Archie Bunker's Place (1981) Season 3
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first season, the show performed so well that it knocked Mork & Mindy out of its new Sunday night time slot.
01 Billie Bunker, the daughter of Archie's brother, Fred, pays a visit.
10/4/1981
02 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.
10/4/1981
03 Archie's business manager, Roger, wants to date Archie's niece, Billie.
10/11/1981
04 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.
10/18/1981
05 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.
10/25/1981
06 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.
11/8/1981
Happy Birthday, Stephanie 07 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.
11/15/1981
Growing Up Is Hard to Do (1) 08 Stephanie's father visits for her bat mitzvah.
11/29/1981
Growing Up Is Hard to Do (2) 09 Stephanie's father's real intentions for visiting become clear to everyone, except Stephanie, who is left with a difficult realization.
12/6/1981
10 Archie must accept the fact that Stephanie is growing up when she attends her first school dance.
12/20/1981
11 Stephanie enters some candid photos of Archie in a photography contest.
12/27/1981
12 Stephanie wants to try out for her school's baseball team, but Archie has a big problem with the idea.
1/10/1982
13 Archie's bar seems to keep getting broken into, but the truth is, it just might be one his own employees.
1/17/1982
14 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.
1/24/1982
15 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.
1/31/1982
16 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.
2/7/1982
Sex and the Single Parent 17 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.
2/21/1982
18 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.
2/28/1982
19 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.
2/28/1982
20 Archie takes on a new partner who has plans to squeeze Archie out of his ownership of the bar.
3/7/1982
21 Veronica's ex-husband returns and urges Veronica to start drinking again after a year of sobriety.
3/14/1982
22 A boy Stephanie likes has a crush on her cousin, Billie, instead of her.
3/21/1982
23 When Archie goes out to dinner with Barney and his new girlfriend, she winds up liking Archie instead.
3/28/1982
24 Katherine invites Archie to supper with her parents,which turns into a disaster when they meet prejudiced Archie.
4/4/1982
25 Billie is tired of Archie over-protecting her so she moves in with a secret roommate — Gary Rabinowitz.
4/25/1982
26 Archie fires Gary as his business manager, but soon learns to regret it when Gary is replaced by his brother Barry.
5/2/1982
27 Barney takes in a cranky and overbearing border to help pay some bills.
5/9/1982
28 Stephanie becomes very jealous as Archie's relationship with Katherine progresses.
5/16/1982
29 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.
6/1/1982
