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The Best Episodes of The Good Life Season 3

Every episode of The Good Life Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Good Life Season 3!

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Tom and Barbara Good escape the rat race and pursue a self-sufficient lifestyle in Surbiton, much to the concern, frustration and sometimes envy of their neighbours Margo and Jerry Leadbetter. Entitled ‘Good Neighbors’ when shown

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Good Life Season 3 Episode 1 - The Early Birds
    8.0/10(102 votes)

    #1 - The Early Birds

    S3:E1

    The pressure of work sowing the new season's crops requires the Goods to make the most of the daylight hours. The disturbance of their early morning work sours their friendship with the Leadbetters, and their attempts to go to bed early meet with a variety of frustrations.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Good Life Season 3 Episode 2 - The Happy Event
    8.5/10(109 votes)

    #2 - The Happy Event

    S3:E2

    Perky gives birth to her litter, which includes a runt, in the middle of the night, observed by the Goods & Leadbetters. Sentimentality overcomes practicality, and they decide to try to help the runt survive. Jerry is stopped for speeding on the way to hospital to obtain some oxygen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Good Life Season 3 Episode 3 - A Tug of the Forelock
    8.0/10(97 votes)

    #3 - A Tug of the Forelock

    S3:E3

    The need for some means of transport to replace the broken trolley causes Tom to modify the rotavator. To pay for its fuel, the Goods decide to take temporary work as domestic staff... with the Leadbetters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Good Life Season 3 Episode 4 - I Talk to the Trees
    8.2/10(99 votes)

    #4 - I Talk to the Trees

    S3:E4

    A fellow allotment holder claims that talking and playing music to his plants gives better yields, so Tom decides to do a scientific experiment, enlisting Barbara's help. Unfortunately, playing music to the crops in the back garden threatens to sour their relationship with Margo, who is standing for election as president of the local amateur operatic society.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Good Life Season 3 Episode 5 - The Wind-Break War
    8.9/10(142 votes)

    #5 - The Wind-Break War

    S3:E5

    The Goods are furious when they learn that Margo is planning to put up a large wind-break that will shade their new fruit patch. Mix-ups occur when they ask her to site it elsewhere. To repair their friendship, they have dinner accompanied by bottles of the Goods' Peapod Burgundy, causing them to regain their sense of humour.

    Director:John Howard Davies
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Good Life Season 3 Episode 6 - Whose Fleas are These?
    8.0/10(99 votes)

    #6 - Whose Fleas are These?

    S3:E6

    The Goods find they have fleas, which they initially believe are from their animals. Then they remember that they have just been next door to the Leadbetters.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Good Life Season 3 Episode 7 - The Last Posh Frock
    8.2/10(100 votes)

    #7 - The Last Posh Frock

    S3:E7

    Various people mistake Barbara for a man, causing her to doubt her femininity, and when she accidentally tears her last good dress, she becomes distraught. Tom compounds things by fawning over an elegantly dressed dinner guest, but then tries to make up by buying her another dress.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Early Birds" is the best rated episode of "The Good Life" season 3. It scored 8/10 based on 102 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/10/1976. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Happy Event".