8.4/10142 votesLoading...#1 - Countdown
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/1960
A Missile launch, sleeping in and Daylight Saving make for an interesting Monday morning. The Douglas household is a chaotic affair of lost indian arrow heads for Chip's turn in show and tell at School, Robbie's missing trumpet and some important lost plans of Steve's that Mike has nearly burned in the incinerator.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: George Tibbles, David Duncan, Peter Tewksbury
- 8.3/1068 votesLoading...
#2 - Countdown to Marriage
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1967
The day before her wedding Katie Miller feels she faces complete disaster. When Robbie tries to console her, she flares up at him and after a short argument, the pair declare the wedding is off. Of course, Grandma Collins thinks otherwise.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 8.2/1074 votesLoading...
#3 - Moving Day
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 9/9/1967
The Douglases move to California, where at first they are depressed to find the residents as chilly as the weather is warm. Robbie enrols in the University and is totally captivated by a blonde girl, and Uncle Charley is initiated into the rapid-fire procedure of shopping in supermarkets. The family begins to feel that their next door neighbors represent the characteristic stand-offishness of all Californians until they discover that they moved into the neighborhood the day before they did.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 8.2/1067 votesLoading...
#4 - Wedding Bells
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1967
Early on his wedding day, Robbie Douglas and his family are peacefully oversleeping. They awaken just in time and scramble madly to get ready as Robbie and Katie are soon married amid traditional confusion and tears. The lost family dog, Tramp, returns in time to join the family in the front pew.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 8.2/1077 votesLoading...
#5 - My Three Grandsons
Season 9 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/1968
The day -- or rather the night -- of the big event finds expectant mother Katie quite calm, and Steve and Uncle Charley quite the opposite, and a hapless father to be off on Army manouvres. At the hospital, Katie gives birth to identical triplet boys and Steve must adjust to the fact that he is a Grandfather, three times over.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 8.1/1079 votesLoading...
#6 - You're Driving Me Crazy
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 12/16/1967
Chip Douglas is so nervous about taking his driving test that his new sister in law Katie decides to help by taking the test with him. Soon after they both get their driving licenses the family car collects a big scratch, but neither will plead guilty.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 8.0/1072 votesLoading...
#7 - Stag at Bay
Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/15/1966
The usually all-male Douglas household becomes a refuge for an attractive girl dancer who has been evicted from her apartment, when Steve attends an office stag dinner. He takes her home where he lends her some of Robbie's clothes.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1061 votesLoading...
#8 - Fly Away Home
Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1966
Steve Douglas takes his family to his birthplace of Bedford Springs. He tries to locate his 1940 fiancee Ellen, married and still living in town, but he is disenchanted by the changes in her. Still pretty, she lives with her obnoxious husband and ill-mannered children.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1063 votesLoading...
#9 - The First Meeting
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 10/4/1969
Robbie and Katie move into an apartment on the next block and widower Steve Douglas becomes the target of Katie's relentless matchmaking. However, Steve meets a remarkable woman in a high school corridor and the two are quickly attracted to each other.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1069 votesLoading...
#10 - Brother Ernie
Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 9/30/1965
Ernie's adoption into the all-male Douglas household is threatened by a regulation that there must be a lady of the house. Steve again makes a request to adopt the child, but Misses Coulter and Miller of the adoption agency, say they are powerless to change the regulations. Miss Miller has a brilliant idea, however, and soon the family is appearing before a judge who decides that housekeeper Uncle Charley can legally be designated the 'lady of the house'. Charley approves if this fact is kept secret and Ernie is enthusiastically welcomed into the family.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1084 votesLoading...
#11 - Liverpool Saga
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 12/23/1967
Chip invites his neighbour's long-haired, guitar playing boy from Liverpool as a key addition to his off-key rock and roll band. The English lad's soft, folksong guitar is a disappointment and obviously won't work with the raucous amplified trio, but he helps them to win a trophy in an amateur talent contest.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1065 votesLoading...
#12 - Instant Co-Worker
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 10/11/1969
Robbie needs to talk to his dad-who seems unreachable
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1058 votesLoading...
#13 - A Ring for Barbara
Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 10/25/1969
Everyone (Except Barbara) knows Steve is going to propose to Barbara
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1053 votesLoading...
#14 - Two Weeks to Go
Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1969
Steve and Barbara have different ideas on how their wedding should go.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1057 votesLoading...
#15 - Came the Day
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1969
On Steve's wedding day the groom is predictably nervous. Recalling certain mishaps from his own big day, super efficient Robbie determines that his own father's wedding will be perfect and after a few hours of hectic, last-minute preparations, Steve and Barbara are married in a simple church ceremony.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.9/1055 votesLoading...
#16 - The First Anniversary
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1970
Chip begins studying with a pretty co-ed whose disciplinarian father wants to know why her new friend is spending so much time with her. Meanwhile, on the eve of Steve and Barbara's first wedding anniversary, Dodie announces she is throwing a surprise party, but neglects to tell everyone when or where.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.8/10109 votesLoading...
#17 - Chip's Harvest
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1960
Thanksgiving Day's turkey dinner is threatened when the electricity is short-circuited throughout the neighborhood. Chip decides to bring along his Indian friend as his sole guest much to the annoyance of his brothers who say he is a bum who lives near the railway tracks in a rundown old shack.
Director: Peter Tewksbury
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1056 votesLoading...
#18 - The Tree
Season 4 Episode 29 - Aired 4/2/1964
The town of Bryant Park takes sides violently when it is proposed to cut down the tree which stands outside of Robbie's girlfriend's home. The Douglas family are soon involved as Bub joins a women's group in the neighborhood to save his favorite tree from being torn down.
Director: Gene Reynolds
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1068 votesLoading...
#19 - The First Marriage
Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/16/1965
Mike and Sally finally get married and leave for the East where Mike has a job as an assistant college psychology instructor. Robbie happily moves into Mike's old room. When Uncle Charley notes that they may soon be calling Steve 'Grandpa' he becomes somwehat concerned about growing old and calls up his former girlfriends. Robbie, now a college man, offers to help his father make friends with younger women, and while pretending to be disinterested, tries a few of his suggestions. When it is learned that Ernie must return to an orphanage, because he will not be allowed to accompany his foster parents in their move to the orient, Chip invites Ernie to move in permanently, giving Steve three sons once more.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.8/1063 votesLoading...
#20 - Red Tape Romance
Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 9/23/1965
Steve explores the possibility of adopting 10-year-old Ernie but runs into antagonism from Uncle Charley, who can forsee nothing but more work with a new boy to take care of. The family desperately wants to adopt the boy and Robbie decides that Steve must make a play for the lovely Miss Coulter. Her boss comes to inspect the house just as the boys have made a shambles of the place. At eight the next morning, Miss Miller returns. She inspects the house, spic and span now, and ushers in a happy Ernie, who is to stay on a temporary basis.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.8/1055 votesLoading...
#21 - London Memories
Season 6 Episode 32 - Aired 4/28/1966
The Douglas family returns from a trip to Britain and as the family watches home movies of their vacation, the amateurish footage reveals the reason for Steve's current moodiness: He is still carrying a torch for a lovely widow.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.8/1063 votesLoading...
#22 - If At First . . .
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/20/1966
Steve Douglas gets a parking ticket from Robbie's girlfriend, a pretty meter maid, and another citation for not having his driver's license renewed -- and then flunks his driving test. Soon Robbie realizes that he's given his father last year's manual to study and that some laws have been changed.
Director: James V. Kern
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1063 votesLoading...
#23 - The New Room
Season 9 Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1968
The contractor that Steve hires to add a baby alcove to Robbie and Katie's room leaves much to be desired. He displays all the charm of a top sergeant and is putty in Katie's hands, but is exasperatingly gruff and non co-operative to the males in the Douglas home.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.8/1058 votesLoading...
#24 - Mexican Honeymoon
Season 10 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1969
Steve and Barbara's Honeymoon in a remote fishing village is bustling with hordes of other, younger honeymooners. They end up counselling several couples who are not adjusting to married life. When a bottle of champagne arrives from the family back in Los Angeles, the other honeymooners realise that Steve and Barbara are indeed honeymooners as well.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: George Tibbles
- 7.8/1051 votesLoading...
#25 - After You, Alphonse
Season 10 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1969
With Steve and Barbara due back from their honeymoon in Mexico, Katie forces Robbie to lecture Uncle Charley on politeness, and the result of his very puzzling behaviour nearly drives Barbara out of her mind.
Director: Frederick de Cordova
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of My Three Sons
Every episode of My Three Sons ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of My Three Sons!
A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son,...
Genres:ComedyFamily
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"Countdown" is the best rated episode of "My Three Sons". It scored 8.4/10 based on 142 votes. Directed by Peter Tewksbury and written by George Tibbles, David Duncan, Peter Tewksbury, it aired on 10/20/1960. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Countdown to Marriage".