Episode guide
Family: Season 3
23 episodes · premiered Sep 13, 1977
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- Episode 1: Acts of Love (1) Sep 13, 1977 While 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…
- Episode 2: Acts of Love (2) Sep 20, 1977 Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.
- Episode 3: The First Time Sep 27, 1977 Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.
- Episode 4: Change of Heart Oct 4, 1977 Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.
- Episode 5: Annie Laurie Oct 25, 1977 Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.
- Episode 6: We Love You, Miss Jessup Nov 1, 1977 Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.
- Episode 7: The Little Brother Nov 8, 1977 Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.
- Episode 8: Childhood's End Nov 15, 1977 Buddy'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.
- Episode 9: A Tale Out of Season Nov 22, 1977 Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.
- Episode 10: Labors of Love Nov 29, 1977 Buddy, 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.
- Episode 11: A Child is Given Dec 13, 1977
- Episode 12: More Than Friends Jan 3, 1978 Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.
- Episode 13: Princess in the Tower Jan 10, 1978 Kate, 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…
- Episode 14: Echoes of Love Jan 17, 1978 Willie 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…
- Episode 15: See Saw Jan 24, 1978 Kate 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…
- Episode 16: Lifeline Jan 31, 1978 Nancy 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.
- Episode 17: . . . And Baby Makes Three Feb 7, 1978 Nancy 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.
- Episode 18: Crossing Over Feb 14, 1978 Willie 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.
- Episode 19: The Covenant Feb 21, 1978 Medical 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.
- Episode 20: A Friend of the Family's Feb 28, 1978 A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.
- Episode 21: Fear of Shadows May 2, 1978 Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.
- Episode 22: Sleeping Gypsy May 9, 1978 Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.
- Episode 23: Counterpoint May 16, 1978 Kate 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…