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The Best Episodes of The Good Life Season 3

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The Best Episodes of The Good Life Season 3

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...

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  1. 8.9/10(126 votes)

    #1 - The Wind-Break War

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    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.

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  2. 8.4/10(96 votes)

    #2 - The Happy Event

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    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.

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  3. 8.2/10(89 votes)

    #3 - I Talk to the Trees

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    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.

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  4. 8.2/10(91 votes)

    #4 - The Last Posh Frock

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    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.

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  5. 8.0/10(90 votes)

    #5 - The Early Birds

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    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.

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  6. 8.0/10(88 votes)

    #6 - Whose Fleas are These?

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    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.

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  8. 7.9/10(87 votes)

    #7 - A Tug of the Forelock

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    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.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Wind-Break War" is the best rated episode of "The Good Life" season 3. It scored 8.9/10 based on 126 votes. Directed by John Howard Davies and written by N/A, it aired on 10/8/1976. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "The Happy Event".