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Avonlea Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1992 - 1992
Episode 1
The Ties That Bind
Mon, Mar 2, 199260 mins
It's one week until Olivia and Jasper's wedding, the ceremony and reception to be held on Jasper's farm. Olivia wants a simple and casual affair, while Jasper wants to do whatever pleases Olivia. The one thing that Jasper does want is to make a toast to his new wife, but is afraid his constant stutter will mar what he wants to say. Sara promises to help him get through with his speech. Hetty has promised Olivia that she will stay out of the wedding preparations, until Olivia and Jasper make, in her mind, an ill-fated decision. From then on, Hetty vows to take control, much to Olivia's chagrin as Hetty wants to plan a lavish affair with an ostentatious wedding dress. Alec and Janet in particular are feeling the stress of the week as not only has Hetty moved the reception to their house (with Janet to do the bulk of the cooking) with the guest list ballooning to an astronomical size, but six-month old Daniel is starting to teeth, they have to entertain Janet's judgmental and finicky Great Aunt Eliza who is visiting from out of town, and they are dealing with a stray dog who Cecily is secretly encouraging to stay. The question is will anyone be happy on the day of the wedding.
Episode 2
When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid: Part 1
Mon, Mar 9, 199260 mins
Sara is growing up, which Olivia notices. Hetty, on the other hand, still sees Sara as a little girl who needs to have decisions made for her. The two get into a major argument over a new dress for Sara. Both Olivia and Sara sees Hetty's control as exactly the way she treated Olivia and Sara's mother Ruth while they were growing up. The dress is only the impetus for a drawn out battle between the two. When Sara meets a tough runaway girl named Jo Pitts who has a striking resemblance to her, Sara gets into more trouble because of Jo. But Sara and Felix think that they can use Jo to help with Sara's problems with Hetty, Jo to act as Sara while Sara runs away. Jo, however, only has one thing on her mind, that being to steal whatever she can from the Kings. Meanwhile, Gus, with Sara in tow, is heading to the mainland on word that Ezekiel Crane is in trouble and requires his help. When they arrive, they find that it was not Ezekiel who sent for Gus. On her own while Gus deals with his problem, Sara runs into problems of her own.
Episode 3
When She Was Bad, She Was Horrid: Part 2
Mon, Mar 16, 199260 mins
Trouble is brewing for Gus, Sara, Jo and Felix. On the mainland, Gus' thieving father, Abe - previously presumed drowned - is holding him against his will until he tells where Ezekiel and the treasure is. Sara is also being held against her will by street urchins who believe she is Jo, who stole money from them. But when Abe also thinks that Sara is Jo, Gus hatches a plan to get him and Sara back to safety. And back at Avonlea, Jo, still pretending to be Sara, has been stealing, the latest, the only one at which she's been caught, is of the church's weekly offerings. However Hetty believes that other forces are at work causing Sara's change. And Felix, the only one in Avonlea who knows of Jo, is grounded because of something Janet believes he and 'Sara' did. But can or will Gus, Sara or Felix ultimately be able to right the wrongs caused by Jo. And what will Jo's penance be.
Episode 4
Felix and Blackie
60 mins
Alec buys a spirited race horse named Caesar to replace his aging work horse, Blackie. Felix is beside himself when he hears that Blackie is being sold and will thus no longer be part of the family. To make Blackie useful, Felix proposes that he and Blackie team up as a delivery service. Against his initial better judgment, Alec allows his son to start this business as he feels Felix will benefit from the responsibility. Alec does have some caveats: the business cannot interfere with either Felix's school work or chores. Despite some figurative and literal bumps in the road, the delivery business flourishes so much so that Felix hires Sara, Cecily and Digger to work with him. But the business becomes more of a business for Felix than a means to make Blackie useful. When further problems ensue, Felix is forced to shut down the business, but not before one last delivery made on a bet with opposing delivery man, Hank Webster, the bet with the winner taking all the delivery service. But can an aged Blackie endure the stress of a long distance delivery race.
Episode 5
Another Point of View
Sun, Jan 26, 199260 mins
Hetty is especially tough on the students in preparation for the history bee against Markdale School in two weeks. Hetty in general has always intimidated most of the students, who now complain to their parents, who in turn complain to Janet. Janet feels that only one person can deal with Hetty: Alec. When the parents elect Alec to the School Board, his first act is to speak openly to Hetty about her teaching methods. Hetty, feeling unwanted, promptly quits. Alec and the School Board did not want Hetty to quit (especially after thirty dreadful replacement teacher interviews), nor did Hetty really want to give up her job. But before things can go back to the way they were, Alistair Dimple waltzes into Avonlea, applying for the job. He dazzles the School Board, who hires him. The School Board is however unaware that he is not a professor as he professes, but a failed Shakespearean stage actor. Dingle ends up treating history class as one big all-participating stage play. The students are having a good time but nonetheless are learning with a new found curiosity. Dingle even eventually wins Hetty over. But when Alec finds out Dingle's real pedigree, he has to decide what to do with the information regardless of Dingle's positive effect on the children.
Episode 6
Aunt Janet Rebels
60 mins
After suffragette Amelia Sandhurst speaks at a temperance society meeting attended by most of the adults of Avonlea, Janet, despite the possible embarrassment to the King family, takes up the cause. To assist Amelia, Janet vows to get at least fifty signatures on a petition going to the government to allow women the vote. Her stance is finalized when Angus McCorkadale, perceived by most to be the town's most sexist person, demeans Janet. Although many do support the stance, not many are willing to sign until someone else does. However, if Janet can get the signature of Angus' reclusive wife Margaret, who is known to wear the pants in the family, others will follow suit. But that may be easier said than done. And at what price will Janet pay at home for neglecting her household duties? One of the women in town who needs to be emancipated is Maude Craig. She is forced to work at Angus' cannery for paltry wages, not sufficient to support herself and her son Peter, who must live and work at Rose Cottage.
Episode 7
A Dark and Stormy Night
60 mins
Late one evening, a mysterious but beautiful young woman barges into the lighthouse when Gus is sleeping. She is seeking refuge from a violent man who is after her. Hiding her from the man who beats him, Gus is thanked by this woman, who the violent man called Amanda Stone. She leaves some jewels with Gus for safe keeping. Gus later learns directly from Amanda that the jewels are the only remnants of her family's fortune. Also she reveals that the violent man, Robert Rutherford, is working for estate lawyers who are trying to take the gems, which she feels are rightfully hers. Felicity, Felix and Sara witness much of what is going on - Felicity does not trust Amanda. Sara believes Felicity's views are pure jealousy. Other stories begin to surface about Amanda and Robert's true motives. Regardless, Gus sticks steadfastly behind Amanda's story. Meanwhile, news of Gus having a cache of jewels spreads around Avonlea, most believing they being part of Ezekiel Crane's treasure. Most of the residents of Avonlea begin to treat Gus with more respect because of his new found wealth.
Episode 8
Friends and Relations
60 mins
The women and the men are each planning a day outing. Alec, Felix, a reluctant Jasper and an unexpected Gus go ice fishing, while Janet, Janet's younger sister Abigail (with whom Janet has a strained relationship), Hetty and Olivia go to an auction and tea at the White Sands Hotel. Felicity, Sara and Cecily have the pleasure of babysitting baby Daniel, and Abigail's slighter older rambunctious son Robert, nicknamed Lucky. The men reminisce (Alec and Jasper about their common childhood, although they come to a quick realization that they're not as young as they used to be) and bond, although the elder men skirt Felix's questions on "what men and women do". And Gus asks Jasper about love. The women, on the other hand, continually bicker - although they won't admit to it - especially Janet, Abigail and Hetty. Back at home, Felicity and Sara are getting exasperated by Lucky's antics. As the men and women head home, a blizzard roars through the area. The women arrive home to a crisis, which leads to more problems, but these issues may be what Janet and Abigail need to clear the air.
Episode 9
Vows of Silence
60 mins
Reverend Fitzsimmons is the new preacher at the church. He has a dramatic flair and the belief that the louder he preaches, the closer to God he and his congregation will be. The higher decibel level in the church bothers most. But the children believe that the forcefulness of the sermons do make them more believable (at least scarier), which leads to a discussion between them about the end of the world. Because of recent events, Felix and Sara make Felicity believe that the end is near, and the one thing that is a black mark in her life that will prevent her from going to heaven is that she took her mother's new hair comb - a King family heirloom - without permission and lost it. She is in a desperate search to find it before the end. To find it, the children go to the closest thing they have in Avonlea to a mystic: Peg Bowen. Peg cannot locate the comb but tells them that they have to confess their sins as the end approaches, and if the balance of good outweighs the bad, the end will not occur. By all signs, the end is tomorrow evening which makes Felicity's search even more frantic. Meanwhile, Janet is being harassed by Hetty, Olivia and Alec for not wearing the comb, the three siblings believing the comb is a symbol of the King family honor. The problems: Janet cannot find it (she not knowing that Felicity lost it), and worse, she wouldn't want to wear it anyway because she thinks it looks terrible, King family honor or not.
Episode 10
After the Honeymoon
60 mins
Jasper's latest project is something called a vampire spectrum, which does involve the use of live bats. Olivia wants to support Jasper in any way she can despite not liking bats. However when Sydney Carver, the head of the journal "The Royal Society of Naturalists", comes to Avonlea to support Jasper's work, Olivia is less than excited when she discovers that Sydney is a woman, something that Jasper also didn't known until Sydney's arrival. Because Sydney is in many ways a female version of Jasper, Olivia, who doesn't want to admit it, is jealous of her since she feels that Sydney has more in common with her husband. The townsfolk are also gossiping about Sydney in the same vein. Meanwhile, Felix suspects that Jasper may be a vampire himself. His suspicions are strengthened with Sydney's arrival, Felix thinking she too is a vampire. Felix and Sara believe Sydney the head vampiress, who they need to get out of Avonlea to save Jasper.
Episode 11
High Society
45 mins
Wally Higgins, a happy-go-lucky, salesman from the "Windy City Skates Company" arrives in Avonlea eager to sell his skates to one and all. the minute he sets his eyes on Hetty's tiny feet he's convinced that he's found the lady he wants to spend his life with.
Episode 12
The Calamitous Courting of Hetty King
60 mins
The annual Avonlea Winter Skating Festival is this Saturday. The timing is perfect for a visit to Avonlea by Wally Higgins, a traveling ice skate salesman. Wally, a bachelor, carries around a good luck charm: a perfect sized 6A women's pair of skates. He is much like Prince Charming on the search for his Cinderella. The woman who fits that pair of skates he knows will be the woman for him. Once he sees this pair of feet in Avonlea, he is awe struck: the feet belong to Hetty King. Wally begins his open wooing of Hetty. Long time spinster Hetty doesn't know quite what to think, especially concerning the schoolboy way in which Wally is approaching the matter. Meanwhile, Felicity is miffed that Gus has not yet asked her to the festival, the event less than a week away. Gus knows Felicity's feelings but is keeping it a secret as to why he hasn't asked her. And Hetty is having a land border dispute with her long time neighbor, Wellington Campbell, both threatening legal action. Hetty decides to go into negotiations with Wellington instead, both to deal with the land issue and the issue with Wally.
Episode 13
Old Friends, Old Wounds
60 mins
Marilla Cuthbert passes away after taking a fall at Green Gables. Without Anne, who is recuperating from scarlet fever, or the children with him, Gilbert Blythe returns to Avonlea to pay his respects and deal with Marilla's estate. Two problems arise for Rachel. As Marilla was the guardian for young Davey and Dora Keith, Rachel is unsure if she can look after the children on her own. And although Gilbert and Anne would allow Rachel to stay at Green Gables for as long as she wished, Marilla died without a valid will. As such, Green Gables is bequeathed to Marilla's closest relatives, the McNeill family in Nova Scotia, and they plan to sell. Although Gilbert is trying to raise enough money to buy the property himself, he may be beaten to it by John Harrison, Rachel's nemesis, who bought Rachel's property for a song when her husband Thomas died. Rachel's own son in Prince Albert is unwilling to help in any way. The townsfolk rally to try and come up with a solution to beat John Harrison. Meanwhile, Hetty, thinking about Marilla's situation, is suffering from hypochondria, and thus quickly gets her own affairs in order just in case.
