- 7.9/1038 votes7.9/10(38)
#1 - And Bimbo Was His Name-O (1)
Season 3 Episode 1
Aired 6/6/1992
Martin's romance with Sandra comes to an abrupt halt when he learns that she is the wife of a candidate for the Senate.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Marta Kauffman, David Crane
- 8.3/1025 votes8.3/10(25)
#2 - And Bimbo Was His Name-O (2)
Season 3 Episode 2
Aired 6/6/1992
Martin decides to date Sandra regardless of the consequences.
Director: Eric Laneuville
Writer: Marta Kauffman, David Crane
- 7.1/1035 votes7.1/10(35)
#3 - Nightmare on Bleecker Street
Season 3 Episode 3
Aired 6/13/1992
Toby is plagued by nightmares in which she murders Martin in gruesome scenes of violence.
Director: John Landis
Writer: Stephen Engel
- 8.1/1041 votes8.1/10(41)
#4 - For Peter's Sake
Season 3 Episode 4
Aired 6/20/1992
Gibby convinces a reluctant Martin that the big Xmas book should be the memoirs of a gay man dying of AIDS.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: Marta Kauffman, David Crane
- 6.8/1030 votes6.8/10(30)
#5 - Terms of Employment
Season 3 Episode 5
Aired 6/27/1992
Martin is told he will have to take a pay cut, so he quits his job, only to find things are even worse elsewhere.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/1027 votes7.0/10(27)
#6 - For Richard or for Poorer
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 7/4/1992
When Richard misses his and Judith's second anniversary, she confides to Martin that all is not well in their marriage.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1035 votes7.1/10(35)
#7 - Bad Girls
Season 3 Episode 7
Aired 7/11/1992
Martin decides that Jeremy's tough and sarcastic new girlfriend Clair is a bad influence and forbids him from seeing her.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/1029 votes6.8/10(29)
#8 - Here Comes the Bribe
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 7/18/1992
Martin convinces Toby to marry Gibby so that he can get his green card, but becomes annoyed when the wedding plans disrupt her work.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1027 votes7.1/10(27)
#9 - May Divorce Be with You
Season 3 Episode 9
Aired 7/25/1992
When Martin's parents arrive for Jeremy's thirteenth birthday, they announce they are getting a divorce.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1034 votes7.4/10(34)
#10 - Come and Knock on Our Door...
Season 3 Episode 10
Aired 8/1/1992
Eddie invites Martin to a Talk Show Digest awards night, where they are both approached by a beautiful woman called Alisha.
Director: John Landis
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1027 votes5.8/10(27)
#11 - B.S. Elliot
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 8/8/1992
Martin runs into his hero, author Elliot Sterns (Patrick MacNee) and manages to spoil a romantic evening out.
Director: Michael McKean
Writer: N/A
- 7.4/1034 votes7.4/10(34)
#12 - What Women Want
Season 3 Episode 12
Aired 8/15/1992
Martin's new girlfriend has just come out of a bad relationship. She and her former lover, Ryan, had many problems before their breakup. But now Ryan is trying to rekindle their relationship despite her new relationship with Martin. Now Martin finds himself competing against her former lover, and Ryan has qualities that may be more than Martin can compete with.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Theresa Rebeck
- 6.9/1025 votes6.9/10(25)
#13 - Red All Over
Season 3 Episode 13
Aired 8/22/1992
Martin has a great date with Jeanette, a writer's agent who happens to be black.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
- 6.9/1024 votes6.9/10(24)
#14 - The Rocky Marriage Picture Show
Season 3 Episode 14
Aired 8/29/1992
When Judith convinces Martin its time to split up their photographs, they take a trip down memory lane.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
- 5.2/1029 votes5.2/10(29)
#15 - Martin Over Medium
Season 3 Episode 15
Aired 9/5/1992
After having had lunch with a fellow editor, Martin is shocked to find him dead at his desk.
Director: Bethany Rooney
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/1030 votes7.2/10(30)
#16 - Theory of Relativity
Season 3 Episode 16
Aired 9/12/1992
- 6.8/1026 votes6.8/10(26)
#17 - Up All Night
Season 3 Episode 17
Aired 9/19/1992
- 6.3/1029 votes6.3/10(29)
#18 - The Guilty Party
Season 3 Episode 18
Aired 9/26/1992
- 7.6/1028 votes7.6/10(28)
#19 - The Son Also Rises
Season 3 Episode 19
Aired 10/3/1992
Martin overreacts when he suspects that Jeremy has begun to have sex.
Director: Betty Thomas
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
- 7.3/1036 votes7.3/10(36)
#20 - Domestic Bliss
Season 3 Episode 20
Aired 10/10/1992
- 6.2/1025 votes6.2/10(25)
#21 - It Came from Beneath the Sink
Season 3 Episode 21
Aired 10/17/1992
- 7.2/1031 votes7.2/10(31)
#22 - No Deposit, No Return
Season 3 Episode 22
Aired 10/24/1992
Ellen, a beautiful writer of Martin's, asks him to her apartment, with an unusual request that he conceive a child with her. After talking it over with Jude, he accepts under the impression that he'll get to make love to her, but she only wants him to donate semen.
Director: Paul Lazarus
Writer: Stephen Engel
- 7.7/1025 votes7.7/10(25)
#23 - To the Moon, Alex!
Season 3 Episode 23
Aired 10/31/1992
Gibby foists his possibly illegitimate son and Whitestone's newest editor upon Martin - Alex Farmer. Toby takes an immediate dislike to Alex and his secretary Skylar.
Director: Kevin S. Bright
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1023 votes7.5/10(23)
#24 - The Undergraduate
Season 3 Episode 24
Aired 11/7/1992
Martin is dating the office's college student bagel girl Julie, even though she seems to have more in common with Jeremy. But, Martin breaks up with her in order to pursue a relationship with her mother Kate who he becomes infatuated with after a chance meeting. The only problem is that Kate isn't thrilled about the idea of dating a guy who takes advantage of college girls. The simple fact that she hates Martin doesn't dent his persistence, though, and he tries every trick he knows, including a surprise night-time candle-lit dinner in the back of her apartment to the strains of ‘Strangers in the Night', to win her over, apparently to no avail…
Director: N/A
Writer: Stephen Engel
- 7.3/1022 votes7.3/10(22)
#25 - Dance Ten, Sex Three
Season 3 Episode 25
Aired 11/14/1992
Following directly from the previous episode, all of Martin's hopes seem shattered when Kate appears unimpressed, but, touched by his clumsy attempt at romance, she finally accepts his offer of a date . . .
Director: Nick Marck
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Dream On Season 3
Every episode of Dream On Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Dream On Season 3!
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black...
Genre:Comedy
Network:HBO
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"And Bimbo Was His Name-O (1)" is the best rated episode of "Dream On" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Eric Laneuville and written by Marta Kauffman, David Crane, it aired on 6/6/1992. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "And Bimbo Was His Name-O (2)".