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Eight Is Enough Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
28 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Who's Crazy Here?
Wed, Sep 6, 1978
Tom seeks help for his insomnia, but miscommunication leads the kids to think he has a heart issue. In a minor plot Tommy tries to juggle two girlfriends.
Episode 2
Nine Is Too Much
Wed, Sep 13, 1978
After getting talked into being Nicholas' little league coach Tom quits when the parents get to be too much. Tom becomes on of "those" parents after Abby takes over the team.
Episode 3
Here We Go Again
Wed, Sep 20, 1978
Abby thinks she is pregnant and Tom faces an IRS audit.
Episode 4
Cinderella's Understudy
Wed, Sep 27, 1978
Susan uses Abby's vintage car to ensnare a handsome antique car buff; Joanie gets her first professional acting job as an apprentice in a local theater company. When the temperamental star walks out the day before opening, Joanie is thrust into the leading role -- while Tom, unaware of this, allows the newspaper's theater critic to talk him into reviewing the show as a favor.
Episode 5
Milk and Sympathy
Wed, Oct 11, 1978
In the throes of puppy love over his elementary schoolteacher, Nicholas obtains a painting from her that might be worth millions; Tommy goes to Max for outside help with a delicate problem.
Episode 6
The Flunked and the Funked
Wed, Oct 18, 1978
Nancy faces an identity crisis after flunking out of school; Tom takes a position teaching journalism at the local college.
Episode 7
Cops and Toddlers
Wed, Oct 25, 1978
Nancy starts a day care business for pre-schoolers out of the Bradford hone, while Susan trains for a spot on the police force.
Episode 8
The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone
Wed, Nov 1, 1978
Mary struggles to keep up in med school amid the chaos and distractions of family life; Tommy burns through family members as he takes the wheel in preparation for drivers' education.
Episode 9
Fast and Loose
Wed, Nov 8, 1978
When one of his closest friends dies, a grief-stricken David goes on a binge of self-destructive behavior.
Episode 10
War Between the Bradfords
Wed, Nov 15, 1978
When each of the Bradford men find reasons not to attend a speech given by Abby, it sparks a stand-off in the household; Nancy gets a job pumping gas at a local service station.
Episode 11
All the Vice President's Men
Wed, Nov 22, 1978
The Bradfords are surprised when the Vice-President accepts Nicholas' invitation to Thanksgiving dinner with the Bradfords. Apparently, the VP has picked the Bradfords as a typical American family. To make matters more interesting, Abby's parents arrive from Pasadena to join in the holiday with the family.
Episode 12
You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 1
Wed, Nov 29, 1978
Feeling guilty and isolated after accidentally causing a house fire, Nicholas sets off on his own to San Diego.
Episode 13
You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 2
Wed, Nov 29, 1978
While covering his tracks to keep the family from realizing he's run away from home, Nicholas attaches himself to an elderly con man in San Diego.
Episode 14
Alone at Last
Wed, Dec 6, 1978
Tom and Abby stage an elaborate sting operation to get the house to themselves for a weekend; Susan babysits a friend's precocious daughter.
Episode 15
The Yearning Point
Wed, Jan 10, 1979
After discovering that Tom can't afford the tuition, Elizabeth vies for a scholarship so she can attend an expensive college in Vermont; Nancy takes a correspondence course in hair styling; Tommy gambles away the investors' capital of his latest get-rich-quick scheme.
Episode 16
Moving Out
Wed, Jan 17, 1979
Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of their own because Tom has trouble accepting that his daughters are growing up. David buys a new truck and agrees to sell Tommy his van. Tom is upset when Abby loans the girls the money to get their own apartment.
Episode 17
Mother's Rule
Wed, Jan 17, 1979
Joanie, Susan and Nancy experience miscommunication as they settle into a routine in their new apartment; Using reverse psychology, Tom lifts all house rules in an attempt to get the remaining kids to honor their curfews.
Episode 18
Inlaws and Outlaws
Wed, Jan 24, 1979
Abby's mother lands on the Bradfords' doorstep after leaving her husband; a rent increase forces Susan, Joannie and Nancy to return home; Nicholas grapples with learning to sleep in his own room; Tom's station wagon becomes a magnet for parking tickets every time one of the kids borrows it.
Episode 19
Horror Story
Wed, Jan 31, 1979
A torrential downpour causes a power outage across Sacramento, trapping Tom and Abby in an elevator, leaving Nancy stranded at work, and causing imaginations to run wild at home -- especially after a knock on the door from a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to Norman Bates in "Psycho."
Episode 20
Just the Ten of Us
Wed, Feb 14, 1979
David and Janet's decision to move in together threatens Tom's chances for a Father of the Year award, while the family's excessive reliance upon David threatens the future of his relationship with Janet.
Episode 21
Best of Friends
Wed, Feb 21, 1979
Tommy takes responsibility for an unwed classmate who discovers she's pregnant; David and Janet are forced to move into the Bradford house for several days while their apartment is being fumigated.
Episode 22
The Kid Who Came to Dinner
Wed, Feb 28, 1979
The Bradfords find themselves deeply affected by a lonely, disaffected foster child befriended by Nicholas; Abby and her colleague conduct research on the kids to determine the sociological differences between sibling households and only-children.
Episode 23
The Better Part of Valor
Wed, Mar 7, 1979
Tom and Abby find they have nothing in common with Janet's parents; Tommy is ostracized by his classmates when substitute teacher Abby flunks the school's basketball star.
Episode 24
Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers
Wed, Mar 14, 1979
Tom clashes with Joannie over her new boyfriend, an itinerant poet; Nicholas scores high on a music aptitude test, which results in unending noise from his new drum set; David goes into business for himself as a contractor, and Tom becomes his first customer.
Episode 25
The Final Days
Wed, May 2, 1979
A kitchen sink pipe failure plunges the family into chaos while dealing with the pressures of finals week; Nancy sympathizes with a brainiac Elizabeth is using to help her pass algebra; Tom's column about passing the torch to the younger generation results in a picket line of protesting seniors outside the Bradford house.
Episode 26
Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 1
Wed, May 9, 1979
Tom sells a short story, but his elation turns to mortification when the publication turns out to be a stag magazine; David and Janet no sooner announce their engagement than they begin seeing the pitfalls of wedded life, ultimately leading David to break off the engagement and take off on a cross-country road trip.
Episode 27
Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 2
Wed, May 9, 1979
On his odyssey to Santa Fe, David befriends Dutch, a veteran hang glider, who entices him to take flight on his own. When no experienced test pilots will fly Dutch's untried prototype in a local competition, David contemplates taking the risk to prevent the older man from doing harm to himself.
Episode 28
The Graduates
Wed, May 23, 1979
Elizabeth's part in a senior prank gets her barred from attending graduation, just as Tom is asked to deliver the commencement speech; Joannie faces an uncertain future as she approaches college graduation, which leads to a blowout with Abby; Tommy agonizes over cutting his hair for a summer lifeguard position.
