3x1 - Acts of Love (1)

September 13, 1977

While Nancy and Buddy prepare for their parents' 25th wedding-anniversary party, Willie meets, and falls in love with, a physics student named Lizzy -- who, as he soon finds out, has radiation sickness.

3x2 - Acts of Love (2)

September 20, 1977

Lizzy dies, but not before Willie convinces her to marry him first.

3x3 - The First Time

September 27, 1977

Kate unhappily contemplates her 49th birthday; T.J. asks Buddy to go steady with him, but she's not sure.

3x4 - Change of Heart

October 4, 1977

Nancy is jealous of Jeff's new fiancée.

3x5 - Annie Laurie

October 25, 1977

Doug gets propositioned by a female lawyer.

3x6 - We Love You, Miss Jessup

November 1, 1977

Buddy's English teacher gets outed; Willie suspects Nancy of being a home-wrecker.

3x7 - The Little Brother

November 8, 1977

Willie fails to understand a black thing; Buddy develops an interest in genealogy.

3x8 - Childhood's End

November 15, 1977

Buddy's friend Laura returns for a visit, and -- guess what? -- she, too, is now an alkie; a friend of Doug's, a divorced father, is apprehensive about seeing his kids again.

3x9 - A Tale Out of Season

November 22, 1977

Doug's colleague and protégé turns out to be a child-beater; Nancy finds a puppy; Buddy finally gets into the Thanksgiving spirit.

3x10 - Labors of Love

November 29, 1977

Buddy, upset by a lack of attention from T.J., tries to make him jealous by hanging out with a geek; Willie catches the eye of his cute über-boss.

3x11 - A Child is Given

December 13, 1977

3x12 - More Than Friends

January 3, 1978

Nancy hits it off with Willie's former writing teacher, but things get awkward when he pans Willie's script.

3x13 - Princess in the Tower

January 10, 1978

Kate, slightly sick of family life, checks out a model apartment in a brand-new high-rise condo -- and gets trapped overnight, along with a very pregnant younger woman; Buddy has the bright idea of dyeing her hair blonde.

3x14 - Echoes of Love

January 17, 1978

Willie can't stop reminiscing about Lizzy, so he hooks up with her former roommate; Audrey is depressed because her parents are splitting up, and angry that Doug is representing her mother in the divorce.

3x15 - See Saw

January 24, 1978

Kate volunteers to help a moody (and arithmetic-obsessed) young patient at the Braille institute; Willie works on installing Timmy's new bed; Buddy leaves for a week-end of skiing with T.J. and his parents.

3x16 - Lifeline

January 31, 1978

Nancy plays hot-line operator when her classmate attempts suicide, to get back at her married boyfriend for breaking up her; Buddy baby-sits a whiny kid.

3x17 - . . . And Baby Makes Three

February 7, 1978

Nancy and Jeff aren't sure whether to get back together; Buddy is disgusted that Audrey has fallen for the cheap ploys of the school Casanova.

3x18 - Crossing Over

February 14, 1978

Willie has an appointment with a big-shot film producer, on the eve of his 21st birthday; then, he and Doug make friends with a stripper.

3x20 - A Friend of the Family's

February 28, 1978

A somewhat unscrupulous former friend of Willie's drops by; Buddy needs driving lessons; Kate and Doug consider taking separate vacations.

3x21 - Fear of Shadows

May 2, 1978

Kate has a recurring nightmare about running over a little boy; Buddy gets a pet raccoon.

3x22 - Sleeping Gypsy

May 9, 1978

Everyone at school dislikes Buddy's bohemian friend; Kate gives Doug a plaid jacket he doesn't much care for.

3x23 - Counterpoint

May 16, 1978

Kate has to go back and repeat a class she flunked the previous semester, and gets picked on by a snobby professor; Doug contemplates early retirement after his tennis partner has a heart attack.