. They insist on taking her t...

  • Peter by Moonlight

    15.Peter by Moonlight

    27-12-196630m

    Greta needs more money and decides to start a dressmaking business with a couple of girlfriends - in Peter's apartment. Peter also becomes the financial backer. The situation esc...

  • Ep 16

    16.Alias Peter Patterson

    03-01-196730m

    Because she has broken so many dates with Bernie being Peter's occasional wife Greta forces Peter to go to dinner with her at Bernie's mother's, causing Peter to postpone his date...

  • Ep 17

    17.Fair Play for Gypsies

    17-01-196730m

    While dining with Mr. and Mrs. Brahms Greta has her palm read by Madame Celeste who predicts she will marry soon. Although informed she is already married Madame Celeste insists h...

  • Ep 18

    18.A Couple of Home-Cooked Meals

    24-01-196730m

    Mr. Brahms wants to land a contract with prospective client Ellen Hanley that will put Brahms Baby Food into 1,406 more stores. He orders Peter to invite her to his house for a ho...

  • One Plus One Equals Too Many

    19.One Plus One Equals Too Many

    31-01-196730m

    Peter accepts a job with Barnaby Baby Foods, resigning from Brahms and firing Greta. He then finds out that Barnaby has checked him out and wants to meet Mrs. Christopher at a din...

  • Ep 20

    20.Kangaroo Kandidates

    07-02-196730m

    Peter and Greta are asked to compete against Wally and Vera Frick for membership in N.O.O.K., the National Order of Kangaroos, by Mr. Brahms, who is King Kang of Hutch #1. The com...

  • Ep 21

    21.The New Secretary

    14-02-196730m

    Greta has been summoned to the office for an executive's wives meeting by Mrs. Brahms. At first she wants a new hat for $23 but Peter bargains her down to $10 and 6 long distance...

  • Ep 22

    22.The Business Trip

    21-02-196730m

    Peter finds out Mr. Brahms is taking Wally and Vera Frick with him to a convention in Dayton, Ohio to land a prospective client and wrangles an invitation for himself and Greta as...

  • Ep 23

    23.Engagement, Christopher Style

    28-02-196730m

    Peter wakes up after a night out to realize he became engaged to heiress Felicia Ferris. Brahms is in debt to her father's bank so Peter knows he must break off the engagement wit...

  • Ep 24

    24.Instant Fatherhood

    21-03-196730m

    Peter receives a telegram that his foster daughter from Italy is coming to stay with him. Not knowing he had a foster daughter he receives an explanation from Mr. Brahms that he i...

  • Ep 25

    25.The Soft Spot

    28-03-196730m

    Mr. Brahms hires the Chubbs, father and son management consultants, and Wally Frick sets out to get rid of Peter, double-crossing him every chance he gets. Brahms wrote a report o...

  • Ep 26

    26.The Secret Powdered Milk Affair

    04-04-196730m

    Brahms Baby Food has signed a contract to supply powdered milk to the government and all employees must undergo a security clearance check. On the home front Greta is informed the...

  • Ep 27

    27.My Occasional Brother's Keeper

    11-04-196730m

    During Greta's party in Peter's apartment Mr. Brahms calls and talks to ""Greta's boyfriend"". Greta tells Mr. Brahms it was Peter's brother playing a joke. In honor of Peter's b...

  • Ep 28

    28.An Affair To Forget

    18-04-196730m

    Bernie is insistent that Greta marry him so Peter tells him she is seeing another man. He confides in sister Bernice who encourages him not to give up. Mr. Brahms has asked Greta...

  • Ep 29

    29.Oil Be Seeing You

    25-04-196730m

    Peter has invested in an oil well scheme with Col. Thorndyke and his daughter Linda Sue which Mr. Brahms is suspicious of. He surprises Peter at Thorndyke's hotel and insists on i...

  • Ep 30

    30.So Little Time

    09-05-196730m

    Peter's mother calls him while he's with a date and announces she's coming over to stay for a while because of the paint fumes in her apartment. They say they have dinner plans an...

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