Season 3 (1984/85)
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Production code |
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| 45 | 1 | "The Gambler" | Will Mackenzie | Alan Uger & Michael J. Weithorn | September 20, 1984 (1984-09-20) | 046 |
| During an architects' convention in Atlantic City, Elyse succumbs to the lures of gambling. | ||||||
| 46 | 2 | "Here We Go Again" | Will Mackenzie | Ruth Bennett & Alan Uger | September 27, 1984 (1984-09-27) | 047 |
| Elyse contacts her doctor when she feels ill, and discovers she is pregnant again. The family all feel strongly against it at first, until they realize how good it could be. | ||||||
| 47 | 3 | "Little Man on Campus" | John Pasquin | Michael J. Weithorn | October 4, 1984 (1984-10-04) | 050 |
| Alex enters college as a freshman and finds out there is more to college than being smart when faced with a difficult professor. | ||||||
| 48 | 4 | "Love Thy Neighbor" | Will Mackenzie | Story: Rich Reinhart Teleplay: Alan Uger & Michael J. Weithorn |
October 11, 1984 (1984-10-11) | 054 |
| Jennifer looks forward to hanging out with Scott again when he returns to Columbus for a visit, but is disappointed to learn that he is more interested in Mallory than her. | ||||||
| 49 | 5 | "Keaton and Son" | Will Mackenzie | Lissa Levin | October 18, 1984 (1984-10-18) | 052 |
| Steven is excited to have Alex working with him and begins planning their future together, but Alex tries to convince his dad that he has other goals. | ||||||
| 50 | 6 | "Fabric Smarts" | Will Mackenzie | Lloyd Garver | October 25, 1984 (1984-10-25) | 048 |
| Mallory is enjoying working at a fashion boutique, but she is so caught up in it her grades begin to slip. | ||||||
| 51 | 7 | "Hotline Fever" | John Pasquin | Marc Lawrence | November 1, 1984 (1984-11-01) | 055 |
| Alex and an old school rival, James, are teamed to man Leland's suicide hotline. They have to put their differences aside when a young man calls the hotline, threatening to kill himself. | ||||||
| 52 | 8 | "4 Rms Ocn Vu" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Alan Uger & Lawrence Uger | November 8, 1984 (1984-11-08) | 057 |
| While Steven and Elyse are away for the weekend, Mallory drives the car into a light-pole. In need of quick cash for repairs, Alex rents out the house to guests for a big University Homecoming Game. The plan works only too well; he and his sisters end up double- and triple-booking every room in the house, earning enough money to fix a dozen cars. But when Steven comes home early, hospitality at "Keaton Manor" comes to a (literally) screeching halt. | ||||||
| 53 | 9 | "Best Man" | John Pasquin | Alan Uger | November 15, 1984 (1984-11-15) | 051 |
| Alex worries that he's losing his best friend when Doug announces that he intends to marry his girlfriend, and the resulting friction between them threatens to make Alex's fears come true. | ||||||
| 54 | 10 | "Lost Weekend" | Will Mackenzie | Ruth Bennett & Michael J. Weithorn | November 22, 1984 (1984-11-22) | 049 |
| Steven and Elyse plan a special last weekend before the baby arrives, but their kids have other ideas. | ||||||
| 55 | 11 | "Don't Kiss Me, I'm Only the Messenger" | Will Mackenzie | Ruth Bennett | November 29, 1984 (1984-11-29) | 053 |
| Skippy asks for Alex's help to ask a girl out, but the girl ends up falling for Alex instead. | ||||||
| 56 | 12 | "Help Wanted" | Will Mackenzie | Ruth Bennett & Michael J. Weithorn | December 6, 1984 (1984-12-06) | 056 |
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As Elyse's pregnancy enters its final trimester, Steven hires a housekeeper named Karen Nicholson (Geena Davis) to take care of the housework. Karen soon proves to be ditzy and incompetent, but that doesn't stop Alex from falling for her. Note: Michael J. Fox and Geena Davis would later star in Stuart Little together. |
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| 57 | 13 | "Karen II, Alex 0" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Lloyd Garver & Michael J. Weithorn | December 13, 1984 (1984-12-13) | 058 |
| Alex, wanting to get into Leland's Alpha Phi Epsilon fraternity, tries to talk Karen into accompanying him to a fraternity event after his date cancels. Karen balks at first, but later decides to go. She has a good time ... until she runs into an old flame. | ||||||
| 58 | 14 | "Oh Donna" | Will Mackenzie | Alan Uger | January 3, 1985 (1985-01-03) | 060 |
| Alex is a stand-in at a Lamaze class for a pregnant, single, college coeds. Alex's natural over-enthusiasm gets the best of him as he envisions nurturing a relationship with a girl named Donna and her unborn child, and leading it into marriage and a family. It takes Elyse to set him straight ... and even alert him to the possibility that Donna may not want to keep the baby. | ||||||
| 59 | 15 | "Auntie Up" | John Pasquin | Lawrence H. Levy | January 10, 1985 (1985-01-10) | 059 |
| Mallory's beloved Aunt Trudy (Edith Atwater) suffers a fatal heart attack. Mallory falls into a deep depression, but matters are compounded when the family brushes her off to tend to what they feel are more important matters. | ||||||
| 60 | 16 | "Philadelphia Story" | Will Mackenzie | Michael J. Weithorn | January 17, 1985 (1985-01-17) | 061 |
| While doing a term paper for history class on colonial times, Alex suffers from writer's block and falls asleep. In a dream, Alex becomes a Philadelphia stable boy who, with his friend Skipford (Marc Price in character as Skippy), experience the events leading to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Michael Gross doubles as a Steven Keaton-inspired Thomas Jefferson. | ||||||
| 61 | 17 | "Birth of a Keaton, Part 1" | Will Mackenzie | Lloyd Garver | January 24, 1985 (1985-01-24) | 062 |
| The Keatons, including a very pregnant and about-due Elyse, prepare for the annual WKS telethon. Alex, Mallory and Jennifer are beyond disgusted at having to participate and make their feelings known, even at risk of offending Steven, who tries to juggle running the telethon from home while dealing with a plumbing problem. Things become even more complicated when Elyse goes into labor while singing a song live on the air. | ||||||
| 62 | 18 | "Birth of a Keaton, Part 2" | Will Mackenzie | Marc Lawrence & Alan Uger | January 31, 1985 (1985-01-31) | 063 |
| The rush is on to get Elyse to the hospital to deliver her child, except there is a major blizzard striking Columbus, meaning she may have to deliver her baby at WKS. As the storm continues, Steven, Skippy, and the Keatons' plumber, Bud, struggle to get to the station in Bud's van. | ||||||
| 63 | 19 | "Cry Baby" | Sam Weisman | Bruce David & Bruce Helford | February 7, 1985 (1985-02-07) | 064 |
| The new baby's arrival has been hard on the Keatons, with everyone going without sleep. Jennifer has taken the bundle of joy the hardest, eventually screaming that she hates the baby and wishes it had never been born. Now the family have to decide how they can properly balance their time with the new baby and not alienate Jennifer. | ||||||
| 64 | 20 | "Don't Know Much About History..." | Sam Weisman | Marc Lawrence & Michael J. Weithorn | February 14, 1985 (1985-02-14) | 065 |
| Rival tutors Alex and James both fall for an attractive coed they are tutoring. Their ill will toward one another explodes at a poetry reading, and they continue to verbally spar. | ||||||
| 65 | 21 | "Bringing Up Baby" | Andrew McCullough | Rich Reinhart | February 21, 1985 (1985-02-21) | 067 |
| With two careers, three bickering children and one demanding baby, Steven and Elyse can't seem to find any time for each other. But when they do finally take the time for a quiet evening alone, they find that they actually miss all of the chaos. | ||||||
| 66 | 22 | "Cold Storage" | Lee Shallat-Chemel | Marc Lawrence | March 7, 1985 (1985-03-07) | 066 |
| Skippy accidentally locks himself in the basement with Mallory while the rest of the Keatons are away. The two clash at first over Skippy's unrequited feelings for Mallory, but she realizes that, despite his quirks, he has been a good friend to her. | ||||||
| 67 | 23 | "Remembrances of Things Past (1 Hour)" | Sam Weisman | Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger | March 28, 1985 (1985-03-28) | 068/069 |
| Steven is summoned home after learning of his father's death. For Steven, it is a bittersweet trip back in time as he recalls not-so-fond memories of his father (told in flashback form). He also quarrels with his brother, Rob, who was closer to his parents than Steven ever was. |
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