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Dear John Season 3 Episodes

Season 3 Episode Guide

22 Episodes 1990 - 1991

Episode 1

Pretty Man

Wed, Sep 19, 1990

Kirk arranges for John to accompany him on a double without telling John that they are substituting for male escorts which discovery mortifies John because he has felt a genuine connection with his date.

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Episode 2

And Baby Makes Four: Part 1

Wed, Sep 26, 1990

Wendy's suggestion that she and John have a baby causes everyone to think that she wants to reconcile with John.

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Episode 3

And Baby Makes Four: Part 2

Wed, Oct 3, 1990

Motivated by the group's discussion of the legal complications of John's donation for Wendy, Ralph. Kirk and John break into the sperm bank to clandestinely retrieve the sample.

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Episode 4

A Priest's Story

Wed, Oct 10, 1990

Kirk is reluctant to accept the apology of his priest brother who has come to the community center to make amends for sleeping with Kirk's fiancée years ago. Kirk later has a change of heart and seeks John's help to heal the rift.

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Episode 5

That's Big of Me

Wed, Oct 24, 1990

A charming newcomer to the group woos both Kate and Louise both of whom are unaware the man is a serial bigamist.

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Episode 6

Hot Lips Lacey

Wed, Oct 31, 1990

John arranges for the group members to attend his performance at a secondary venue of Carnegie Hall in which he will the clarinet he is just learning and then discovers that the other players are children.

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Episode 7

Hole in One

Wed, Nov 7, 199030 mins

John accompanies Kate to her aunt's funeral as a calming influence for Kate's hard feelings about her ex-husband who had taken control of the funeral and her family. Then Kate is blamed for an accident John causes for the ex-husband.

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Episode 8

The Blunder Years

Wed, Nov 14, 199030 mins

John reconnects with a female author who is in town for a book signing and with whom he had an awkward youthful romance which ended due to his lack of spontaneity and her impetuousness.

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Episode 9

Down and Out in Rego Park

Wed, Nov 28, 199030 mins

Usually perky Mary Beth suffers a bout of depression when, expecting a promotion, she is fired from her writing job. Kirk convinces an aspiring actress he is a director and blackmails John to assist him in the charade.

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Episode 10

Homeward Bound

Wed, Dec 12, 1990

John's mother's news during a visit that she wants to move to a retirement home causes John concern for his mother's well-being. Kirk and Denise compete to provide John a painter for John's apartment.

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Episode 11

Matter of Trust: Part 1

Wed, Dec 19, 199030 mins

A known actress with a sex addiction joins the group requesting anonymity. When a picture of her kissing John in a restaurant with a story about her secret appears in a tabloid, the future of the group is threatened by mistrust.

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Episode 12

Matter of Trust: Part 2

Wed, Dec 19, 1990

The betrayal of the actress' trust and its negative effect on John's career are revealed to actually be a plan for publicity on the part of the actress herself.

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Episode 13

Molly and Me

Sat, Jan 5, 1991

Ralph falls for a married woman. John and Kirk compete to tell only the truth.

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Episode 14

Love Stories: Part 1

Sat, Jan 19, 1991

Kate is excited about a man to which Mary Beth introduced because of his boyish charm until Kate realizes the man is just immature. Kirk falls in love with a strident woman from a smoke quitters group while John dates his female dentist.

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Episode 15

Love Stories: Part 2

Sat, Jan 26, 1991

Louise starts dating her IRS audit agent but is put off by his Indecisiveness. Wendy's call to John worries Janet that John is still attached to Wendy. Jackie asks a list of recent lovers from Kirk of which there are none.

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Episode 16

Love Stories: Part 3

Sat, Feb 2, 1991

Jackie breaks up with Kirk because he lied when he put a person on his list. Janet breaks up with John because Wendy is having John's baby. Everyone except Ralph of 1-2-1 club is back in the pathetic state in which they started there.

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Episode 17

John and Kirk's Excellent Adventure

Sat, Feb 9, 1991

Kirk uses a copy of a key to John's apartment made without John's knowledge to get ready for a surprise birthday party. In route to the apartment he picks up a woman to impress with apartment as his, but the woman robs John's apartment.

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Episode 18

The Poet: Part 1

Sat, Feb 16, 1991

Kirk forms a doo wop group with Louise, Kate and Mrs. Philbert to win money, but the women want Ralph as lead after he sings. John is in a funk because a college professor he admires trashes his poetry but then publishes them as his own.

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Episode 19

The Poet: Part 2

Sat, Mar 2, 1991

Ralph replaces Kirk for the group in the contest. Denise finds that her husband's long leave from his work is not the dream she thought. John is torn what to do about his professor's plagiarism but assists him to write again.

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Episode 20

Louise, the Hero

Wed, Mar 13, 1991

When the center is to be closed because of lack of funds. Everyone makes plans and they're worried about Louise, because the group is her baby but when she shows up, she tells everyone she's asked a friend to help her. While she doesn't give them much details. Later a friend of hers shows up to support her and she lets it slip that she knows Louise because they were both confined to a psychiatric facility. Kate then tells everyone that Louise suffered a breakdown after marriage ended. And they can't help but see how similar what happened to her back then is similar to the situation with the center. They think Louise is off her rocker but John wants to give her the benefit of the doubt till he learns who is giving her the money. So they decide to hold an intervention for her but the person who is giving her the money shows up.

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Episode 21

Matthew and the Baby

Wed, Mar 20, 1991

Kirk and Denise start a catering business and enlist the services of the group members who show at John's for food preparation while John is spending the weekend with his son who is having anxiety about his role after Wendy has the baby.

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Episode 22

John's Week Off

Wed, May 1, 1991

Kate tries to convince Alejandro that they have no future, but an expensive ring and thoughts of his wealth persuade her otherwise. Kirk gets John a cheap stand-by ticket to Hawaii and John is continually bumped during his vacation.

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