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Gene Simmons: Family Jewels: Season 3

29 episodes Premiered Mar 11, 2008 Updated Oct 5, 2026
Previously on Gene Simmons: Family Jewels

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 Gene Simmons: Family Jewels 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.
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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
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S3·E1 Mytharc

Gene's Best Friend

Mar 11, 2008

As if Gene couldn't be any more pressured with the upcoming lie detector test, but after months of preparing for a big KISS concert, Paul Stanley unexpectedly gets sick and can't g

S3·E2 Core

Liar, Liar Tongue on Fire

Mar 11, 2008

Gene ignores the family advice on visiting a doctor, after he wakes up feeling like total garbage, but his mom finally convinces him to go. After seeing several different specialis

S3·E3 Core

The Brutal Truth

Mar 18, 2008

Gene doesn't follow the doctor's orders again, when is released from the hospital. Gene and Shannon go on the Adam Corolla Show so Gene can take his lie detector test.

S3·E4 Core

Before the Flood

Mar 25, 2008

Gene is offered a chance to perform at the Royal Crown Revue in Las Vegas. Now he must learn the songs and perfect his act while a construction crew works next door.

S3·E5 Core

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Mar 25, 2008

Gene's car breaks down while he is driving to a gig in Las Vegas. Now he must deal with desert heat, bizarre fans, and a dead cell phone while he tries to make it to the show on ti

S3·E8 Core

Nail Me

Apr 15, 2008

Shannon and Tracy are overcharged at an upscale salon, so they decide they want to open their own. Gene is on board with the idea, but takes it a step further. He brings the girls

S3·E9 Core

Shannon B. Demille

Apr 22, 2008

Shannon decides that it's time to share all of her home movies that she has been documenting about her their for the past twenty four years.

S3·E10 Core

Lil Gene

Apr 29, 2008

Gene runs into a problem that is solved by his intern.

S3·E11 Core

Ladies of the Night

May 6, 2008

The history of prostitution gets Gene in hot water with Shannon, when he looks up information on it for a book. An old friend unexpectedly visits Nick, but his girlfriend is not ha

S3·E12 Core

Sophie Couture

May 13, 2008

Gene ends up behind bars as he continues his research on prositution. As a result of her internship for a fashion designer, Sophie walks the catwalk during LA Fashion Week.

S3·E13 Core

Viewer Mail

May 20, 2008

Gene, Shannon, Nick, and Sophie answer questions sent in by viewers.

S3·E14 Core

Mommy Make-Over

Jun 3, 2008

Shannon decides to get a little more plastic surgery and this time takes Tracy with her. Thing don't go quite how they had planned. Meanwhile, Gene gets a surprise when he is asked

S3·E15 Core

Gene the Apprentice

Jun 15, 2008

Gene is clueless to what Shannon and Tracy have had cosmetically done when he is filming in NY for The Celebrity Apprentice." They do everything they can, which includes Sophie and

S3·E16 Core

Gene's Ego Trip

Jun 15, 2008

With the help of Jeff Ross, Shannon and Tracy come up with the idea to have Gene "Roasted" to help put his ego back in check and to also raise money for the Wounded Soldiers Founda

S3·E17 Core

The Gene Simmons Roast

Jun 15, 2008

In this special hour and a half episode, Shannon attempts to put Gene's ego in check when she volunteers him to be the subject of a roast for national TV. She will not only embarra

S3·E18 Core

Shannon to the Rescue

Jun 22, 2008

Shannon gets wind that Tracy might be eloping to Hawaii with her boyfriend, so she springs into action and hopes that Gene's antimarriage talk can snap Tracy out of it. Instead, Ge

S3·E19 Core

Homeymoon at Last

Jun 22, 2008

After dealing with Tracy in Hawaii, Gene is in hot water and comes up with the idea to give Shannon the honeymoon they will never have, but that she deserves.

S3·E20 Core

Power Outage

Jun 29, 2008

Gene forgets that he has to babysit his four year old twin nephews, Hunter and Jake, when he comes back home after being on the USS Nimitz for twenty four long, hard hours.

S3·E21 Core

Nick after Dark

Jun 29, 2008

Nick's new car gets towed away while he is out in Los Angeles during the middle of the night.

S3·E22 Core

South of the Border

Jul 13, 2008

Nick and Sophie head to Mexico, with Gene not far behind them.

S3·E23 Core

Happy Birthday...To Whom?

Jul 20, 2008

Shannon and Tracy are left stumped when they can't figure out who the childhood friend is that is having a birthday party.

S3·E24 Core

Raw & Uncut

Jul 20, 2008

Gene and the family sit down to share some unseen footage and deleted scenes.

S3·E25 Core

X-Gene

Jul 27, 2008

Gene heads of to meet some pro snowboarders as he seeks a spokeperson for his new line of snowboarding apparel.

S3·E26 Core

Homesick

Aug 3, 2008

Shannon is in for a surprise when Gene shows her what he bought in Canada.

S3·E27 Core

Fan Favorites

Aug 10, 2008

The Family Jewels team takes to the street to interview fans and give them a fresh new look at their all-time favorite episodes.

S3·E28 Mytharc

GeneHarmony

Aug 17, 2008

Gene attempts to find nice guys for Sophie and Tracy before he dashes off to Australia on business.

S3·E29 Mytharc

Gene Down Under

Aug 24, 2008

Gene finds himself the unlikely owner of an Australian Rules Football team. Will his affinity for the players get in the way of this losing investment?

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