The Best Episodes of Absolutely Fabulous Season 3

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.3/10(378 votes)

   #1 - Door Handle

   S3:E13/30/1995

   Saffy grows impatient with Edina's unwillingness to have their kitchen remodelled after Patsy accidentally burnt it down. Edina's obsession with finding a particular door handle for the kitchen leads her and Patsy to New York City. After a shopping spree, Patsy persuades Edina to have her navel pierced.

   Director:Bob Spiers

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   8.5/10(423 votes)

   #2 - Happy New Year

   S3:E24/6/1995

   As Edina and Patsy prepare to attend an underground New Year's Eve rave, they receive an unexpected visit from Patsy's estranged older sister Jackie. Patsy insists on bringing Jackie along, much to Edina's dismay. However, Patsy is disappointed to learn that Jackie is no longer the jet-setting, drug-addled party animal she used to be.

   Director:Bob Spiers

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   8.7/10(450 votes)

   #3 - Sex

   S3:E34/20/1995

   Patsy convinces Edina to hire two male prostitutes (through Edina's hairdresser Christopher) for an orgy on the night of Saffy's uni presentation. However, Edina is unable to loosen up, and the prostitutes are not particularly enthused, either. Patsy attempts to enliven the mood by playing a video of an orgy from their youth, only to find that it has been accidentally switched with a tape of Saffy's school project.

   Director:Bob Spiers

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   8.2/10(377 votes)

   #4 - Jealous

   S3:E44/27/1995

   Edina becomes frustrated when she loses a prestigious PR award to rival Claudia Bing, despite having bribed the judges. Worried about her dwindling career, Edina works on a campaign in hopes of upstaging Claudia. Meanwhile, Saffy becomes romantically involved with Gerard, her psychology lecturer, until she discovers that he is married with children.

   Director:Bob Spiers

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5. 

   7.9/10(323 votes)

   #5 - Fear

   S3:E55/4/1995

   Edina is left feeling helpless after Saffy leaves home to attend university. Patsy loses her job when Ella magazine folds; she later receives an offer to work with her colleague Magda at a New York magazine. Edina and Patsy commiserate drunkenly over old age and the sudden changes in their lives.

   Director:Bob Spiers

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   8.2/10(350 votes)

   #6 - The End

   S3:E65/11/1995

   Edina joins a New Age commune, but struggles to fit in and quickly becomes bored. Patsy is disillusioned with her new job in New York due to creative differences with her colleagues. Saffy settles into uni life and Mother spends her days at the house, drinking and ordering from the shopping channel. After realising that their lives are not the same without each other, Edina and Patsy happily reunite on top of Carnegie Hall Tower before returning to London.

   Director:Bob Spiers

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