7.5/10209 votes#1 - Double Date
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1978
Jack pretends he has a cold when Mr. Roper overhears him making a date.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: N/A
7.9/10245 votes#2 - Good Old Reliable Janet
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1978
Janet and Mrs. Roper participate in a nude beach protest, and end up walking home without their clothes.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: John Baskin
8.0/10224 votes#3 - 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
7.7/10222 votes#4 - The Fast
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1978
It's a test of willpower when Janet and Chrissy give up food in exchange for Jack giving up girls!
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
7.2/10209 votes#5 - Helen's Rendezvous
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1978
After Stanley's friend fails to fulfill their deal of loser buys the beer, Stanely works himself into an outrage. Helen tries to patch things up between Jerry & Stanely by trying to get Jerry to apologize. When Helen makes a date to meet up with Jerry, Jack and Chrissy both assume that she is having an affair.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: N/A
7.3/10219 votes#6 - My Sister's Keeper
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1978
Janet's little sister visits the trio and instantly falls for Jack.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Paul Wayne
6.9/10216 votes#7 - Chrissy and the Guru
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1978
Chrissy is tricked into becoming a panhandler by a con-artist.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Paul Wayne
7.2/10217 votes#8 - Larry's Bride
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1978
Larry introduces the trio to his new fiance. Jack learns that Gloria has always had the hots for him, but Larry believes it to be the other way around. Jack unsuccessfully tries to talk Larry out of marriage. Chrissy unknowingly stumbles upon the real reason Gloria is marrying Larry, because he told her he owned a used car lot. Larry figures out what Jack was trying to tell him, and Gloria learns the truth about Larry. The conclusion is something both Gloria & Larry agree on!
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Martin Roth
7.5/10196 votes#9 - Chrissy's New Boss
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1978
Chrissy is invited to go on a business trip with her boss, and Jack thinks that the boss wants to get it on with her. What he doesn't know is that Chrissy's boss is a woman.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
7.1/10241 votes#10 - The Crush
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1978
Laurie, the trio's babysitting charge, has a crush on Jack, much to her boyfriend's dismay.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
7.5/10196 votes#11 - The Kleptomaniac
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/28/1978
Chrissy a thief? No way! At least that what Jack thinks when he sees her with his money.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Michael Ross, Paul Wayne
7.3/10190 votes#12 - The Party's Over
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1978
After canceling a party the trio were holding, Helen (in disgust) leaves Stanley.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Michael Ross
7.7/10217 votes#13 - Eleanor's Return
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1978
Eleanor makes her first appearance in the shower when Jack meets her for the first time. Knowing that Eleanor was Janet and Chrissy's old roommate, he thinks that Eleanor is moving back in and he might have to leave. What he doesn't know is that they are planning a surprise party for him, but it's too late when Jack tries to ruin the party by having Larry streak across the room!
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: John Baskin
8.2/10258 votes#14 - 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
8.0/10237 votes#15 - 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
8.0/10227 votes#16 - 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
7.2/10203 votes#17 - The Best Laid Plans
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/13/1979
Jack finally has a chance to get it on with Chrissy when a mouse terrorizes the apartment building.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: John Baskin
7.3/10198 votes#18 - The Harder They Fall
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 2/20/1979
Jack ruins Janet's date when he has a broken leg.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
8.1/10227 votes#19 - 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
7.6/10206 votes#20 - An Anniversary Surprise
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 3/13/1979
Helen thinks that Stanley is leaving her for another woman, but in actuality, the woman is a real estate agent who got him a great deal on a house in Chevroit Hills. Stanley tells Helen that they have sold the building and are moving into their new house and their own spin-off.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/10213 votes#21 - Jack Moves Out
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/8/1979
Fed up with the girls not doing their share and helping out at the apartment, Jack angrily leaves and becomes a live-in cook for Larry's boss and his promiscuous wife.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: John Baskin
7.7/10220 votes#22 - Triangle Troubles
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1979
Jack goes out with a girl, and he is afraid that she will leave him due to his living arrangements. But what he doesn't know is that she has the same problem that he does.
Director: Dave Powers
Writer: Paul Wayne, Al Gordon, Jack Mendelsohn
NaN/100 votes#23 - Stanley, the Ladies' Man
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 9/15/1979
Roper plans a surprise disco party for his wife. This is an episode of the Ropers packaged in syndication with Three's Company.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Three's Company Season 3
Every episode of Three's Company Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Three's Company Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Double Date" is the best rated episode of "Three's Company" season 3. It scored 7.5/10 based on 209 votes. Directed by Dave Powers and written by N/A, it aired on 9/12/1978. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Good Old Reliable Janet".