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Three's Company Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1978 - 1979
Episode 1
Double Date
Tue, Sep 12, 1978
Jack has a date scheduled with Linda, but Larry sets him up with a new girl named Samantha. Not resisting Larry's offer, Jack calls Linda to cancel their date, claiming he is sick with the cold. He then spends the evening alone with Samantha, who thinks Jack's leaves by himself. The date gets a little out of hand when Janet and Chrissy return home.
Episode 2
Good Old Reliable Janet
Tue, Sep 19, 1978
Janet begins to feel like her life is lacking something due to her reliable image. The last straw comes when Larry invites her, Jack and Chrissy to brunch at a Persian restaurant, but she can't go because she has to wait for the telephone repairman to arrive. She then decides to break away from her wholesome image by joining a bunch of nudists at the beach with Mrs. Roper, who also feels neglected, especially when she finds out that Stanley was ogling all the nude women. Unfortunately, the police arrive and break up the protest and when Jack, Chrissy, Larry and Mr. Roper find out they rush to the police station to see if they can bail Janet and Helen out of jail.
Episode 3
The Love Diary
Tue, Sep 26, 1978
Chrissy gets hired to type up the diary of a person named "Wanda X". Jack and Janet read it and they are shocked with its rather X-rated stories of Wanda's affairs with various men. Unfortunately, Roper finds the pages that Chrissy has typed and now thinks that she is a nymphomaniac. Worse yet, he thinks that she is in love with him and wants to have an affair with him.
Episode 4
The Fast
Tue, Oct 3, 1978
Janet believes that Jack and Chrissy lack will power - Jack with women and Chrissy with food. Therefore, Janet offers a bet to the two to see who can go on without their temptations the longest. Jack tries to hold off on his dates and Chrissy fasts, consuming nothing but water. This later proves a challenge for both of them as Grace, a girl whom Jack has been dating, shows up at the apartment, and Chrissy is tempted with a piece of chocolate cake from Jack.
Episode 5
Helen's Rendezvous
Tue, Oct 10, 197830 mins
Stanley got into an argument with his best friend, Jerry, because he wouldn't buy him a drink as promised when Mr. Roper won a bowling contest. Upset on seeing his changed behavior, Helen plans to discuss the situation with Jerry without Stanley knowing. Helen asks the kids to lent her and Jerry their apartment so they could meet privately. However, Jack, Janet, Chrissy, and Jerry all get the wrong idea of Mrs. Roper's meeting request.
Episode 6
My Sister's Keeper
Tue, Oct 17, 197830 mins
Janet's sister Jenny pays a visit and will be staying in Jack's bedroom during her stay while Jack sleeps on the sofa. Janet asks Jack to take Jenny out and show her the sights. Janet, though, is very over-protective of her sister and wants Jack to make sure that their night out would just be a simple little date. When Janet and Jenny were out late, Janet gets upset. She gets even more upset when she catches Jenny sleeping in the same bed with Jack, who wandered half-asleep into his bedroom in the middle of the night by force of habit.
Episode 7
Chrissy and the Guru
Tue, Oct 24, 197830 mins
Chrissy is feeling down because she thinks she does not have enough personality. She soon thinks her problems might be solved when she meets a guru at the Reagle Beagle, who wants her to join his cult. Jack and Janet are, however, suspicious of the guru's intentions. Before Chrissy gets any deeper with the guru's "teachings," Jack and Janet attempt to expose the guru's true nature.
Episode 8
Larry's Bride
Tue, Oct 31, 197830 mins
Larry plans to get married and introduces his bride-to-be, Gloria, to Jack, Janet and Chrissy. When Jack was alone in the kitchen preparing the food, Gloria comes in, informs Jack that they went to high school together and makes a pass at him. After Jacks later tells the girls what happened, they urge Jack to tell Larry the truth in hopes of getting him out of the wedding. Jack tells Larry the story, albeit he was too drunk at the time for Larry to understand, and the wedding proceeds.
Episode 9
Chrissy's New Boss
Tue, Nov 14, 197830 mins
Janet and Jack are concerned with Chrissy when she starts to make a great effort to impress her new boss.
Episode 10
The Crush
Tue, Nov 21, 197830 mins
A 13 year-old girl named Laurie visits the Ropers after her parents, family friends of the Ropers, get a divorce. They try to entertain and cheer Laurie up, but to no avail. Therefore, she takes Laurie to visit the kids. Janet and Chrissy didn't get through with Laurie; however, when she meets Jack, Laurie falls head over heels for him.
Episode 11
The Kleptomaniac
Tue, Nov 28, 197830 mins
Janet's prized pen she received as a graduation gift is missing, and Jack saw Chrissy take money out of his room. Therefore, they suspect that Chrissy might be a kleptomaniac. Later, when Jack and Janet noticed that Chrissy came home wearing a shawl that belonged to Mrs. Roper, they panic and attempt to hide the shawl from Mr. Roper, who was fixing something in the kids' kitchen. Jack and Janet then sit Chrissy down, hoping to get to the root of the problem.
Episode 12
The Party's Over
Tue, Dec 5, 1978
The kids are planning a party and prepared loads of food and wine for the occasion. When Mr. Roper spotted all the food, he forbids them from having the event. Chrissy then appeals to Mrs. Roper and invites her to the party, who agrees to attend. When that didn't appease Mr. Roper, he sabotages the party and turn away all of the invitees. Furious, Mrs. Roper packs her bags and leaves him.
Episode 13
Eleanor's Return
Tue, Dec 12, 197825 mins
Janet and Chrissy's old roommate, Eleanor, pays a visit. Meanwhile, Jack tells the girls that he received an 'A' on a cooking test. However, he believes Eleanor is stealing his thunder when she and Janet and Chrissy reminisce about old times instead. In addition, Jack thinks Eleanor is returning for good, feeling he will have to move out of the apartment. When Janet and Chrissy plan a party for Eleanor, Jack wants to get even and plans to streak at the party with Larry.
Episode 14
The Older Woman
Tue, Jan 16, 1979
Jack falls for a slightly older woman, and Janet and Chrissy become concerned when they mistake the woman's mother for her.
Episode 15
Stanley's Hotline
Tue, Jan 30, 1979
Stanley is fixing the sink pipe in his bathroom, which connects to the one in the kids' bathroom in their upstairs apartment. While Jack, Chrissy and Linda are in the bathroom chatting while prepping themselves for work, Stanley overhears their conversations through the pipe and eavesdrops. The following day, Chrissy comes home and complains to Jack and Linda that her hand is infected with a wart. While in the bathroom discussing ways to treat the wart, but Stanley overhears them incorrectly and thinks Chrissy is pregnant.
Episode 16
The Catered Affair
Tue, Feb 6, 1979
Chrissy's boss asks her to look for a caterer for a party she is throwing at the office and she recommends Jack. When she tells Jack, he is elated except for the fact that he doesn't have enough money for the food. The girls suggest he use the rent money and he can use the money that he will be paid to pay the rent, so they agree to it. But at the party, Chrissy is being hit on by a lecherous man so Jack comes in and, defending her honor, gets mousse all over the man's suit. He later learns that the man is the President of the company and after what happened, he refuses to pay Jack. Chrissy's boss knows he is a creep and wishes that his wife would catch him in the act, so the guys decide to set him up.
Episode 17
The Best Laid Plans
Tue, Feb 13, 197930 mins
Janet spots a mouse in her bedroom and is too afraid to sleep in her bed. Jack offers his room for Janet to use until the mouse is caught. In the meantime, Jack doesn't feel comfortable sleeping on the sofa for several days and tries to coerce Chrissy into letting him sleep in Janet's bed. Chrissy is hesitant, as the arrangement would mean sharing the same bedroom with Jack.
Episode 18
The Harder They Fall
Tue, Feb 20, 1979
Janet met a guy, Greg, in her flower shop and invited him to her apartment for a simple date. Wanting to be alone with Greg, Janet asks Chrissy and Jack to be out for the night. Before they leave the apartment, Jack falls down the stairs and breaks his leg. Mr. Roper feels partly responsible because he had just finished hosing down the steps, and is concerned that Jack might sue him.
Episode 19
The Bake-Off
Tue, Feb 27, 1979
Chrissy accidentally eats a pie that Jack has prepared to represent his school in a bake-off contest.
Episode 20
An Anniversary Surprise
Tue, Mar 13, 1979
It is the Ropers' wedding anniversary and Stanley is planning a big surprise for Helen. When Stanley visits the kids' apartment, he drops clues about his big surprise. However, the kids think that Stanley is going to leave Helen for another woman. As a result, Chrissy and Janet attempt to tell Helen what they think Stanley is planning to do, and Jack tells Stanley that Helen is a wonderful woman and should make her happy.
Episode 21
Jack Moves Out
Tue, May 8, 197930 mins
Larry offers a job for Jack to be a live-in cook for his boss and his wife, the Laytons. While Jack is not too thrilled about the idea at first, he later seriously considers it when he gets into an argument with Janet and Chrissy. He, therefore, moves out and gets dinner for the night for the Laytons. However, Jack got more than he bargained for when Mrs. Layton makes passes at him, and Janet and Chrissy are stuck in the apartment trying to learn how to cook and learn how to protect themselves.
Episode 22
Triangle Troubles
Tue, May 15, 197930 mins
Jack dates new girl Debbie, whom he said is an old-fashion girl. When he invites Debbie over to his apartment for a cooking project, he has Janet and Chrissy take off as he believes Debbie wouldn't approve of a man living with two girls. However, unbeknown-st to Jack, Debbie lives with two men. In the midst of all this, Reverend Snow pays an unannounced visit.
