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The Red Green Show: Season 12: The Midlife Crisis Years: Three

18 episodes Premiered Oct 18, 2002 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on The Red Green Show

Season 12 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 Red Green Show Season 11.
  • ⚡ 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 12 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 12: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S12·E1 Mytharc

Go Fish

Oct 18, 2002

The wives stage a protest to prevent the men from going on a fishing weekend. Red builds a variable wheelbase car, demonstrates an easy way to change a burned-out lightbulb, and us

S12·E2 Core

The Possum Panderosa

Oct 25, 2002

Red and Harold promote the Lodge on the basis that they are relatives of Lorne Greene, who grew up there. Red demonstrates how to cut down on your coffee intake and how to deliver

S12·E3 Core

Possum Air

Nov 1, 2002

In order to bring tourists into the area, Harold starts his own airline, with Red as his first passenger. Red makes a kiddie ride out of a coin-operated washing machine. Walter has

S12·E4 Core

The IQ Test

Nov 8, 2002

Harold wants to open a chapter of MENSA, so he has everyone write an IQ test. Red puts dual controls in his car. Ranger Gord presents an animated educational film on flying squirre

S12·E5 Core

The Day Of The Sunflowers

Nov 15, 2002

As their part in a local beautification project, the men grow sunflowers to hide the Lodge from passing motorists. Red makes a car freshener from a Rolodex. Red and Winston help Wa

S12·E6 Core

Reality Television

Dec 22, 2002

Harold changes the show to make it more in keeping with the current trend towards reality shows. Red turns a car into a complete lawncare vehicle. The men undertake the world's lar

S12·E7 Core

Possum Lodge Provincal Park

Nov 29, 2002

The men go after government money by offering to convert the Lodge property into a provincial park. Red carves a pumpkin using gunpowder. Some of the men turn a charity carwash int

S12·E8 Core

The Silver Wasp

Dec 6, 2002

Harold takes part in a Comic Book Convention and enlists Red's help in pretending to be a Super Hero. Red makes an automatic roof rack from an old freezer and a garage door opener.

S12·E9 Core

A Lot Like Christmas

Dec 13, 2002

Red makes tinsel from potato chip bags and a paper shredder. Moose Thompson is the local Santa. Dalton Humphrey's reindeer are enlisted to haul the hefty Santa on a sleigh. But Da

S12·E10 Core

Snowed In

Dec 20, 2002

A massive snowstorm traps three of the men in the Lodge. Red uses helium to reduce his body weight. Walter stages a chili competition. Red converts a house furnace into a full serv

S12·E11 Core

The Go Go Bars

Dec 27, 2002

Harold gets a shipment of energy bars to test market on the men of Possum Lodge. Red converts a picket fence into a programmable billboard. Ranger Gord presents a homemade animatio

S12·E12 Core

The Missile Crisis

Jan 3, 2003

The men decide to detonate a missile the y found in an abandoned well. Red builds his own outdoor escalator. Walter gets Red to help him change the oil in his car. Red prevent his

S12·E13 Core

Never Send A Man

Jan 10, 2003

Harold allows a boy scout troop to come to the Lodge and educate the men about the outdoors. Red puts s device in his mailbox to prevent junk mail from getting through. Walter has

S12·E14 Core

Power Struggle

Jan 17, 2003

In order to satisfy the Kyoto Protocol, the men of Possum Lodge try to generate their own power using a windmill and a lot of vehicles. Red also converts a pickup truck to run on e

S12·E15 Core

Mr. Possum Lake

Jan 24, 2003

Harold is chosen to represent the Lodge in the annual Mr. Possum Lake contest. Red uses discarded toys to make gingerbread trim for his house. Walter runs into trouble flying his m

S12·E16 Core

Red And Breakfast

Jan 31, 2003

Harold gets Red to help him turn the Lodge into a bed and breakfast with Mike Hammer as their test customer. Red demonstrates a way to avoid speeding tickets. Ed Frid brings in the

S12·E17 Mytharc

The Moosetrap

Feb 7, 2003

The men decide to host a dinner theatre at the Lodge. Red builds a portable desk using an old suitcase and some tv trays. The men discuss how you can tell if couple are married by

S12·E18 Mytharc

Stupid Cupid

Feb 14, 2003

In an effort to meet women, Harold makes a tape for a video dating service. Red builds a simple water purification system with a tennis racquet, pantyhose and a barbecue. Ranger Go

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