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The Best Episodes of Green Acres Season 3

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Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Green Acres Season 3 Episode 20 - Arnold, Boy Hero
    8.7/10(119 votes)

    S3:E20

    Lisa and Oliver are taken hostage by two bank robbers who hide out in their farmhouse.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  2. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 3 - Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
    8.5/10(115 votes)

    S3:E3

    An unlikely but hilarious love affair between Arnold the pig and Cynthia the basset hound captivates the residents of Hooterville.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  3. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 7 - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
    8.5/10(117 votes)

    S3:E7

    Oliver sets out to harvest his tomato crops.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  4. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 11 - Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
    8.5/10(112 votes)

    S3:E11

    The residents of Hooterville are in an uproar when Arnold Ziffel the pig is missing.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  5. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 13 - Haney's New Image
    8.5/10(122 votes)

    S3:E13

    When Mr. Haney finds out first that the Douglas farm is the possible site for an interchange for a proposed new highway, he offers to buy back the farm.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 14 - Alf and Ralph Break Up
    8.5/10(117 votes)

    S3:E14

    Ralph, the lady carpenter, runs away from home and stays with the Douglases after having a fight with her brother, Alf.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  7. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 19 - How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
    8.5/10(125 votes)

    S3:E19

    Lisa invests $28 in a 10-year-old's "Electric Company;" to show his gratitude, the young wizard "electronificates" the Douglases' farm.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  8. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 21 - Flight to Nowhere
    8.5/10(109 votes)

    S3:E21

    As part of an agricultural exchange program, Oliver and other Hooterville farmers are offered a chance to join a chartered government flight to Europe.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  9. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 30 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
    8.5/10(122 votes)

    S3:E30

    Oliver and Lisa chaperone Arnold's trip to Hollywood, where he lands a starring role in a motion picture.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  10. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 4 - Oliver vs. the Phone Company
    8.3/10(119 votes)

    S3:E4

    Oliver starts a feud with the Hooterville Phone Company and launches a campaign to recall its management.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  11. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 15 - No Trespassing
    8.3/10(117 votes)

    S3:E15

    Oliver shows symptoms of overwork, so Lisa talks him into going on a picnic.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  12. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 17 - Not Guilty
    8.3/10(112 votes)

    S3:E17

    Eb is accused of taking $300 from Sam Drucker's safe when he shows up with a new car, which just happens to cost $300.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  13. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 29 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)
    8.3/10(126 votes)

    S3:E29

    Arnold the pig appears in a play at the Hooterville Theater. Lisa arranges for an old friend to give him a chance in show business.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  14. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 6 - A Kind Word For the President
    8.2/10(106 votes)

    S3:E6

    Oliver sets out to accomplish to changes at the Hooterville Phone Company, now that he's president.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  15. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 23 - The Spring Festival
    8.2/10(102 votes)

    S3:E23

    Spring fever sets in at Green Acres when Lisa sets out to produce a Spring festival celebration.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  16. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 27 - The Rutabaga Story
    8.2/10(116 votes)

    S3:E27

    Oliver decides that all Hooterville farmers should plant rutabagas as their primary cash crop, and initiates a publicity campaign to make America more "rutabaga conscious."

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  17. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 2 - Lisa's Jam Session
    8.1/10(108 votes)

    S3:E2

    Oliver decides it would be a great idea for Lisa to make her own jam preserves.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  18. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 5 - Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
    8.1/10(114 votes)

    S3:E5

    Mr. Trendell turns over the keys of the Hooterville Phone Company to Oliver Douglas.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  19. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 8 - Eb Elopes
    8.1/10(113 votes)

    S3:E8

    Oliver and Lisa wake up one morning to find that their handyman has eloped.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  20. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 9 - The Thing
    8.1/10(109 votes)

    S3:E9

    Oliver stops paying storage rates for an item that neither he nor Lisa can remember owning, and the unknown item is shipped to the farm.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  21. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 18 - Home is Where You Run Away From
    8.1/10(115 votes)

    S3:E18

    A mysterious young boy shows up at the Douglas farm and claims to be from another world.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  22. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 22 - My Mother, the Countess
    8.1/10(112 votes)

    S3:E22

    Lisa reveals that her mother, the Countess, is going to pay a visit to Green Acres.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  23. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 24 - Our Son, the Barber
    8.1/10(107 votes)

    S3:E24

    Eb decides on a career as a barber and talks Oliver into putting him through a do-it-yourself mail-order barber college.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  24. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 25 - Oliver's Jaded Past
    8.1/10(113 votes)

    S3:E25

    Lisa reminds Oliver that he promised her a New York vacation if she stayed with him on the farm for two years.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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  25. Green Acres Season 3 Episode 1 - The Man For the Job
    8.0/10(115 votes)

    S3:E1

    The committee to select a new state senator considers Oliver Douglas for the job.

    Director:Richard L. Bare
    Writer:Jay Sommers

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Arnold, Boy Hero" is the best rated episode of "Green Acres" season 3. It scored 8.7/10 based on 119 votes. Directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Jay Sommers, it aired on 1/31/1968. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel".