The BEST episodes of Family Guy season 3

Every episode of Family Guy season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Family Guy season 3!

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

Last Updated: 12/19/2024Network: FOXStatus: Continuing
To Love and Die in Dixie
star
7.71
1829 votes

#1 - To Love and Die in Dixie

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/15/2001

After Chris witnesses a convenience store robbery, the Griffins are put in the witness protection program and relocated to the Deep South.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
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Emission Impossible
star
7.58
1754 votes

#2 - Emission Impossible

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/8/2001

Peter goes with Lois to visit her sister Carole, who is now pregnant, but alone since her husband walked out on her. Carole goes into labor and Peter helps deliver the baby. Caught up in the moment, Peter and Lois decide that they want another baby. Stewie however, does not agree. Stewie does everything possible to keep Peter and Lois away from each other, but when he is locked out of their room, he is forced to take desperate measures. Stewie ends up shrinking himself down to microscopic size and seeking out his sperm-brother inside Peter's body. Instead of trying to kill his unborn brother Stewie and him unite to destroy Lois.

Directors: Peter Shin
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Death Lives
star
7.48
1981 votes

#3 - Death Lives

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 8/15/2001

Peter sneaks away on his anniversary to play golf at an upscale country club, only to be struck by lightning and have a near-death experience. Death promises to give Peter a revelation to help his marriage if Peter helps him get a date.

Directors: Rob Renzetti
Writer: Mike Henry
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Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
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7.44
1597 votes

#4 - Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 12/6/2001

While trying to teach Chris about his Irish roots, Peter stumbles upon Nate Griffin, a black man in his family tree. Peter tries to embrace his new-found heritage, but can’t quite get the hang of it. When Lois’ father, Carter Pewtershmidt, sits the Griffin kids down for a look at his family genealogy, a dark secret is uncovered.

Directors: Scott Wood
Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
star
7.43
1540 votes

#5 - Family Guy Viewer Mail #1

Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 2/14/2002

Three stories inspired by viewers' letters: Peter loses his bones, the Griffins gain superpowers, and Peter and his friends appear as Little Rascals.

Screwed the Pooch
star
7.39
1591 votes

#6 - Screwed the Pooch

Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/2001

Peter and Lois go to the Pewterschmidts for the weekend, bringing Brian along. Brian, meanwhile, has some "issues" of his own to work out. Find out if Brian's future is to make puppies or become "less" than he is.

Directors: Pete Michels
Brian Does Hollywood
star
7.35
1920 votes

#7 - Brian Does Hollywood

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 7/18/2001

The Griffin family learns Brain has gone to Hollywood. After trying out on Kids Say the Darndest Things, Stewie awarded an appearance, and the Griffin get a free trip to Los Angeles. Brian doesn't want the family to know what he's really doing in Hollywood, and tries to cover it up.

Directors: Gavin Dell
Writer: Gary Janetti
Lethal Weapons
star
7.34
1879 votes

#8 - Lethal Weapons

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 8/22/2001

Lois joins Bonnie's martial arts class for fun, and soon becomes the course's star pupil. When Quahog gets overrun with leaf-watchers from New York, Peter decides to use his wife's new fighting skills to try and run them out of town. The plan succeeds, but the violent tendencies he awakens in Lois may not be so easy to bring back under control again.

Directors: Brian Hogan
The Thin White Line
star
7.33
2353 votes

#9 - The Thin White Line

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 7/11/2001

Brian takes a job on the police force as a drug-sniffing dog, which leads him down a path of cocaine addiction. Trying to kick the habit, Brian checks into a clinic. With the Griffin family cruise canceled due to Brian’s absence, Peter gets the idea to vacation at the rehab retreat.

Directors: Glen Hill
Stuck Together, Torn Apart
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7.33
1561 votes

#10 - Stuck Together, Torn Apart

Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 1/31/2002

Lois runs into an old male friend from school and they renew their friendship, but Peter's jealousy forces a trial separation. Meanwhile, Brian and Stewie get themselves stuck together with industrial-strength glue.

One if by Clam, Two if by Sea
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7.32
1931 votes

#11 - One if by Clam, Two if by Sea

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/1/2001

When a hurricane strikes Quohog, everything is destroyed including The Drunken Clam, which is bought out by a Brit who turns it into an English pub. As it happens, pub owner Nigel Pinchley and his family move in next door to the Griffins, and Stewie tries to teach Nigel's Cockney-accented 3-year-old daughter how to speak proper English.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
From Method to Madness
star
7.32
1400 votes

#12 - From Method to Madness

Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 1/24/2002

When Brian auditions for a role at the local theatre, Stewie is 'discovered' and enters the Quahog School of Performing Arts. Meanwhile, Peter rescues a man from the ocean only to discover that the man is a naturist.

Directors: Bert Ring
Ready, Willing, and Disabled
star
7.31
1439 votes

#13 - Ready, Willing, and Disabled

Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 12/20/2001

Joe gets discouraged, losing his self-confidence, after he loses a thief in a chase. Peter wants to help Joe get back to his old self so he volunteers to help train him for the decathlon at the Olympics for handicapped athletes. Peter puts steroids into Joe's drink, pushing Joe on to victory. Meanwhile, Stewie, Meg, and Brian fight over $26.

Directors: Andi Klein
Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington
star
7.31
2177 votes

#14 - Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 7/25/2001

When Peter's toy company is bought out by the Eldorado Cigarette Company, the toys are used to market cigarettes to children. On Lois's advice, Peter confronts his new bosses about their evil use of toys and is unexpectedly made the CEO and dispatched to congress to convince them not to pass an anti-smoking bill.

Directors: Brian Hogan
Writer: Ricky Blitt
Fish Out of Water
star
7.20
1780 votes

#15 - Fish Out of Water

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/2001

Peter, Still out of a job, and now severely obese, decides to take on a new profession: Fishing. After buying a boat at a police auction, he soon finds himself in debt to a loan shark. When Peter hears of a legendary fish that, when caught, could win him the money he needs, he and the guys go searching for the mystical creature called 'Daggermouth'. Meanwhile, Lois tries to cheer up Meg with a spring break trip, where Lois is the one getting all the attention.

Directors: Bert Ring
And the Wiener is...
star
7.13
1887 votes

#16 - And the Wiener is...

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/8/2001

Peter feels jealous when he finds out Chris has a larger penis than he does, so he tries various tactics like buying a new car and joining a gun club. He then takes Chris on a father-son hunting trip only for Chris to eventually save the day. Meanwhile, Meg finds herself to be a target of abuse from the cool kids at school when she joins the flag girl squad.

Directors: Bert Ring
Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
star
7.09
1559 votes

#17 - Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/17/2002

When Brian is arrested for drunk driving, he's forced to do community service, which consists of helping Pearl, a middle-aged, agoraphobic, bitter woman. Meanwhile, Peter grows a beard and learns that a swallow has nested inside it.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Ali Adler
A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas
star
7.07
1572 votes

#18 - A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas

Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 12/21/2001

Christmas comes to Quahog! While Lois attempt to make the holidays perfect for the Griffin family, Peter messes it up. Meanwhile, Stewie learns of Santa Claus’ ability to keep 24-hour surveillance on all the world’s children.

Directors: Brian Hogan
The Kiss Seen Round the World
star
7.03
1638 votes

#19 - The Kiss Seen Round the World

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 8/29/2001

Meg takes an internship to work for Tom with Neil as her partner and kisses him during a life-threading situation that is caught on tape. Stewie deals with a bully who stole his new tricycle.

Directors: Pete Michels
When You Wish Upon a Weinstein
star
6.96
1541 votes

#20 - When You Wish Upon a Weinstein

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/2/2003

The day that Peter buys volcano insurance is the day that Lois becomes fed up with their constant money problems. When Peter wishes for a Jewish "money guy" to help them, Max Weinstein comes to the rescue. After meeting Max, Peter decides Chris could be successful if he converted to Judaism as soon as possible, but the plans for a "quickie" bar mitzvah in Las Vegas are quickly foiled by Lois.

Directors: Dan Povenmire
Writer: Ricky Blitt
Mr. Saturday Knight
star
6.91
1687 votes

#21 - Mr. Saturday Knight

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 9/5/2001

Peter's boss comes to dinner at the Griffin house but soon dies. The Happy-Go-Lucky Toy Factory is turned into the Happy-Go-Lucky Terminal Disease Institute. Unemployed, Peter begins his search for a job and ends up going after his lifelong dream of becoming a knight at a traveling Renaissance Fair. Caught in a compromising position with the infamous Black Knight's wench, he must defend his family's honor in an duel with the Black Knight.

Road to Europe
star
6.78
1366 votes

#22 - Road to Europe

Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/7/2002

Stewie is addicted to the British children's show "Jolly Farm Review" based on Mother Maggie, a benevolent figure who looks after kids on a farm. They stow away on a plane they think is bound for England. They are wrong, and soon they are in Saudi Arabia at the beginning of a long, strange trip back home. Back in the US, Peter and Lois have an odd encounter with the band Kiss.

Directors: Dan Povenmire