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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 and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or thoughts.

Genre:Comedy
Network:HBO

Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "Dream On" season 3 is "And Bimbo Was His Name-O (1)", rated 7.8/10 from 37 user votes. It was directed by Eric Laneuville and written by David Crane, Marta Kauffman. "And Bimbo Was His Name-O (1)" aired on 6/6/1992 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "And Bimbo Was His Name-O (2)".

  • And Bimbo Was His Name-O (1)
    7.8/10 37 votes

    #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: David Crane, Marta Kauffman

  • And Bimbo Was His Name-O (2)
    8.2/10 24 votes

    #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: David Crane, Marta Kauffman

  • Nightmare on Bleecker Street
    7.1/10 34 votes

    #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

  • For Peter's Sake
    8.1/10 40 votes

    #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: David Crane, Marta Kauffman

  • Terms of Employment
    6.8/10 29 votes

    #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

  • For Richard or for Poorer
    6.9/10 26 votes

    #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

  • Bad Girls
    7.0/10 34 votes

    #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

  • Here Comes the Bribe
    6.8/10 28 votes

    #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

  • May Divorce Be with You
    7.2/10 26 votes

    #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

  • Come and Knock on Our Door...
    7.4/10 33 votes

    #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

  • B.S. Elliot
    5.8/10 26 votes

    #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

  • What Women Want
    7.5/10 32 votes

    #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

  • Red All Over
    6.9/10 24 votes

    #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

  • The Rocky Marriage Picture Show
    7.0/10 23 votes

    #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

  • Martin Over Medium
    5.2/10 28 votes

    #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

  • Theory of Relativity
    7.3/10 29 votes

    #16 - Theory of Relativity

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 9/12/1992

    A Blumberg family reunion has everyone's nerves on edge.

    Director: Art Wolff

    Writer: N/A

  • Up All Night
    6.9/10 25 votes

    #17 - Up All Night

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 9/19/1992

    Martin plans for a weekend break are dashed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Greg Malins, Michael Curtis

  • The Guilty Party
    6.4/10 28 votes

    #18 - The Guilty Party

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 9/26/1992

    Martin courts disaster when he throws a raucous bachelor party.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jeff Greenstein

  • The Son Also Rises
    7.6/10 27 votes

    #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

  • Domestic Bliss
    7.3/10 35 votes

    #20 - Domestic Bliss

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 10/10/1992

    Martin falls for Judith's new housekeeper (Salma Hyack).

    Director: Arlene Sanford

    Writer: N/A

  • It Came from Beneath the Sink
    6.3/10 24 votes

    #21 - It Came from Beneath the Sink

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 10/17/1992

    Martin does battle with a rat.

    Director: John Landis

    Writer: David Crane

  • No Deposit, No Return
    7.3/10 30 votes

    #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

  • To the Moon, Alex!
    7.7/10 24 votes

    #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

  • The Undergraduate
    7.6/10 22 votes

    #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

  • Dance Ten, Sex Three
    7.4/10 21 votes

    #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