Season 3

September 30, 1985

Invited to their 20th high school reunion, Kate & Allie both go determined to settle old scores.

October 7, 1985

Kate "inherits" a lovely mink coat from a lover's quarrel and finds that it changes her lifestyle.

October 14, 1985

Allie's advertisement for part-time work ends up in the Personals Column by mistake, and the return mail brings such bizarre responses that she is appalled.

October 21, 1985

On a free trip to Paris, Allie comes down with the flu while Jennie plans a rendezvous with a Frenchman.

October 28, 1985

Allie receives devastating news about her father.

November 4, 1985

Max sends Emma a mystery for her birthday, and Allie is soon in on it, catching up the family in an exotic world of menacing art dealers and homicidal maniacs.

November 11, 1985

Allie's new professor from Ohio begins visiting on ""academic business"" but their relationship soon heats up, with surprising results.

November 25, 1985

Kate and Allie invite a crowd for Thanksgiving dinner/disaster.

December 2, 1985

Kate is worried that Max's new girlfriend, Darla, is turning Emma's head in a glamorous world of celebrities and premieres.

December 16, 1985

Kate's old friend Betsy visits, and far outstays her welcome.

December 23, 1985

Invited to the Russian Ballet, Kate searches frantically for the perfect dress. She finds it, but it costs more than Kate and Allie's combined monthly salaries.

January 6, 1986

Trapped in her dentist's office during a blackout, Kate makes a date with a stranger—and then discovers he's black.

January 13, 1986

A singing telegram provided more information than intended when Kate and Allie referee another family's dispute.

January 20, 1986

Chip feels he's being replaced when he finds out Charles' girlfriend Claire is pregnant.

January 27, 1986

A protest rally gives Allie a taste of what she missed during the '60s, while for Kate it's a march down memory lane.

February 3, 1986

Jenny gets more than she bargained for in her new job: a bonus of sexual harassment.

February 10, 1986

Allie jumps to conclusions when she discovers Kate with a former boyfriend who's now married.

February 17, 1986

Allie is so afraid of appearing on a talk show about modern families that she follows Kate's advice and goes to a hypnotist.

February 24, 1986

Kate and Allie are both attracted to the same lawyer.

March 3, 1986

Faced with a lonely Saturday night, Kate calls former boyfriend Ted on the pretense of returning a sweater.

March 17, 1986

Chip befriends a mentally handicapped man who's homeless and invites him to sleep in the basement.

April 7, 1986

Emma questions the importance of being elected class president when she learns that her opponent has leukemia.

May 12, 1986

Kate takes a cooking class given by a woman who also teaches acting, and studies psychology when not arguing with her mother about moving home.