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The Best Episodes of Soap

The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.

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  1. 8.2/10(95 votes)

    #1 - Episode 69

    S3:E22

    Season #3 season finale was an expanded episode of 60 minutes. Now shown in two parts in syndication.

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  2. 8.0/10(106 votes)

    #2 - Episode 49

    S3:E2

    Alien Burt has his way with Mary, and she's not complaining. Real Burt meets Saul, who tells Burt he cannot escape the spaceship. Billy resists the Sunnies' brainwashing. Mrs. David asks Jodie to choose between Wendy and Alice. Benson and ""the Step Brothers"" penetrate the Sunnies' compound but are stopped short of rescuing Billy.

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  3. 8.0/10(95 votes)

    #3 - Episode 57

    S3:E10

    Jessica catches Chester with another woman. Burt and Mary go for their annual physicals. Danny tries to find Polly. Jessica meets Leslie. An agent from Child Protective Services pays a visit to Jodie.

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  4. 8.0/10(98 votes)

    #4 - Episode 61

    S3:E14

    Danny learns of Burt's illness and agrees to help Burt win a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records. Eunice asks Corinne to cover for her while she cheats on Dutch. Chester's attempts to resist the minister's sexy daughter prove futile. The Campbells host Polly's family at dinner. After Chester tells Jessica he has lapsed again, she kicks him out of the house.

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  5. 8.0/10(89 votes)

    #5 - Episode 66

    S3:E19

    Danny and Polly have Burt and Mary to their new house for an eventful evening. Billy dumps Leslie, who threatens suicide. The Campbells brace for the custody trial. The Tates welcome a new butler, Saunders, who immediately regrets taking the job. As the families gather to watch election coverage, Jessica collapses.

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  6. 7.9/10(101 votes)

    #6 - Episode 48

    S3:E1

    Burt wakes up on the spaceship. Mrs. David arrives with Jodie's daughter. Jessica chooses Chester. Danny is missing.

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  8. 7.9/10(91 votes)

    #7 - Episode 54

    S3:E7

    The Tates and Campbells gather to welcome Dutch to the family--and scare Millie away in the process. Billy and Leslie's romantic evening is interrupted by her ex. Jodie and Corinne discuss single parenthood. Alien Burt refuses to return to the spaceship. Real Burt finally contacts Mary, then disappears before her eyes. Back on the spaceship, Real Burt convinces the aliens to give him a chance to persuade Alien Burt to leave Earth for good.

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  9. 7.9/10(92 votes)

    #8 - Episode 55

    S3:E8

    Mary begins to question her sanity. Eunice and Corinne call Chester on his cheating. Real Burt turns to Jodie for help. Billy plans a rendezvous with Leslie at a hotel but runs into Eunice, then Corinne, then Dutch, then Chester in the lobby. Real Burt makes an impassioned plea to Alien Burt.

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  10. 7.9/10(91 votes)

    #9 - Episode 58

    S3:E11

    Jessica agrees to see a marriage counselor with Chester. The Campbells urge Jodie to move back home. Burt is jealous of Alien Burt's sexual prowess. At Billy's 18th-birthday party, Leslie promises ""to blow out every candle on [Billy's] cake.""

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  11. 7.9/10(96 votes)

    #10 - Episode 59

    S3:E12

    Jodie and Wendy move in with the Campbells. Chester and Jessica see a marriage counselor. Danny finds Polly. Burt gets mixed news from the doctor.

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  12. 7.9/10(94 votes)

    #11 - Episode 60

    S3:E13

    Burt can't bring himself to tell Mary he won't live to see their baby born. Danny and Polly declare their love for one another. Mary worries about Danny's interracial relationship, but Jodie convinces Danny to follow his heart. Billy loses his virginity to Leslie. Mary wonders whether Real Burt or Alien Burt fathered her baby.

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  13. 7.9/10(91 votes)

    #12 - Episode 64

    S3:E17

    Burt rushes home with news that he isn't dying and vows to live the rest of his life to the fullest. The minister's daughter leaves Chester. Danny and Polly buy a house. Jessica catches Dutch and Corinne in bed together. Jessica's psychiatrist asks her out. Carol tells Jodie she wants custody of Wendy.

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  14. 7.9/10(89 votes)

    #13 - Episode 65

    S3:E18

    Burt announces he will run for Sheriff, and Danny wants to be Deputy. Jodie enlists Mr. Mallu's help in his fight for Wendy. Chester begs Jessica to take him back. Jessica entertains her psychologist, Dr. Posner, amidst the usual Tate insanity.

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  15. 7.8/10(101 votes)

    #14 - Episode 50

    S3:E3

    Billy is rescued from the Sunnies. Mary is oversexed. Danny is saved by Millie. Jodie is torn between Alice and Wendy. Jessica is sad to bid Benson farewell.

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  16. 7.8/10(92 votes)

    #15 - Episode 63

    S3:E16

    Carol pays a late-night visit to Jodie and Wendy. Jessica sees a psychiatrist who is crazier than she is. Burt learns he was the victim of computer error. Billy admits he is growing bored in his relationship with Leslie. The Tates rally to support Dutch after Eunice leaves him for another man.

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  17. 7.8/10(94 votes)

    #16 - Episode 68

    S3:E21

    Jessica asks Chester to move back home while she's in the hospital. Dr. Hill tells Chester that Jessica is very sick. Burt's first assignment as sheriff is to remove his predecessor from office. Corinne convinces Dutch not to move out. At the custody hearing, Carol tells an outrageous lie about Jodie threatening to kill her.

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  18. 7.7/10(93 votes)

    #17 - Episode 52

    S3:E5

    The Tates adjust to life with Dutch in the house. Danny returns home with Millie. Mary grows increasingly suspicious of ""Burt."" Jodie officially begins his life as a single, gay parent. Real Burt and Alien Burt come face to face. Billy and Leslie decide to pursue a relationship.

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  19. 7.7/10(90 votes)

    #18 - Episode 56

    S3:E9

    Billy tells Jessica about his affair with Leslie. Burt returns home to share his ordeal with Mary. Danny meets a black widow at the cemetery. Dutch makes it clear he knows Eunice is cheating on him. Jessica spots Chester with another woman.

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  20. 7.6/10(91 votes)

    #19 - Episode 53

    S3:E6

    Real Burt calls Mary, but Alien Burt intercepts Mary on her way to meet him. Jessica confronts Chester with her suspicions that he is cheating again. Eunice tells Corinne that she's fallen out of love with Dutch. Corinne spots Chester with another woman in a restaurant. Billy and Leslie sneak away to a romantic restaurant, only to run into several familiar faces. Tim and Corinne decide to divorce.

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  21. 7.6/10(89 votes)

    #20 - Episode 62

    S3:E15

    While Burt searches for a world record to break, Mary suspects something is wrong. Dutch and Corinne bond. Suddenly single again, Jessica visits Detective Donohue--on his honeymoon. Dutch confronts Eunice about her cheating.

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  22. 7.6/10(89 votes)

    #21 - Episode 67

    S3:E20

    At the hospital, the family anxiously awaits Jessica's diagnosis. Burt becomes Sheriff but must remove the outgoing sheriff by force. Corinne convinces Dutch to stay. Jodie finds the odds stacked against him in the custody trial.

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  23. 7.4/10(95 votes)

    #22 - Episode 51

    S3:E4

    Burt and Saul escape the spaceship but find themselves in other danger. Jessica finally convinces Detective Donohue to leave. Millie comes to Danny's rescue. Eunice awaits Dutch's release from prison while Corinne bemoans her non-existent sex life with Tim. Chester resumes his philandering ways. Billy and his teacher share a kiss.

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  24. NaN/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Episode 1

    S1:E1

    This satirical soap opera introduces the Campbells and the Tates: two suburban families of unequal prosperity but equal lunacy and a similar zest for the foibles which make us all human.

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    #24 - Episode 2

    S1:E2

    In order to leave the mob, Danny is ordered to kill his father's killer; Chester is blackmailed by his secretary; and the identity of Burt's long lost son is a shock in more ways than one.

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    #25 - Episode 3

    S1:E3

    Jessica fails to confess her infidelity; Mary fails to terminate Burt's impotence; and Danny learns the identity of the man he must terminate.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Episode 69" is the best rated episode of "Soap". It scored 8.2/10 based on 95 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Susan Harris, it aired on 3/27/1980. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Episode 49".