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First Dates: Season 3

9 episodes Premiered Mar 6, 2015 Updated Sep 28, 2026

Previously on First Dates

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 First Dates 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 (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes

Core (6): Character development & subplots

Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler

S3·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Mar 6, 2015 · 50 min

Sparks fly between dancers Frankie and Muhala. Kate and Liam have a lot in common, but how will she score their date's 'fun level'? Can Tim, who's in his late thirties, charm Jenny

S3·E2 Core

Episode 2

Mar 13, 2015 · 50 min

Can Jayden hide his Don Juan ways from Isabel? Will estate agent John give Sarah, who's deaf, the butterflies in the stomach she's hoping for?

S3·E3 Core

Episode 3

Mar 20, 2015 · 50 min

Will Ryan's unique chat-up lines laugh aspiring embalmer Kerry into bed? How will nervous Mark react when free spirit Sophia reads his palm?

S3·E4 Core

Episode 4

Mar 27, 2015 · 50 min

Olive and Terence, who are both in their 80s, bond over memories of lost loves, tennis and amateur dramatics. Occasional poet Frankie wants a relationship that fits her unique phil

S3·E5 Core

Episode 5

Apr 3, 2015 · 50 min

Will historical re-enactor Rory's knowledge of Viking beards impress cross-stitcher Maddie? And can fireman Rich be beautician Steph's knight in shining armour?

S3·E6 Core

Episode 6

Apr 10, 2015 · 50 min

Nathania's writing a dissertation about marriage as a form of punishment in fairy tales, but will songwriter Dan - who hasn't had a girlfriend since he left school - be her Prince

S3·E7 Core

Episode 7

Apr 17, 2015 · 50 min

Mula, who was stood up on her last date, is hoping Round 2 will be better. Her blind date is another returner, funny man AJ, who compares women to a bucket of KFC.

S3·E8 Mytharc

Episode 8

Apr 22, 2015 · 50 min

Ann-Marie visits the First Dates restaurant on her 50th birthday. She's survived four bouts of cancer and believes time is precious. Will she want to spend it with her date Carl?

S3·E9 Mytharc

Episode 9

Apr 29, 2015 · 50 min

Joe used to be a model and is often compared to James Bond. His date, Nicole, is used to men dropping at her feet. Has Joe met his Bond girl?