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Hang Time: Season 3

26 episodes Premiered Sep 6, 1997
Previously on Hang Time

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.
Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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S3·E1 Mytharc

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

S3·E2 Core

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

S3·E3 Core

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

S3·E4 Core

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

S3·E5 Core

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

S3·E6 Core

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

S3·E7 Core

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

S3·E8 Core

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

S3·E9 Core

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

S3·E10 Core

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

S3·E11 Core

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

S3·E12 Core

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

S3·E13 Core

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

S3·E14 Core

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

S3·E15 Core

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

S3·E16 Core

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

S3·E17 Core

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

S3·E18 Core

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

S3·E19 Core

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

S3·E20 Core

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

S3·E21 Core

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

S3·E22 Filler

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

S3·E23 Core

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

S3·E24 Core

Goodnight Vince

Nov 29, 1997

After missing an important free throw during a game, Vince loses all of his confidence.

S3·E25 Mytharc

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

S3·E26 Mytharc

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