Keeping Up with the Kardashians: 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 Keeping Up with the Kardashians 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
Free Khloé
Mar 8, 2009
Kris is furious at Khloé when she goes to jail for violating her probation. Kris believes her meltdown might have something to do with the upcoming anniversary of Robert Kardashian
Kourt's First Cover
Mar 15, 2009
Kourtney hires Kris as her manager after 944 Magazine asks her to do a cover shoot. However, Kris doesn't do well managing both Kourtney and Kim, who must go to Comic-Con and promo
I'd Rather Go Naked... Or Shopping
Mar 22, 2009
Khloé faces pressure about her weight when she decides to do PETA's "I'd Rather Go Naked Than Wear Fur" campaign. Kris and Kourtney confront Kim about her shopping addiction.
Pussycat Vision
Mar 29, 2009
Kim gets LASIK eye surgery after struggling to see herself in a mirror at a dance rehearsal with Pussycat Dolls creator Robin Antin. Bruce is anxious to talk to Kendall and Kylie a
All for One and One for Kim
Apr 5, 2009
Kim's perfume line causes friction with Kris, Khloé, and Kourtney. Kris, not feeling so connected to Bruce anymore, searches for a common interest with him.
Cinderella Story
Apr 19, 2009
Khloé gets a DNA test to see if Kris is her real mother, which upsets Kris. After Rob borrows Kim's car and gets a new tattoo, his unusual behavior causes concern among the family.
The Two Year Itch
Apr 26, 2009
Kourtney and Scott get in another argument after she accuses him of cheating again. Meanwhile, Khloé secretly gets a biopsy for skin cancer, which scares Kris after she finds out.
Distance Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
May 3, 2009
Khloé goes to New York to host a fashion show and becomes interested in moving there to open a second D-A-S-H store. Kim's focus on her career forces her to choose between it and R
Leaving the Nest
May 10, 2009
Khloé looks for apartments in New York, which upsets Kris, who doesn't want her to leave L.A. Kourtney and Kim get Kris a chimpanzee after she expresses a desire to have another ba
Meet the Kardashians
May 17, 2009
The family goes on a camping trip to meet Adrienne's family. Meanwhile, Bruce undergoes plastic surgery to fix the mistakes that were made during his treatments in earlier years to
What's Yours is Mine
May 24, 2009
Kourtney borrows Kim's personal belongings without her permission. Bruce struggles with Kylie wearing "grownup" clothes and too much makeup for her age. Rob breaks up with Adrienne
Double Trouble
May 31, 2009
Khloé's new boyfriend Rashad McCants cheats on her. Kourtney catches Scott with another girl and starts to think that Scott may not be the best guy for her.