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Married... with Children Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1988 - 1989
Episode 1
He Thought He Could
Sun, Nov 6, 198823 mins
Al discovers a library book that was due in 1957. He must return it to the library and face up to his worst childhood fear: the librarian.
Episode 2
I'm Going to Sweatland
Sun, Nov 20, 198823 mins
A suspicious Al and Marcy question Peggy's claims that she saw Elvis Presley outside the shoe store at the mall, until Marcy notices that one of Al's shirts has a sweat stain in the shape of the King's face. When Marcy brings the news to her Elvis fan club, the Bundy house is soon overrun by Elvis fans and impersonators, driving Al to stay at the shoe store.
Episode 3
Poke High
Sun, Nov 27, 198823 mins
A young football player named Matt, from Polk High, where Kelly and Bud go to school, is threatening two Bundy records: one held by Al for the most touchdowns in one season and the other by Kelly, by refusing her advances. So, Kelly resorts to becoming a cheerleader for Polk High's team in order to catch Matt's attention during a big season-ending game.
Episode 4
The Camping Show
Sun, Dec 11, 198823 mins
Steve, Marcy and the Bundys head out to a cabin in the woods, but the merriment is halted by Kelly's PMS. The men leave for a bit to go out fishing and return to all three women menstruating and hostile. When a bear attacks the car, Al hilariously attempts to stop him.
Episode 5
A Dump of My Own
Sun, Jan 8, 198923 mins
The rest of the Bundys endure sacrifices of constant loud noise, loss of living room space, as well as loss of electrical power as Al devotes himself to his lifelong dream: building his personal, exclusive, executive bathroom in the garage, with the centerpiece being a mighty Ferguson toilet for his flush. Meanwhile, Peggy seeks money to buy enough lottery tickets to win a multi-million dollar lottery.
Episode 6
Her Cups Runneth Over
Sun, Jan 15, 198923 mins
To cheer up Peggy on her birthday, Al and Steve travel to "Francine's of Hollywood," lingerie shop in Wisconsin where lies the solution to Peggy's clothing crisis: a missing bra. Meanwhile, Marcy tries to cheer up Peggy in her way by hiring a male stripper.
Episode 7
The Bald and the Beautiful
Sun, Jan 29, 198923 mins
Desperate Al and Steve put their heads together seeking solutions to impending baldness when Steve begins to notice his receding hairline, whereas Al doesn't care at all. After unsuccessfully trying some hair tonic for themselves, Steve tries joining a club for bald men called Bald American Dudes (B.A.D.) and brings Al along with him who holds their latest meeting at the shoe store.
Episode 8
The Gypsy Cried
Sun, Feb 5, 198923 mins
After a birthday party fortune teller predicts luck for everyone else but doom for Marcy, she insists the Bundys fly with her on her business trip where she confronts her rude boss.
Episode 9
Requiem for a Dead Barber
Sun, Feb 12, 198923 mins
After the death of his longtime barber, Al lets his hair down rather than tolerate a visit to a stylist or a salon... staffed by women. When Al backs down and goes to a salon, he gets a really bad hairstyle that makes him look like a woman.
Episode 10
I'll See You in Court
Tue, Jun 18, 200223 mins
In an attempt to revive their sex life, Peggy (at Marcy's suggestion) takes Al to the Hop-On-Inn motel. They discover a couple of familiar faces on the adult video channel: Steve and Marcy. When Steve points out that Al and Peggy must have been videotaped, too, Al and Marcy want to break some bones, while Peggy and Steve decide to sue. In court, graphic details of the Bundys' miserable sex life come out, which leave the jury so unimpressed that, despite the verdict in their favor, they award the Bundys nothing... but they award the Rhoadses $10,000.
Episode 11
Eatin' Out
Sun, Feb 19, 198923 mins
The Bundys go out to a fancy restaurant to spend a great windfall, an inheritance check for $237 from a late uncle of Peggy's. But it becomes apparent that fine dining in public is not a part of the dysfunctional Bundy lifestyle. Matters are made worse, when Al forgets to bring his wallet.
Episode 12
My Mom, the Mom
Sun, Feb 26, 198923 mins
While Al teaches Bud about responsibility and the meaning of a dollar by taking him to the shoe store for the day, Peggy does the same, in her own inimitable style, to all that will listen to her during a Mother-Daughter Career Day at Kelly's high school, where she becomes the star attraction as the lazy, conniving housewife and role model to the other women there.
Episode 13
Can't Dance, Don't Ask Me
Sat, Mar 18, 198923 mins
After Kelly gets into trouble at school for playing a prank on Polk High's tap-dancing club, she is given the choice of expulsion or to join the tap-dance club. Kelly reluctantly joins and must do a tap-dance recital for the school, with some tutoring from Steve and Marcy. But Kelly drops the idea at the last moment and does another dance, more exciting and erotic, with the handsome janitor, Bruno. Meanwhile, Al thinks Peggy is part of a conspiracy with other wives of deliberately misplacing their spouses' socks.
Episode 14
A Three Job, No Income Family
Sun, Apr 2, 198923 mins
Al finally convinces Peggy to contribute to the household income but feels emasculated when Peggy starts bringing home huge "commish" checks from her cosmetics sales job, earning more money than Al, himself. Even Al's new part-time job as a crew member at Burger Trek can't put him back in the lead as family breadwinner. Things go from bad to worse when Al finds the book containing the names of Peggy's customers.
Episode 15
The Harder They Fall
Sat, Mar 25, 198923 mins
While driving Peggy back from the video store, Steve gets cut off in traffic and Peggy gives the driver "the finger". Steve then asks the Bundys to come over to his and Marcy's house to watch some videos, as protection when he's afraid of a violent reprisal when he is followed home by the man. When there's a knock on the front door, Al convinces Steve to take the first punch... and Steve ends up knocking down a midget.
Episode 16
The House That Peg Lost
Sun, Apr 9, 198923 mins
After asking the Bundys to watch their house for the day, Marcy and Steve return to find a big hole where their house once stood. It seems that Peggy had, earlier that day, misunderstood a wrecking crew looking to demolish 'Steve's Road House' and she directed them to 'Steve Rhoades' house' instead, so the Rhoades are forced to spend the night at the Bundy house. Meanwhile, Kelly throws a slumber party for four of her girlfriends, but Bud ends up disrupting it and turns it into a "cat-fight" riot.
Episode 17
Married... with Prom Queen: Part 1
Sun, Apr 23, 198923 mins
Peggy spends $2,800 of Al's hard earned money ($2,000 on phone bills, $500 on a new dress and $300 on makeup) when she decides to attend hers and Al's high school reunion at Polk High, where Peggy makes a desperate effort to get herself elected reunion queen. But she may be outdone by her old rival, Connie Bender. Also, Connie's husband, Jack, an old rival of Al's, eyes a possible fistfight they never had in school.
Episode 18
Married... with Prom Queen: The Sequel
Sun, Apr 30, 198923 mins
Peggy stands to lose the crown to Connie, until Al stands up to Connie's husband, Jack. Meanwhile, Bud and Kelly crash the party to pig out on some real food, since they are never fed at home. Peggy takes advantage of the fight outside, between Al and Jack, to get the kids help in rigging the election.
Episode 19
The Dateless Amigo
Sun, May 7, 198923 mins
After his two best friends find dates for themselves, Bud is desperately seeking any girl who will date him, so he resorts to getting a life-sized mannequin to pose as his date for the evening. Meanwhile, Al comes up with a million-dollar invention for a shoe salesmen's convention called "Shoe Lights". But they're pretty pathetic; he just takes the headlights and battery out of the car and straps them onto Kelly's shoes.
Episode 20
The Computer Show
Sun, May 14, 198923 mins
Against Al's objection, Peggy buys a home computer for the kids, to help them with their schoolwork, but it gets more use as a hat rack when no one wants to use it. Al begins to hear the computer talking to him and taunting him about his inferior life. At the same time, Al tries to train the not-so-bright Buck to fetch his bedroom slippers.
Episode 21
Life's a Beach
Sun, May 21, 198923 mins
Seeking a tad more family togetherness (like TV's "Eight Family") and a family picture, Al declares "Bundy Day at the Beach", in which he takes the family to a local beach on Lake Michigan. Bud and Kelly compete with each other to find some dates for themselves, while an old flame, Marilyn Beamis, finds Al.
Episode 22
Here's Looking at You, Kid
Sun, Aug 27, 198923 mins
When a serial peeper is on the loose, Al makes the ultimate sacrifice to alleviate Peggy's despair about being the only one to not fall victim. Bud tutors Kelly so that she can pass to the next grade. Unfortunately, in order to make room for new information in her brain, old basic knowledge is pushed out.
