Season 3
23 episodes · Sep 13, 1977
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S3E1Acts of Love (1)
Sep 13, 1977While 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.
S3E2Acts of Love (2)
Sep 20, 1977Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.
S3E3The First Time
Sep 27, 1977Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.
S3E6We Love You, Miss Jessup
Nov 1, 1977Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
S3E7The Little Brother
Nov 8, 1977Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.
S3E8Childhood's End
Nov 15, 1977Buddy'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.
S3E9A Tale Out of Season
Nov 22, 1977Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.
S3E10Labors of Love
Nov 29, 1977Buddy, 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.
S3E12More Than Friends
Jan 3, 1978Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.
S3E13Princess in the Tower
Jan 10, 1978Kate, 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.
S3E14Echoes of Love
Jan 17, 1978Willie 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.
S3E15See Saw
Jan 24, 1978Kate 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.
S3E16Lifeline
Jan 31, 1978Nancy 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.
S3E17. . . And Baby Makes Three
Feb 7, 1978Nancy 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.
S3E18Crossing Over
Feb 14, 1978Willie 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.
S3E19The Covenant
Feb 21, 1978Medical 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.
S3E20A Friend of the Family's
Feb 28, 1978A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.
S3E21Fear of Shadows
May 2, 1978Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.
S3E22Sleeping Gypsy
May 9, 1978Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.
S3E23Counterpoint
May 16, 1978Kate 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.