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Cougar Town: Season 3

15 episodes Premiered Feb 14, 2012
Previously on Cougar Town

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.
Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (11): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

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

S3·E2 Core

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

S3·E3 Core

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

S3·E4 Core

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

S3·E5 Core

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

S3·E6 Core

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

S3·E7 Core

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

S3·E8 Core

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

S3·E9 Mytharc

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

S3·E10 Core

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

S3·E11 Core

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.

S3·E12 Core

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

S3·E13 Core

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

S3·E14 Mytharc

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

S3·E15 Mytharc

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