Too Close for Comfort: 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 Too Close for Comfort 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
Break Out the Pampers (1)
Sep 30, 1982
After several false alarms, Muriel finally goes into labor while Henry is at work.
Break Out the Pampers (2)
Sep 30, 1982
Henry makes it to the hospital in time for Muriel to give birth.
Guess Who's Coming Forever?
Oct 14, 1982
Henry threatens to move out when Muriel's mother says she's moving in.
A Snip in Time
Oct 21, 1982
Henry has intimacy issues with Muriel after the baby is born.
Do You Take This Woman Again?
Nov 4, 1982
Muriel wants to renew their vows for their anniversary in a small get-together that soon balloons out of control.
Who Was That Baby I Saw You With?
Nov 11, 1982
While Muriel was taking portraits of babies, Andrew is accidently taken by a confused grandmother leaving her grandson behind.
Monroe's Secret Love's Secret
Nov 18, 1982
Henry gives Monroe advice on how to land a woman (or so he thinks) who refuses to go out with him.
A Thanksgiving Tale
Nov 25, 1982
Iris is feeling depressed. When she doesn't show up at the Rush's everyone is worried.
Mr. Christmas
Dec 16, 1982
Jackie invites a sweet old Santa home for Christmas, which prompts Henry to think the worst of him.
The Yearning Point
Jan 6, 1983
Muriel's famous old singing partner comes for a visit prompting Muriel to wonder "what if" she never stopped performing.
Briefly at the Counter
Jan 13, 1983
Iris falls in love with a man who she believes is highly successful.
To Buy or Not to Buy
Jan 20, 1983
The Rushs are robbed after Sara lets the burglers into the apartment. Henry decides to get a gun.
The Seperation
Jan 27, 1983
Jackie has an argument with her fiance over her working after they're married which prompts Henry, Muriel, and Iris to separately recount an incident that nearly broke up the Rush
Girls of the Media
Feb 3, 1983
Sara is upset that Henry only supports and celebrates Jackie's accomplishments so she poses for a men's magazine.
The Courier
Feb 17, 1983
An attractive messenger, after being out all night, passes out in the Rush's bedroom leaving Henry and Monroe to think fast on how to get her out of the house before Muriel gets ho
The Adoption Story
Feb 24, 1983
Iris' gift of a trip to Paris backfires when Muriel needs a passport and her birth certificate reveals she was adopted.
Out to Lunch
Mar 10, 1983
Andrew's hungry and his nursing mother is at work, so Henry takes the baby to the photo session.
A Portrait of Henry
Mar 17, 1983
Henry is upset with Monroe after he accidentally damages the living room wall while hanging a self-portrait of Henry. He chases Monroe out the door, causing him to fall down a flig
Don't Rock the Boat
Apr 28, 1983
Henry is shocked to find his friend is marrying a much younger woman.
Family Business
May 5, 1983
After Iris gets mugged, the Rushes decide to add on a room for her. Unfortunately, the male workers hired are young and inept, as Henry informs their mother who runs the business.