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The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 3

Every episode of American Playhouse Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 3!

The Best Episodes of American Playhouse Season 3

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  1. Background image for The Ghostwriter
    6.9/10(47 votes)

    #1 - The Ghostwriter

    S3:E1

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    Director:Tristram Powell
    Writer:Unknown
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  2. Background image for Pudd'nhead Wilson
    7.1/10(75 votes)

    #2 - Pudd'nhead Wilson

    S3:E2

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for True West
    8.5/10(488 votes)

    #3 - True West

    S3:E3

    A videotaped stage performance of Sam Shepard's play

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Nothing But a Man
    NaN/10(0 votes)

    #4 - Nothing But a Man

    S3:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for Popular Neurotics
    8.8/10(10 votes)

    #5 - Popular Neurotics

    S3:E5

    Two young urban professionals, each with their own neuroses, make the fatal mistake one day of meeting by chance at an automatic bank teller machine and making a date for the movies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for The Cafeteria
    8.5/10(22 votes)

    #6 - The Cafeteria

    S3:E6

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  7. Background image for Refuge
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    #7 - Refuge

    S3:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for The Gin Game
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    #8 - The Gin Game

    S3:E8

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  9. Background image for Haunted
    6.9/10(37 votes)

    #9 - Haunted

    S3:E9

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for The Killing Floor
    7.3/10(241 votes)

    #10 - The Killing Floor

    S3:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  11. Background image for Heartland
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    #11 - Heartland

    S3:E11

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for City News
    6.6/10(21 votes)

    #12 - City News

    S3:E12

    City News is an independent, American comedy film, written and directed by David Fishelson and Zoe Zinman in New York City in 1983, which was nationally broadcast on PBS in 1984, exhibited theatrically in the U.S. and Canada in 1983, and selected for 12 international film festivals in 1983-4.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for Hughie
    9.4/10(27 votes)

    #13 - Hughie

    S3:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for Concealed Enemies (1)
    8.5/10(56 votes)

    #14 - Concealed Enemies (1)

    S3:E14

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #15 - Concealed Enemies (2)

    S3:E15

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #16 - Concealed Enemies (3)

    S3:E16

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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    #17 - Concealed Enemies (4)

    S3:E17

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Ghostwriter" is the best rated episode of "American Playhouse" season 3. It scored 6.9/10 based on 47 votes. Directed by Tristram Powell and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/17/1984. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Pudd'nhead Wilson".