Jay Presson Allen
Director
Family (1976)
Season 3
The lives of the middle-class Lawrence family in Pasadena, California.
Released March 9, 1976
Episode 49 min
None+
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Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Acts of Love (1)
While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.
Sept. 13, 1977, midnight
S3E2 - Acts of Love (2)
Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.
Sept. 20, 1977, midnight
S3E3 - The First Time
Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.
Sept. 27, 1977, midnight
S3E4 - Change of Heart
Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.
Oct. 4, 1977, midnight
S3E5 - Annie Laurie
Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.
Oct. 25, 1977, midnight
S3E6 - We Love You, Miss Jessup
Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
Nov. 1, 1977, midnight
S3E7 - The Little Brother
Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.
Nov. 8, 1977, midnight
S3E8 - Childhood's End
Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.
Nov. 15, 1977, midnight
S3E9 - A Tale Out of Season
Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.
Nov. 22, 1977, midnight
S3E10 - Labors of Love
Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.
Nov. 29, 1977, midnight
S3E11 - A Child is Given
Dec. 13, 1977, midnight
S3E12 - More Than Friends
Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.
Jan. 3, 1978, midnight
S3E13 - Princess in the Tower
Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.
Jan. 10, 1978, midnight
S3E14 - Echoes of Love
Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.
Jan. 17, 1978, midnight
S3E15 - See Saw
Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.
Jan. 24, 1978, midnight
S3E16 - Lifeline
Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.
Jan. 31, 1978, midnight
S3E17 - . . . And Baby Makes Three
Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.
Feb. 7, 1978, midnight
S3E18 - Crossing Over
Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.
Feb. 14, 1978, midnight
S3E19 - The Covenant
Medical crises abound in the family when James reveals to Doug that he must soon undergo exploratory surgery, and Nancy begins to miscarry Jeff's baby.
Feb. 21, 1978, midnight
S3E20 - A Friend of the Family's
A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.
Feb. 28, 1978, midnight
S3E21 - Fear of Shadows
Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.
May 2, 1978, midnight
S3E22 - Sleeping Gypsy
Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.
May 9, 1978, midnight
S3E23 - Counterpoint
Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.
May 16, 1978, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 49 min.
Season Runtime: 49 min.
Released: March 9, 1976
Last Air Date: June 25, 1980, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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