Brian Cooke
Director
Three's Company (1977)
Season 3
When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.
Released March 15, 1977
Episode 22 min
10+
Genres: Comedy
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
4.0
S3E1 - Double Date
Jack pretends he has a cold when Mr. Roper overhears him making a date.
Sept. 12, 1978, midnight
S3E2 - Good Old Reliable Janet
Janet and Mrs. Roper participate in a nude beach protest, and end up walking home without their clothes.
Sept. 19, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E3 - The Love Diary
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!
Sept. 26, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E4 - The Fast
It's a test of willpower when Janet and Chrissy give up food in exchange for Jack giving up girls!
Oct. 3, 1978, midnight
7.0
S3E5 - Helen's Rendezvous
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.
Oct. 10, 1978, midnight
7.0
S3E6 - My Sister's Keeper
Janet's little sister visits the trio and instantly falls for Jack.
Oct. 17, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E7 - Chrissy and the Guru
Chrissy is tricked into becoming a panhandler by a con-artist.
Oct. 24, 1978, midnight
3.3
S3E8 - Larry's Bride
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!
Oct. 31, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E9 - Chrissy's New Boss
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.
Nov. 14, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E10 - The Crush
Laurie, the trio's babysitting charge, has a crush on Jack, much to her boyfriend's dismay.
Nov. 21, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E11 - The Kleptomaniac
Chrissy a thief? No way! At least that what Jack thinks when he sees her with his money.
Nov. 28, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E12 - The Party's Over
After canceling a party the trio were holding, Helen (in disgust) leaves Stanley.
Dec. 5, 1978, midnight
3.3
S3E13 - Eleanor's Return
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!
Dec. 12, 1978, midnight
8.0
S3E14 - The Older Woman
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.
Jan. 16, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E15 - Stanley's Hotline
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.
Jan. 30, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E16 - The Catered Affair
While Jack is catering a party for Chrissy's business, Chrissy's lecherous boss tries to get it on with Chrissy.
Feb. 6, 1979, midnight
S3E17 - The Best Laid Plans
Jack finally has a chance to get it on with Chrissy when a mouse terrorizes the apartment building.
Feb. 13, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E18 - The Harder They Fall
Jack ruins Janet's date when he has a broken leg.
Feb. 20, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E19 - The Bake-Off
Chrissy accidentally eats Jack's pie right before a pie contest he is supposed to be in.
Feb. 27, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E20 - An Anniversary Surprise
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.
March 13, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E21 - Jack Moves Out
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.
May 8, 1979, midnight
8.0
S3E22 - Triangle Troubles
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.
May 15, 1979, midnight
S3E23 - Stanley, the Ladies' Man
Roper plans a surprise disco party for his wife. This is an episode of the Ropers packaged in syndication with Three's Company.
Sept. 15, 1979, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 22 min.
Season Runtime: 3877 min.
Released: March 15, 1977
Last Air Date: Sept. 18, 1984, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 10+
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