8.5/10336 votes#1 - Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 6/1/2008
The wait is over. The truths and half-truths about Dr. Venture's former arch nemeses, Dr. Girlfriend and The Monarch, are finally revealed (albeit obliquely) in an episode spanning twenty years.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.2/10311 votes#2 - The Doctor Is Sin
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 6/8/2008
Dr. Venture learns that a life with no arch enemy is not nearly so sweet when he finds himself besieged by C-list pretenders to the Monarch's throne, and his super-science business once again on the rocks.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
8.5/10329 votes#3 - The Invisible Hand of Fate
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 6/15/2008
At long last, The Venture Bros. peels away the onion-like shrouds of time for a look back into the troubled past of America's most beloved hydrocephalic former boy genius.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
7.9/10295 votes#4 - Home Is Where The Hate Is
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 6/22/2008
As The Monarch and Dr. Mrs. The Monarch settle into their new home and a new, no-more-arching-Dr.-Venture anymore life, Dr. Venture receives an unorthodox introduction to his new Guild-assigned nemesis.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.3/10307 votes#5 - The Buddy System
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 6/29/2008
Dr. Venture, in a bid to make some much-needed money, opens up the compound as "Rusty's Day Camp for Boy Adventurers." But while the children are kept busy with activities.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
7.8/10300 votes#6 - Dr. Quymn, Medicine Woman
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 7/6/2008
Love is in the air, kind of, when Dr. Venture encounters his childhood friend, Dr. Tara Quymn, in the Amazon Rain Forest.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
7.8/10290 votes#7 - What Goes Down, Must Come Up
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 7/13/2008
All basements are kinda spooky, but the Ventures are about to learn the hard way that beneath the foundations of the Venture Compound lie deep, dark secrets.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
8.1/10284 votes#8 - Tears of a Sea Cow
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 7/20/2008
Bored and under-whelmed with his new Guild-assigned arch-enemies, The Monarch seeks to re-spark his old hatred by secretly visiting the Venture Compound while Dr. Venture is away at the Science Now conference.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.0/10278 votes#9 - Now Museum, Now You Don't
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 7/27/2008
Determined to honor the father he never knew, Jonas Jr. converts Spider Skull Island into a Team Venture Museum. Unfortunately, he invited all of his father's surviving friends and enemies to the grand opening.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Christopher McCulloch
8.4/10290 votes#10 - The Lepidopterists
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 8/3/2008
The Monarch launches his first attack on his new arch nemesis, the other Dr. Venture. But Jonas has the formidable defenses of Spider-Skull Island on his side, as well as his own Team Venture.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.0/10279 votes#11 - ORB
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 8/10/2008
A series of cryptic clues sends Team Venture out to uncover a mystery left by the late Jonas Venture, Sr. As each new solved riddle exposes one more piece of secret Venture history.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer
8.8/10298 votes#12 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (1)
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 8/17/2008
Brock Samson is a marked man.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
8.9/10313 votes#13 - The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (2)
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 8/24/2008
Brock and the Venture family are on the run from the Law, the Monarch, Sgt. Hatred and the entire O.S.I.! Only bald ingenuity and an unlikely ally can possibly save their necks from the deadly noose tightening around the Venture Compound.
Director: Christopher McCulloch
Writer: Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch
The Best Episodes of The Venture Bros. Season 3
Every episode of The Venture Bros. Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Venture Bros. Season 3!
Hank and Dean Venture, with their father Doctor Venture and faithful bodyguard Brock Samson, go on wild adventures facing megalomaniacs, zombies, and suspicious ninjas, all...
Genres:AnimationComedyAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:Adult Swim
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Shadowman 9: In the Cradle of Destiny" is the best rated episode of "The Venture Bros." season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 336 votes. Directed by Christopher McCulloch and written by Doc Hammer, Christopher McCulloch, it aired on 6/1/2008. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Doctor Is Sin".