Kate & Allie: 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 Kate & Allie 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
The Reunion
Sep 30, 1985
Invited to their 20th high school reunion, Kate & Allie both go determined to settle old scores.
Make Mine Mink
Oct 7, 1985
Kate "inherits" a lovely mink coat from a lover's quarrel and finds that it changes her lifestyle.
Whatever Happened to Romance?
Oct 14, 1985
Allie's advertisement for part-time work ends up in the Personals Column by mistake, and the return mail brings such bizarre responses that she is appalled.
Evening in Paris
Oct 21, 1985
On a free trip to Paris, Allie comes down with the flu while Jennie plans a rendezvous with a Frenchman.
The Maltese Chotchke
Nov 4, 1985
Max sends Emma a mystery for her birthday, and Allie is soon in on it, catching up the family in an exotic world of menacing art dealers and homicidal maniacs.
Allie's Affair
Nov 11, 1985
Allie's new professor from Ohio begins visiting on ""academic business"" but their relationship soon heats up, with surprising results.
Thanksgiving
Nov 25, 1985
Kate and Allie invite a crowd for Thanksgiving dinner/disaster.
Max's New Girlfriend
Dec 2, 1985
Kate is worried that Max's new girlfriend, Darla, is turning Emma's head in a glamorous world of celebrities and premieres.
Kate's Friend
Dec 16, 1985
Kate's old friend Betsy visits, and far outstays her welcome.
Dress to Kill
Dec 23, 1985
Invited to the Russian Ballet, Kate searches frantically for the perfect dress. She finds it, but it costs more than Kate and Allie's combined monthly salaries.
Dark Victory
Jan 6, 1986
Trapped in her dentist's office during a blackout, Kate makes a date with a stranger—and then discovers he's black.
Grand Central Station
Jan 13, 1986
A singing telegram provided more information than intended when Kate and Allie referee another family's dispute.
Chip's Divorce
Jan 20, 1986
Chip feels he's being replaced when he finds out Charles' girlfriend Claire is pregnant.
Too Late The Rebel
Jan 27, 1986
A protest rally gives Allie a taste of what she missed during the '60s, while for Kate it's a march down memory lane.
The Croissant Jungle
Feb 3, 1986
Jenny gets more than she bargained for in her new job: a bonus of sexual harassment.
Privacy
Feb 10, 1986
Allie jumps to conclusions when she discovers Kate with a former boyfriend who's now married.
High Anxiety
Feb 17, 1986
Allie is so afraid of appearing on a talk show about modern families that she follows Kate's advice and goes to a hypnotist.
Ted's Back
Mar 3, 1986
Faced with a lonely Saturday night, Kate calls former boyfriend Ted on the pretense of returning a sweater.
Chip's New Friend
Mar 17, 1986
Chip befriends a mentally handicapped man who's homeless and invites him to sleep in the basement.
Winning
Apr 7, 1986
Emma questions the importance of being elected class president when she learns that her opponent has leukemia.
Late Bloomer
May 12, 1986
Kate takes a cooking class given by a woman who also teaches acting, and studies psychology when not arguing with her mother about moving home.