Love, American Style: 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 Love, American Style 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
Love and the Loud Mouth
Sep 17, 1971 · 60 min
A bride's tooth fillings pick up radio broadcasts.
Love and the Penal Code
Sep 17, 1971 · 60 min
A married man is assaulted by two love-starved women.
Love and Formula 26B
Sep 17, 1971 · 60 min
A tale about an aphrodisiac used not wisely but too well.
Love and the Neglected Wife
Oct 1, 1971 · 60 min
A woman tries to attract attention from her very busy husband.
Love and the Artful Dodger
Oct 1, 1971 · 60 min
A plan to get the services of a cleaning lady without paying for them.
Love and the Traveling Salesman
Oct 1, 1971 · 60 min
When his car breaks down, a traveling salesman spends the night in a house that is home to four hillbillies -- one of them a girl.
Love and the See-Through Man
Oct 8, 1971 · 60 min
A woman sees right through her son-in-law.
Love and the Waterbed
Oct 8, 1971 · 60 min
One thing leads to another for a waterbed demonstration man.
Love and the Ledge
Oct 8, 1971 · 60 min
A young man tries to commit suicide by dropping from a high rise building to the ground.
Love and the Guilty Conscience
Oct 15, 1971 · 60 min
Farce about a jealous husband and a vacuum cleaner salesman.
Love and the Detective
Oct 15, 1971 · 60 min
Tale of a novice detective (Charles Nelson Reilly) hired to check out a hood's (Noam Pitlik) girlfriend (Louisa Moritz).
Love and the Awakening
Oct 22, 1971 · 60 min
A sweet young actress has to do a passionate love scene -- and it just isn't in her.
Love and the Bashful Groom
Oct 22, 1971 · 60 min
A nudist woman brings her fiancee to the nudist camp where she was raised so he can meet her nudist parents.
Love and the Lovesick Sailor
Oct 29, 1971 · 60 min
A sailor is hot to trot after 11 months away, but his mother wants him home.
Love and the Sex Survey
Oct 29, 1971 · 60 min
A man asks questions about sex to his wife -- but she has trouble saying the word ""sex"" and always spells it out.
Love and the Mistress
Oct 29, 1971 · 60 min
A wife pretends to be her husband's mistress.
Love and the Reincarnation
Oct 29, 1971 · 60 min
The head of an ancient Egyptian woman bears the resemblence of a young woman working with two men.
Love and the Sweet Sixteen
Nov 5, 1971 · 60 min
A man is on trial for 16 counts of bigamy.
Love and the Married Bachelor
Nov 5, 1971 · 60 min
A bachelor pretends to be married so he can stay single.
Love and the Well-Groomed Bride
Nov 5, 1971 · 60 min
A tale of a bride and an persistent ex-suitor.
Love and the Jealous Husband
Nov 12, 1971 · 60 min
A drastic cure for a jealous husband.
Love and the Old Cowboy
Nov 12, 1971 · 60 min
An old cowboy star is miffed about his ex-wife's lies on a TV talk show.
Love and the Plumber
Nov 19, 1971 · 60 min
The sink's plugged -- or how to snare a husband.
Love and the Lady Barber
Nov 19, 1971 · 60 min
Sad saga of a balding customer and a lady barber who digs well-maned men.
Love and the College Professor
Nov 19, 1971 · 60 min
A sexy coed is willing to give a lot for a good grade.
Love and the Eyewitness
Nov 19, 1971 · 60 min
Witnessing a bank robbery ruins a honeymoon.
Love and the Accidental Passion
Dec 3, 1971 · 60 min
A woman has a passion for love after having an accident.
Love and the Black Limousine
Dec 3, 1971 · 60 min
Tale of a worried mom and dad who think their daughter might marry a mobster.
Love and the Liberated Lady Boss
Dec 10, 1971 · 60 min
A female boss pursues a British male employee.
Love and the Check
Dec 10, 1971 · 60 min
How to cash a million-dolllar check written on a girl's tummy.
Love and the Bowling Ball
Dec 10, 1971 · 60 min
About a man torn betweenn his fiancee and bowling.
Love and the House Bachelor
Dec 17, 1971 · 60 min
A bachelor crashes with a married couple.
Love and the Particular Girl
Dec 17, 1971 · 60 min
A girl uses karate moves on her dates.
Love and the Fountain of Youth
Dec 17, 1971 · 60 min
An old-fashioned man decides to become modern and starts looking ""hip"" in order to follow today's (1971) trends.
Love and the Waitress
Dec 17, 1971 · 60 min
An agent proposes to his actress girlfriend in the same restaurant he proposed to his first wife, now a waitress at the establishment.
Love and the Intruder
Dec 31, 1971 · 60 min
An evening of love is interrupted by a burglar.
Love and the Contact Lens
Dec 31, 1971 · 60 min
A woman loses her contact lens moments before her boyfriend visits.
Love and the Motel Mixup
Dec 31, 1971 · 60 min
A newlywed couple spends the night at a motel and end up getting the wrong rooms.
Love and the Doctor's Honeymoon
Dec 31, 1971 · 60 min
A newly married couple are unable to spend their honeymoon because the wife is always on call at the hospital.
Love and the Lady Athlete
Jan 7, 1972 · 60 min
A Soviet woman and a cross-dresser rent a cabin while on the run.
Love and the Lady Killers
Jan 7, 1972 · 60 min
Two men compete for the affection of an attractive woman.
Love and the New Size 8
Jan 7, 1972 · 60 min
A chubby suitor with the weighty problem of having a slimmed-down girlfriend.
Love and the Happy Unhappy Couple
Jan 14, 1972 · 60 min
A psychiatrist (Lewis) gives bad advice to a married couple (Nye and Worley).
Love and the Topless Policy
Jan 14, 1972 · 60 min
Two bar owners want to hire new waitresses, so they attempt to implement a new topless policy so their present waitresses would quit their job.
Love and the Ski Lodge
Jan 14, 1972 · 60 min
A ski instructor on his honeymoon can't get his mind off the slopes.
Love and the Bathtub
Jan 21, 1972 · 60 min
Wedding-day slapstick when the bride's toe gets stuck in the faucet.
Love and the Physical
Jan 21, 1972 · 60 min
How to give a guy a physical without his knowing what's coming off.
Love and the Fullback
Jan 21, 1972 · 60 min
A football player hides the fact that he is married.
Love and the Anxious Mama
Jan 28, 1972 · 60 min
A girl's mother gets nervous about a man her husband brings over to their house.
Love and the Boomerang
Jan 28, 1972 · 60 min
A one-time steady beau decides to step out on his girl.
Love and the Private Eye
Jan 28, 1972 · 60 min
An egotistical private detective. (Animated)
Love and the Plane Truth
Feb 4, 1972 · 60 min
A plane in trouble: the setting for a husband to reveal past indiscretions.
Love and the Scroungers
Feb 4, 1972 · 60 min
How to live off Hollywood while breaking into pictures.
Love and the Old-Fashioned Father
Feb 11, 1972 · 60 min
An old-fashioned father is caught between the hip generation and a reactionary neighbor.
Love and the Bachelor Party
Feb 11, 1972 · 60 min
A married couple holds a bachelor party for her sister's fiancee.
Love and the Latin Lover
Feb 11, 1972 · 60 min
A Latin lover faces the ultimate challenge.
Love and the Test of Manhood
Feb 11, 1972 · 60 min
An ancient test of manhood for a modern Indian bridegroom.
Love and the Instant Father
Feb 18, 1972 · 60 min
About faking fatherhood to impress a divorcee.
Love and the Lovely Evening
Feb 18, 1972 · 60 min
How to change a boring class reunion into a eventful evening.
Love and the Alibi
Feb 18, 1972 · 60 min
A man makes up lies to his wife in order to cover up a night with a pin-up girl.
Love and the Newscasters
Feb 25, 1972 · 60 min
Two TV newscasters vie for the favors of a network bigwig.
Love and the Happy Days
Feb 25, 1972 · 60 min
Nostalgic tale about the first TV set on the block.