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The Jeffersons: Season 3

24 episodes Premiered Sep 25, 1976
Previously on The Jeffersons

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 The Jeffersons 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

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (21): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

George and the President

Sep 25, 1976

George's rival in the dry cleaning business, Cunningham, is running a campaign due to the Bicentennial celebration. This prompts George to come up with his own campaign and decide

S3·E2 Core

Louise Gets Her Way

Oct 2, 1976

Florence breaks down and tells Louise that she's losing her apartment due to the fact that the building is going to be torn down, this leads Louise to offer Florence a live-in maid

S3·E3 Core

Louise Suspects

Oct 9, 1976

George is sneaking around trying to hide the fact that he's opening another store. He goes so far as to convince Louise he's having an affair after she discovers a love letter she

S3·E4 Core

The Lie Detector

Oct 16, 1976

Lionel is ecstatic about his first day at his new job. However, when he is forced to take a lie detector test to verify everything in his portfolio, he promptly quits. Meanwhile,

S3·E5 Core

George's Diploma

Oct 23, 1976

George sets out to get a diploma after Lionel lies about George's education to his college pals saying he graduated from Harvard.

S3·E6 Core

The Retirement Party

Oct 30, 1976

George is ready to sell out to a big corporation after a company makes him a lucrative offer. This would make him a vice president however, after reading over a booklet on the rul

S3·E7 Core

Lionel's Pad

Nov 10, 1976

The family is displeased with Lionel's news that he's moving out, and outraged at his choice of a roommate. Lionel: Damon Evans. Louise: Isabel Sanford. George: Sherman Hemsley. He

S3·E8 Core

Tom the Hero

Nov 17, 1976

George becomes indebted to Tom after he gives George the Heimlich remover at Charlie's bar, when George begins to choke on some popcorn. However, George quickly finds away to end

S3·E9 Core

Jenny's Discovery

Nov 24, 1976

Jenny comes down with a case of premarital jitters and begins to doubt her feelings for Lionel. However, her feelings are tested when George, Tom and Lionel all appear to have bee

S3·E10 Core

The Agreement

Dec 8, 1976

George interferes in Lionel and Jenny's relationship by suggesting to Lionel that he have Jenny sign a pre-nuptial agreement. This leads to Jenny and Lionel to get into an argumen

S3·E11 Core

Florence in Love

Dec 15, 1976

One early morning, Louise and George are startled to discover a man in the kitchen, it isn't until after George threatens to beat him with a trophy, that he learns that Florence le

S3·E12 Core

The Christmas Wedding

Dec 22, 1976

Christmas eve brings disharmony to the Jefferson household when George argues with Tom over the preparations for Lionel and Jenny's wedding which is to take place that evening.

S3·E13 Core

Louise Forgets

Jan 5, 1977

Louise is reading a book to try to help her to remember things, but the one thing George doesn't want her to forget, she does. She forgets to call his broker to invest some money,

S3·E14 Core

Bentley's Problem

Jan 12, 1977

Harry is having problems with the person who parks his car next to him in the garage. Seeking advice, Harry goes to George. However, George's advice lands Harry in jail, after he

S3·E15 Core

Jefferson Airplane

Jan 17, 1977

Louise is fed up with George's workaholic attitude and urges him to get a hobby. However, the hobby he chooses has her worried sick, he's decided to take up flying.

S3·E16 Core

George's Guilt

Jan 24, 1977

George feels guilty for not staying in touch with the members of a childhood gang, after the death of one of the members. This leads George to hold a reunion at the apartment whic

S3·E17 Core

A Case of Black and White

Jan 31, 1977

George's latest business deal is with a black man married to a white woman, so when he invites them over for dinner, he also has Tom and Helen come over, to make it look like he do

S3·E18 Core

Louise vs. Jenny

Feb 7, 1977

Lionel falls ill while visiting his parents and Louise goes all out to take care of him. When Jenny comes over, she wants to take care of her sick husband which leads to a battle

S3·E19 Core

The Marriage Counselors

Feb 21, 1977

After learning that Tom and Helen are taking a course on how to improve their marriage, and seeing their results, Louise tries to get George to take the course with her. However,

S3·E20 Core

Louise's Friend

Feb 28, 1977

Louise is taking French lessons and makes a friend with one of her classmates. However, when George discovers that her friend is a man, he is furious and can't believe that a woma

S3·E21 Core

The Old Flame

Mar 7, 1977

Mother Jefferson invites a secret guest over for dinner and Louise and George are curious. When George learns that the guest is his old girlfriend, Harriet Johnson, he goes all ou

S3·E22 Core

Jenny's Opportunity

Mar 21, 1977

Jenny has just one a scholarship to study for the summer at Oxford in England. Lionel thinks it would be a great experience for Jenny, that is until he learns his company won't tr

S3·E23 Mytharc

George the Philanthropist

Mar 28, 1977

George is in the running for a prestigious award and is out to beat a fierce competitor by pledging more to a charity than his competitors. He pledges his money to open up a youth

S3·E24 Mytharc

Louise's Physical

Apr 11, 1977

George, Tom, Helen, Harry and Florence are all sneaking around to set up a surprise birthday party for Louise. However, Louise is not exactly in a party mood after she comes back

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