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Kate & Allie Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
23 Episodes 1985 - 1986
Episode 1
The Reunion
Mon, Sep 30, 198530 mins
Kate and Allie attend their 20th High School reunion and Allie spends most of her time hiding in the ladies room to avoid admitting to her old friends that she's divorced and her life as a stay-at-home mom isn't what she really bargained for. The subplot involves Kate wanting to confront her old boyfriend, Derick [James Rebhorn] for "dumping" her their senior year. The situation comes to a head when Allie dresses down the "mean girl" of the class, Pamela Waterson Rand [Patricia Richardson], for looking down on everyone.
Episode 2
Make Mine Mink
Mon, Oct 7, 198530 mins
Enjoying dessert in a coffee shop after a movie, Kate & Allie overhear a couple -- who are having an affair -- arguing. The woman accuses her "boyfriend" of not appreciating her and he counters with, "That's a mink coat I gave you." She proves how much the coat is worth to her by "selling" it to Kate for a dollar! However, it becomes a question of does Kate "own" the coat ...or does the coat "own" Kate as she tries to live above her means as someone who wears mink. Her downfall happens when she is mistaken for an executive at Sloane Travel and her wealthy "idol" convinces Kate that SHE should do an upcoming presentation. While Kate nearly loses her job over the debacle, she also learns that she's just not ready for mink... Yet.
Episode 3
Whatever Happened to Romance?
Mon, Oct 14, 198530 mins
Jenny and Emma create a fictitious person to answer a romantic personal ad in the newspaper, but what will they do when Mr. Whatever Happened to Romance wants to meet?
Episode 4
Evening in Paris
Mon, Oct 21, 198530 mins
Allie is ecstatic when Charles gives her and Jenny tickets to Paris for the weekend, but will a sudden attack of the flu stop her from taking in the City of Lights?
Episode 5
Picture of an Affair
Mon, Oct 28, 198530 mins
Allie borrows her father's camera -- after discovering that Chip has broken hers -- to give to Jenny to take photos of Charles's and Claire's new house during the kids' weekend visit. Jenny comes back with the camera and the developed photos... and Allie is eating her heart out over the lavish new home when she finds a photo of her father... with his arm around another woman. Returning the camera to Dr. Adams's office, Allie learns that the woman in the photo is her father's nurse. Allie is devastated that her father, of all people, would have an affair. He tries to explain away the photo... but ends up confessing all and asks Allie's help in ending it. Kate -- in "interfering mode" -- locks Allie in the closet to give Ed the opportunity to explain himself to Allie. They reconcile and Allie, in a show of grace, decides to send Charles and Claire a housewarming gift. When Kate asks "Why?" Allie responds, "Well, I'm not as mad at him as I was before. If a man like my father can have an affair, a man like Charles is destined to."
Episode 6
The Maltese Chotchke
Mon, Nov 4, 198530 mins
It's Emma's birthday and her father is stuck down in Mexico doing a movie. In his late-night phone call to her, he says that he has sent a special gift to her. Allie plans a "birthday fiesta" when the package arrives and the family speculates that it could be some hand-tooled leather or even "an ancient Aztec treasure." As Emma opens the package and pulls out a rather ...interesting statue, Allie opines, "...Or an ancient Aztec Cabbage Patch Doll." Encouragingly, Kate says, "I'll bet it's one-of-a-kind," as Allie counters with "There couldn't be two of them!" A knock on the door reveals Samantha Ashley, an art gallery owner who claims that Emma's statue was miss-sent and the "small clay figure of a child" actually belongs to her [Samantha]. Emma insists she wants to clear it up with her dad before exchanging the statues. Samantha Ashley leaves with, "Or... you hear from my lawyer." Kate: Where does she get those claws done? Allie: There's probably a little beauty parlor next to the ugly statue store. [realizes what she's said] Sorry, Em. Emma: It's OK. I just wish I knew *which* ugly statue was mine! The family is soon visited by Mr. Chandler, an art dealer who offers Emma $500 for the statue, which she refuses because the statue was a gift from her dad. Emma receives a telegram from her father saying he had to check out of his hotel when "a biker" came looking for the statue. Mr. Chandler tells them that the biker is known as "The Annihilator" and they may find themselves better off without the statue. Allie sends Emma and Jenny out to the neighbors to borrow some art books to see if they can determine the origin of the statue. They rush back in, shouting that a biker "with a razor blade for an earring" just pulled up. "THE ANNIHILATOR!" Act II opens with the family cowering in fear as The Annihilator pounds on the door. Getting no answer, he finally goes away as Allie says "I'm calling the police." Detective Johnson arrives and tells them the statue is part of a stolen art operation... and that Chandler and Ashley are in cahoots together, fencing stolen art through Ashley's gallery. The detective determines that Emma's statue is stolen and convinces her -- and Kate -- to help the police by "selling" the statue to Mr. Chandler. The sting, set in Ashley's gallery, reveals that the whole set-up is... a set-up. Even Allie, who called "the police" is involves and all the players in the scenario are friends of Max's -- "We've been out of work together for years." -- and Emma learns without a doubt that her father "is parades and skyrockets."
Episode 7
Allie's Affair
Mon, Nov 11, 198530 mins
Allie becomes romantically involved with her poetry professor on a two-week teaching appointment at her university.
Episode 8
Thanksgiving
Mon, Nov 25, 198530 mins
Allie is set to host a slew of guests for Thanksgiving including Charles' new wife Claire, but when everyone else cancels and Charles is called to work, Allie and Claire get some long-awaited bonding time.
Episode 9
Max's New Girlfriend
Mon, Dec 2, 198530 mins
Kate becomes jealous after Max's new model girlfriend Darla bonds with Emma.
Episode 10
Kate's Friend
Mon, Dec 16, 198530 mins
Allie is run ragged when a good friend of Kate's arrives in New York and imposes on the household (mostly Allie) while apartment-hunting.
Episode 11
Dress to Kill
Mon, Dec 23, 198530 mins
Via a flashback, Kate relates to a sympathetic dry cleaner how she came to accidentally stain a $900 dress.
Episode 12
Dark Victory
Mon, Jan 6, 198630 mins
Kate questions just how liberal she is when she agrees to go out with a man she met during a power outage who is black.
Episode 13
Grand Central Station
Mon, Jan 13, 198630 mins
The apartment becomes the scene of a family melodrama when an aspiring actor delivering a singing telegram for Allie and his overbearing parents descend upon the household.
Episode 14
Chip's Divorce
Mon, Jan 20, 198630 mins
An announcement that Charles' new wife is expecting sends everyone--especially Chip--into a tizzy.
Episode 15
Too Late the Rebel
Mon, Jan 27, 198630 mins
Kate accompanies Allie to a protest at her university bringing with her her own unique memories of protesting in the 60s.
Episode 16
The Croissant Jungle
Mon, Feb 3, 198630 mins
Jennie's first job in a café finds her having to contend with a lecherous boss and Allie forced to let her fight her own battles.
Episode 17
Privacy
Mon, Feb 10, 198630 mins
Craving solitude, Kate cat-sits for a friend but her secretive way of doing it has Allie convinced she's seeing a married man.
Episode 18
High Anxiety
Mon, Feb 17, 198630 mins
Allie's fear of public speaking gets the better of her when a producer friend of Kate's tries to do a television exposé on Kate and Allie as an example of the new, modern family of the 80s.
Episode 19
Thank You, Shirley
Mon, Feb 24, 198630 mins
Kate and Allie find themselves vying for the attentions of the same guy after Kate's meddling cousin in California sets her up with a blind date who turns out to be cute and charming.
Episode 20
Ted's Back
Mon, Mar 3, 198630 mins
Feeling the empty nest syndrome, Kate gets back in touch with her old boyfriend Ted to give it another go.
Episode 21
Chip's New Friend
Mon, Mar 17, 198630 mins
Chip befriends a handicapped man and hides him in the basement.
Episode 22
Winning
Mon, Apr 7, 198630 mins
Emma launches herself into the campaign for class president with Jenny's help, but considers dropping out when she learns a secret about her opponent.
Episode 23
Late Bloomer
Mon, May 12, 198630 mins
Tired of everyone's criticism of her cooking, Kate hires a tutor to teach her culinary skills.