Drunk History: 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 Drunk History 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
New Jersey
Sep 1, 2015
Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope become bitter rivals while creating Paleontology and Penzias & Wilson discover the sound of The Big Bang.
Miami
Sep 8, 2015
Actor Clark Gable joins the U.S Air Force during World War II, Ponce de León quarrels with Diego Colón (son of Christopher Columbus) in the 1500s and Griselda Blanco takes over the
New Orleans
Sep 15, 2015
Pirate Jean Laffite helps Andrew Jackson defeat the British during the War of 1812, Sam Zemurray becomes a banana kingpin and Louis Armstrong becomes a jazz legend.
Spies
Sep 22, 2015
Harriet Tubman provides military intel to the Union Army, Virginia Hall spies in France during World War II (and becomes the first woman in the C.I.A) and children's books' author
Cleveland
Sep 29, 2015
Wayne Wheeler leads the Prohibition charge, Dorothy Fuldheim paves the way for women in journalism, and Muhammad Ali refuses to fight in the Vietnam War.
Games
Oct 6, 2015
Milton Bradley jumpstarts the board game industry, Roger Sharpe fights for pinball legalization in 1970s New York City, and Bobby Fischer becomes the World Chess Champion.
Oklahoma
Oct 13, 2015
Kentucky Daisy claims land for the ladies, Gordon Cooper goes on a pioneering space mission, and former slave Bass Reeves becomes the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
Journalism
Oct 20, 2015
Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland race each other around the world, New York's newsboys go on strike, and a political cartoonist exposes a corrupt politician.
Los Angeles
Oct 27, 2015
The LAPD is formed to stop the city from devolving into chaos, Rin Tin Tin becomes a global superstar, and William Mulholland figures out how to bring water to Los Angeles.
New Mexico
Nov 3, 2015
Popé leads the Pueblo Revolt against Spanish colonizers in 1680, Boy Scouts cofounder Ernest Thompson Seton tracks a wolf, the true story of the Roswell UFO conspiracy is revealed.
Inventors
Nov 10, 2015
Alexander Graham Bell beats Elisha Gray to the patent office for the telephone, Thomas Edison endeavors to launch a filmmaking monopoly.
Las Vegas
Nov 17, 2015
Bugsy Siegel bets his life on a Las Vegas casino, while the Moulin Rouge breaks the color barrier, Sin City's origins are a popularity contest for J.T. McWilliams and William Clark
Space
Nov 24, 2015
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan fall in love over a golden record, Wernher Von Braun pioneers rocket science, and Alexey Leonov becomes the first man to float in space.