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The Best Episodes of Three's Company

Every episode of Three's Company ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Three's Company!

Three's Company is an American television sitcom that aired for eight seasons on ABC from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984. Developed by Don...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Up in the Air" is the best rated episode of "Three's Company". It scored 9.2/10 based on 409 votes. Directed by Dave Powers and written by N/A, it aired on 5/4/1982. This episode scored 0.8 points higher than the second highest rated, "Double Trouble".

  • Up in the Air
    9.2/10409 votes
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    #1 - Up in the Air

    Season 6 Episode 25 - Aired 5/4/1982

    Janet needs a date to impress a new rich man she met and asks Jack to escort her to the ball which is held on a private island. Jack, afraid of flying, gets some tranquilizers from Larry, much to Terri's dismay. Jack accidentally mixes them with liquor and becomes a ""party animal"".

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • Double Trouble
    8.4/10234 votes
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    #2 - Double Trouble

    Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 3/24/1981

    In order to date Furley's niece, Jack must pretend that he is his fictitious brother, Austin.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Mark Fink

  • Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    8.4/10252 votes
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    #3 - Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 11/17/1981

    Jack and Janet think a doctor that Terri brought home is really a mental patient.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • Grandma Jack
    8.4/10241 votes
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    #4 - Grandma Jack

    Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1983

    Larry enters one of Jack's recipes in a cooking contest which wins, but Jack finds out that the contest is open only to women. Jack dresses as a woman to enter a bake-off competition.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Weinberger

  • Strange Bedfellows
    8.3/10297 votes
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    #5 - Strange Bedfellows

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/4/1977

    Chrissy and Janet go away on a trip, and Jack promises he won't throw a party. As soon as they're gone he goes back on his word. When Mr. Roper comes up to put an end to the party, he ends up joining in, but wakes up the next day in Jack's bed...WITH Jack, and he thinks he's gay.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Paul Wayne

  • Chrissy's Hospitality
    8.3/10229 votes
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    #6 - Chrissy's Hospitality

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1979

    Chrissy falls and hits her head in the bathtub while trying to put up a shower curtain. Jack and Janet take her to the hospital when she starts to get dizzy. They misunderstand the doctor when he comes out of Chrissy's room crying, and think that she has only a short time to live.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • And Now, Here's Jack
    8.3/10208 votes
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    #7 - And Now, Here's Jack

    Season 6 Episode 23 - Aired 3/23/1982

    Jack gets his own cooking show and hires the girls as his assistants with unexpected results.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • The Older Woman
    8.2/10258 votes
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    #8 - The Older Woman

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1979

    Jack tells Janet and Chrissy that he's going out with an old woman. Janet and Chrissy thinks that it is roper's aunt after she shows up with his swimming trunks after Jack says that he went surfing with his new girlfriend.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Paul Wayne

  • A Camping We Will Go
    8.2/10252 votes
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    #9 - A Camping We Will Go

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1979

    Larry's girlfriend wants to be an actress, so he tells her that his friend Jack is a famous commercial director. Jack, Janet, Chrissy, Furley, Lana, Larry, and his girlfriend Laura go on a camping trip that's anything but relaxing.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Kim Weiskopf

  • Night of the Ropers
    8.2/10216 votes
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    #10 - Night of the Ropers

    Season 5 Episode 18 - Aired 3/17/1981

    The Ropers are back in town, and Stanley has a falling out with Mr. Furley when he catches him in bed with Helen.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bake-Off
    8.1/10228 votes
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    #11 - The Bake-Off

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/27/1979

    Chrissy accidentally eats Jack's pie right before a pie contest he is supposed to be in.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Paul Wayne

  • Mighty Mouth
    8.1/10230 votes
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    #12 - Mighty Mouth

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 1/15/1980

    Jack goes out with a girl who has a muscular brother that doesn't like her sister dating.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Howard Gewirtz

  • Handcuffed
    8.1/10202 votes
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    #13 - Handcuffed

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/29/1980

    Chrissy borrows her policeman cousin's handcuffs and accidentally gets locked together with Jack who has a big date waiting for him.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Kim Weiskopf

  • Dying to Meet You
    8.1/10234 votes
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    #14 - Dying to Meet You

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 5/5/1981

    Jack fakes his death to avoid dealing with a girl's jealous boyfriend.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • A Friend in Need
    8.1/10205 votes
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    #15 - A Friend in Need

    Season 6 Episode 18 - Aired 2/16/1982

    Jack agrees to help out a friend by posing as a head chef and becoming the favorite cook for a mobster with a spicy appetite.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • Jack Looks For a Job
    8.0/10260 votes
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    #16 - Jack Looks For a Job

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/20/1977

    In order to earn tuition money, Jack takes on a variety of odd jobs, including an encyclopedia salesman and a nude model in a magazine layout.

    Director: Bill Hobin

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • Days of Beer and Weeds
    8.0/10256 votes
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    #17 - Days of Beer and Weeds

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 2/21/1978

    Jack, Janet and Chrissy weeds the Ropers' backyard and they find a plant which they think is marijuana.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Michael Ross

  • The Love Diary
    8.0/10224 votes
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    #18 - The Love Diary

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1978

    Chrissy discovers a spicy diary and uses it to perfect her typing skills. Mr. Roper reads the diary and thinks that Chrissy has it in for him!

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • Stanley's Hotline
    8.0/10237 votes
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    #19 - Stanley's Hotline

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/1979

    Mr. Roper thinks that Chrissy is pregnant when he overhears a conversation in a pipe adjoining their bathroom. The real deal is that Chrissy has a wart. Also, Linda stays at the apartment temporarily while Janet is off visiting her parents.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • The Catered Affair
    8.0/10227 votes
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    #20 - The Catered Affair

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/6/1979

    While Jack is catering a party for Chrissy's business, Chrissy's lecherous boss tries to get it on with Chrissy.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn

  • Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs
    8.0/10208 votes
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    #21 - Upstairs, Downstairs, Upstairs

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 10/28/1980

    Jack has to fix dinner for 4 dates at the same time!

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: N/A

  • The Not-So-Great Imposter
    8.0/10212 votes
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    #22 - The Not-So-Great Imposter

    Season 5 Episode 9 - Aired 1/13/1981

    To get a new job, Jack assumes the identity of another person, not knowing that a lot of people have it in for that person!

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Kim Weiskopf

  • Eyewitness Blues
    8.0/10199 votes
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    #23 - Eyewitness Blues

    Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/24/1981

    Jack witnessed a robbery and now wants protective custody to save him from the return of the criminal.

    Director: Dave Powers

    Writer: Kim Weiskopf

  • Baby, It's Cold Inside
    8.0/10170 votes
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    #24 - Baby, It's Cold Inside

    Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1984

    When they surprise a burglar robbing the restaurant after store hours, Jack and Ralph are locked in the meat freezer by the thief.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jack's Tattoo
    8.0/10195 votes
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    #25 - Jack's Tattoo

    Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 1/31/1984

    Jack's navy buddies take him to a tattoo parlor while he's drunk.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Al Gordon