S01E01 Pilot
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 Marilyn appears. Peter whisks her...
Occasional Wife
S01E06: The Promotion
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. Greta tries to do so but Peter is busy romancing Ginger Snap in his apartment and ignores her attempts. Peter finally gets the message after again renogiating his deal with Greta. The next day at Peter's new office Ginger shows up looking for an earring and gets the job as Peter's secretary. Then, in walks Greta and Ginger finds out he is married. Ginger and Greta become friends and Peter is literally left holding the grocery bags. On one fire escape trip Peter and Greta pause long enough to each take a sip from the man-in-the-middles coffee cup.
Overview
Episodes
S01E02 Occasional Trouble
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 refuses to give up her date that...
S01E03 The Rivalry
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 opportunity to discuss an ad campaign...
S01E04 He Who Burns Bridges
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 Greta. He then goes home...
S01E05 I Do, We Don't
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 case, as well as...
S01E06 The Promotion
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....
S01E07 No Cookie for Dessert
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 and Greta delays hers. Amanda...
S01E08 Danger! Woman at Work
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 Mr. Brahms to...
S01E09 A Friend of the Family
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. Meanwhile, Peter, Mr....
S01E10 Marriage Counselor
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. Figuring a real counselor...
S01E11 No Talent Scouts
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 only...
S01E12 That's How They Got Capone
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...
S01E13 GP Loves UU
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 that Greta is missing for...
S01E14 Miss Greta Regrets
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 to a different...
S01E15 Peter by Moonlight
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 escalates when the girls make labor demands...
S01E16 Alias Peter Patterson
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 for a night with...
S01E17 Fair Play for Gypsies
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 her professional reputation is on...
S01E18 A Couple of Home-Cooked Meals
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 home-cooked meal....
S01E19 One Plus One Equals Too Many
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 dinner with he...
S01E20 Kangaroo Kandidates
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 competition is a...
S01E21 The New Secretary
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...
S01E22 The Business Trip
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 there is...
S01E23 Engagement, Christopher Style
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 without angering...
S01E24 Instant Fatherhood
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 is in a...
S01E25 The Soft Spot
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 on the company's policies, state...
S01E26 The Secret Powdered Milk Affair
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 landlord wants her apartment...
S01E27 My Occasional Brother's Keeper
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 brother being in town the Brahms'...
S01E28 An Affair To Forget
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 to help...
S01E29 Oil Be Seeing You
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 investing when Peter tells...
S01E30 So Little Time
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 and she...
Cast
Michael Callan
Peter Christopher
Patricia Harty
Greta Patterson
Jack Collins
Max Brahms
Vin Scully
Narrator
Bryan O'Byrne
Man in the Middle
