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The Best Episodes of Cougar Town Season 3

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

Jules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her son, her ex-husband, her husband/neighbor and her friends who together make up her dysfunctional, but supportive and caring extended family... even if they have a funny way of showing it sometimes.

Genre:Comedy
Networks:ABCTBS

Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Cougar Town" season 3 is "Ain't Love Strange", rated 7.6/10 from 307 user votes. It was directed by Bill Lawrence and written by Bill Lawrence. "Ain't Love Strange" aired on 2/14/2012 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "A Mind With a Heart of Its Own".

  • Ain't Love Strange
    7.6/10 307 votes

    #1 - Ain't Love Strange

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2012

    Jules is miffed when Grayson (who has an ulterior motive) calls her "predictable"; Ellie frets that little Stan is turning into a "devil child," or even worse, could grow up to be like Laurie; and Travis likes his new off campus housing, until Bobby tries to convince him to take dog Travis in.

    Director: Bill Lawrence

    Writer: Bill Lawrence

  • A Mind With a Heart of Its Own
    7.2/10 263 votes

    #2 - A Mind With a Heart of Its Own

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2012

    Jules ends up asking both Ellie and Laurie to be her "co-maids" of honor because she can't stand to hurt anyone's feelings; and Grayson tries to ask Chick for Jules' hand in marriage formally, but Chick decides to have a little fun in the process.

    Director: John Putch

    Writer: N/A

  • Lover's Touch
    7.3/10 254 votes

    #3 - Lover's Touch

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2012

    There is no time for romance when you're planning a wedding, and Jules is in full "AWATT" mode (All Wedding All the Time), until Travis is in an accident and rushed to the hospital. Meanwhile Grayson is feeling neglected by Jules, so the guys try to cheer him up by inventing a new game called "D-Ball," and things get dangerous when Laurie and Ellie want to play.

    Director: Michael McDonald

    Writer: N/A

  • Full Moon Fever
    7.3/10 254 votes

    #4 - Full Moon Fever

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/6/2012

    One look is all it takes for Bobby to fall for Travis' photography professor, but Travis refuses to introduce them; Laurie falls for a guy she's never met when she begins a romance, via twitter, with a soldier in Iraq; and Jules and Andy prepare to go to war against an unruly gang of kids on bikes who are terrorizing the cul-de-sac.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A One Story Town
    8.0/10 320 votes

    #5 - A One Story Town

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2012

    Jules and the gang decide Bobby needs some help romancing Angie so they launch "operation kiss-the-girl." Meanwhile, other former "Scrubs" cast turn up, as Ted and the Peons pass through on their way to audition at Disney World.

    Director: Bill Lawrence

    Writer: Kevin Biegel

  • Something Big
    7.3/10 256 votes

    #6 - Something Big

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 3/20/2012

    Just as Jules is trying to work through Grayson's "baggage" from his wild single days, a chance encounter with a former fling, Holly, ends with him learning that he's the father of a one-year-old baby girl he never knew he had.

    Director: Michael McDonald

    Writer: Gregg Mettler

  • You Can Still Change Your Mind
    7.1/10 249 votes

    #7 - You Can Still Change Your Mind

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/10/2012

    Travis wants to take Jules and Grayson's wedding pictures, but Jules, who wants everything to be perfect for her second wedding, isn't so sure; meanwhile Bobby wants to get serious with Angie, but does she feel the same way?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Ways to Be Wicked
    7.2/10 240 votes

    #8 - Ways to Be Wicked

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/17/2012

    Ellie cautions the cul-de-sac crew that her visiting mother is not as nice as she seems. Meanwhile, Grayson offers to help Laurie start a cake business; and Bobby and Chick become accomplices in a college prank pulled by Travis and his friends to steal a cougar statue.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Money Becomes King
    7.3/10 238 votes

    #9 - Money Becomes King

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/24/2012

    Jules and Grayson can't see eye to eye when it comes to joining their finances, but they're both going to have to make some sacrifices if they actually want to get married -- and that is not going to be easy. Meanwhile, Laurie's Krazy Kakes business is doing surprisingly well, and Travis convinces her to make some grown up decisions of her own.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Southern Accents
    7.2/10 241 votes

    #10 - Southern Accents

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/1/2012

    Jules has a hard time accepting that Holly is part of her life, a situation that does not improve after she finds out that Holly and Travis made out; Andy wants to run for mayor so he can change the town rules against weddings on the beach (something Jules has her heart set on), but Ellie won't let him; and Laurie tries to convince Bobby he's just socially inept, not prejudiced, after he blurts out some awkward comments at the cake shop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Down South
    7.2/10 236 votes

    #11 - Down South

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2012

    Jules has a hurricane party at her house when a storm blows into town; Travis decides to make a play for Laurie.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Square One
    7.4/10 233 votes

    #12 - Square One

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2012

    After Grayson's house sustains hurricane damage, he moves in with Jules; Laurie and Ellie ask Travis to help determine which of them is sexier; Bobby and Jules compete in a ``white shirt challenge.''

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • It'll All Work Out
    7.4/10 235 votes

    #13 - It'll All Work Out

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 5/15/2012

    Jules plans a spring Thanksgiving after realizing the gang didn't celebrate the holiday together; Ellie's parenting skills are called into question when Stan gets a hold of Big Carl; Grayson helps Andy prepare for an annual pizza toss.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • My Life (1)
    7.6/10 231 votes

    #14 - My Life (1)

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 5/29/2012

    When Grayson complains that he's living the movie "Groundhog Day" because the gang shows up at the same time every day at Jules' house, Jules asks for a "Groundhog Day"-themed bachelorette party so that Ellie and Laurie can explain the movie to her. Then, fed up with the lack of privacy, Grayson convinces Jules to elope to Napa . . . but the cul de sac crew happily tags along.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Your World (2)
    7.9/10 270 votes

    #15 - Your World (2)

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 5/29/2012

    When Grayson complains that he's living the movie "Groundhog Day" because the gang shows up at the same time every day at Jules' house, Jules asks for a "Groundhog Day"-themed bachelorette party so that Ellie and Laurie can explain the movie to her. Then, fed up with the lack of privacy, Grayson convinces Jules to elope to Napa . . . but the cul de sac crew happily tags along

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A