Home and Away: 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 Home and Away 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
Episode 449
Jan 8, 1990
Fisher is concerned about Viv's relationship with Steven and the realisation that Pippa is having an affair crumbles Tom.
Episode 450
Jan 9, 1990
Steven has a brush with death and Pippa becomes a victim of small-town gossip.
Episode 451
Jan 10, 1990
Tom avoids a confrontation with Pippa, and Adam faces great danger.
Episode 452
Jan 11, 1990
Adam avenges a friend's death, and Pippa fights to save her marriage.
Episode 453
Jan 12, 1990
Marilyn makes her presence felt at the hotdog caravan and Viv and Emma plan a party.
Episode 454
Jan 15, 1990
Martin cheers up due to the prospect of a hot date and Bobby fears for Tom and Pippa's marriage.
Episode 455
Jan 16, 1990
Tom makes a decision which will throw the Fletchers into turmoil and Emma's plans to hold a party in Morag's house are foiled.
Episode 456
Jan 17, 1990
Adam resolves to end his relationship with Carly and Fisher and Steven put their plan to convince Tom of Pippa's innocence into action.
Episode 457
Jan 18, 1990
Tom comes face to face with Zac's treachery, and Carly drops a bombshell on Adam.
Episode 458
Jan 19, 1990
Lance becomes suspicious of his best friend and two strangers come to town.
Episode 459
Jan 22, 1990
Lance reveals to Marilyn the cause of his recent strange behaviour and Fisher is more than reasonably disturbed by the appearance of Al Simpson in Summer Bay.
Episode 460
Jan 23, 1990
Celia and Emma converge on the local church, and Fisher comes face to face with a past he'd rather forget.
Episode 461
Jan 24, 1990
Andrew Foley makes a discovery at Morag's deserted house, and Fisher is plagued by recollections of the past.
Episode 462
Jan 25, 1990
Carly receives an unexpected invitation and Al reveals his true colours.
Episode 463
Jan 26, 1990
Emma and her friends are in for a surprise and Fisher bows to the demands of Al Simpson.
Episode 464
Jan 29, 1990
Sally is the victim of an anatomical impossibility, and Al concocts a devious plan to fill his coffers with yet more ill-gotten gains.
Episode 465
Jan 30, 1990
Sally reads up on the facts of life and Martin's worst nightmare becomes a reality.
Episode 466
Jan 31, 1990
Steven gets serious about Viv and Fisher continues to be a major cause of concern for his family.
Episode 467
Feb 1, 1990
Martin continues to ignore Greta. Viv recieves a suprise from Steven. Fisher confessess to Ailsa the truth.
Episode 468
Feb 2, 1990
Greta and Martin's date doesn't go according to plan. Al Simpsons finds out that Fisher has revealed his secret.
Episode 469
Feb 5, 1990
Martin finally sees the error of his selfish ways. Carly makes a big mistake in letting Sally do her work on Tom's shirt. Bobby realises that something is going on between Al Simps
Episode 470
Feb 6, 1990
Fisher fears his relationship with Bobby will be destroyed forever and Martin has fun on a date with Greta in spite of himself.
Episode 471
Feb 7, 1990
Adam concocts a brilliant scheme to earn more money but will a musclebound stranger foil his plans?
Episode 472
Feb 8, 1990
Adam realises that Grant Mitchell is truly a force to be reckoned with, and Al Simpson's lies ensure that Fisher will be accused of the deliberate murder of Shane Wilson.
Episode 473
Feb 9, 1990
Martin and Greta become great friends and Viv realises with Fisher unable to foster her, she must leave Summer Bay and her closest friend.
Episode 474
Feb 12, 1990
Marilyn notices that Martin's feelings for Greta are deeper than he realises. Viv reverses her decision to move out of Fisher's house.
Episode 475
Feb 13, 1990
For the first time in his life Martin finds true love, and Sophie decides it's time to get out of town.
Episode 476
Feb 14, 1990
Ailsa realises Martin is as depressed as he seems and Youth and Community Services have some distressing news for the Fisher household.
Episode 477
Feb 15, 1990
Martin receives fitting retribution for his deception, and Steven decides to take the matter of Viv's fostering into his own hands.
Episode 478
Feb 16, 1990
Matt and Bobby have no luck in their search to clear Fisher of the murder charge, and a devastating accident befalls Steven in the bush.
Episode 479
Feb 19, 1990
Matt comes face to face with the violence that lurks behind Al Simpson's facade, and Fisher is powerless to stop Viv being taken to her new foster home.
Episode 480
Feb 20, 1990
Adam conceives a dastardly plan to keep Grant out of the iron-man competition. Bobby and Matt discover Shane's murderer.
Episode 481
Feb 21, 1990
Adam's plans for Grant backfire, and Carly is impressed by a new arrival in Summer Bay.
Episode 482
Feb 22, 1990
Al Simpson unearths his retirement fund and Bobby's suspicions as to his whereabouts prove correct.
Episode 483
Feb 23, 1990
Carly's evening with Ben and Dave takes a disastrous turn, and Lance and Sally give Celia the fright of her life.
Episode 485
Feb 27, 1990
Celia threatens Dave with exposure to the police, and Ben accuses Grant of cheating.
Episode 486
Feb 28, 1990
Emma decides to make a formal protest on the night of the beauty contest. Grant concocts a plan to make Carly realise she and Ben belong together.
Episode 487
Mar 1, 1990
Emma gives the residents of Summer Bay something to think about, and Carly is reunited with the man of her dreams.
Episode 488
Mar 2, 1990
Tom wonders if Ben's intentions are honourable, and Lance and Martin get themselves into trouble with the army.
Episode 489
Mar 5, 1990
Emma arranges a date with Grant Mitchell but is embarrassed when she learns the role he will play in her life.
Episode 490
Mar 6, 1990
Pippa returns to Summer Bay and Celia hustles money for starving Africans.
Episode 491
Mar 7, 1990
Celia continues her battle to save starving Africans, and Vicki causes a huge misunderstanding between Viv and Steven.
Episode 492
Mar 8, 1990
Viv tells Steven it's all over, and Marilyn tells Lance he must sell his car to pay for their wedding.
Episode 493
Mar 9, 1990
Fisher is enraged by Grant's unorthodox teaching methods, and a couple of crooks take Adam for a ride.
Episode 494
Mar 12, 1990
Grant and Fisher make their peace, and Lance and Marilyn are arrested.
Episode 495
Mar 13, 1990
Sophie and Sally cause a fire in the Fletcher house and Martin is interrogated by the police.
Episode 496
Mar 14, 1990
Donald Fisher beats his students at their own game. Adam and Martin masquerade as robbers.
Episode 497
Mar 15, 1990
Vicki Baxter takes a fancy to her new teacher, and Lance and Marilyn decide Martin has to go.
Episode 498
Mar 16, 1990
Vicki will stop at nothing to destroy Grant's career, and Pippa takes an instant dislike to Carly's fiance.
Episode 499
Mar 19, 1990
Fisher suspends Grant from teaching and Ben has bad news for Tom and Pippa.
Episode 500
Mar 20, 1990
Sally gets her first taste of romance. Fisher agrees to stand up for Grant at the trial. Ben gives Carly an ultimatim.
Episode 501
Mar 21, 1990
Vicki still won't admit the truth. Carly and Ben reconcile. Emma threatens Vicki.
Episode 502
Mar 22, 1990
Lance and Marilyn find out Martin has not long to live. Vicki's schoolmates continue to alienate her.
Episode 503
Mar 23, 1990
Martin's greatest dream comes true. Emma's plan to scare Vicki into withdrawing her accusations against Grant gets out of hand.
Episode 504
Mar 26, 1990
Carly realises Martin is not likely to die in the near future. Emma forces Vicki to confess that her accusations against Grant were false.
Episode 505
Mar 27, 1990
Lance is inconsolable over Martin's imminent departure. Reverend O'Flaherty finds himself on the wrong side of the law. Vicki withdraws her accusations against Grant.
Episode 506
Mar 28, 1990
Sophie has a secret which she must keep from the teachers and her fellow students. Celia makes a shock announcement.
Episode 507
Mar 29, 1990
Alf comes to terms with Celia's need to undertake volunteer work in Africa. Sally and Mullet get themselves in deep water with Alf.
Episode 508
Mar 30, 1990
How much longer can Sophie put off revealing her lack of reading and writing skills? Sally realises that Mullet is indeed a true friend.