The BEST episodes of Sanford and Son season 3
Every episode of Sanford and Son season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Sanford and Son season 3!
The misadventures of a cantankerous old man and his son, partners in the family junk business in Los Angeles’ Watts neighborhood.
#1 – Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle
Season 3 – Episode 15 – Aired 11/1/1974
When Lamont tries to contest a traffic ticket, Fred creates disorder in the court.
#2 – The Party Crasher
Season 3 – Episode 18 – Aired 8/2/1974
Lamont and Rollo set up a rendezvous at Rollo’s place with two girls that doesn’t go as planned, but Fred stops by and saves the day.
#3 – The Blind Mellow Jelly Collection (a.k.a.) The Chameleon
Season 3 – Episode 10 – Aired 16/11/1973
Fred donates a collection of Blind Mellow Jelly records to a library for a tax deduction, but after learning of the records’ monetary value, he cooks up a scheme to get them back.
#4 – Fred’s Cheating Heart
Season 3 – Episode 17 – Aired 1/2/1974
Fed up with all of Fred’s fake heart attacks, Lamont forces his father to check into the hospital for tests.
#5 – Tyranny, Thy Name Is Grady
Season 3 – Episode 21 – Aired 1/3/1974
With Fred away in St. Louis, Grady rules the house with an iron fist.
#6 – Fred, the Reluctant Fingerman
Season 3 – Episode 3 – Aired 28/9/1973
After Fred witnesses a burglary at Julio’s place but refuses to identify the culprits, Lamont and Julio turn the tables to show Fred the value of being a good neighbor.
#7 – Libra Rising All Over Lamont
Season 3 – Episode 2 – Aired 21/9/1973
Inspired by a visit to an astrologist, Lamont seeks peace with his father, but Fred is convinced that his indigestion may be fatal.
#8 – Hello, Cousin Emma…Goodbye, Cousin Emma
Season 3 – Episode 24 – Aired 29/3/1974
Grady’s cousin Emma comes to visit and tries to take advantage of his hospitality.
#9 – Wine, Women and Aunt Esther (a.k.a.) Leaving the Nest
Season 3 – Episode 13 – Aired 14/12/1973
After the death of a friend, Fred and his buddies throw a party to feel young again but run out of gas long before they can make time with a group of younger women.
#10 – Lamont, Is That You?
Season 3 – Episode 6 – Aired 19/10/1973
After Bubba spots Lamont and Rollo mistakenly entering a gay bar, an incredulous Fred tries to find out if his son has become a homosexual.
#11 – Lamont Goes Karate
Season 3 – Episode 19 – Aired 15/2/1974
Beaten up by a barroom bully, Lamont takes karate lessons to defend himself against the thug.
#12 – Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe
Season 3 – Episode 14 – Aired 4/1/1974
Longtime family friend Grip comes to visit, with a shocking claim: he thinks he is Lamont’s real father.
#13 – Presenting the Three Degrees
Season 3 – Episode 4 – Aired 5/10/1973
Rollo and Lamont convince Fred to let their three-girl singing act stay at the house, but Fred and his rowdy friends ruin the opening performance.
#14 – Fuentes, Fuentes, Sanford & Chico
Season 3 – Episode 7 – Aired 26/10/1973
Convinced that Lamont is abandoning the business, Fred takes a bed at a seedy flophouse.
#15 – Lamont as Othello
Season 3 – Episode 1 – Aired 14/9/1973
While visiting the home of Lamont’s white drama teacher, Fred surprises the woman’s parents and exposes their prejudices as well as his own.
#16 – Grady, The Star Boarder
Season 3 – Episode 12 – Aired 30/11/1973
To make some extra cash, Fred and Lamont take in Grady as a boarder but soon regret the decision.
#17 – This Land Is Whose Land?
Season 3 – Episode 16 – Aired 18/1/1974
Angry with Julio for leaving junk on his property, Fred gets a surveyor to mark the property line but is not pleased with the results.
#18 – A House Is Not a Poolroom
Season 3 – Episode 11 – Aired 23/11/1973
Lamont regrets his birthday gift to Fred of a pool table, which has turned the house into a billiards room for Fred and his shiftless friends.
#19 – The Members of the Wedding (a.k.a.) The Engagement
Season 3 – Episode 9 – Aired 9/11/1973
To spoil Fred’s wedding plans with Donna, Lamont uses Esther and other family members to wreak havoc.
#20 – Will the Real Fred Sanford Please Do Something?
Season 3 – Episode 20 – Aired 22/2/1974
A confused woman visits the house, insisting that Grady is Fred, the man with whom she had spent a drunken evening.
#21 – Superflyer
Season 3 – Episode 8 – Aired 2/11/1973
To claim an inheritance in St. Louis, a nervous Fred must take his first airplane flight.
#22 – The Way to Lamont’s Heart
Season 3 – Episode 23 – Aired 15/3/1974
Spooked by his girlfriend’s marriage ideas, Lamont uses Grady as the reason he can’t tie the knot.
#23 – This Little TV Went to Market
Season 3 – Episode 5 – Aired 12/10/1973
Fred’s new TV turns out to be one stolen from Grady, so Fred tries to unload it on Julio.
#24 – Aunt Esther and Uncle Woodrow Pffttt…
Season 3 – Episode 22 – Aired 8/3/1974
Woody comes to stay with Lamont and Grady after a fight with Esther.
