Thirtysomething

  • Premiered: Sep 1987
  • Episodes: 86
  • Followers: 13
  • Ended
  • ABC (US)
  • Tuesday at 22
  • Drama Romance

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Season 3
3x1
Nancy's Mom
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 19, 1989
CAPSULE: Nancy's and Elliot move closer to a reconciliation, to the disapproval of her visiting mother Eleanor. Elliot and Nancy are spending an evening at Michael and Hope's talking .. show full overview
3x2
Love and Sex
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Air date
Oct 03, 1989
CAPSULE: While she and Michael are having problems of their own, Hope gets involved in the love life of her teenaged babysitter. Hope and Michael arrive home early while their teenaged .. show full overview
3x3
Mr. Right
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 1989
CAPSULE: Ellyn and Melissa try using a video dating service. Melissa is unexpectedly attracted to a younger man she meets. Ethan must kiss a girl in the school play. Ellyn and Melissa .. show full overview
3x4
New Baby
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Air date
Oct 24, 1989
CAPSULE: Susannah and Gary become new parents after a difficult delivery. Melissa has a hard time accepting Gary's new status. In a story told in reverse, the opening scene has Susannah .. show full overview
3x5
Legacy
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 1989
Elliot and Michael have a close encounter with disaster on an airplane. Hope's employer, the magazine Synergy, is being taken over and will curtain its environmental watchdog activities. .. show full overview
3x6
Strangers
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Air date
Nov 07, 1989
CAPSULE: Melissa must come to terms with the problems she has over the age difference with Lee. Their relationship is paralleled by a new one between Russell Weller and Peter .. show full overview
3x7
Pilgrims
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Air date
Nov 21, 1989
CAPSULE: Elliot reunites with his family, but Ethan is still full of anxiety which manifests itself as fear for his safety. Elliot moves back in his house with his wife and children on .. show full overview
3x8
The Burning Bush
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Air date
Nov 28, 1989
CAPSULE: Ellyn takes steps toward starting an affair with Jeffrey Milgrom. Hope begins work on an environmental project. Ellyn and Hope's present-day relationship is compared to the one .. show full overview
3x9
New Parents
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Air date
Dec 05, 1989
CAPSULE: Gary's decision to quit teaching and stay at home with his new baby causes a conflict between him and his mother. Gary and Susannah's new baby Emma cries for twelve hours and .. show full overview
3x10
Michael's Campaign
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Air date
Dec 12, 1989
CAPSULE: Michael crosses swords with the creative director at DAA. Hope gets more involved with her environmental project. At DAA, Michael and Elliot attend a ""war council"" on .. show full overview
3x11
Pulling Away
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Air date
Jan 09, 1990
CAPSULE: Michael is given more responsibility at DAA, causing friction between him and Elliot. Hope also has to take some responsibility with the anti-incinerator campaign. Michael and .. show full overview
3x12
Another Country
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Air date
Jan 16, 1990
CAPSULE: Just as her children's book is published, Nancy is diagnosed with ovarian cancer. On a typical madhouse morning at the Weston house, Nancy is experiencing some back pain. Later .. show full overview
3x13
Nancy is Okay
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Air date
Jan 23, 1990
CAPSULE: Nancy, family and friends deal with the aftermath of her cancer surgery. Nancy has come out of surgery and Elliot calls the Steadman house to tell Hope and Ethan the .. show full overview
3x14
Once a Mermaid
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Air date
Feb 06, 1990
CAPSULE: Ellyn restarts her affair with Richard, this time in earnest. Ellyn seems to be putting her flirtation with Jeffrey behind her, as she talks with Melissa about men and has a .. show full overview
3x15
Fathers and Lovers
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Air date
Feb 13, 1990
CAPSULE: Melissa has conflicts with Lee over finding him a new job and with her father over his plans to buy her building. At a dinner with her parents, the Steadmans and Lee, Melissa .. show full overview
3x16
Her Cup Runneth Over
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Air date
Feb 20, 1990
CAPSULE: Richard leaves his wife and takes his daughter and moves in with Ellyn. This new instant family experiences some rough times right away. Richard and Ellyn meet for a noontime .. show full overview
3x17
Good Sex, Bad Sex, What Sex, No Sex
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Air date
Feb 27, 1990
CAPSULE: Against the background of an examination of the characters' sex lives, Melissa and Lee break up. Melissa and Lee's sex life is going great and she tells the other women about .. show full overview
3x18
The Other Shoe
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Air date
Mar 20, 1990
CAPSULE: Nancy finds new support from another cancer patient, but their relationship threatens her closeness with her own family. Nancy has been receiving chemotherapy and as a result .. show full overview
3x19
The Three Year Itch
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Air date
Apr 03, 1990
CAPSULE: While in Washington, DC about a possible job, Hope almost cheats on Michael with John Dunaway. While Michael has gotten a big raise almost doubling his salary and lots of perks .. show full overview
3x20
I'm Nobody, Who Are You?
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Air date
Apr 10, 1990
CAPSULE: Resentment grows between the "haves" (the Steadmans) and the "have nots" (Gary and Susannah). Gary has put aside his ambivalence and is taking a job teaching Modern American .. show full overview
3x21
Arizona
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Air date
Apr 17, 1990
CAPSULE: Michael and Hope's relationship is deteriorating as they gather to attend her parents' anniversary celebration. Hope informs Michael they need to attend her parents' 40th .. show full overview
3x22
Going Limp
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Air date
May 01, 1990
CAPSULE: Elliot gets a chance to direct a public service announcement, but is he capable of doing the job? Ellyn comes to DAA with a request for them to film a public service .. show full overview
3x23
Towers of Zenith Part 1: The Go-Between
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Air date
May 15, 1990
CAPSULE: As Elliot grows more dissatisfied with DAA, Michael finds out something that could change everything about the company. Miles plans to take Michael to New York with him to meet .. show full overview
3x24 Season finale
Towers of Zenith Part 2: Samurai Adman
Episode overview
Air date
May 22, 1990
CAPSULE: Michael's career is on the line as the hostile takeover attempt of DAA heats up. As Minnesota Brands plots its hostile takeover of DAA, Miles wants to take Michael with him to .. show full overview

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