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The Best Episodes of EastEnders Season 3

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The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    EastEnders Season 3 Episode 1 - 197
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    S3:E1

    New Year's Day and Lofty is woken by Michelle typing. Michelle kicks out Ian and Wicksy, who both crashed out at the flat, and prepares to deal with her hungover husband.

    Director:Garth Tucker
    Writer:Charlie Humphreys

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  2. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 2 - 198
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    S3:E2

    Den hears Sharon's screams and comes to her rescue. He insists on driving her over to the Estate. Over at No. 45, Pauline is waiting up for Arthur to come home.

    Director:Tony Virgo
    Writer:Michael Robartes

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  3. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 3 - 199
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    S3:E3

    Sharon hears that she can have another week off work. Angie tells her that they'll have to move out from Pete and Kath's flat to a hotel and that Den'll have to pay.

    Director:Tony Virgo
    Writer:Gerry Huxham

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  4. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 4 - 200
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    S3:E4

    Sharon and Angie move out of Pete and Kath's flat and into a hotel. They both have important interviews today. Angie sees her solicitor, Mr Fenwick, about the divorce.

    Director:Nicholas Prosser
    Writer:Bill Lyons

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  5. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 5 - 201
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    S3:E5

    It's Kelvin's eighteenth birthday; his parents give him an expensive designer watch and his younger sister Cassie sends him hair beads.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Juliet Ace

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  6. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 6 - 202
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    S3:E6

    It is the morning after the party. Tony suffers a fare-dodger who also adds insult to injury by throwing up in his cab. At Lofty and Michelle's flat Lofty has been banished to the sofa.

    Director:Garth Tucker
    Writer:Tony McHale

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  7. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 7 - 203
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    S3:E7

    Lofty spends the day planning a night out with his wife. He seeks advice on what to do and where to go, but gets lots of different suggestions in response.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robin Allen

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  8. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 8 - 204
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    S3:E8

    Kathy and Michelle are working hard to try to complete Mehmet's knitting order - aided and supported by Ian, Pete and Lofty.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Robartes

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  9. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 9 - 205
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    S3:E9

    Trade at the Vic is still very bad. Den discovers Lofty's glass full of coins and insists that Lofty stops his scheme to subsidise the punters' drinks.

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:Gerry Huxham

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  10. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 10 - 206
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    S3:E10

    It is the day after Kathy was let down by Mehmet. All she wants is her jumpers back so she can sell them, but Sue tells her they've been sold and Mehmet himself is away from work "sick".

    Director:Chris Clough
    Writer:Maureen Chadwick

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  11. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 11 - 207
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    S3:E11

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    Director:Chris Clough
    Writer:Shirley Cooklin

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  12. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 12 - 208
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    S3:E12

    Hannah is followed home at night and again in the morning. Rezaul offers to walk her home later, angering Tony and Mehmet gets rid of Rezaul when he gives Hannah more unwanted attention. Jan visits Den and says she will run the Vic with him. Den the finds out that Willmott-Brown has bought the nearby Dagmar bar and is going to refurbish it so they will be in competition.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Tony McHale

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  13. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 13 - 209
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    S3:E13

    Ali looks for witnesses to someone crashing into his cab the night before, unaware that it was Barry and Nick in Barry's friend's father's car. When Barry asks Colin for a loan to repair the car, Colin says he will only if Barry confesses and that Barry should be getting away from crime.

    Director:Romey Allison
    Writer:Bill Lyons

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  14. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 14 - 210
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    S3:E14

    Pat has a black eye, which Kathy says she deserves for being "evil". Mary tells Den that Mehmet knew the deal with Kathy was a scam so Den, Pete and Tony eventually find Mehmet and trap him, beating him up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jane Hollowood

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  15. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 15 - 211
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    S3:E15

    Simon realises that what Pat said about Naima was true and he tells Lou he no longer wants to see his mother. Pete later says he will no longer drink in the Vic while Pat is there and when Pat and Simon argue, she tells him that Pete's brother, Kenny Beale, is his real father.

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:Mark Wheatley

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  16. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 16 - 212
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    S3:E16

    Tony returns from a night's cabbing with blood on his hands. Wicksy comes home with scratches on his face and Pete seems to have disappeared. Dot then makes a gruesome discovery while walking Willy through the Square gardens - Pat lying bloody and unconscious behind a bench, after being beaten up! Pete gets taken off by the police for questioning, and hits a policeman.

    Director:Chris Clough
    Writer:Rosemary Mason

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  17. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 17 - 213
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    S3:E17

    Pete and Simon are released by the police but Pete must come up with an alibi as to his whereabouts in regards to the recent spate of attacks on local women. Guizin and her three children are homeless after Mehmet gambled their house away and then did a runner.

    Director:Chris Clough
    Writer:Charlie Humphreys

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  18. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 18 - 214
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    S3:E18

    Pete tells Pauline that everyone except for her thinks he is guilty, even Lou and Kathy. Emine and Rayif go missing but are later found by Lofty. Guizin says that Mehmet has left them but Emine says he has only left Guizin.

    Director:Romey Allison
    Writer:Gilly Fraser

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  19. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 19 - 215
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    S3:E19

    Pat tells a WPC that she saw her attacker and the officer asks if it is someone she knows. Arthur returns to Albert Square but realises he is not ready and returns to hospital.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Liane Aukin

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  20. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 20 - 216
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    S3:E20

    Trade is down in the Vic so Lofty suggests a party and Barry suggests making it a cross-dressing party, which Den agrees to. Ian comes up with an idea to prank Pete. Simon talks to Lou about who his father is -

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Michael Robartes

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  21. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 21 - 217
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    S3:E21

    Carmel talks to Mary and they start to get along but Carmel assumes that Mary is going to leave Annie on her own again. Mary says she wants to be liked but just gets used so Carmel says most girls say "no".

    Director:William Slater
    Writer:Ayshe Raif

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  22. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 22 - 218
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    S3:E22

    DS Todd questions people about the party and he finds out that Pete left early and why and later asks Pete to answer more questions at the police station because they think the same man is responsible for all the attacks on women.

    Directors:Chris Clough, Bill Lyons
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 23 - 219
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    S3:E23

    Pete returns home after hours of police questioning and worries he will be charged with the attacks. Kathy says she will visit Pat and find out what she told the police. Pauline thanks Den for keeping Lofty employed but asks if he is doing it for Michelle, which he denies.

    Director:Chris Clough
    Writer:Jane Hollowood

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  24. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 24 - 220
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    S3:E24

    Arthur visits Mary and says that prostitution is not the answer and he has worked out that everyone is on their own in the world and he will make something out of nothing.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Rosemary Mason

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  25. EastEnders Season 3 Episode 25 - 221
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    S3:E25

    Pete is fed up of being constantly hounded by the police. Kathy visits Pat in hospital to get her to confirm that Pete did not attack her but Pat says she does not know so she would be lying.

    Director:Romey Allison
    Writer:Charlie Humphreys

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"197" is the best rated episode of "EastEnders" season 3. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Garth Tucker and written by Charlie Humphreys, it aired on 1/1/1987. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "198".