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Watership Down: Season 3

13 episodes Premiered Sep 11, 2001 Updated Sep 29, 2026
Previously on Watership Down

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 Watership Down 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

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (5): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (8): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Campion Lives

Sep 11, 2001

The Efrafan Owsla flee the collapsing caverns leaving only Woundwort, Vervain, Moss, and a handful of officers alive. Realizing that not even the cave-in will stop General Woundwor

S3·E2 Mytharc

A New World

Sep 18, 2001

Following the liberation (and destruction of Efrafa), the Efrafans move into Watership Down with Moss, the highest-ranking surviving officer, as their reluctant leader. Tensions ar

S3·E3 Core

The Wanderer

Sep 25, 2001

Vervain wanders about aimlessly, getting into all sorts of trouble. Bigwig, meanwhile, continues to push his Owsla. In the end Bigwig eventually accomplishes his goals and in doi

S3·E4 Core

The Nestling

Oct 2, 2001

The Junior Owsla and Kehaar help an orphaned Hawk survive, whilst at the same time trying to prove to Hazel they are responsible enough to go on solo patrol. What they don't know

S3·E5 Core

The Secret of Redstone

Oct 9, 2001

Undercover, Woundwort begins to gain the trust of the rabbits at Redstone Warren. He has to fight off his own allies in order to finally gain there trust. Meanwhile, Blackberry fin

S3·E6 Core

My Fair Gull

Oct 16, 2001

Woundwort works his way to chieftainship of Redstone. Meanwhile, Kehaar decides to leave the warren for good with his new mate Gluck.

S3·E7 Core

The Dark Deal

Oct 23, 2001

Woundwort discovers that a human construction crew plans to bulldoze Redstone. He and Vervain travel to the Warren of the Shining Wire where he tells Cowslip he will show him Reds

S3·E8 Core

Darkhaven

Oct 30, 2001

Woundwort, Vervain, and Silverweed arrive at Darkhaven just in time to meet up with Campion. At the same time, Hannah learns magic so that she can help her friends.

S3·E9 Core

The Eyes of Silverweed

Nov 6, 2001

Silverweed traps Fiver in a twisted dreamworld illusion, allowing him to invade Fiver's mind and see through his eyes to learn the location of Watership Down for his master, Woundw

S3·E10 Core

The Spy

Nov 13, 2001

Spartina is sent by Woundwort to befriend Hazel and the others and act as a spy for him. However Silverweed soon learns of her real objective. If Spartina does not return to Darkh

S3·E11 Mytharc

The Betrayal

Nov 20, 2001

Spartina soon gets found out by the other Watership Down rabbits and she confesses everything, even admitting putting Blackberry in danger. After finding out about Spartina's betra

S3·E12 Mytharc

The Beginning of The End

Nov 27, 2001

The Watership Down rabbits prepare for the last battle with Woundwort while Blackberry, Spartina and Campion plan their escape from Woundwort.

S3·E13 Mytharc

The Magic

Dec 4, 2001

It's time to end the battle once and for all. Both sides collide and there can be only one winner. Bigwig goes one on one with Woundwort and Hannah plans to use 'the magic' to fin

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