7.6/10740 votes#1 - The Sins of the Fathers: Doctor Strange
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/27/1996
Peter discovers that Mary-Jane is working with a mysterious cult. Baron Mordo, head of the cult, wants them to steal the Wand of Watoom to free his master, Dormammu. And when Mordo manages to get his hands on the wand, Spider-Man must team up with Doctor Strange and his sidekick Wong, to stop them!
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr.
7.9/10742 votes#2 - The Sins of the Fathers: Make a Wish (1)
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 5/4/1996
Tired of Jameson giving Spider-Man the rap for all the crime in New York, Peter decides to give up the superhero business once and for all, until he meets his biggest fan, a little girl named Tyina. Can she get Spidey to change his mind?
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin, Elliot S. Maggin
7.8/10740 votes#3 - The Sins of the Fathers: Attack of the Octobot (2)
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 5/11/1996
Spider-Man loses his memory and becomes partners in crime with Dr. Octopus. Can a little girl and a cabbie save him?
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: John Semper Jr., Meg McLaughlin
8.6/10784 votes#4 - The Sins of the Fathers: Enter the Green Goblin
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/18/1996
Harry's father Norman Osborn disappears after an explosion at his chemical plant. Spidey's search for his friend's father one way or another meets with complications. Namely an airborne fiend who calls himself the Green Goblin!
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Robert N. Skir, John Semper Jr., Marty Isenberg
6.5/10719 votes#5 - The Sins of the Fathers: Rocket Racer
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 9/14/1996
While a gang of jet-pack wearing thieves run by Jackson Weele, an ex-pilot in a rampaging gyro-wheel plunder the city, Peter tries to deal with his alter-ego giving him competition with Felicia. Meanwhile, a good kid with a criminal record, Robert Farrell, tries to help his ailing mother by using his science-savvy and the gang's technology to arm himself as The Rocket Racer. Will the Rocket Racer return to his criminal past, or will he be an ally to Spidey? While Spidey's fighting crime, the mysterious "Jason Phillips" starts to make moves on Felicia...
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Doug Booth, Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr.
8.2/10738 votes#6 - The Sins of the Fathers: Framed
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 9/21/1996
Peter is framed for a crime he didn't commit and it's up to blind lawyer Matt Murdock to prove his innocence, who is also known as the Man without Fear, Daredevil.
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Cynthia Harrison, Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr., Brooks Wachtel
8.5/10745 votes#7 - The Sins of the Fathers: The Man Without Fear
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 9/28/1996
Spidey and Daredevil manage to recover the disk that can clear Peter Parker's name. However when Matt Murdock hands the disk over to the FBI, Det. Terry Lee discovers Agent Choi may not be working for the right side when she hands it over to Richard Fisk. After learning that Aunt May is in the hospital, Peter risks his life to go visit her, but he and Mary Jane are kidnapped when the Chameleon disguises himself as Anna Watson. With Peter and the disk in the hands of the Kingpin, Daredevil must stop the criminal mastermind and clear Peter's name.
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr., Sean Catherine Derek
7.7/10682 votes#8 - The Sins of the Fathers: The Ultimate Slayer
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/5/1996
Worried that Kingpin is going to eliminate him after the botched framing of Peter Parker, Alistair Smythe arranges a meeting with Spider-Man to give him information about Kingpin. However, when Spidey arrives, he discovers Smythe has been turned into a cyborg. Part man, part machine, he is now the ultimate spider-slayer! However, when his programming malfunctions, he goes after the man he feels responsible for his father's death...Norman Osborn! Peter must fight a crazed Smythe, as well as his feelings when he discovers Mary Jane, the woman he loves, and Harry, his best friend, are engaged!
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Doug Booth, Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr.
7.6/10692 votes#9 - The Sins of the Fathers: Tombstone
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 10/12/1996
Robbie Robertson is losing his son, Randy, to a gang of thugs lead by Tombstone. When this harder-than-stone hit man tries to use his history with Robbie to kill a story about his new boss, Alicia Silvermane, he runs afoul of Spider-Man. Both discover Robbie's bond with his child and his ethical resolve is mightier.
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Robert N. Skir, John Semper Jr., Larry Brody, Marty Isenberg
8.8/101,372 votes#10 - The Sins of the Fathers: Venom Returns
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 10/26/1996
Under the psychiatric care of Dr. Kafka, Eddie Brock has come to believe that Venom is a figment of his imagination. Then Baron Mordo tempts Eddie -- reunification with the alien symbote that makes him as powerful as Venom.
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: John Semper Jr., Len Wein, Stan Berkowitz
8.9/101,552 votes#11 - The Sins of the Fathers: Carnage
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/2/1996
Spider-Man and Venom must put aside their differences and help Iron Man stop Carnage and Baron Mordo from releasing Dormammu.
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: James Krieg, John Semper Jr., Stan Berkowitz
7.7/10683 votes#12 - The Sins of the Fathers: The Spot
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/9/1996
Ex-employee of Stark Industries, Dr. Jonathan Ohn, invents a portable interdimensional technology that accidentally makes him the living embodiment of a portal. Calling himself the Spot, he tries to steal money to fund his research. But his unstable invention has created a vortex that threatens to engulf New York. How can Spider-Man fight that?
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: James Krieg
8.4/10720 votes#13 - The Sins of the Fathers: Goblin War! (1)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 11/16/1996
When Dr. Ohn's Time Dilation Accelerator falls into the wrong hands all the criminal minds of the city vie for the portal technology. Peter and Mary Jane are celebrating Felicia Hardy's engagement to Jason Macendale when they overhear plans for a major heist!
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Robert N. Skir, Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr., Marty Isenberg
8.9/10774 votes#14 - The Sins of the Fathers: Turning Point (2)
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 11/23/1996
Peter Parker and Mary Jane are finally a couple, but there happiness is short-lived as the Green Goblin, armed with a time distorter and the true identity of Spider-Man, seeks to destroy Spidey, by any means necessary.
Director: Bob Richardson
Writer: Robert N. Skir, James Krieg, John Semper Jr., Marty Isenberg
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"The Sins of the Fathers: Doctor Strange" is the best rated episode of "Spider-Man" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 740 votes. Directed by Bob Richardson and written by Mark Hoffmeier, John Semper Jr., it aired on 4/27/1996. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Sins of the Fathers: Make a Wish (1)".