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Season guide

Hotel: Season 3

25 episodes Premiered Sep 25, 1985 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Hotel

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 Hotel 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

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (18): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Missing Pieces

Sep 25, 1985 · 60 min

Christine is enjoying a budding romance with Richard Martin. Unknown to Christine, Richard suffers from multiple personality disorder. One of his personalities, ""Rick,"" is a miso

S3·E2 Core

Rallying Cry

Oct 2, 1985 · 60 min

Dr. Michael Vaughn is involved in a custody battle for Jodi Abbott, an 11-year-old whose late mother willed her custody to Dr. Vaughn and his companion, Alex Halpern. However, the

S3·E3 Core

Imperfect Union

Oct 9, 1985 · 60 min

A young retarded couple, Robert Bianca and Annie Goldman, are determined to elope. Robert's older brother Vincent is proud of his brother's determination to live his own life, but

S3·E4 Core

Pathways

Oct 16, 1985 · 60 min

Banker James Chelton is distraught because his recently widowed sister-in-law, Amelia, lives a life of extravagance. MacDonald ""Mack"" Erickson and his pal Tommy work as trash col

S3·E5 Core

Second Offense [aka Missing Pieces]

Oct 30, 1985 · 60 min

Released from prison after eleven years for a crime he vows he did not commit, Phil Tanner has written a best-selling book during his imprisonment. Calvin Polk, a Hollywood screenw

S3·E6 Core

Saving Grace

Dec 4, 1985 · 60 min

Jeremy Hale, a former ballet dancer paralyzed by a hit-and-run accident, finds it difficult to adjust to his new career as a choreographer, despite the help of his former dance par

S3·E7 Core

Echoes

Dec 11, 1985 · 60 min

Laura Temple has eloped with businessman Michael Devlin (STUART DAMON). However, Laura is pregnant by another man, Chad Wheeler, a sculptor whom Laura jilted to be with Michael. Wh

S3·E8 Core

Celebrations

Dec 18, 1985 · 60 min

Jake Cabot, whose daughter-in-law, Victoria Cabot, now supervises the St. Gregory Hotel that Jake and his late son once operated, still resents that his family forced him into what

S3·E9 Core

Cry Wolf

Dec 25, 1985 · 60 min

Two precocious youngsters, Sara, 12, and Ben, 11, check in with their industrious father and their governess, Miss Oliver. Ben and Sara play a prank on Billy by faking an intruder

S3·E10 Core

Shadows of Doubt (1)

Jan 8, 1986 · 60 min

Former college friends Bob, Tom and Susan meet for a weekend reunion, all three having recently ended long relationships. When Bob and Susan sleep together, Tom's anger betrays his

S3·E11 Core

Shadows of Doubt (2)

Jan 15, 1986 · 60 min

Learning that Christine's boyfriend, Adam Kirkwood, is the FBI's prime suspect in an arms smuggling operation, Peter takes Christine to Agent Rider, who informs her that George San

S3·E12 Mytharc

Scapegoats

Jan 22, 1986 · 60 min

The marriage of Gerald and Ivy Milburn is threatened by jealousy as Gerald questions his wife's attentions toward Peter, and Ivy watches her husband befriend a sexy, but obviously

S3·E13 Core

Recrimination

Jan 29, 1986 · 60 min

A convention of police chiefs includes Mrs. Cabot's old friend, the recently widowed Brian O'Connell from Atlantic City. Their friendship blossoms into romance, and Mrs. Cabot spen

S3·E14 Mytharc

Child's Play

Feb 5, 1986 · 60 min

Peter refers a 16-year-old runaway, Michael, to a shelter run by Marilyn Jeffries and promises Michael a job interview at the hotel. Michael is lured, however, by a 17-year-old gir

S3·E15 Core

Facades

Feb 12, 1986 · 60 min

Christine sees a briefcase filled with money in a car driven by Scott Baker. Later, Christine sees the now empty briefcase in Peter's office as Peter introduces her to Vanessa Clar

S3·E16 Core

Lovelines

Feb 19, 1986 · 60 min

Peter agrees to appear as a guest on a radio talk show hosted by his ex-girlfriend, psychologist Dr. Ann Vargo, who is broadcasting from the hotel's mezzanine. Christine helps Mrs.

S3·E17 Core

Heroes

Feb 26, 1986 · 60 min

A Benham Academy football coach, Jack Allen, celebrates Benham Senior Weekend with half a dozen students. Five are football players; the sixth is scholarly Martin, the butt of thei

S3·E18 Mytharc

Harassed

Mar 5, 1986 · 60 min

Drew Hayward, Peter's college classmate, starts as the new director of hotel operations. Julie hopes to become Hayward's assistant manager, but Hayward makes the job offer continge

S3·E19 Core

Triangles

Mar 12, 1986 · 60 min

Lauren Moffet arrives for an illicit rendezvous with her lover, Neil Benson, which disturbs Lauren's friend, Christine, because Neil, who is married, seems insincere. Discussing ho

S3·E20 Core

Hidden Talents

Mar 19, 1986 · 60 min

The TV show, Catch A Rising Star, uses the hotel ballroom for the finals of its talent contest, in which the top prize is a recording contract and $10,000 in cash. The hotel also w

S3·E21 Mytharc

Hearts Divided

Apr 2, 1986 · 60 min

Barbara Fremont, Christine's attorney friend, has decided to leave her career and move to South America. Her client and secret lover, John Dunson, has escaped from prison, and is p

S3·E22 Core

Changes of Heart

Apr 9, 1986 · 60 min

Charles Canfield, owner of a prestigious English hotel, and his daughter Mary attempt to lure their friend Peter away to London to manage their hotel. Mary has a long-standing crus

S3·E23 Core

Promises to Keep

Apr 30, 1986 · 60 min

Legendary movie star Barbara Farrell comes out of seclusion to confront her daughter Livy, whose publisher and lover Ted persuaded her to write a sensational book chronicling her m

S3·E24 Mytharc

Separations

May 14, 1986 · 60 min

After a twenty-year absence, Peter's brother Owen shows up as bodyguard for Francesca Delgado, president of a South American country. When Owen, formerly a mercenary, almost kills

S3·E25 Mytharc

Horizons

May 21, 1986 · 60 min

When Christine announces her resignation, the entire staff is saddened. Christine leaves a note for Mrs. Cabot explaining her frustration with Peter, who uses their professional re

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