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Laverne & Shirley Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
24 Episodes 1977 - 1978
Episode 1
Airport '59
Tue, Sep 20, 197730 mins
The girls won the Shotz Brewery football lottery: a trip to Baltimore and tickets for the Green Bay Packers-Baltimore Colts game. Laverne is scared to death; it is her first flight. The small charter plane is filled with drunk fans and one RC nun; Laverne fights to sit with her. Shirley wants to calm her roommate so she brings her to the cockpit to meet Captain "Smilin' Ralph" Buzz Anderson. Besides Smilin' Ralph, there is one stewardess, just promoted from baggage claims and no co-pilot on the charter.. but the airline's motto is "God is our co-pilot." What could possibly go wrong?
Episode 2
Tag Team Wrestling
Tue, Sep 27, 197730 mins
A lady driver argues with Laverne. Later, the girls take part in a charity wrestling match. To their horror, one of the opposing team is the gal Laverne met earlier and she wants revenge. Will the girls pin them down in the final round?
Episode 3
The Pact
Tue, Oct 4, 197730 mins
Shirley's new boyfriend asks Laverne out behind her back. This later leads to a fight between the two. Will they stop arguing long enough to see that their friendship is worth more than one man?
Episode 4
The Robot Lawsuit
Tue, Oct 25, 197730 mins
The girls shop in a toy store for a friend. Laverne sees a toy robot and plays with it. The robot blows a fuse though and attacks her. Leading the girls to sue the toy company - but the girls discover the law can be as unfeeling as that robot.
Episode 5
Laverne's Arranged Marriage
Tue, Nov 1, 197730 mins
Frank, in old world style, arranges a match between Laverne and a rich cheese tycoon, whose also got a mob connection. Frank wants them to wed, but Laverne would sooner defy her father instead.
Episode 6
Cruise: Part 1
Tue, Nov 8, 197730 mins
The girls work as temps to save for a cruise. They deal with a bratty boy, but they make it long enough to finally get aboard and say bon voyage. They discover Len and Squig have stowed away.
Episode 7
Cruise: Part 2
Tue, Nov 15, 197730 mins
The girls warn the boys to stay away from them on the ship, since they are stowaways. Laverne meets and dates a handsome sailor. Shirley has a whirlwind romance with a man called Ensign Benson--but is that wind moving entirely too fast for her?
Episode 8
Laverne & Shirley Meet Fabian
Tue, Nov 22, 197730 mins
Rosie Greenbaum bets Laverne and Shirley they can't get into the hotel where singer Fabian is staying - as well as getting their picture taken with him. What plan of action will the girls "turn loose" to meet him and put Rosie in her place?
Episode 9
The Stakeout
Tue, Nov 29, 197730 mins
Two FBI agents use the girls' apartment to stake out criminal activity across the street. When the suspect appears outside their window, they are shocked to see Carmine with him. Has Carmine gone bad or is there another explanation?
Episode 10
Shirley's Operation
Tue, Dec 6, 197730 mins
Dressed as Alice in Wonderland for a local children's play, Shirley ends up going to the hospital instead to get her appendix out. Her fear causes her to run and hide, so the gang must find her before her appendix fails her for good.
Episode 11
Take My Plants, Please
Tue, Dec 13, 197730 mins
The girls take up the odd job of selling house plants door to door, after getting laid off from Shotz. They run into an odd assortment of bizarre tenants who have varied reactions to their sales pitch.
Episode 12
New Year's Eve 1959
Tue, Dec 27, 197730 mins
It's New Years Eve 1959 and 1960 is shortly due. In the final hours, Laverne's date cancels, Shirley's sick and Lenny and Squiggy have a special plan for midnight outside the apartment building. Will Laverne leave the '50s in tears or cheers?
Episode 13
The Mortician
Tue, Jan 10, 197830 mins
Laverne finds an unknown man attractive. Following him to his workplace she finds out he's a mortician. She tries to get close by having Shirley fake that she's doomed. Will he feel closer to Laverne for this or horribly offended?
Episode 14
The Horse Show
Tue, Jan 17, 197830 mins
Shirley rescues a white horse. The owner wants to send it to the glue factory, but Shirley seeks him a happy home. She gets Edna in trouble with a health inspector for having him in the apartment. Will it be greener pastures for Buttercup?
Episode 15
The Slow Child
Tue, Jan 24, 197830 mins
Laverne and Shirley get reacquainted with Ms. Babish's mentally challenged daughter, Amy, who's visiting from her special school. Lenny meets Amy and immediately comes to like her, despite people's protests about what's best for Amy.
Episode 16
The Second Almost Annual Shotz Talent Show
Tue, Jan 31, 197830 mins
The girls must book acts for the annual talent show for the brewery - but must also find 'something' for the seemingly untalented and clumsy son of Mr. Shotz to do. Will he make the Shotz spotlight or make a monkey out of himself?
Episode 17
The Dentist
Tue, Feb 7, 197830 mins
Laverne busts a tooth but wont see a dentist. Shirley suggests her student dentist cousin Mikey. Laverne's hates the idea. Mikey has flunked before. Shirley gets her okay but once in the chair will Laverne truly feel safe in Mikey's hands?
Episode 18
Bus Stop
Tue, Feb 14, 197830 mins
Traveling to another city by bus for a date, the girls end up being ditched by two medical students who don't find them easy enough. Leaving the girls stranded overnight with no way home for over 12 hours.
Episode 19
The Driving Test
Tue, Feb 21, 197830 mins
Laverne and Shirley try to help Squiggy study to ace his written exam for his driving test or else he'll lose his job as a Shotz truck driver.
Episode 20
The Obstacle Course
Tue, Feb 28, 197830 mins
Officer Norman Hughes of the MPD (and Laverne's boyfriend) has developed a new pilot program for women, LAMP: Ladies' Auxiliary Milwaukee Police. Norman is so gung-ho for the athletic Laverne to be a LAMP...but not delicate Shirley. Norman is proud of his group of hearty volunteers. At the training session to teach volunteers to run an obstacle course within 40 seconds, Norman's misogynist Chief thinks Shirley is typical of his "dame" recruits, who are better suited to barefoot and pregnant than police. Incensed, Laverne rubs her "L" in the Chief's face, and with seconds to spare. But, everyone knows there will be no peace for Laverne until Shirley gets a chance to try...and that means Laverne will have to help her.
Episode 21
The Debutante Ball
Tue, May 9, 197830 mins
Laverne attends a Debutante Ball with Lenny when it's found out he's 89th in line to be a duke on the Polish throne.
Episode 22
2001: A Comedy Odyssey
Tue, May 16, 197830 mins
A dream episode about the girls as 80-year-old women in the year 2017. They are so desperate to be married at any cost, finally agree to marry Lenny and Squiggy - or will they?
Episode 23
The Dance Studio
Tue, May 23, 197830 mins
Carmine wants to own the dance studio he works at by trying to get a financial backer. The girls - plus Lenny and Squiggy - try to help in their own way, but it may be out of step in helping his chances.
Episode 24
Breaking Up and Making Up: Edna & Frank
Tue, May 30, 197830 mins
A jealous Frank doesn't like Edna's ex-husband showing up and spending time with her. This causes them to break up. Laverne and Shirley must patch things up between the two and show them how much they really love and need each other.
