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The Worst Episodes of My Three Sons

Every episode of My Three Sons ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst 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
Episodes
380
Avg. Rating
7.0
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Uncle Charley and the Redskins" is the worst rated episode of "My Three Sons". It scored 5.2/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by James V. Kern and written by George Tibbles, it aired on 5/20/1965. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Help the Gypsies are Coming!".

  • Uncle Charley and the Redskins
    5.2/10(65)
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    #1 - Uncle Charley and the Redskins

    Season 5 Episode 36

    Aired 5/20/1965

    Charley refuses to believe that a polite and quietly dressed man is in fact the last Chief of Owahnanee Tribe and his disbelief is deepened when the Indian asks for permission to visit their Tribal Burial grounds which just happens to be the backyard of the Douglas House.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Help the Gypsies are Coming!
    5.5/10(57)
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    #2 - Help the Gypsies are Coming!

    Season 7 Episode 26

    Aired 3/23/1967

    Ernie Douglas's new school friend is little Laszlo, whose gypsy family is camped outside of town. Soon the gypsies are camped on the front lawn of the Douglas home. To Steve's amazement and Uncle Charley's disgust they stage several hours of singing and dancing.

    Director: James Sheldon, James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • When I Was Your Age
    5.6/10(46)
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    #3 - When I Was Your Age

    Season 3 Episode 34

    Aired 5/16/1963

    Bub condemns modern-day youth as he reminds his three charges how different things were when he was their age. The boys try to convince him that they aren't as lazy as he thinks they are.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • My Son, the Bullfighter
    5.6/10(60)
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    #4 - My Son, the Bullfighter

    Season 7 Episode 21

    Aired 2/16/1967

    Robbie Douglas tries to impress his girlfriend by competing with a handsome bullfighter against a killer bull, but has to flee for his life when the bull charges him.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • Ernie and the O'Grady
    5.6/10(45)
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    #5 - Ernie and the O'Grady

    Season 7 Episode 29

    Aired 4/13/1967

    A genial bum Ernie brings home for dinner outrages Uncle Charley by eating everything in sight and then decides to stay the night even though he wasn't invited. Steve feels that they should let Ernie work things out for himself.

    Director: James Sheldon, James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • The Birth of Arfie
    5.7/10(44)
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    #6 - The Birth of Arfie

    Season 12 Episode 21

    Aired 3/23/1972

    The Douglas family becomes concerned about Dodie's despondency when Tramp, the ageing family mongrel, keeps disappearing at night. Meanwhile, Uncle Charley makes her a rag-doll and names it Arfie.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • Francesca
    5.8/10(48)
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    #7 - Francesca

    Season 3 Episode 29

    Aired 4/11/1963

    While Steve and Bub are away, Chip, Robbie and Mike face the problem of caring for two sick foundlings, a wild bird and a frightened girl, who they learn is a runaway from a maid's job in Philadelphia where she has been unhappy.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • Tramp and the Prince
    5.8/10(51)
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    #8 - Tramp and the Prince

    Season 5 Episode 31

    Aired 4/15/1965

    Tramp causes confusion in two households when he runs away from home for fear of a cat. Meanwhile pampered 'Prince', pet in the mansion of a rich socialite, undergoes a complete and mysterious personality change.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • Chip, the Trapper
    5.9/10(46)
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    #9 - Chip, the Trapper

    Season 5 Episode 29

    Aired 4/1/1965

    Chip feels left out of things when he is the only member of the family not working either full or part time. But watching 'Davy Crockett' and dreaming gives him a remarkable solution to his problem - he takes in a partner in his trapping business.

    Director: James V. Kern

    Writer: N/A

  • Caged Fury
    6.0/10(55)
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    #10 - Caged Fury

    Season 3 Episode 23

    Aired 2/21/1963

    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

  • Stage Door Bub
    6.0/10(51)
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    #11 - Stage Door Bub

    Season 4 Episode 24

    Aired 2/27/1964

    Bub wants to get back to the greasepaint, so he swaps jobs with an actress friend at the Playhouse theater who longs for a normal home life. Each is so envious of the other's life that they agree to switch roles for the remainder of the company's season.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer
    6.0/10(58)
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    #12 - The Ballad of Lissa Stratemeyer

    Season 4 Episode 33

    Aired 4/30/1964

    When Robbie's team gets slaughtered one too many times, their keenest fan Lissa Stratemeyer gets her girlfriends to ignore the boys for the victory rally until they do something about the score and break their losing streak.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • The Return of Terrible Tom
    6.0/10(42)
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    #13 - The Return of Terrible Tom

    Season 11 Episode 23

    Aired 3/13/1971

    Uncle Charley is elated when he gets word that his pugislistic shipmate and buddy is going to visit him in a few days. However, Charley is forced to concede that times and people do change when the tough-talking, bad mannered ex-sailor he once knew isn't so terrible anymore.

    Director: Frederick de Cordova

    Writer: N/A

  • Second Time Around
    6.1/10(61)
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    #14 - Second Time Around

    Season 2 Episode 17

    Aired 1/25/1962

    Attractive Pamela MacLish whom Steve took to Chip's grade school dance a year ago, is still trying to melt his bachelor heart. She arrives at the house on the pre-text of soliciting Bub's help to join an Irish Society called the 'Daughters of the Emerald Isle'. Soon Bub thinks that Pamela is after him.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Total Recall
    6.1/10(42)
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    #15 - Total Recall

    Season 3 Episode 33

    Aired 5/9/1963

    Bub's old classmate is returning to town to receive an award.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bub's Sacrifice
    6.1/10(52)
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    #16 - Bub's Sacrifice

    Season 3 Episode 38

    Aired 6/13/1963

    To help Robbie gain himself of the attentions of a beautiful girl, Bub is willing to give up two tickets to a pre-sold sellout fight. However part of the bargain entails that he take the girl's disagreeable Aunt to the movies.

    Director: Gene Reynolds

    Writer: N/A

  • Tramp Goes To Hollywood
    6.1/10(55)
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    #17 - Tramp Goes To Hollywood

    Season 4 Episode 34

    Aired 5/7/1964

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    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Four for the Road
    6.1/10(49)
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    #18 - Four for the Road

    Season 12 Episode 5

    Aired 10/18/1971

    Having no choice, Steve takes the triplets to work where a secretary offers to take them home until he is finished. However he accidentally loses her details and when she finally rings, she announces that the boys have run out the front door, much to Steve's annoyance.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • The Big Game
    6.2/10(56)
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    #19 - The Big Game

    Season 2 Episode 24

    Aired 3/15/1962

    Robbie finds out that he won't be able to play in the big game unless he passes a math exam. Steve assures him that if he fails he will not be playing against his team's arch rival. When Chip comes down with the measles, it dampens Robbie's attempt to play even more than before.

    Director: Richard Whorf

    Writer: N/A

  • Mother Bub
    6.2/10(48)
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    #20 - Mother Bub

    Season 3 Episode 15

    Aired 12/27/1962

    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: N/A

  • A Horse for Uncle Charley
    6.2/10(49)
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    #21 - A Horse for Uncle Charley

    Season 8 Episode 22

    Aired 2/3/1968

    Uncle Charley is talked into buying an 11 year old trotting horse in the hopes of capturing old racing glories. The family is delighted when they hear that the horse, driven by Uncle Charley, has qualified for a race after winning a trial competition.

    Director: Frederick de Cordova

    Writer: N/A

  • Uncle Charley's Aunt
    6.2/10(44)
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    #22 - Uncle Charley's Aunt

    Season 8 Episode 24

    Aired 2/17/1968

    Dressed as a chorine named Apple Annie at his Lodge 'Frolics' night, a weary Uncle Charley awakens from a nap after a matinee performance and is forced to walk home and is arrested by the police for hitting a flirtatious man.

    Director: Frederick de Cordova

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • Second Banana
    6.2/10(42)
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    #23 - Second Banana

    Season 12 Episode 19

    Aired 3/2/1972

    While Steve becomes pre-occupied with a time-consuming project named Taurus, Barbara blossoms forth as a Championship Cook. Her recipe for 'Tangy Tidbits' wins her a trip to Hawaii for the final cookout.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: N/A

  • Whatever Happened to Ernie?
    6.2/10(58)
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    #24 - Whatever Happened to Ernie?

    Season 12 Episode 24

    Aired 4/13/1972

    Steve's boss Bob Anderson and his wife share 'Where-did-we-go-wrong?' panic as they struggle to communicate with their son; Steve and Barbara are the counselors. The teenager is rude and disrespectful to his parents but his insolence doesn't bother them nearly as much as not knowing if he is taking drugs.

    Director: Earl Bellamy

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • The Horseless Saddle
    6.3/10(68)
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    #25 - The Horseless Saddle

    Season 1 Episode 33

    Aired 5/18/1961

    Bub sets out to find the mysterious person who sent him an old saddle... C.O.D.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A