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29 episodes

Archie Bunker's Place - Season 3

First aired Oct 4, 1981Season 3

Browse all 29 episodes in this season, including available images, air dates, runtimes, ratings and episode summaries from TMDB.

Episodes

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Episode 1

Billie

NR
Oct 4, 198130 min

Billie Bunker, the daughter of Archie's brother, Fred, pays a visit.

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Episode 2

The Business Manager

NR
Oct 4, 198130 min

Roger Abbott is hired by the Rabinowitz law firm to be Archie's business manager, but he and Archie soon disagree on how the bar is run. Later, Archie begins to realizes he lacks business management skills.

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Episode 3

The Date

NR
Oct 11, 198130 min

Archie's business manager, Roger, wants to date Archie's niece, Billie.

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Episode 4

Norma Rae Bunker

NR
Oct 18, 198130 min

In an effort to make a little extra money, Mrs. Canby gets a job from home folding clothes for a sweatshop. When she is cheated out of half her pay, Archie goes to bat for her.

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Episode 5

Harry's Investment

NR
Oct 25, 198130 min

Archie wants Harry to buy back Murray's share of the bar. Both Harry's wife and Archie are upset to learn Harry invested in McFeeney's, a competitor (and topless) bar and grill.

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Episode 6

Three's a Crowd

NR
Nov 8, 198130 min

When Archie goes to dinner with Barney and his date, she has eyes for Archie instead. Archie feels the same way, but is hesitant so soon after losing Edith.

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Episode 7

Happy Birthday, Stephanie

8.0
Nov 15, 198130 min1 votes

Billie buys Stephanie rock concert tickets, but Archie forbids her from attending. Archie thinks Stephanie and Billie went anyway, so Archie and Barney go to the concert and wind up being arrested.

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Episode 8

Growing Up Is Hard to Do (1)

NR
Nov 29, 198130 min

Stephanie's father visits for her bat mitzvah.

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Episode 9

Growing Up Is Hard to Do (2)

NR
Dec 6, 198130 min

Stephanie's father's real intentions for visiting become clear to everyone, except Stephanie, who is left with a difficult realization.

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Episode 10

Stephanie's Dance

NR
Dec 20, 198130 min

Archie must accept the fact that Stephanie is growing up when she attends her first school dance.

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Episode 11

The Photo Contest

9.0
Dec 27, 198130 min1 votes

Stephanie enters some candid photos of Archie in a photography contest.

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Episode 12

Stephanie's Tryout

7.0
Jan 10, 198230 min1 votes

Stephanie wants to try out for her school's baseball team, but Archie has a big problem with the idea.

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Episode 13

The Night Visitor

8.0
Jan 17, 198230 min1 votes

Archie's bar seems to keep getting broken into, but the truth is, it just might be one his own employees.

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Episode 14

Reggie-3, Archie-0

NR
Jan 24, 198230 min

Archie buys a truck for the bar. While José is parking it, he accidentally hits a Rolls Royce. The owner goes into the bar to simply ask Archie to take care of the damage, but Archie digs himself an even bigger hole.

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Episode 15

Blind Man's Bluff

8.0
Jan 31, 198230 min1 votes

Blind Mr. Van Ranseleer is mugged by a customer at the bar who overhears Van Ranseleer is carrying a sum of money on him. It's now up to Archie and the staff to help him get out of his apartment when he becomes fearful of being attacked again.

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Episode 16

A Blast from the Past

NR
Feb 7, 198230 min

Archie wants Billie to date her ex-boyfriend. Billie decides to use Archie's lawyer, Gary, as a way to turn her ex- boyfriend away, telling him they're dating.

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Episode 17

Sex and the Single Parent

NR
Feb 21, 198230 min

Old world Archie refuses to let Stephanie participate in her school's sex education program, until he overhears a conversation between Stephanie, Billie and one of Stephanie's friends.

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Episode 18

Gloria Comes Home (1)

NR
Feb 28, 198230 min

Gloria and Joey return home. Archie learns Gloria left Mike because he joined a commune in California, where he was living with other women. Gloria is determined to make it on her own.

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Episode 19

Gloria Comes Home (2)

NR
Feb 28, 198230 min

Archie has mixed emotions when Gloria announces she has found work as a veterinary assistant and will be moving into a place of her own.

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Episode 20

Of Mice and Bunker

NR
Mar 7, 198230 min

Archie takes on a new partner who has plans to squeeze Archie out of his ownership of the bar.

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Episode 21

Relapse

NR
Mar 14, 198230 min

Veronica's ex-husband returns and urges Veronica to start drinking again after a year of sobriety.

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Episode 22

Love Is Hell

NR
Mar 21, 198230 min

A boy Stephanie likes has a crush on her cousin, Billie, instead of her.

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Episode 23

The Second Time Around

NR
Mar 28, 198230 min

When Archie goes out to dinner with Barney and his new girlfriend, she winds up liking Archie instead.

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Episode 24

West Side Astoria

NR
Apr 4, 198230 min

Katherine invites Archie to supper with her parents,which turns into a disaster when they meet prejudiced Archie.

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Episode 25

Billie Moves Out

8.0
Apr 25, 198230 min1 votes

Billie is tired of Archie over-protecting her so she moves in with a secret roommate — Gary Rabinowitz.

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Episode 26

Rabinowitz's Brother

NR
May 2, 198230 min

Archie fires Gary as his business manager, but soon learns to regret it when Gary is replaced by his brother Barry.

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Episode 27

Death of a Lodger

NR
May 9, 198230 min

Barney takes in a cranky and overbearing border to help pay some bills.

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Episode 28

The Battle of Bunker III

8.0
May 16, 198230 min1 votes

Stephanie becomes very jealous as Archie's relationship with Katherine progresses.

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Episode 29

Gloria: The First Day

NR
Jun 1, 198230 min

Archie appears at the beginning of this episode in which he drives Gloria and Joey to their new place. Gloria finds out she has a lot to learn to be a veterinary assistant, but Dr. Adams is willing to help her along.