Family Guy: Season 3

2001 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.0

What Season 3 of Family Guy

Season 3 opens with Brian hooked on cocaine, a risky habit for a newly trained Pointer working as a police dog at the airport. His family takes him to a rehab center, but when he leaves, he decides to take off without telling anyone where he's going. Peter has to recover from the blow of discovering that his teenage son Chris is physically more talented than he is. Stewie sees his plans for world domination thwarted once again. Meg, whom the rest of the family ignores, keeps putting up with constant teasing at home and at school.

22episodes

Jul 11, 2001premiered

Dec 10, 2004final episode

8.4 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 The Thin White Line (1)
Jul 11, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.3
Brian's keen sense of smell gets him a job with the police department.
Directing: Glen Hill · Writing: Steve Callaghan · Starring: June Foray, Haley Joel Osment, Leif Garrett, Thomas Dekker
3x02 Brian Does Hollywood (2)
Jul 18, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Brian's first job in Hollywood is directing a pornographic film.
Directing: Gavin Dell · Writing: Gary Janetti · Starring: Ray Liotta, Jenna Jameson, Ron Jeremy, Olivia Hack
3x03 Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington
Jul 25, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
The tobacco industry sends Peter to Washington to present a speech about smoking.
Directed by: Brian Hogan · Written by: Ricky Blitt · Starring: Alyssa Milano, Meredith Scott Lynn, Olivia Hack, Jack Sheldon
3x04 One If by Clam, Two If by Sea
Aug 1, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
When a hurricane strikes Quohog, everything is destroyed including The Drunken Clam, which is bought out by a Brit who turns it into an English pub. As it happens, pub owner Nigel Pinchley and his family move in next door to the Griffins, and Stewie tries to teach Nigel's Cockney-accented 3-year-old daughter how to speak proper English.
Directing: Dan Povenmire · Writing: Jim Bernstein, Michael Shipley · Starring: Hugh Laurie, Ed Asner, Alan Shearman, Tara Strong
3x05 And the Wiener Is...
Aug 8, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Peter joins a gun club to compensate for his lack of physical assets; Meg becomes the target of the "cool" gang's wrath.
Directing: Bert Ring · Writing: Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker · Starring: Patrick Duffy, Lisa Wilhoit, Debra Wilson, Tara Strong
3x06 Death Lives
Aug 15, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
After a near-death experience on his anniversary, Peter learns the importance of spending time with Lois.
Directing: Rob Renzetti · Writing: Mike Henry · Starring: Peter Frampton, Estelle Harris, Laura Silverman, Adam Carolla
3x07 Lethal Weapons
Aug 22, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
New Yorkers invade the town in the fall; Lois hones her martial-arts skills.
Directing: Pete Michels, Brian Hogan · Writing: Chris Sheridan · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Peter Gallagher, Michael Chiklis, Phil LaMarr
3x08 The Kiss Seen Around the World
Aug 29, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Meg lands an internship working with the school nerd at a television station.
Directing: Peter Shin, Pete Michels · Writing: Mark Hentemann · Starring: Abe Vigoda, Josh Peck, Hugh Downs, Lisa Wilhoit
3x09 Mr. Saturday Knight
Sep 5, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Peter decides to pursue his dream career as a knight.
Directing: Peter Shin, Michael Dante DiMartino · Writing: Steve Callaghan · Starring: Charles Durning, R. Lee Ermey, Will Ferrell, Jimmy Kimmel
3x10 Fish Out of Water
Sep 19, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
When Peter decides to become a fisherman, he takes out a large loan to buy a fishing boat and unwittingly gives up everything he owns as collateral.
Directing: Peter Shin, Pete Michels · Writing: Alex Borstein, Mike Henry · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Brian Doyle-Murray, Michael Chiklis, Lisa Wilhoit
3x11 Emission Impossible
Oct 8, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.5
Lois' pregnant sister inspires her and Peter to have another baby.
Directing: Peter Shin, Pete Michels · Writing: Ken Goin, David Collard · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Shawn Pyfrom, Wallace Shawn, Majel Barrett
3x12 To Love and Die in Dixie
Nov 15, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.4
The Griffins are put into the witness protection program.
Directing: Pete Michels, Dan Povenmire · Writing: Steve Callaghan · Starring: Waylon Jennings, Dakota Fanning, Brian Dunkleman, Kathleen Wilhoite
3x13 Screwed the Pooch
Nov 29, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Peter and Lois go to the Pewterschmidts for the weekend, bringing Brian along. Brian, meanwhile, has some "issues" of his own to work out. Find out if Brian's future is to make puppies or become "less" than he is.
Directing: Pete Michels · Writing: Ken Goin, David Collard · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Bob Barker, Don LaFontaine, Jane Lynch
3x14 Peter Griffin: Husband, Father... Brother?
Dec 6, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
While trying to teach Chris about his Irish roots, Peter stumbles upon Nate Griffin, a black man in his family tree. Peter tries to embrace his new-found heritage, but can't quite get the hang of it. When Lois' father, Carter Pewtershmidt, sits the Griffin kids down for a look at his family genealogy, a dark secret is uncovered.
Directing: Scott Wood · Writing: Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker · Starring: Wally Wingert, Meredith Scott Lynn, Tara Strong, Gary Cole
3x15 Ready, Willing, and Disabled
Dec 20, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Joe gets discouraged, losing his self-confidence, after he loses a thief in a chase. Peter wants to help Joe get back to his old self so he volunteers to help train him for the decathlon at the Olympics for handicapped athletes. Peter puts steroids into Joe's drink, pushing Joe on to victory. Meanwhile, Stewie, Meg, and Chris fight over $26.
Directing: Andi Klein, Pete Michels · Writing: Marc Firek, Alex Barnow · Starring: Alex Rocco, Tony Danza, Valerie Bertinelli, Wally Wingert
3x16 A Very Special Family Guy Freakin' Christmas Mid-Season Finale
Dec 21, 2001 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Christmas comes to Quahog! While Lois attempt to make the holidays perfect for the Griffin family, Peter messes it up. Meanwhile, Stewie learns of Santa Claus' ability to keep 24-hour surveillance on all the world's children.
Directing: Pete Michels, Brian Hogan · Writing: Danny Smith · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley, Wally Wingert
3x17 Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows
Jan 17, 2002 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Brian is sentenced to care for a crabby old woman; Peter's beard becomes a home for birds.
Directing: Pete Michels, Dan Povenmire · Writing: Ali Adler · Starring: Patrick Warburton, A.J. Benza, Butch Hartman, Melora Hardin
3x18 From Method to Madness
Jan 24, 2002 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Stewie attempts a career in show business; Meg dates a nudist.
Directing: Bert Ring · Writing: Matt Weitzman, Mike Barker · Starring: Fred Willard, Jane Lynch, Chris Cox, Rachael MacFarlane
3x19 Stuck Together, Torn Apart
Jan 31, 2002 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Peter's jealously forces a trial separation; Stewie and Brian get glued together.
Directing: Michael Dante DiMartino · Writing: Mark Hentemann · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Meredith Scott Lynn, Mike Barker
3x20 Road to Europe
Feb 7, 2002 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Stewie goes to England to take refuge in his favorite television show, while Lois embarrasses Peter at a KISS concert.
Directed by: Dan Povenmire · Written by: Daniel Palladino · Starring: Andy Dick, Michael McKean, Fred Willard, Paul Stanley
3x21 Family Guy Viewer Mail #1
Feb 14, 2002 · 23 min · ★ 7.2
Viewer mail inspires three stories in which Peter loses his bones, the Griffins gain superpowers, and Peter and his friends appear as eight-year-old "Little Rascals."
Directing: Michael Dante DiMartino, Pete Michels · Writing: Seth MacFarlane, Jim Bernstein, Gene Laufenberg · Starring: Patrick Warburton, Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Michael Winslow
3x22 When You Wish Upon a Weinstein Season Finale
Dec 10, 2004 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
The day that Peter buys volcano insurance is the day that Lois becomes fed up with their constant money problems.
Directed by: Dan Povenmire · Written by: Ricky Blitt · Starring: Mary Scheer, Ben Stein, Mark Hamill, Ed McMahon