Season 3 (1977)

Episodes: 24

Star Cast: Bonnie Franklin , Valerie Bertinelli , Pat Harrington Jr. , Mackenzie Phillips ,

Episodes List

Ep.1 The Older Man (1)

Air Date: 1977-09-27

After Julie plows into a car, its dashing driver offers her a job. First of four parts.

Ep.2 The Older Man (2)

Air Date: 1977-10-04

Julie's boss invites her on an out-of-town trip. Second of four parts.

Ep.3 The Older Man (3)

Air Date: 1977-10-11

Julie is startled by her boss's proposal. Third of four parts.

Ep.4 The Older Man (4)

Air Date: 1977-10-18

Julie is implored by her father not to marry her 42-year-old boss. Conclusion.

Ep.5 Ann's Out-of-Town Client

Air Date: 1977-10-25

A lecherous client has more than business on his mind.

Ep.6 Bob Loves Barbara

Air Date: 1977-11-01

An insecure boy interested in dating Barbara bolsters his confidence by taking out a notorious classmate first.

Ep.7 The Second Mrs. Cooper

Air Date: 1977-11-08

After Julie and Barbara return home from a weekend visit with their dad complaining that Dad's new wife is trying to cut them out of his life, Ann initiates her first face to face meeting with the new Mrs. Cooper - only to learn that the girls haven't exactly been fair or kind to their new step-mother.

Ep.8 The Ghost Writer

Air Date: 1977-11-22

When Barbara hands in Julie's verse as her own for a class, a school counselor takes her for a poetic genius.

Ep.9 Barbara's Friend (1)

Air Date: 1977-11-29

While agonizes over whether Cliff Randall will invite her to the Grateful Dead concert, she has to contend with a over-eager girl trying to be her friend. When reality sinks in, she reaches out to Barbara at the last moment.

Ep.10 Barbara's Friend (2)

Air Date: 1977-12-06

Barbara's classmate phones to say she's taken a drug overdose. Conclusion.

Ep.11 Schneider's Kid

Air Date: 1977-12-13

Julie runs into an attractive young man in the lobby who is looking for Schneider. However, his visit to see Schneider is anything but a social call when he reveals that he is Schneider's son, from a brief marriage 20 years earlier. Ann, Barbara and Julie quickly do their best to prepare Schneider for the news.

Ep.12 Ann's Crisis

Air Date: 1977-12-27

Ann sees her 36th birthday as a crisis, not a cause for celebration.

Ep.13 The Race Driver (1)

Air Date: 1978-01-03

Schneider makes the grand announcement that a celebrity has just moved into the building, a race car driver named Cam Randolph. Meanwhile, Julie and Barbara have devised a meeting between their mother and Cam, but Ann is anything but excited about meeting him, at first that is. Things start to change however, once she gets to know him and she invites him over for dinner.

Ep.14 The Race Driver (2)

Air Date: 1978-01-10

Ann begins to question her relationship with a dashing race driver. Second of two parts.

Ep.15 Ann's Secretary

Air Date: 1978-01-17

Ann learns that a secretary she just hired is a reputed drug user.

Ep.16 Barbara's Rebellion

Air Date: 1978-01-30

Frustrated over not getting enough attention at home, Barbara rebells by running away to a Chicago motel room with Bob Morton.

Ep.17 The New Owner

Air Date: 1978-02-06

Determined to keep his job, Schneider woos the building's new owner, who falls for him.

Ep.18 Ann's Competitor

Air Date: 1978-02-13

Ann has a competitor in the lecherous Francine Webster.

Ep.19 The Dress Designer

Air Date: 1978-02-27

Aspiring designer Julie tries to enter a fashion show after the entry deadline.

Ep.20 Take the Money

Air Date: 1978-03-06

Barbara and Julie are excited about getting a new stereo and decide to buy Schneider's old one for $200. However, as they are scrounging up the money, Julie checks her balance in her checking account and quickly finds that somehow an additional $125 has been credited to her account. Stricken with guilt and Barbara's encouragement, Julie decides to take the money.

Ep.21 Barbara the Fink

Air Date: 1978-03-13

Barbara is an eyewitness to a vandalism at the school and soon finds herself between a rock and a hard place, over whether or not to do the honest thing and tell the truth and fink on a friend or not say anything. Ultimately, she tells the truth but then must face the results of her actions, possible alienation.