7.6/10112 votes#1 - Tell a Lie, Get a Check
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/15/1984
Dick and Joanna return from vacation to find Kirk and Cindy have moved away and Kirk has asked Dick to sell the cafe. Michael teaches Dick the only way he'll be able to sell the rundown cafe is by stretching the truth.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: Dan Wilcox
7.3/1088 votes#2 - Twenty Year Itch
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1984
Joanna has a date, set 20 years earlier, with a former beau in New York. A jealous Dick tags along. An awful trumpet player serenades the inn while he prepares for an audition.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
7.4/1097 votes#3 - A Hunting We Will Go
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/29/1984
Dick, George, Chester, Jim & Michael go duck hunting on the opening day of hunting season to film a television special. They're all stranded when Michael forgets to tie off the boat. With death eminent, they all discuss their regrets in life, including Dick's admission that he always wanted to play Prof. Henry Hill in 'The Music Man'.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.8/1097 votes#4 - Miss Stephanie
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/5/1984
Larry misinterprets a comment by Stephanie and makes her the object of his undying love.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
7.5/10102 votes#5 - But Seriously, Beavers
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/12/1984
Dick's jokes at a Beaver Lodge roast for George are a hit with everyone except the guest of honor, spurring George to consider leaving the inn. Stephanie sells cosmetic kits.
Director: N/A
Writer: Arnie Kogen
7.5/10105 votes#6 - Tickets, Please
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/19/1984
Dick throws a fit and is sentenced for outstanding parking tickets on the day of a big Celtics game. Stephanie, who's never been punished for anything in her life, can't bring herself to tell Dick that she's the one who got the tickets.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.6/10104 votes#7 - Poor Reception
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1984
After Michael is roped into hiring Stephanie as WPIV's receptionist, he can't bring himself to fire her. Meanwhile, Joanna hires Harley Estin as a temporary maid.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
7.3/10106 votes#8 - The Fan
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 12/3/1984
Dick is hounded by an obsessive fan who goes as far as moving into the inn and starting a Dick Loudon fan club.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: N/A
7.7/1097 votes#9 - Happy Trails to You
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 12/10/1984
Dick is dragged into court when a farmer claims Dick plagiarized his work.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.1/1095 votes#10 - Georgie's Girl
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/31/1984
George panics when his girlfriend starts talking marriage. Stephanie tries to pass the driver's test.
Director: Jim Drake
Writer: N/A
7.6/1087 votes#11 - Pillow Fight
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/1985
Dick and Joanna squabble over 'creative differences' when they collaborate on a book on pillows. Larry and the boys stay at the inn while their cabin is being fumigated.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: N/A
7.6/1099 votes#12 - Local Hero
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/14/1985
George is a local hero after he saves two boys from drowning.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
7.9/10108 votes#13 - Dick Gets Larry's Goat
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/4/1985
The Loudons feud with Larry and the Darryls after Dick alerts animal control to the brother's illegal, and annoying goat. Simply hilarious.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: N/A
7.6/1092 votes#14 - Once I Had a Secret Love
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 2/11/1985
Dick and Joanna spar after Dick is 'riddled' with doubts when Joanna is set to appear on his Valentines Day Show.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: N/A
7.6/1099 votes#15 - Lady in Wading
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/1985
Stephanie falls for a visiting television executive, forcing her to choose between him and Michael.
Director: John Tracy
Writer: David Mirkin
7.6/10109 votes#16 - Look Homeward, Stephanie
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1985
Stephanie returns home for a brief visit, but she's soon convinced to stay when she's overwhelmed with presents. Michael is astonished by Steph's transformation to a spoiled brat. Dick tries to beat Joanna's annoying knack for guessing exactly what her birthday present will be.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.2/10110 votes#17 - My Fair Larry
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1985
Joanna undertakes a massive project when she agrees to try to spruce up Larry, Darryl & Darryl and the Minuteman cafe.
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Writer: Mike Kagan
7.6/10103 votes#18 - You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hires You
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1985
After demanding extravagent perks, Michael is fired from WPIV. Bev replaces him with Dick. An unemployed Michael falls to pieces, and Dick is exasperated with his new job duties.
Director: Richard Sakai
Writer: David Mirkin
7.6/10103 votes#19 - Out With the New, Inn With the Old
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1985
George is upset when Dick and Harley Estin try to remodel the garage so it looks like the carriage house it was originally built as several centuries ago. Joanna hosts a rummage sale.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Tracy Gamble, Richard Vaczy
8.0/10109 votes#20 - R.I.P. Off
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/8/1985
Harley goes to jail after he is tricked into selling swamp grave plots. Michael, Dick and Joanna set up an ""Abscam"" to catch the real criminal.
Director: Peter Baldwin
Writer: Russ Woody
8.3/10120 votes#21 - The Prodigal Darryl
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/6/1985
Darryl runs off after he and his brother's win a contest for writing the best commerical jingle, netting them $30,000. Dick, Larry & the remaining Darryl search for the missing brother. Meanwhile, Joanna decorates the inn in Christmas decor for a Christmas card photo.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: N/A
8.0/1098 votes#22 - What Makes Dick Run
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/28/1985
Dick and his crew have VITA fever when the local broadcasting awards, the VITAs, are scheduled to be announced. Dick, inspired by a puppet show put on by Larry and the boys for an ailing Stephanie, decides to jazz up his act to win a VITA nomination.
Director: Dick Martin
Writer: Arnie Kogen
The Best Episodes of Newhart Season 3
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Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to...
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Tell a Lie, Get a Check" is the best rated episode of "Newhart" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 112 votes. Directed by John Tracy and written by Dan Wilcox, it aired on 10/15/1984. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Twenty Year Itch".