- 6.2/1034 votes
#1 - Emmett's Domestic Problem
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1970
Emmett's wife joins a women's lib group.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 7.0/1030 votes
#2 - Sensitivity Training
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1970
An encounter group comes to Mayberry
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 6.9/1033 votes
#3 - Goober's New Gas Station
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1970
Goober finally opens his new gas station in Mayberry! Everything goes fine and dandy until Howard discovers some old reltics under the gas station- DINOSAUR BONES! He is eager to recover them, but recovering them would mean tearing parts of the road around the gas station, and Goober won't allow it! Howard wants to make a mueseum with these bones, but wants to get all of them, so he sneaks to the gas station in the middle of the night. And he's caught! Gooober almost presses charges! Howard then opens the first natural science muesum ever in Mayberry, but it's a bust, because most of the bones from the dinosaur are still buried. Seeing how upset Howard is, Goober has the other bones recovered and all is once again well in Mayberry.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Bob Ross, David Evans
- 6.4/1034 votes
#4 - The New Housekeeper
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1970
Sam gets a new housekeeper, a former Army officer
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 6.0/1039 votes
#5 - All for Charity
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1970
Sam and Emmett help put on a show for the church.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 7.2/1032 votes
#6 - Hair
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1970
Emmett tries to look young by buying a Toupee
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
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- 7.5/1035 votes
#7 - Millie the Best-Dressed Woman
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1970
Great news comes from the Mt.Pilot Press....Millie is declared the best dressed woman in ALL of the area! Everyone is very happy about this. Soon, the woman start copying Millie's styles and clothing she wears...including miniskits! The men strongly object, and Sam must tell Millie to stop. That night, the woman who she has been getting the fashions visits....and is in completly different clothes! Millie finds out that you should wear what you want to wear in this episode.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 5.7/1033 votes
#8 - Howard's Nephew
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1970
Howard's hippie nephew visits him
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 6.3/1030 votes
#9 - Goober the Housekeeper
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1970
Goober housesits at a rich man's house, and falls in love with a rich girl, only to find out the only reason the girl's mother likes him is because she thinks he's rich.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 7.0/1030 votes
#10 - Millie's Dream
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1970
Howard is made very jumpy at Sam and his camping trip, due to Millie having bad dreams about the trip.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Gene Thompson
- 7.2/1032 votes
#11 - Community Spirit
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1970
Goober, Howard, and Emmett paint Sam's house against his wishes.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 5.4/1032 votes
#12 - The Harp
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1970
Alice buys a harp, and gets lessons. Her teacher makes her very nervous and she almost gives up on the instrument.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 7.6/1043 votes
#13 - The Bicycle Club
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/7/1970
The men make a bicycle club without telling Emmett. When Emmett finds out about it from Millie, he's determined to show them that he can still shine at his age.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Walter Black
- 7.6/1031 votes
#14 - Mike's Project
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/14/1970
Sam's help on Mike's Project goes overboard when he gets into a dispuit with another boy's father.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 7.6/1040 votes
#15 - Howard the Dream Spinner
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 12/28/1970
Howard becomes to hose of a local literary program and becomes attached to an anonymous girl named Melissa whom Goober and Emmett created
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 7.2/1031 votes
#16 - Millie's Egg Farm
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/11/1971
Millie opens up and Egg Farm and finds it very hard work.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 6.0/1033 votes
#17 - The Kid from Hong Kong
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1971
Mike becomes the foster father of a little girl in Hong Kong
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Sam Locke, Milton Pascal
- 7.2/1032 votes
#18 - The Moon Rocks
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/25/1971
Sam gets his friend at NASA to bring the moon rock to Mayberry so Howard can have a private showing.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 6.8/1028 votes
#19 - The World Traveler
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/8/1971
Emmett designs a cheap European tour for his wife.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 6.1/1028 votes
#20 - Goober the Elder
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1971
Goober is elected a church elder, only to be caught in a scandal in which he used the church money for gambling.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 5.8/1030 votes
#21 - Alice and the Professor
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1971
Alice's harp teacher asks her to marry him.
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Bob Mosher, Charles Stewart
- 7.3/1041 votes
#22 - Howard the Swinger
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/1/1971
Howard moves into a swinging singles apartment
Director: Elliott Lewis
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 7.3/1033 votes
#23 - Mike's Car
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/8/1971
Sam lets Mike buy Goober's old car.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant
- 6.0/1028 votes
#24 - Goober the Hero
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1971
Goober gets lost in a cave.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Bob Mosher
- 7.3/1031 votes
#25 - The City Planner
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 3/22/1971
When the representative of the company City Planners turns out to be an attractive woman, everyone worries about Sam spending so much time with her.
Director: Hal Cooper
Writer: Bob Mosher, Charles Stewart
The Best Episodes of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3
Every episode of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Mayberry R.F.D. Season 3!
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Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:CBS
Episodes
26
Avg. Rating
6.8
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
6.2
7.0
6.9
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Emmett's Domestic Problem" is the best rated episode of "Mayberry R.F.D." season 3. It scored 6.2/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by Christian Nyby and written by Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, it aired on 9/14/1970. This episode is rated 0.8 points higher than the second-best, "Sensitivity Training".