Season 3 (2008/09)
| # | Title | Original air date | Production code | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | "Amaar at the Bat" | October 1, 2008 (2008-10-01) | 301 | ||
| When Rayyan tells Amaar that she's accepted JJ's marriage proposal, Amaar is shocked. To make matters worse, he finds that JJ doesn't have a place to stay and will be rooming with him in his apartment. When Amaar realizes just how conflicted he's become, he returns home to Toronto to gather his thoughts, perhaps permanently. Meanwhile, Yasir spills the beans that Rayyan is engaged, only to find how much it means to Sarah to be the purveyor of the good news. Yasir goes on a quest to find someone – anyone – who hasn't heard of Rayyan and JJ's impending nuptials. | |||||
| 30 | "Lord of the Ring" | October 8, 2008 (2008-10-08) | 302 | ||
| Back in Toronto, Amaar crashes at his parents' place in Toronto as he tries to decide whether to return to Mercy and resume his job as Imam. Yasir comes to Toronto to help him make the right decision. His parents have other plans, however, and set him up with a dream girl and a dream job at the law firm. Meanwhile, back in Mercy, JJ presents Rayyan with an ostentatious engagement ring which she hates but doesn't have the heart to give back. | |||||
| 31 | "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Mercy" | October 15, 2008 (2008-10-15) | 303 | ||
| After a spiritual sojourn to Mecca, Amaar returns to Mercy reinvigorated. All is good except that Baber wants to put him through his paces and make him reapply for his job. Meanwhile, with word that JJ's parents are coming to Mercy, Yasir and Sarah are determined to go overboard with plans for a celebratory engagement party, ignoring Rayyan's requests for a simple tea. | |||||
| 32 | "The Ties that Blind" | October 22, 2008 (2008-10-22) | 304 | ||
| Determined to get her father out of the house, Layla signs up Baber to a Muslim online dating site. She even sets him up on a blind date with the perfect match. Perfect, that is, until she realizes that it's Fatima! Meanwhile, Sarah's scared that Fred Tupper wants her job after he presents himself as the answer to the Mayor's latest PR debacle. Also, after finding out that his favourite pair of shoes have been unwittingly stolen by a cantankerous blind Muslim man, Amaar is determined to get them back. | |||||
| 33 | "Rules R Rules" | October 29, 2008 (2008-10-29) | 305 | ||
| When Amaar is short on cash, Sarah talks Yasir into giving Amaar a part-time job as his assistant. Everyone quickly learns that his hammering skills are not quite as good as his lawyering skills. Meanwhile, Rayyan and JJ team up to baffle Fred with made-up rules about Islam. But when they discover Fred's spreading the false rules on the air, they've got to convince an unbelieving Fred that they misled him. | |||||
| 34 | "Let Prairie Dogs Lie" | November 5, 2008 (2008-11-05) | 306 | ||
| Yasir joins the Prairie Dog Lodge to make new business contacts, but quickly finds that he can't participate in many of their activities like gambling and drinking. Things get worse when Amaar learns that Yasir is going to join them on a hunting trip—a sport that is forbidden by Islam. The problem is "solved" when Yasir accidentally shoots their revered mascot. Meanwhile, Rayyan, disappointed after finding out that Sarah wouldn't hypothetically pair up with her for the reality show "Stranded," is determined to prove herself to her mother. Hijinks ensue when they get stranded for real. | |||||
| 35 | "Sweet Sixteen" | November 19, 2008 (2008-11-19) | 307 | ||
| When Baber is found without a gift for his daughter for her surprise sweet 16th birthday party, Yasir proposes to help Baber write a poem for Layla. Baber agrees, but Sarah soon reveals that Yasir's poetry is terrible. Meanwhile, Rayyan and Amaar must rescue Layla from the secular booze and boys party her high school friends are throwing. Also, Fred must repair his "relationship" with Fatima when she discovers that he tried lunch at a different diner. | |||||
| 36 | "Mercy Dot Com" | November 26, 2008 (2008-11-26) | 308 | ||
| When Fatima notices that a new breed of laptop-toting cheapskate customers have displaced her regulars, Fatima discovers that the wi-fi signal from the Happy Unicorn Good Earth Food store is behind it all. Meanwhile, Amaar feels threatened by an advice-giving website, but soon realizes he can go online as an advisor. Soon enough, he becomes obsessed with proving himself to the virtual community at the expense of the real community. Also, Yasir and Sarah buy what turns out to be a historically significant house for Rayyan and J.J. to induce them to stay in Mercy after their marriage, but they claim that they've purchased the house to flip. | |||||
| 37 | "A Hard Day's Fight" | December 3, 2008 (2008-12-03) | 309 | ||
| When JJ reveals he's been called back to Dubai, tension mounts between him and Rayyan. Yasir and Sarah come to the rescue, determined to ensure a fond farewell between the young couple. Meanwhile, when Baber takes a substitute position at Layla's high school, she's worried that her father may become a permanent addition to the faculty. | |||||
| 38 | "Baber is from Mars, Vegans are from Venus" | January 5, 2009 (2009-01-05) | 310 | ||
| When Sarah needs a partner for a charity marathon, she must choose between Rayyan and Yasir. Things get more complicated when she invites them both, and they both accept. Meanwhile, Baber has learned to enjoy the halal delights offered by the Happy Unicorn Good Earth Food store. Unfortunately, he must ban Layla from visiting the new health food store because of her interest in the store's handsome young clerk, Tree. Baber is then himself banned for his backwards values, robbing him of his much beloved alcohol-free vanilla extract | |||||
| 39 | "True Bromance" | January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12) | 311 | ||
| Amaar befriends a reporter new to the Mercy area but this friendship is tested when the two wind up in jail. Yasir wins an award but gets in trouble with Sarah. | |||||
| 40 | "Double Troubles" | January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19) | 312 | ||
| Amaar is enlisted by a friend to go on a double date but finds his confidence somewhat shaken by the outcome. Yasir gets a new job. | |||||
| 41 | "The Week of Dying Dangerously" | January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26) | 313 | ||
| Fred gets some unsettling news from a visit to Rayyan's clinic and decides to change his life radically as a result with his rocky relationship with the local Muslim community the first thing to be changed. Layla attempts to learn to drive. | |||||
| 42 | "Raised Expectations" | February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09) | 314 | ||
| Amaar's attempts to get a raise for himself fail and Fred decides to help him by pursuing the matter on his own. Sarah attempts to get into the paper. | |||||
| 43 | "Colour Me Excited" | February 16, 2009 (2009-02-16) | 315 | ||
| J.J. tells Rayyan that his parents have bought them an island in Dubai and the couple try to decide whether to live in Dubai or stay in Mercy. Meanwhile, Sarah and Yasir secretly decorate the interior of Rayyan and J.J.'s home in Mercy. Amaar has an Islamic knowledge contest. | |||||
| 44 | "Recipe for Disaster" | February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23) | 316 | ||
| Yasir says he is too busy to attend a marriage workshop with Sarah but soon comes to regret his decision. After Layla and Fred steal Fatima's prized lamb recipe to enter on a food magazine's website, Fatima closes her cafe. | |||||
| 45 | "My Shariah" | March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02) | 317 | ||
| J.J. opens an early wedding present but has no idea what the gift is and neither does anybody else. Amaar distances himself from Duncan. Baber restructures everyone's investments to be shariah compliant. | |||||
| 46 | "Baber Makes an Entrance" | March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09) | 318 | ||
| To prove his religious credentials, Baber insists that the Muslim women enter the mosque through a separate entrance. The women rebel, and Amaar tries to change the terms of the debate. Sarah loses her gift for gab and gets a tempting job offer. | |||||
| 47 | "Meet the Jaffers" | March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16) | 319 | ||
| J.J.'s parents arrive from Dubai for the wedding with their Rolls Royce. J.J.'s mother is difficult, but finally tells Rayyan a huge secret, swearing her to secrecy. This causes Amaar to think Rayyan wants to call off the wedding. Yasir has to negotiate the mahr (dowry) with JJ's father. Baber's hobbies require him to fumigate the mosque. | |||||
| 48 | "Can I Get a Witness?" | March 23, 2009 (2009-03-23) | 320 | ||
| J.J. and Rayyan's wedding date arrives and chaos threatens to unravel what should be a joyous occasion. Fred helps the mosque out in a time of need. J.J.'s mother surprises Rayyan. | |||||
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