Season 3

Episodes • 1984

Bob Newhart
Mary Frann
Tom Poston
Julia Duffy
Peter Scolari
Tell a Lie, Get a Check

1. Tell a Lie, Get a Check

30 min

Dick and Joanna return from vacation to find Kirk and Cindy have moved away and Kirk has asked Dick to sell the cafe. Michael teaches Dick the only way he'll be able to sell the rundown cafe is by stretching the truth.

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Twenty Year Itch

2. Twenty Year Itch

30 min

Joanna has a date, set 20 years earlier, with a former beau in New York. A jealous Dick tags along. An awful trumpet player serenades the inn while he prepares for an audition.

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A Hunting We Will Go

3. A Hunting We Will Go

30 min

Dick, George, Chester, Jim & Michael go duck hunting on the opening day of hunting season to film a television special. They're all stranded when Michael forgets to tie off the boat. With death eminent, they all discuss their regrets in life, including Dick's admission that he always wanted to play Prof. Henry Hill in 'The Music Man'.

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Miss Stephanie

4. Miss Stephanie

30 min

Larry misinterprets a comment by Stephanie and makes her the object of his undying love.

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But Seriously, Beavers

5. But Seriously, Beavers

30 min

Dick's jokes at a Beaver Lodge roast for George are a hit with everyone except the guest of honor, spurring George to consider leaving the inn. Stephanie sells cosmetic kits.

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Tickets, Please

6. Tickets, Please

30 min

Dick throws a fit and is sentenced for outstanding parking tickets on the day of a big Celtics game. Stephanie, who's never been punished for anything in her life, can't bring herself to tell Dick that she's the one who got the tickets.

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Poor Reception

7. Poor Reception

30 min

After Michael is roped into hiring Stephanie as WPIV's receptionist, he can't bring himself to fire her. Meanwhile, Joanna hires Harley Estin as a temporary maid.

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The Fan

8. The Fan

30 min

Dick is hounded by an obsessive fan who goes as far as moving into the inn and starting a Dick Loudon fan club.

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Happy Trails to You

9. Happy Trails to You

30 min

Dick is dragged into court when a farmer claims Dick plagiarized his work.

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Georgie's Girl

10. Georgie's Girl

30 min

George panics when his girlfriend starts talking marriage. Stephanie tries to pass the driver's test.

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Pillow Fight

11. Pillow Fight

30 min

Dick and Joanna squabble over 'creative differences' when they collaborate on a book on pillows. Larry and the boys stay at the inn while their cabin is being fumigated.

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Local Hero

12. Local Hero

30 min

George is a local hero after he saves two boys from drowning.

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Dick Gets Larry's Goat

13. Dick Gets Larry's Goat

30 min

The Loudons feud with Larry and the Darryls after Dick alerts animal control to the brother's illegal, and annoying goat. Simply hilarious.

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Once I Had a Secret Love

14. Once I Had a Secret Love

30 min

Dick and Joanna spar after Dick is 'riddled' with doubts when Joanna is set to appear on his Valentines Day Show.

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Lady in Wading

15. Lady in Wading

30 min

Stephanie falls for a visiting television executive, forcing her to choose between him and Michael.

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Look Homeward, Stephanie

16. Look Homeward, Stephanie

30 min

Stephanie returns home for a brief visit, but she's soon convinced to stay when she's overwhelmed with presents. Michael is astonished by Steph's transformation to a spoiled brat. Dick tries to beat Joanna's annoying knack for guessing exactly what her birthday present will be.

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My Fair Larry

17. My Fair Larry

30 min

Joanna undertakes a massive project when she agrees to try to spruce up Larry, Darryl & Darryl and the Minuteman cafe.

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You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hires You

18. You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hires You

30 min

After demanding extravagent perks, Michael is fired from WPIV. Bev replaces him with Dick. An unemployed Michael falls to pieces, and Dick is exasperated with his new job duties.

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Out With the New, Inn With the Old

19. Out With the New, Inn With the Old

30 min

George is upset when Dick and Harley Estin try to remodel the garage so it looks like the carriage house it was originally built as several centuries ago. Joanna hosts a rummage sale.

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R.I.P. Off

20. R.I.P. Off

30 min

Harley goes to jail after he is tricked into selling swamp grave plots. Michael, Dick and Joanna set up an ""Abscam"" to catch the real criminal.

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The Prodigal Darryl

21. The Prodigal Darryl

30 min

Darryl runs off after he and his brother's win a contest for writing the best commerical jingle, netting them $30,000. Dick, Larry & the remaining Darryl search for the missing brother. Meanwhile, Joanna decorates the inn in Christmas decor for a Christmas card photo.

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What Makes Dick Run

22. What Makes Dick Run

30 min

Dick and his crew have VITA fever when the local broadcasting awards, the VITAs, are scheduled to be announced. Dick, inspired by a puppet show put on by Larry and the boys for an ailing Stephanie, decides to jazz up his act to win a VITA nomination.

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