8.5/10(107)Loading...#1 - Arnold, Boy Hero
Season 3 Episode 20
Aired 1/31/1968
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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8.4/10(106)Loading...#2 - Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel
Season 3 Episode 3
Aired 9/20/1967
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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8.4/10(107)Loading...#3 - Don't Count Your Tomatoes Before They're Picked
Season 3 Episode 7
Aired 10/18/1967
8.4/10(111)Loading...#4 - Haney's New Image
Season 3 Episode 13
Aired 11/29/1967
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: N/A
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8.4/10(111)Loading...#5 - How to Suceed in Television Without Really Trying
Season 3 Episode 19
Aired 1/24/1968
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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8.4/10(102)Loading...#6 - Flight to Nowhere
Season 3 Episode 21
Aired 2/7/1968
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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8.4/10(112)Loading...#7 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 2)
Season 3 Episode 30
Aired 4/10/1968
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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8.3/10(102)Loading...#8 - Won't You Come Home, Arnold Ziffel?
Season 3 Episode 11
Aired 11/15/1967
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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8.3/10(106)Loading...#9 - Alf and Ralph Break Up
Season 3 Episode 14
Aired 12/13/1967
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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8.2/10(102)Loading...#10 - Not Guilty
Season 3 Episode 17
Aired 1/3/1968
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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8.2/10(118)Loading...#11 - A Star Named Arnold is Born (Part 1)
Season 3 Episode 29
Aired 4/3/1968
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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8.1/10(111)Loading...#12 - Oliver vs. the Phone Company
Season 3 Episode 4
Aired 9/27/1967
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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8.1/10(96)Loading...#13 - A Kind Word For the President
Season 3 Episode 6
Aired 10/11/1967
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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8.1/10(109)Loading...#14 - No Trespassing
Season 3 Episode 15
Aired 12/20/1967
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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8.1/10(108)Loading...#15 - The Rutabaga Story
Season 3 Episode 27
Aired 3/20/1968
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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8.0/10(103)Loading...#16 - Eb Elopes
Season 3 Episode 8
Aired 10/25/1967
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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8.0/10(101)Loading...#17 - The Thing
Season 3 Episode 9
Aired 11/1/1967
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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8.0/10(106)Loading...#18 - Home is Where You Run Away From
Season 3 Episode 18
Aired 1/10/1968
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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8.0/10(105)Loading...#19 - My Mother, the Countess
Season 3 Episode 22
Aired 2/14/1968
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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8.0/10(95)Loading...#20 - The Spring Festival
Season 3 Episode 23
Aired 2/21/1968
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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8.0/10(99)Loading...#21 - Our Son, the Barber
Season 3 Episode 24
Aired 2/28/1968
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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8.0/10(102)Loading...#22 - Oliver's Jaded Past
Season 3 Episode 25
Aired 3/6/1968
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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7.9/10(105)Loading...#23 - The Man For the Job
Season 3 Episode 1
Aired 9/6/1967
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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7.9/10(99)Loading...#24 - Lisa's Jam Session
Season 3 Episode 2
Aired 9/13/1967
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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7.9/10(105)Loading...#25 - Oliver Takes Over the Phone Company
Season 3 Episode 5
Aired 10/4/1967
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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The Best Episodes of Green Acres Season 3
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Every episode of Green Acres Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Green Acres Season 3!
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...
Every episode of Green Acres Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Green Acres Season 3!
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...
Episodes
30
Avg. Rating
8.1
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.9
7.9
8.4
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Arnold, Boy Hero" is the best rated episode of "Green Acres" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 107 votes. Directed by Richard L. Bare and written by Jay Sommers, it aired on 1/31/1968. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Love Comes to Arnold Ziffel".