1977

S3.E1 ∙ Who's Crazy Here?

Tue, Sep 05, 1978

Tom seeks help for his insomnia, but miscommunication leads the kids to think he has a heart issue. In a minor plot Tommy tries to juggle two girlfriends.

7.8 /10

S3.E2 ∙ Nine Is Too Much

Tue, Sep 12, 1978

After getting talked into being Nicholas' little league coach Tom quits when the parents get to be too much. Tom becomes on of "those" parents after Abby takes over the team.

7.3 /10

S3.E3 ∙ Here We Go Again

Tue, Sep 19, 1978

Abby thinks she is pregnant and Tom faces an IRS audit.

7.7 /10

S3.E4 ∙ Cinderella's Understudy

Tue, Sep 26, 1978

Susan uses Abby's vintage car to ensnare a handsome antique car buff; Joanie gets her first professional acting job as an apprentice in a local theater company. When the temperamental star walks out the day before opening, Joanie is thrust into the leading role -- while Tom, unaware of this, allows the newspaper's theater critic to talk him into reviewing the show as a favor.

7 /10

S3.E5 ∙ Milk and Sympathy

Tue, Oct 10, 1978

In the throes of puppy love over his elementary schoolteacher, Nicholas obtains a painting from her that might be worth millions; Tommy goes to Max for outside help with a delicate problem.

7.5 /10

S3.E6 ∙ The Flunked and the Funked

Tue, Oct 17, 1978

Nancy faces an identity crisis after flunking out of school; Tom takes a position teaching journalism at the local college.

7.3 /10

S3.E7 ∙ Cops and Toddlers

Tue, Oct 24, 1978

Nancy starts a day care business for pre-schoolers out of the Bradford hone, while Susan trains for a spot on the police force.

7.5 /10

S3.E8 ∙ The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone

Tue, Oct 31, 1978

Mary struggles to keep up in med school amid the chaos and distractions of family life; Tommy burns through family members as he takes the wheel in preparation for drivers' education.

7.7 /10

S3.E9 ∙ Fast and Loose

Tue, Nov 07, 1978

When one of his closest friends dies, a grief-stricken David goes on a binge of self-destructive behavior.

6.7 /10

S3.E10 ∙ War Between the Bradfords

Tue, Nov 14, 1978

When each of the Bradford men find reasons not to attend a speech given by Abby, it sparks a stand-off in the household; Nancy gets a job pumping gas at a local service station.

7.7 /10

S3.E11 ∙ All the Vice President's Men

Tue, Nov 21, 1978

Tommy contemplates buying a used car; Elizabeth develops an inferiority complex about her appearance; the Vice-President accepts Nicholas' invitation to join the Bradfords for Thanksgiving dinner.

8 /10

S3.E12 ∙ You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 1

Tue, Nov 28, 1978

Feeling guilty and isolated after accidentally causing a house fire, Nicholas sets off on his own to San Diego.

7.3 /10

S3.E13 ∙ You Won't Have Nicholas to Kick Around Anymore: Part 2

Tue, Nov 28, 1978

While covering his tracks to keep the family from realizing he's run away from home, Nicholas attaches himself to an elderly con man in San Diego.

7.3 /10

S3.E14 ∙ Alone at Last

Tue, Dec 05, 1978

Tom and Abby stage an elaborate sting operation to get the house to themselves for a weekend; Susan babysits a friend's precocious daughter.

7.5 /10

S3.E15 ∙ The Yearning Point

Tue, Jan 09, 1979

After discovering that Tom can't afford the tuition, Elizabeth vies for a scholarship so she can attend an expensive college in Vermont; Nancy takes a correspondence course in hair styling; Tommy gambles away the investors' capital of his latest get-rich-quick scheme.

7.5 /10

S3.E16 ∙ Moving Out

Tue, Jan 16, 1979

Tired of Tom's strict rules, Nancy, Susan, and Joannie look for an apartment of their own because Tom has trouble accepting that his daughters are growing up. David buys a new truck and agrees to sell Tommy his van. Tom is upset when Abby loans the girls the money to get their own apartment.

8 /10

S3.E17 ∙ Mother's Rule

Tue, Jan 16, 1979

Joanie, Susan and Nancy experience miscommunication as they settle into a routine in their new apartment; Using reverse psychology, Tom lifts all house rules in an attempt to get the remaining kids to honor their curfews.

7.7 /10

S3.E18 ∙ Inlaws and Outlaws

Tue, Jan 23, 1979

Abby's mother lands on the Bradfords' doorstep after leaving her husband; a rent increase forces Susan, Joannie and Nancy to return home; Nicholas grapples with learning to sleep in his own room; Tom's station wagon becomes a magnet for parking tickets every time one of the kids borrows it.

7.7 /10

S3.E19 ∙ Horror Story

Tue, Jan 30, 1979

A torrential downpour causes a power outage across Sacramento, trapping Tom and Abby in an elevator, leaving Nancy stranded at work, and causing imaginations to run wild at home -- especially after a knock on the door from a stranger who bears an uncanny resemblance to Norman Bates in "Psycho."

7.6 /10

S3.E20 ∙ Just the Ten of Us

Tue, Feb 13, 1979

David and Janet's decision to move in together threatens Tom's chances for a Father of the Year award, while the family's excessive reliance upon David threatens the future of his relationship with Janet.

7.9 /10

S3.E21 ∙ Best of Friends

Tue, Feb 20, 1979

Tommy takes responsibility for an unwed classmate who discovers she's pregnant; David and Janet are forced to move into the Bradford house for several days while their apartment is being fumigated.

7.4 /10

S3.E22 ∙ The Kid Who Came to Dinner

Tue, Feb 27, 1979

The Bradfords become enmeshed in the plight of a lonely foster child befriended by Nicholas; Abby uses the kids as subjects for a research project on multi-sibling families.

7.2 /10

S3.E23 ∙ The Better Part of Valor

Tue, Mar 06, 1979

Tom and Abby find they have nothing in common with Janet's parents; Tommy is ostracized by his classmates when substitute teacher Abby flunks the school's basketball star.

6.9 /10

S3.E24 ∙ Dads, Daughters, Different Drummers

Tue, Mar 13, 1979

Tom clashes with Joannie over her new boyfriend, an itinerant poet; Nicholas scores high on a music aptitude test, which results in unending noise from his new drum set; David goes into business for himself as a contractor, and Tom becomes his first customer.

6.8 /10

S3.E25 ∙ The Final Days

Tue, May 01, 1979

A kitchen sink pipe failure plunges the family into chaos while dealing with the pressures of finals week; Nancy sympathizes with a brainiac Elizabeth is using to help her pass algebra; Tom's column about passing the torch to the younger generation results in a picket line of protesting seniors outside the Bradford house.

7 /10

S3.E26 ∙ Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 1

Tue, May 08, 1979

Tom sells a short story, but his elation turns to mortification when the publication turns out to be a stag magazine; David and Janet no sooner announce their engagement than they begin seeing the pitfalls of wedded life, ultimately leading David to break off the engagement and take off on a cross-country road trip.

7.2 /10

S3.E27 ∙ Marriage and Other Flights of Fancy: Part 2

Tue, May 08, 1979

On his odyssey to Santa Fe, David befriends Dutch, a veteran hang glider, who entices him to take flight on his own. When no experienced test pilots will fly Dutch's untried prototype in a local competition, David contemplates taking the risk to prevent the older man from doing harm to himself.

5 /10

S3.E28 ∙ The Graduates

Tue, May 22, 1979

Elizabeth's part in a senior prank gets her barred from attending graduation, just as Tom is asked to deliver the commencement speech; Joannie faces an uncertain future as she approaches college graduation, which leads to a blowout with Abby; Tommy agonizes over cutting his hair for a summer lifeguard position.

7.5 /10