Hang Time: 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 Hang Time 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
Team Captain
Sep 6, 1997
After Amy and Josh leave Deering, a new cheerleader, Kristy Ford, and a new player, Michael Manning, come to Deering. Michael's a great player, but Julie expects to be elected tea
Sexual Harrassment
Sep 6, 1997
Mary Beth purchases sport bags for the team that cost $1,000, not realizing that the amount is the team's budget for the entire year. After not being able to return them because t
First Game of the Season
Sep 20, 1997
The Tornadoes are up against Lynwood for the first game of the new season, and Deering has a new Vice Principal, Ms. Williams, who turns out to be Coach Fuller's ex-fiance. After
Fighting Words
Sep 20, 1997
During a game against Montrose, Danny gets into a verbal fight with a bully. So, he, Michael, Teddy, and Vince start taking karate lessons to learn how to fight. Meanwhile, the Mo
No Smoking
Sep 27, 1997
Teddy has secretly started smoking, using the excuse that it wants to use it to curb his appetite. But when Coach Fuller and Teddy's teammates catch him smoking, he's kicked off t
Coach Fuller's Car
Sep 27, 1997
Coach Fuller not only needs to be dropped off at the airport, but he needs someone to look after his car. He gives Julie, Vince, Danny, and Teddy a long list of rules and entrusts
Julie's Guy
Oct 4, 1997
When her teammates discover that Julie is dating Jason Redman, a player from a rival team, Mary Beth tries to arrange a get-acquainted dinner with all of the guys. However, things
Playing With Pain
Oct 4, 1997
A talent scout from the University of Arizona goes to Deering to check out Michael. While practicing with Julie, Michael hurts his ankle. Lying to Julie, he says that his ankle is
Not a D'Amata
Oct 11, 1997
After Vince's little brother, Nicky, returns from a year in France, he's changed. He used to share interests with Vince, but now likes writing poems and other hobbies that Vince d
Kristy's Other Mother
Oct 11, 1997
The team goes to California for a tournament, and Kristy gets a call from her mother. It turns out that Kristy's birth mother lives in California and since they would both like to
The Hustlers
Oct 18, 1997
In California, Julie and Teddy end up being the only ones practicing when the rest of the team go with Mary Beth to watch for celebrities at their hotel. When Julie and Teddy take
Fuller's Rival
Oct 18, 1997
Coach Fuller desperately wants to beat his long time rival's team in the upcoming playoff game. Meanwhile, Julie and Kristy compete for the attention of Scott, a cute guy that wor
The Perfect Girl
Oct 25, 1997
When Mary Beth enters a modeling contest, she becomes very self-concious about her looks. And when she doesn't win, she starts talking about plastic surgery to make herself look pe
Blood Drive
Oct 25, 1997
Mary Beth volunteers to organize the school's beach dance and Vince agrees to help her so that they can spend some more time together. Kristy is in charge of the school's blood dr
Teen Mom
Nov 1, 1997
Danny starts to date a girl and after she seems to have to leave every one of their dates in a hurry, he starts to think that she might be seeing someone else on the side. It turn
Midnight Basketball
Nov 1, 1997
The gang volunteer for Deering's teen line, where kids call in to ask for advice. Teddy, or Tick Tack Jack as he calls himself, gets a call from a kid named Eric who says he wants
Mary Beth's Parents
Nov 8, 1997
At the ski lodge, it doesn't turn out to be a very happy birthday for Mary Beth when she finds out that her parents are divorcing. She cooks up a scheme with the gang to try and g
The Laugh Riot
Nov 8, 1997
To try and make his dream of performing stand-up comedy come true, Danny signs up to perform at the ski lodge's comedy club. However, things don't go as he planned when he gets on
Love on the Rockies
Nov 15, 1997
Julie runs into her ex-boyfriend, Paul, at the lodge. She decides to tell Michael about him, but is convinced by Mary Beth to keep quiet. After finding out who Paul is on their o
Fuller's Camp
Nov 15, 1997
The gang are counselors at Coach Fuller's basketball camp. The kids arrive and only one is a girl, so Julie immediately tries to bond with her. However, Julie starts pushing her
Kristy Connor
Nov 22, 1997
While hanging out with Julie, Michael, Mary Beth, and Vince, Kristy starts to feel like a fifth wheel, so she borrows Julie's jacket and heads off to get some pizza. While wearing
Game Point
Nov 22, 1997
In this clip show, Kristy writes a paper on how sports help to enhance personal relationships and she proves this to the team by looking back on things that have happened throughou
Twister
Nov 29, 1997
To win tickets to a concert, the gang enter Teddy in a pizza-eating contest. But when he can't get up the hunger to eat for the first time in his life, Kristy fills in and wins th
Goodnight Vince
Nov 29, 1997
After missing an important free throw during a game, Vince loses all of his confidence.
The Curfew
Dec 6, 1997
Coach Fuller sets a curfew for the team before the big game. However, Teddy meets a girl and is invited to her sorority's party. He goes to the party with the idea that he'll onl
Fuller's Big Offer
Dec 6, 1997
The Tornadoes have made it to the Indiana State Championships, but trouble ensues when they find out that Southern Florida University is interested in hiring Coach Fuller to come a