Cougar Town: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Cougar Town Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Ain't Love Strange
Feb 14, 2012
Jules is miffed when Grayson (who has an ulterior motive) calls her "predictable"; Ellie frets that little Stan is turning into a "devil child," or even worse, could grow up to be
A Mind With a Heart of Its Own
Feb 21, 2012
Jules ends up asking both Ellie and Laurie to be her "co-maids" of honor because she can't stand to hurt anyone's feelings; and Grayson tries to ask Chick for Jules' hand in marria
Lover's Touch
Feb 28, 2012
There is no time for romance when you're planning a wedding, and Jules is in full "AWATT" mode (All Wedding All the Time), until Travis is in an accident and rushed to the hospital
Full Moon Fever
Mar 6, 2012
One look is all it takes for Bobby to fall for Travis' photography professor, but Travis refuses to introduce them; Laurie falls for a guy she's never met when she begins a romance
A One Story Town
Mar 13, 2012
Jules and the gang decide Bobby needs some help romancing Angie so they launch "operation kiss-the-girl." Meanwhile, other former "Scrubs" cast turn up, as Ted and the Peons pass t
Something Big
Mar 20, 2012
Just as Jules is trying to work through Grayson's "baggage" from his wild single days, a chance encounter with a former fling, Holly, ends with him learning that he's the father of
You Can Still Change Your Mind
Apr 10, 2012
Travis wants to take Jules and Grayson's wedding pictures, but Jules, who wants everything to be perfect for her second wedding, isn't so sure; meanwhile Bobby wants to get serious
Ways to Be Wicked
Apr 17, 2012
Ellie cautions the cul-de-sac crew that her visiting mother is not as nice as she seems. Meanwhile, Grayson offers to help Laurie start a cake business; and Bobby and Chick become
Money Becomes King
Apr 24, 2012
Jules and Grayson can't see eye to eye when it comes to joining their finances, but they're both going to have to make some sacrifices if they actually want to get married -- and t
Southern Accents
May 1, 2012
Jules has a hard time accepting that Holly is part of her life, a situation that does not improve after she finds out that Holly and Travis made out; Andy wants to run for mayor so
Down South
May 8, 2012
Jules has a hurricane party at her house when a storm blows into town; Travis decides to make a play for Laurie.
Square One
May 15, 2012
After Grayson's house sustains hurricane damage, he moves in with Jules; Laurie and Ellie ask Travis to help determine which of them is sexier; Bobby and Jules compete in a ``white
It'll All Work Out
May 15, 2012
Jules plans a spring Thanksgiving after realizing the gang didn't celebrate the holiday together; Ellie's parenting skills are called into question when Stan gets a hold of Big Car
My Life (1)
May 29, 2012
When Grayson complains that he's living the movie "Groundhog Day" because the gang shows up at the same time every day at Jules' house, Jules asks for a "Groundhog Day"-themed bach
Your World (2)
May 29, 2012
When Grayson complains that he's living the movie "Groundhog Day" because the gang shows up at the same time every day at Jules' house, Jules asks for a "Groundhog Day"-themed bach