The BEST episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air season 3
Every episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air season 3!
A wealthy family living in Bel-Air, California, receives a dubious gift from their poorer relations in Philadelphia when Will Smith arrives as The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air. Will shatters the sophisticated serenity of Bel-Air with his streetwise common sense, much to the dismay of his upper-crust uncle, Philip Banks, Aunt Vivian and three conceited cousins, Carlton, Hilary and Ashley - and butler Geoffrey. As the Banks family opens their home - and their checkbook - to their needy relative, Will adapts easily to their indulgent lifestyle. Yet, he reminds everyone that the simplest pleasures of family life can't be bought at any price.
#1 - Six Degrees of Graduation
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 5/10/1993
Vy anticipates Will's graduation with enthusiasm, but there may be discord when she learns Will is failing music. To pass his music class, Will must sing at the graduation ceremony -- with a class of eight-year-olds.
#2 - The Baby Comes Out
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/22/1993
Vivian's baby is a week late, but family members and her visiting sisters are nowhere to be found when it's time to rush to the hospital.
#3 - Winner Takes Off
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/4/1993
Will and Carlton convince Geoffrey that he has won a multimillion dollar lottery.
#4 - Just Say Yo
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/15/1993
Will learns a sobering lesson after Carlton pops the wrong pills from Will's locker, mistaking amphetamines for vitamins, and winds up in hospital.
#5 - Boyz in the Woods
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1992
Philip takes Will and Carlton on a camping trip that turns out to be a disaster when snow traps the unhappy campers.
#6 - That's No Lady, That's My Cousin
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1992
Enrolled at the newly coed Bel-Air Prep, Ashley begins dressing to entice guys, using Will's preferences in women as her examples.
#7 - A Night at the Oprah
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1992
The Bankses appear on Oprah's show and fail to invite Will on-stage, which may cause Philip to lose the election.
#8 - The Cold War
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/7/1992
Carlton Banks is very depressed after being rejected by Paula, unaware that she has left him for Will. Meanwhile, Philip and Vivian receive an envelope from their doctor containing an ultrasound picture revealing the sex of Vivian's fetus. Not wanting to spoil their surprise in the delivery room, they entrust the sealed envelope to their butler, Geoffrey ...then curiosity gets the better of them.
#9 - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1992
Will returns home from spending the summer in Philadelphia with a new look that doesn't sit well with Uncle Phil.
#10 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1992
At Vivian's Lamaze class, Will cozies up to a pregnant sportswriter, who takes him to a game -- and delivers more than just fun.
#11 - Robbing the Banks
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/18/1993
Philip is quick to judge an ex-con Will urged him to hire as a handyman and temporary assistant after the house is robbed.
#12 - Mommy Nearest
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/14/1992
Will's mother tells Will that she's broken her engagement to Robert and eagerly awaits her son's graduation so they can return to Philadelphia together. A shocked Will is afraid to tell her that he wants to attend college in California and remain with his Bel-Air family and friends, and suffers a nightmarish fantasy of what it would be like still living with his mother when he's 60 years old.
#13 - You Bet Your Life
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1993
Heavyweight boxing champ Riddick Brown wreaks havoc with Carlton's mind and Will's face at a funky cafe-casino in Nevada, where the cousins have stopped on their way to check out a college for Will.
#14 - Will Gets Committed
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1992
Philip and Vivian organize a cleanup effort in the riot-torn remains of their old LA neighborhood.
#15 - Hilary Gets a Job
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1992
Hilary gets a job reporting weather on television.
#16 - P.S. I Love You
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1992
Philip intends to railroad the ineffectual Judge Robertson off the bench; and Will becomes the "love slave" of a flamboyantly generous plain student. Will accepts many expensive gifts off her including tickets to the Los Angeles Lakers game, a Harley Davidson and a jacket emblazoned with a motif of his hero Malcolm X. In the end she reveals actually she does not even like him and she was doing this for his attention for her own gains regarding image, because he was captain of basketball and lots of other girls do like him.
#17 - The Best Laid Plans
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/1/1993
Will tries to dupe a girl into intimacy.
#18 - Ain't No Business Like Show Business
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/12/1993
Will lands a spot in a comedy showcase after accompanying a comic friend to an audition.
#19 - Mama's Baby, Carlton's Maybe
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1992
Carlton prepares for a dinner date with his former girlfriend, Cindy (Lark Voorhees), forgiving her for rejecting him several months earlier, but when she arrives with a newborn baby named Carlton Jr., the entire Banks family is stunned
#20 - The Alma Matter
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/8/1993
Princeton accepts Will but rejects Carlton -- whose guardian angel helps him see the light.
#21 - Asses to Ashes
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1992
Election results are in and Philip fights to remain cool amid lies by Judge Robertson, which prompt Will to confront the outspoken incumbent. Will Will go to far? Will he say what everyone is feeling? Will Judge Robertson be able to take it?
#22 - Bundle of Joy
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/25/1993
As Vivian's delivery date approaches, the family fantasizes about what the baby will mean to each of them: Ashley feels all but invisible, Geoffrey feels overwhelmed by the family's demands, and Vivian feels like she's having triplets.
#23 - Here Comes the Judge
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1992
Will gets arrested for numerous parking tickets as Phil runs for judge against incumbent Judge Robertson.
#24 - The Way We Were
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 5/3/1993
Series clips illustrate family recollections as the kids put together a scrapbook for Vivian and Philip, who want to renew their vows on their anniversary.