The BEST episodes of Less Than Perfect season 3
Every episode of Less Than Perfect season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Less Than Perfect season 3!
Plucky secretary Claude Casey, assistant to a TV news anchorman, must deal with goofy friends and obnoxious coworkers while making her way in New York.
#1 - Claude's 15 Minutes of Christmas
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/17/2004
Claude is put in charge of organizing the GNB on-air holiday greeting, but is alarmed to learn that there are strict criteria to determine who can represent the company - putting her in hot water with Owen, Ramona and Carl, to whom she had promised an appearance. Meanwhile Lydia refuses to rearrange her holiday plans with Jeb when he announces they must accommodate his son, George, and Kipp and his new girlfriend, Annie, encounter holiday relationship turbulence.
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#2 - Claude the Expert
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/15/2005
Claude encourages Charlie to audition for a band, but she's dumbfounded when he reveals he got the gig and has to leave town indefinitely. Will wins Kipp from Jeb in a card game and gives him to Claude as a gift -- so Claude willingly lets him do her job. Meanwhile, Ramona and Owen plan a surprise birthday party for Carl. Depressed over her breakup with Jeb, Lydia (""the spinster Weston"") becomes Owen's ""pancake whore,"" but Claude interferes and Lydia winds up having an impromptu wedding with Jeb at Denny's.
#3 - Supply Man Down
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2004
Claude's suggestion for a paper-free office could make Owen's job obsolete.
#4 - Claude's Extreme Makeover
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 3/25/2005
Claude wins an extreme apartment makeover by the ""Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"" design team at a charity auction. While the designers (and Owen) redesign her apartment, Claude has to spend the night at GNB -- where there is a surprising amount of late night activity and intrigue. Upset over his breakup with Lydia, Jeb bonds with Carl and the two go on a bender; Lydia arrives in hooker attire, claiming that she's fleeing the police; and Kipp makes out with the cleaning lady.
#5 - Ignoring Lydia
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2004
Jeb pays Claude to be Lydia's best friend.
#6 - Shoo-In
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2004
Claude applies for a management-training program.
#7 - Distractions
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/4/2005
Paula Abdul guest stars as a gallery owner who predicts new photographer Owen will become famous, while Lydia and Jeb search for a photographer of their own to shoot their upcoming nuptials.
#8 - From the Chair to the Couch
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2004
Claude's remark to Will lands her on his psychiatrist's couch.
#9 - Moms the Word
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2004
Owen's meddlesome mother and her companion visit the office.
#11 - Casey V. Kronsky
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2005
To complete the GNB Management Training Program, Claude and Kipp must supervise a department. Claude is assigned to Supplies, where she struggles to assert her authority over hypersensitive Owen. Meanwhile Kipp is assigned to Operations, which he soon learns is the janitorial department. At first appalled at blue collar life, Kipp later embraces his new masculine side. Lydia fills in as Jeb's secretary, which proves awkward since they've broken up. Carl recieves 18 health code violations in the cafeteria, but the inspector agrees to wave them if he'll sleep with her.
#12 - We're Bad People
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2004
Claude suspects Kipp has embezzled funds to pay for his eye surgery.
#13 - Playhouse
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/28/2005
Claude's boyfriend Charlie temporarily moves in after his landlord pays him ten thousand dollars to move out. However, when Charlie becomes too comfortable with his new wealth and free living arrangements and begins holding auditions for his new band in her apartment, Claude questions her decision . In the meantime, Lydia wants Jeb to take dance lessons to prepare for their wedding, and Owen is the perfect teacher.
#14 - Amicably Yours
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/1/2005
Claude discovers that Jeb and Lydia are pretending to be romantically interested in her and Kipp, respectively, as a means of making the other jealous. Meanwhile, Carl makes a long overdue visit to a doctor, played by Star Jones Reynolds, who makes him think he has more ailments than he really does
#15 - Emotions Eleven
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/7/2005
The crew arrives at GNB's annual retreat to discover former human resources representative Schmidtline fired up to point out all their workplace flaws. Claude struggles to lead the group in a team-building task, and when things go poorly, they decide to go AWOL to a casino. Meanwhile, Will and Jeb are left to fend for themselves in the office, but neither can figure out how to make a conference call.
#16 - Get Away
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/11/2005
Will loans his beach house to Claude and Charlie, who find that the uninvited Lydia and Jeb are there. Meanwhile, when Ramona's computer crashes, she finds herself oddly attracted to the dorky software technician; Will's water-massage-table arrives after his departure to Aspen, where he intends to break up with his girlfriend; and Kipp and Carl compete to win the affection of a lovely news producer.
#17 - I Just Don't Like Her
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/21/2005
Carl's girlfriend, Viv, is friendly to everyone except Claude who, she thinks, is trying to steal Carl away from her. But when Carl breaks up with Viv for ridiculous reasons, Claude makes it her goal to get them back together. Meanwhile, Lydia convinces a restaurant to add Jeb's image on their famed wall, which forces Will off the wall.
#18 - You Can Leave the Lights On
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/14/2005
Claude's ex-boyfriend, Charlie, returns to GNB and they decide to give their relationship a second try, so Ramona convinces Claude to buy some sexy lingerie to reignite their passion. Meanwhile, GNB has upped security and reinstated the studio tour, putting pressure on Ramona and Owen to perform as if they had an audience; and Jeb at last seems to appreciate Kipp's work, but he changes his tune when Kipp's great story idea (men with silly beard styles) results in horrible reprocussions.
#19 - Pre-Wedded Bliss
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/4/2005
Claude steps in to help Lydia and Jeb with their pre-nup, but finds she may have opened a Pandora's Box. Owen offers to help Claude with Will's fan mail, and forges a relationship with one fan in particular, Louise. But when Louise (played by Joan Rivers) shows up at GNB to meet Will, it could be trouble for everyone. Meanwhile Ramona cooks up an internet auction scheme to get back at Kipp for insulting her.
#20 - Claude Wants to Know
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2004
Claude presses a duplicitous former date for the truth about her.
#21 - Ain't It a Shame, Claude?
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2004
When a new guy starts at the office, Claude is oblivious that he has a crush on her.
#22 - Knock, Knock Who's Dead?
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2004
After a worker dies in his office, Claude tries to return his things to a family member.