<Table> <Tr> <Th> No . overall </Th> <Th> No. in season </Th> <Th> Title </Th> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Th> Written by </Th> <Th> Original air date </Th> <Th> Prod . code </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 27 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Odd Couples '' </Td> <Td> Danny Kallis </Td> <Td> Adam Lapidus </Td> <Td> February 3 , 2006 ( 2006 - 02 - 03 ) </Td> <Td> 203 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> London likes a merit scholar ( Zac Efron ) , and Maddie helps her to trick him into thinking she is smart . Cody moves into a coat closet because Zack is too messy and does n't clean his side of the room . To Zack 's surprise , Cody makes the room more `` home '' like by putting in a flat - screen TV and more . It has the gag out of the TV show The Odd Couple that Zack is like Oscar and Cody is like Felix . </P> <P> Guest star : Zac Efron as Trevor , Troy Gentile as Jeremy , Gus Hoffman as Warren , Charlie Stewart as Bob </P> Note : This was the first time that Ashley Tisdale and Zac Efron worked together on Disney , the second time was the High School Musical movies . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 28 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` French 101 '' </Td> <Td> Rich Correll </Td> <Td> Jim Geoghan </Td> <Td> February 10 , 2006 ( 2006 - 02 - 10 ) </Td> <Td> 201 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> The French Ambassador and his daughter visit the Tipton Hotel , and both Zack and Cody develop a crush on the daughter , Jolie , although neither of them know French . Following his mother 's advice , Cody locks Zack in a coat closet , then hires Mr. Moseby to translate for him . He eventually gets to dance with Jolie , but while doing so , Zack arrives with 2 cards : One full of compliments and one full of insults . Cody takes the insults ( which he mistakes for compliments ) and the daughter goes to Zack . However , Bob , who speaks fluent French , gets Jolie at the end . Meanwhile , Esteban is upset when London can beat a street thief but he ca n't . To cheer him up , Maddie arranges a plan for Arwin to pretend to be a thief and let Esteban defeat him . Things go wrong when Arwin forgets about the plan and Esteban must fight a real thief instead . </P> <P> Note : The waiter that said `` Third door on the left '' was also in the episode Shipnotized on Suite Life on Deck . </P> Guest stars : Richard Gleason as Maurice , Katelyn Pippy as Jolie , Adrian R'Mante as Esteban Ramirez , Brian Stepanek as Arwin Hawkhauser , Charlie Stewart as Bob </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 29 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Day Care '' </Td> <Td> Jim Drake </Td> <Td> Jeff Hodsden </Td> <Td> February 17 , 2006 ( 2006 - 02 - 17 ) </Td> <Td> 204 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> Maddie requires Zack and Cody 's help to run a day care center . London takes Mr. Moseby and Carey to yoga lessons , but when London does n't like the yoga teacher , she decides to be the teacher . </P> Guest stars : Moises Arias as Randall , Wynter Daggs as Brandi , Logan Grove as Johnny , Joey King as Emily , Adrian R'Mante as Esteban , Cheryl Rusa as Woman in hotel , Sara Christine Smith as Randall 's Mom </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 30 </Th> <Td> </Td> <Td> `` Heck 's Kitchen '' </Td> <Td> Rich Correll </Td> <Td> Pamela Eells O'Connell </Td> <Td> February 24 , 2006 ( 2006 - 02 - 24 ) </Td> <Td> 207 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="7"> <P> Mr. Moseby receives information that a food critic called Bernard Burnaise is coming to the Tipton to try out the food . He is told that Burnaise has three different disguises : A middle - aged woman , a Chinese man with a long beard , and a cowboy . Mr. Moseby then hires Zack and Cody to sneak around the hotel and find out who exactly is Burnaise . They conclude that a Texan cowboy is actually Burnaise and Mr. Moseby orders Chef Paolo to cook a wonderful meal for him . Things take a turn for the worse when Chef Paolo quits after being insulted , and Cody must take over , having London , Maddie , and Zack as his kitchen staff . What they do n't know is that
what episode is zac efron in the suite life of zack and cody
Odd Couples