The Best Episodes of One Day at a Time Season 3
Every episode of One Day at a Time Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of One Day at a Time Season 3!
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "One Day at a Time" season 3 is "The Older Man (1)", rated 8/10 from 113 user votes. It was directed by Herbert Kenwith and written by N/A. "The Older Man (1)" aired on 9/27/1977 and is rated 0.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Older Man (2)".
8.0/10 113 votes#1 - The Older Man (1)
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/27/1977
After Julie plows into a car, its dashing driver offers her a job. First of four parts.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 112 votes
#2 - The Older Man (2)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/4/1977
Julie's boss invites her on an out-of-town trip. Second of four parts.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 106 votes
#3 - The Older Man (3)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/11/1977
Julie is startled by her boss's proposal. Third of four parts.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 106 votes
#4 - The Older Man (4)
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/18/1977
Julie is implored by her father not to marry her 42-year-old boss. Conclusion.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 101 votes
#5 - Ann's Out-of-Town Client
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1977
A lecherous client has more than business on his mind.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10 114 votes
#6 - Bob Loves Barbara
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1977
An insecure boy interested in dating Barbara bolsters his confidence by taking out a notorious classmate first.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/10 108 votes
#7 - The Second Mrs. Cooper
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1977
After Julie and Barbara return home from a weekend visit with their dad complaining that Dad's new wife is trying to cut them out of his life, Ann initiates her first face to face meeting with the new Mrs. Cooper - only to learn that the girls haven't exactly been fair or kind to their new step-mother.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/10 102 votes
#8 - The Ghost Writer
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1977
When Barbara hands in Julie's verse as her own for a class, a school counselor takes her for a poetic genius.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.7/10 120 votes
#9 - Barbara's Friend (1)
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1977
While agonizes over whether Cliff Randall will invite her to the Grateful Dead concert, she has to contend with a over-eager girl trying to be her friend. When reality sinks in, she reaches out to Barbara at the last moment.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 122 votes
#10 - Barbara's Friend (2)
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1977
Barbara's classmate phones to say she's taken a drug overdose. Conclusion.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/10 108 votes
#11 - Schneider's Kid
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/13/1977
Julie runs into an attractive young man in the lobby who is looking for Schneider. However, his visit to see Schneider is anything but a social call when he reveals that he is Schneider's son, from a brief marriage 20 years earlier. Ann, Barbara and Julie quickly do their best to prepare Schneider for the news.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/10 108 votes
#12 - Ann's Crisis
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/27/1977
Ann sees her 36th birthday as a crisis, not a cause for celebration.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 103 votes
#13 - The Race Driver (1)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1978
Schneider makes the grand announcement that a celebrity has just moved into the building, a race car driver named Cam Randolph. Meanwhile, Julie and Barbara have devised a meeting between their mother and Cam, but Ann is anything but excited about meeting him, at first that is. Things start to change however, once she gets to know him and she invites him over for dinner.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: Gy Waldron
- 6.9/10 103 votes
#14 - The Race Driver (2)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/10/1978
Ann begins to question her relationship with a dashing race driver. Second of two parts.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: Gy Waldron
- 8.6/10 111 votes
#15 - Ann's Secretary
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1978
Ann learns that a secretary she just hired is a reputed drug user.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10 106 votes
#16 - Barbara's Rebellion
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/30/1978
Frustrated over not getting enough attention at home, Barbara rebells by running away to a Chicago motel room with Bob Morton.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 6.0/10 98 votes
#17 - The New Owner
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/6/1978
Determined to keep his job, Schneider woos the building's new owner — who falls for him.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 102 votes
#18 - Ann's Competitor
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/13/1978
Ann has a competitor in the lecherous Francine Webster.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/10 99 votes
#19 - The Dress Designer
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/1978
Aspiring designer Julie tries to enter a fashion show after the entry deadline.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/10 98 votes
#20 - Take the Money
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/6/1978
Barbara and Julie are excited about getting a new stereo and decide to buy Schneider's old one for $200. However, as they are scrounging up the money, Julie checks her balance in her checking account and quickly finds that somehow an additional $125 has been credited to her account. Stricken with guilt and Barbara's encouragement, Julie decides to take the money.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/10 102 votes
#21 - Barbara the Fink
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 3/13/1978
Barbara is an eyewitness to a vandalism at the school and soon finds herself between a rock and a hard place, over whether or not to do the honest thing and tell the truth and fink on a friend or not say anything. Ultimately, she tells the truth but then must face the results of her actions, possible alienation.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/10 89 votes
#22 - Julie's Big Move (1)
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 3/20/1978
Julie plans to move out, but Ann doubts her daughter can make it financially. First of two parts.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: Gy Waldron
- 5.8/10 85 votes
#23 - Julie's Big Move (2)
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1978
Conclusion. Ann thinks Julie's new roommate is a bad influence on her.
Director: Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 99 votes
#24 - Ann, the Father
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 4/3/1978
Ann's career advice to Barbara's friend leads to hard feelings between the boy and his father.
Director: Alan Rafkin, Herbert Kenwith
Writer: N/A