The WORST episodes of My Three Sons
Every episode of My Three Sons ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of My Three Sons!
Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and is later aided by the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons. Disney producer Bill Walsh often mused on whether the concept of the show was inspired by the movie The Shaggy Dog, as in his view they shared “the same dog, the same kids, and Fred [MacMurray].
#1 - The Honeymoon is Over
Season 10 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/28/1970
A Special time consuming project keeps Steve and son Robbie so pre-occupied that they are tired when they arrive home. After the project ends, the co-workers throw a celebration party and when Barbara and Katie arrive with supper for their hardworking spouses, and see a party in full swing, they storm out.
#2 - Second Banana
Season 12 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/2/1972
While Steve becomes pre-occupied with a time-consuming project named Taurus, Barbara blossoms forth as a Championship Cook. Her recipe for 'Tangy Tidbits' wins her a trip to Hawaii for the final cookout.
#3 - Double Jealousy
Season 10 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/17/1970
Barbara is jealous when a glamorous special secretary enters the lives of both Steve and his son, Robbie, and causes a double domestic crisis. Barbara ends up consoling a heartbroken young lady who is eventually fired from her position.
#4 - It's a Woman's World
Season 10 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/1970
When her brothers have more pressing commitments, Steve gets cast in Dodie's school play as a tree, more or less proving Robbie's point that females are instinctive manipulators.
#5 - Charley's Tea
Season 8 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/13/1968
Katie tearfully complains when Uncle Charley makes her feel unnecessary in the Douglas household. Steve speaks to Charley who is flabbergasted at the accusation, but immediately makes amends. Meanwhile, Chip is on a five-man school committee; four of the 'men' are girls and they won't let him open his mouth.
#6 - The Dream Book
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/31/1963
When he is badgered by one of his co-workers to join the company musical combo as a saxophonist, Steve, who is rather apprehensive about the situation, dreams of being chased by a man carrying a trumpet -- a man who looks very much like his workpal.
#7 - Ernie and the O'Grady
Season 7 - Episode 29 - Aired 4/13/1967
A genial bum Ernie brings home for dinner outrages Uncle Charley by eating everything in sight and then decides to stay the night even though he wasn't invited. Steve feels that they should let Ernie work things out for himself.
#8 - Rough on Dodie
Season 10 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/20/1969
Little Dodie feels out of place among her three stepbrothers and her often grumpy uncle, and discovers that being a member of the Douglas family can be a rough and tumble proposition.
#9 - Who is Sylvia?
Season 10 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/31/1970
Hoping to renew her funloving friendship, Steve's old girlfriend from Bryant Park, who is now a rich divorcee, comes to town and gives Barbara a few jealous moments.
#10 - Dodie Goes Downtown
Season 11 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1971
Ernie is left in charge for one day when Steve and Barbara are off to Chicago for a golf tournament while Uncle Charley attends a string music festival. Little Dodie and her friend take a shopping excursion into town but don't have enough money for the bus ride home.
#11 - Polly the Pigeon
Season 12 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/25/1971
Chip complains about Polly's lack of sales resistance because they have an apartment full of useless things. But she is trapped by a salesman into giving a dinner party for eight people in exchange for a free set of cookware.
#12 - Fit the Crime
Season 11 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/1971
Barbara leaves Ernie in charge of looking after Dodie after she has to go shopping. However Dodie goes to her friend Drucilla's house, and when Barbara returns he cannot remember where she is. After Dodie is found, Barbara sends them both to their rooms for the day. Then Ernie and Dodie rebel when they feel that they've been unjustly punished.
#13 - Robbie Valentino
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/22/1962
Bub fires Robbie's show business ambitions when he tells him to make the most of an opportunity when Robbie's 9th grade physics class is the subject of an educational film. He is excited when he and a fellow student are told they will be part of a close-up scene.
#14 - Let's Take Stock
Season 3 - Episode 32 - Aired 5/2/1963
Robbie's economics teacher gives each student a fictional $10,000 dollars to invest in stocks but Steve's boss at work gets the impression that he has some really hot tips.
#15 - Whatever Happened to Baby Chip?
Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/10/1966
When Chip adopts a Beatle-style, shoulder length haircut, the other members of the family feel that Steve should lay down the law to the long-haired one, but he and his associate consult a company psychologist for a solution. Steve decides not to be a strict father but to give the boy more attention, without affect.
#16 - The Wrong Robbie
Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 4/14/1966
A boy who looks just like Robbie almost ruins his reputation by driving around on-campus and inviting strange girls to kiss him, before the deception is uncovered. Finally, both boys and their parents are brought to the dean's office.
#17 - Fiddler Under the Roof
Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/10/1966
Ernie feels left out when the Douglas family orchestra begins to practise. Uncle Charley tries to teach Ernie the violin but runs into a major obstacle -- the boy's lack of obvious talent.
#18 - The Best Man
Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 2/23/1967
Robbie is crushed when he learns that Denise DuBois, a French exchange student that Robbie had hoped to marry, has accepted his friend Tom's proposal of marriage the night before.
#19 - The Perfect Separation
Season 8 - Episode 27 - Aired 3/9/1968
The first time Robbie and Katie entertain at home they imperil the marriage of two close friends, Denise and Larry. Denise insists on playing a game in which each player tells what he dislikes about the other. After various uncomfortable truths are revealed, Denise angrily storms out insisting on a marital separation.
#20 - Ernie, the Transmitter
Season 9 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/15/1969
After being the only one in his class to choose the correct color in a card test, Ernie is convinced he has extra sensory perception. He predicts disaster for Robbie and Katie if they keep an appointment for the babies with Dr. Osborne.
#21 - The Recital
Season 11 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/1971
Dodie studying piano, Margaret on the violin and Susan at clarinet, comprise the 'Rondelay trio' and Dodie tells Steve and Barbara the good news that they'll practice at the Douglas house for their upcoming recital.
#22 - Proxy Parents
Season 12 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/8/1971
Childless young marrieds Chip and Polly Douglas suddenly find themselvs the temporary guardians of several young children including the triplets, when Katie flies to Peru for a weekend rendezvous with Robbie. Meanwhile, Steve, Barbara and Charley go on a camping trip and Barbara isn't exactly Mrs. Daniel Boone -- as Steve eventually finds out.
#23 - TV Triplets
Season 12 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/13/1972
Katie's triplets are spotted by a talent scout for a production company and are selected to appear in a television commercial. The temperemental Director yells when the boys misbehave and make a shambles of the studio. Grandfather Steve is asked to replace the actor doing the same so the boys will feel at ease.
#24 - Peanuts
Season 12 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/17/1972
Dodie commits the entire Douglas family to a time consuming project - the awesome task of getting a four foot tall bag of Peanuts into small little sacks which they hope to sell at the school fair to raise money for Korean orphans.
#25 - The Birth of Arfie
Season 12 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/23/1972
The Douglas family becomes concerned about Dodie's despondency when Tramp, the ageing family mongrel, keeps disappearing at night. Meanwhile, Uncle Charley makes her a rag-doll and names it Arfie.