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Season guide

Three's Company: Season 4

25 episodes Premiered Sep 11, 1979
Previously on Three's Company

Season 4 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 Three's Company Season 3.
  • ⚡ 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 4 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 4: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (22): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S4·E1 Mytharc

Jack on the Lam

Sep 11, 1979

Jack mistakes a visit from the FBI for a reference for a former Navy buddy as a mission to get him.

S4·E2 Core

Love Thy Neighbor

Sep 18, 1979

Lana Shields needs an escort and instantly falls for Jack, who wants nothing at all to do with her.

S4·E3 Core

The New Landlord

Sep 25, 1979

The trio and Larry meet Mr. Ralph Furley, the new landlord, after accidentally selling all of his furniture, believing it was the Roper's old furniture.

S4·E4 Core

Snow Job

Oct 2, 1979

Chrissy gets a new sales job.

S4·E5 Core

Jack the Ripper

Oct 9, 1979

Jacks wants to be aggressive to get the better of Mr. Travers.

S4·E6 Core

The Lifesaver

Oct 23, 1979

Jack saves the life of a man who happens to be rich. A s a reward, he gives them an apartment in a very affluent neighborhood.

S4·E7 Core

Old Folks at Home

Oct 30, 1979

Chrissy feels sorry for a homeless man and lets him stay with her, Janet and Jack, much to their dismay.

S4·E8 Core

A Camping We Will Go

Nov 6, 1979

Larry's girlfriend wants to be an actress, so he tells her that his friend Jack is a famous commercial director. Jack, Janet, Chrissy, Furley, Lana, Larry, and his girlfriend Laura

S4·E9 Core

Chrissy's Hospitality

Nov 13, 1979

Chrissy falls and hits her head in the bathtub while trying to put up a shower curtain. Jack and Janet take her to the hospital when she starts to get dizzy. They misunderstand t

S4·E10 Core

The Loan Shark

Nov 20, 1979

Chrissy loses Jack's money and they can't pay the rent. So Chrissy sees a loan shark and borrows money on Jack behalf.

S4·E11 Core

The Love Barge

Nov 27, 1979

Jack gets a job on a cruise ship and is invited to take only one guest. He has a choice between Janet and Chrissy and he sure doesn't want to take Lana of all people. So he makes i

S4·E12 Core

Ralph's Rival

Dec 4, 1979

Chrissy pretends to be Mr. Furley's wife so Mr. Furley can show off to his old rival.

S4·E13 Core

A Black Letter Day

Dec 11, 1979

The trio think an advice column was written about them; that Jack is secretly dating one of the two girls without the other girl knowing.

S4·E14 Core

The Reverend Steps Out

Dec 18, 1979

Reverend Snow has a chance for a new appointment on the condition that his daughter Chrissy move out of the apartment.

S4·E15 Core

Larry Loves Janet

Jan 8, 1980

After an unsuccessful date, Janet comforts Larry, who takes her kindess the wrong way when he thinks that she wants him.

S4·E16 Core

Mighty Mouth

Jan 15, 1980

Jack goes out with a girl who has a muscular brother that doesn't like her sister dating.

S4·E17 Core

The Love Lesson

Jan 22, 1980

Furley hopes to ""straighten"" Jack out by giving him love lessons. If he is indeed straight, he has to move out.

S4·E18 Core

Handcuffed

Jan 29, 1980

Chrissy borrows her policeman cousin's handcuffs and accidentally gets locked together with Jack who has a big date waiting for him.

S4·E19 Core

And Baby Makes Two

Feb 5, 1980

Jack and Chrissy believe Janet wants to have a baby.

S4·E20 Core

Jack's Bad Boy

Feb 12, 1980

The trio help out a runaway boy.

S4·E21 Core

Lee Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother

Feb 26, 1980

Jack's brother comes for a visit, but Jack doesn't like him because he always seemed to be better than Jack. It gets really serious when he has designs on Chrissy.

S4·E22 Core

The Root of All Evil

Mar 4, 1980

Chrissy wins money at the racetrack and the trio get into a fight over how to use the winnings. It takes a trip to the psychiatrist's office to see that the money is tearing them a

S4·E23 Core

Secret Admirer

Mar 11, 1980

Chrissy plans a rendezvous with a secret admirer.

S4·E24 Mytharc

The Goodbye Guy

Mar 25, 1980

The roommates thinks that Furley is going to kill himself and they show praise for him.

S4·E25 Mytharc

Jack's Graduation

May 6, 1980

During a cooking class exam, Jack's dishonest friend switches dishes with him, making Jack unable to graduate cooking school.

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