In Sickness and in Health: 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 In Sickness and in Health 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 1
Oct 22, 1987
Alf's joy at Rita's pending divorce is short lived when he learns she is to live with the new doctor.
Episode 2
Oct 29, 1987
The arrival of Alf's AIDS leaflets spurs him and Arthur into action to aid Mary Whitehouse.
Episode 3
Nov 5, 1987
When Alf is given a cordless telephone, it turns out to be more of hindrance than help.
Episode 4
Nov 12, 1987
Gwenneth and Min come to visit Alf, and hold a seancé to communicate with some long departed friends.
Episode 5
Nov 19, 1987
Alf has a fight at a tea dance and meets up again with his adversary outside his house.
Episode 6
Nov 26, 1987
On a boiling hot summer day, Alf goes to Social Security to complain that he should've had more money in last winter's heating allowance to no avail. Back home, he joins his friend