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'''Helen's Job''' is the thirteenth episode of [[Three's Company TV Season 2|season two]] of ''[[Three's Company]]'', and the nineteenth overall episode of the series. Directed by [[Bill Hobin]], it first aired 13 December 1977 on ABC.
 
'''Helen's Job''' is the thirteenth episode of [[Three's Company TV Season 2|season two]] of ''[[Three's Company]]'', and the nineteenth overall episode of the series. Directed by [[Bill Hobin]], it first aired 13 December 1977 on ABC.
   
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[[Janet Wood|Janet]] and [[Chrissy Snow|Chrissy]] get involved in a squabble between the Ropers over [[Helen Roper|Helen]]'s allowance, taking Helen's threat to get a job as a sign of feminist enlightenment. Despite [[Stanley Roper|Stanley]]'s warning that she's forbidden to work, Helen takes a job Janet has arranged for her at a cafeteria. Her first day of work turns out to be a disaster, and Janet and Chrissy are sorry they butt in, but [[Jack Tripper|Jack]] decides to take over and straighten things out. He tells Roper that his wife loves her new job, and he had better beg her to come back home before it's too late. Unfortunately, when Stanley comes to convince Mrs. Roper to give it up she lays it on a little too thick and tells Stanley she's s been given a raise. Money suddenly is more important to him than having a wife at home until Helen points out to him it will cost him more in expenses than she'll bring home.
 
[[Janet Wood|Janet]] and [[Chrissy Snow|Chrissy]] get involved in a squabble between the Ropers over [[Helen Roper|Helen]]'s allowance, taking Helen's threat to get a job as a sign of feminist enlightenment. Despite [[Stanley Roper|Stanley]]'s warning that she's forbidden to work, Helen takes a job Janet has arranged for her at a cafeteria. Her first day of work turns out to be a disaster, and Janet and Chrissy are sorry they butt in, but [[Jack Tripper|Jack]] decides to take over and straighten things out. He tells Roper that his wife loves her new job, and he had better beg her to come back home before it's too late. Unfortunately, when Stanley comes to convince Mrs. Roper to give it up she lays it on a little too thick and tells Stanley she's s been given a raise. Money suddenly is more important to him than having a wife at home until Helen points out to him it will cost him more in expenses than she'll bring home.
   
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"Helen's Job"
Season Two, Episode #13
#19 in Series (172 episodes)
Series: Three's Company
Network/Country: ABC-TV / USA
Air date 13 December 1977
Production code
Written by George Burditt & Paul Wayne
Directed by: Bill Hobin
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Cast Information
Starring: John Ritter
Joyce DeWitt
Suzanne Somers
Norman Fell
Audra Lindley
Guest stars: Paul Ainsley...Jim the Bartender
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Helen's Job is the thirteenth episode of season two of Three's Company, and the nineteenth overall episode of the series. Directed by Bill Hobin, it first aired 13 December 1977 on ABC.

Summary

Janet and Chrissy get involved in a squabble between the Ropers over Helen's allowance, taking Helen's threat to get a job as a sign of feminist enlightenment. Despite Stanley's warning that she's forbidden to work, Helen takes a job Janet has arranged for her at a cafeteria. Her first day of work turns out to be a disaster, and Janet and Chrissy are sorry they butt in, but Jack decides to take over and straighten things out. He tells Roper that his wife loves her new job, and he had better beg her to come back home before it's too late. Unfortunately, when Stanley comes to convince Mrs. Roper to give it up she lays it on a little too thick and tells Stanley she's s been given a raise. Money suddenly is more important to him than having a wife at home until Helen points out to him it will cost him more in expenses than she'll bring home.