Tracey Takes On...: 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 Tracey Takes On... 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
Marriage
Jan 4, 1998
Main Sketches include: Sydney presses Kay to marry her client who's on Death Row to save him from the chair, Ruby meets her son's mail order bride, Sheneesha gives some advice to s
Hollywood
Jan 11, 1998
The sketches in this episode all coincide with each other. Chic goes to Hollywood to pitch a script that falls into his hands, Fern appears on ""Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman"", Ruby
Smoking
Jan 18, 1998
Main Sketches include: Kay finds some medicinal marijuana for her mother, Linda tells how her first cigarette started her road of addictions and Ruby can't find a place to smoke.
Loss
Jan 25, 1998
Main Sketches include: Fern learns that Harry's apparently been eaten by an alligator, Rayleen mourns the death of husband Mitch and Sydney loses in court for the first time.
Agents
Feb 1, 1998
Main Sketches include: Fern finds out Harry faked his death from an insurance agent. Then tracks him down to a tropical island, only for him to actually die. Linda leaves her lo
Age
Feb 8, 1998
Main Sketches include: Hope falls for her older, physically challenged professor(think stephen hawking), Fern receives a marriage proposal and then he drops dead, and Trevor & Barr
Religion
Feb 15, 1998
Main Sketches include: Birdie kidnaps Chris and tries to ""cure"" her of her homosexuality and Linda rediscovers her relationship with God.
Man's Best Friend
Feb 22, 1998
Main Sketches include: Linda and Trevor smuggle a dog onto the plane and Ruby gets some unwanted and rather ""personal"" attention from the neighbor's pitbull.
Culture
Mar 1, 1998
Main Sketches include: Hope wants to have sex with a scottish poet, Sydney's method of stress relief: ""Riverdance"" in a woman's restroom, Linda fights against funding cuts for th
Sports
Mar 8, 1998
Main Sketches include: Ruby has a good day at the track and Janie relives her competition with a school rival.
The Best of Tracey Takes On... Season Three
Jun 4, 1998
Sketches: Chic on Sports, Ruby on Sports, Trevor on Loss, Janie on Loss, Kay on Smoking, Hope on Smoking, Janie on Sports, Sheneesha on Age, Sydney on Culture, Birdie on Man's Best