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The Best Episodes of Family Season 3

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

The Best Episodes of Family Season 3

The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.

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  1. 8.5/10(56 votes)

    #1 - We Love You, Miss Jessup

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    S3:E6

    Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.

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  2. 8.2/10(45 votes)

    #2 - Annie Laurie

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    S3:E5

    Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.

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    Director:Alf Kjellin
  3. 8.2/10(99 votes)

    #3 - Sleeping Gypsy

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    S3:E22

    Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.

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  4. 8.1/10(37 votes)

    #4 - The First Time

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    S3:E3

    Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.

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  5. 8.0/10(41 votes)

    #5 - Change of Heart

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    S3:E4

    Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.

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  6. 8.0/10(39 votes)

    #6 - Labors of Love

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    S3:E10

    Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.

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  8. 7.9/10(42 votes)

    #7 - Princess in the Tower

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    S3:E13

    Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.

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  9. 7.9/10(44 votes)

    #8 - A Friend of the Family's

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    S3:E20

    A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.

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  10. 7.8/10(56 votes)

    #9 - Childhood's End

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    S3:E8

    Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.

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  11. 7.8/10(39 votes)

    #10 - A Child is Given

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  12. 7.8/10(45 votes)

    #11 - Counterpoint

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    S3:E23

    Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.

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  13. 7.6/10(38 votes)

    #12 - More Than Friends

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    S3:E12

    Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.

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  14. 7.6/10(53 votes)

    #13 - Fear of Shadows

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    S3:E21

    Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.

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  15. 7.5/10(30 votes)

    #14 - See Saw

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    S3:E15

    Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.

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  16. 7.4/10(39 votes)

    #15 - The Covenant

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    S3:E19

    Medical crises abound in the family when James reveals to Doug that he must soon undergo exploratory surgery, and Nancy begins to miscarry Jeff's baby.

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  17. 7.3/10(42 votes)

    #16 - A Tale Out of Season

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    S3:E9

    Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.

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  18. 7.2/10(46 votes)

    #17 - Acts of Love (1)

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    S3:E1

    While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.

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  19. 7.2/10(47 votes)

    #18 - The Little Brother

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    S3:E7

    Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.

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  20. 7.2/10(37 votes)

    #19 - Crossing Over

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    S3:E18

    Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.

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  21. 7.1/10(45 votes)

    #20 - . . . And Baby Makes Three

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    S3:E17

    Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.

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  22. 7.0/10(42 votes)

    #21 - Acts of Love (2)

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    S3:E2

    Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.

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  23. 6.6/10(34 votes)

    #22 - Echoes of Love

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    S3:E14

    Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.

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  24. 6.3/10(39 votes)

    #23 - Lifeline

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    S3:E16

    Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"We Love You, Miss Jessup" is the best rated episode of "Family" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/1/1977. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Annie Laurie".