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The Best Episodes of My Three Sons Season 3

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

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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, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 1 - Weekend in Tokyo
    7.2/10(67 votes)

    #1 - Weekend in Tokyo

    S3:E1

    Steve is going on a business trip to Japan and thinks he might as well take his family along with him. Mike gets involved in a new romance with another beautiful girl named Kimiko and suddenly he forgets his girlfriend back home.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  2. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 2 - Robbie's Employment Service
    6.9/10(57 votes)

    #2 - Robbie's Employment Service

    S3:E2

    Robbie and Hank think there is only one thing in the whole world that impresses girls -- money! So they decide to open their own home help unit in the hope of making the big bucks that they are constantly in need of. However, they run into competition from Chip who organises baby-sitting as a means of increasing his allowance to buy a new bicycle.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 3 - Tramp's First Bite
    6.9/10(73 votes)

    #3 - Tramp's First Bite

    S3:E3

    Tramp supposedly takes a nip out of pampered young Alan Edgerton and the court case that follows, gives Robbie the chance to help out the family's lawyer with some special investigating when he realises he can prove that the dog acted in self defense.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 4 - Moment of Truth
    7.5/10(62 votes)

    #4 - Moment of Truth

    S3:E4

    College freshman Mike Douglas has invited the reigning campus beauty to his fraternity's Saturday night dance, but he sort of doubts that she'll accept. So to cover all bets, he invites another girl too, which lands him in more trouble than he bargained for.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 5 - Daughter for a Day
    7.0/10(63 votes)

    #5 - Daughter for a Day

    S3:E5

    Homeward bound from a long business trip Steve meets an old friend on the plane and he suggests that her daughter stay at the Douglas household while her mother gives a lecture in town, but unfortunately everyone else at the house has plans and Steve is left to entertain the girl.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 6 - The Ghost Next Door
    7.2/10(74 votes)

    #6 - The Ghost Next Door

    S3:E6

    Chip and his friend Sudsy see a Halloween spook carrying a candle in the neighbor's vacant house next door while out trick or treating, and are frightened out of their minds, but Steve and Bub will not believe them.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  7. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 7 - Pretty As A Picture
    7.3/10(57 votes)

    #7 - Pretty As A Picture

    S3:E7

    Robbie get in trouble with the big brothers of a girl he likes when he takes her picture.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 8 - What's Cooking?
    6.7/10(57 votes)

    #8 - What's Cooking?

    S3:E8

    A cooking contest at school upsets Chip when he realizes he doesn't have a mother to submit a recipe. But there is much rejoicing when Steve's favourite recipe reaches the finals. The prospect of winning keeps Steve on edge, much to the displeasure of the boys and Bub.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  9. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 9 - Chip's Last Fight
    6.2/10(59 votes)

    #9 - Chip's Last Fight

    S3:E9

    Chip is thrown out of the neighbourhood clubhouse because he cannot convince the older boys that he is all grown up. He makes a bargain -- he will fight one of the older boys for the privelege of becoming club mascot. But he doesn't count on being sent to hospital to have his tonsils removed the very day of the big fight.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Joanna Lee

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  10. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 10 - Steve Gets An 'A'
    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #10 - Steve Gets An 'A'

    S3:E10

    Robbie goes on a date when he was suppose to write a term paper. Mike gives him a paper that Steve wrote and received an 'A'. Robbie copies it but gets an 'F'. When Steve talks to the teacher he finds out that the paper is plagiarized. Embarrassed Steve must explain to Robbie why he got the 'F'.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 11 - Heat Wave
    7.3/10(60 votes)

    #11 - Heat Wave

    S3:E11

    A summer heat wave has tempers flaring. Steve remains cool and calm until some important plans go missing and he thinks it might be in the pile of papers given to the boy scouts for its paper drive.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 12 - The Beauty Contest
    7.4/10(67 votes)

    #12 - The Beauty Contest

    S3:E12

    Mike is dragooned into acting as the sole judge of a campus beauty contest and discovers that the hazards of choosing a winner to be a formidable task. Especially when he realizes his girlfriend is a contestant.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 13 - Doctor in the House
    6.6/10(54 votes)

    #13 - Doctor in the House

    S3:E13

    Steve is in too big a hurry to get home to his family and spread the good news of his upcoming business trip to Bolivia, but hurts his back by throwing out his sacroiliac and is convinced that there is only one doctor who can help him.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writers:Danny Simon, George Tibbles

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  14. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 14 - Going Steady
    7.3/10(56 votes)

    #14 - Going Steady

    S3:E14

    Robbie wants to date a cute fifteen year old blonde, whose mother campaigns for Steve's co-operation to end the relationship, but this move almost ends in another romance. Robbie starts shaving and Steve realises Robbie is becoming a man.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 15 - Mother Bub
    6.4/10(55 votes)

    #15 - Mother Bub

    S3:E15

    Chip and Sudsy see a model auto at the toy store. When he is reminded that he is doesn't have a mother to nix the idea, he tries to persuade his father to buy it. But they both don't figure that Bub will have his say on the subject.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 16 - Honorable Grandfather
    6.8/10(57 votes)

    #16 - Honorable Grandfather

    S3:E16

    Chip gets a relief from boredom when Steve's friend invites him to a birthday celebration for his ""honorable"" grandfather, and Robbie finds it hard to keep up with a new girl at school who seems unimpressed with him.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  17. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 17 - How to Impress a Woman
    6.5/10(59 votes)

    #17 - How to Impress a Woman

    S3:E17

    Mike has the job of recruiting some campus models for a fashion show and when a gorgeous store representative stops by to give him help, he forgets there are any other girls in the world. With Robbie's help, he tries hard to capture her affections with displays of serenading on the guitar.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Tom Adair

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  18. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 18 - Roman Holiday
    7.4/10(66 votes)

    #18 - Roman Holiday

    S3:E18

    Steve's reluctance to make a business trip to Rome with the family puzzles everyone in the Douglas household except Bub. He remembers that Steve and his late wife were once there and that the place may hold too many memories for him.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 19 - Flashback
    6.7/10(65 votes)

    #19 - Flashback

    S3:E19

    Steve encounters a sweet, old-fashioned 16-year-old at the bus depot, who reminds him of someone from his high school days. After hearing about his family, the girl wants to go on a date with Robbie, who finds she is more wordly than his father had told him.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 20 - The Dream Book
    7.1/10(50 votes)

    #20 - The Dream Book

    S3:E20

    When he is badgered by one of his co-workers to join the company musical combo as a saxophonist, Steve, who is rather apprehensive about the situation, dreams of being chased by a man carrying a trumpet -- a man who looks very much like his workpal.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 21 - Big Chief Bub
    6.6/10(55 votes)

    #21 - Big Chief Bub

    S3:E21

    Chip volunteers Bub to be their Cub Scout leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 22 - The Clunky Kid
    6.7/10(52 votes)

    #22 - The Clunky Kid

    S3:E22

    Chip is overcome with loneliness when Sudsy starts spending all of his time with a new boy in the neighborhood. The entire household rallies together and their efforts to compensate the youngster succeed almost too well.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  23. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 23 - Caged Fury
    6.0/10(63 votes)

    #23 - Caged Fury

    S3:E23

    The members of Robbie's high school wrestling team need higher grades to remain eligible, so they choose Steve as their tutor. Soon the house is quarantined for Diptheria, and when Bub doesn't get his long-awaited rendezvous with ""Old Roy,"" the biggest catch in the lake, watch out boys.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:George Tibbles

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  24. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 24 - Make Way for Yesterday
    6.6/10(53 votes)

    #24 - Make Way for Yesterday

    S3:E24

    Bub, representing the older generation, makes some suggestions for Robbie's school club carnival, but to the Committee they sound a mite old fashioned. The junior crowd scorns at the ideas until they see them in action.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:John McGreevey

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  25. My Three Sons Season 3 Episode 25 - Robbie Wins His Letter
    8.0/10(82 votes)

    #25 - Robbie Wins His Letter

    S3:E25

    Robbie's science master announces a special achievement award for being a straight 'A' student and to his embarassment, Robbie wins it. This causes more trouble than he could have imagined but Steve does his best to assure Robbie that he did deserve the award.

    Director:Gene Reynolds
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Weekend in Tokyo" is the best rated episode of "My Three Sons" season 3. It scored 7.2/10 based on 67 votes. Directed by Gene Reynolds and written by George Tibbles, it aired on 9/20/1962. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Robbie's Employment Service".