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A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 16 - Hit the Road, Chad
    8.2/10(129 votes)

    S3:E16

    Samantha thinks her boyfriend Chad is the cat's meow when he writes a song just for her. Word gets around, and the tune is heard by legend Ray Charles whom Angela cooerses into recording it for her ad agency. When rat Chad starts seeing another girl, Samantha is so infuriated she demands the recording not take place. It takes a stellar performance of the song by Ray to make Samantha see that her friendship with Angela is more important than getting back at Chad.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  2. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 20 - Older Than Springtime
    7.9/10(124 votes)

    S3:E20

    Through Tony's new girlfriend Casey Angela's got a new commercial order for Armando-Fashionwear. But she couldn't think of any spot.Age, too, is a matter because she as the 'experienced' (equals being old) should advertise fashion for the young generation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 2 - Angela Gets Fired (2)
    7.8/10(124 votes)

    S3:E2

    Angela tries desperately to find a new job but no one of her old friends or partners has one for her.The only job she can find is one of a copy writer.Eventually,Tony and Mona convince her to open her own agency.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 3 - Daddy's Little Montague Girl
    7.7/10(116 votes)

    S3:E3

    Marci applies for the elite-school Montague. Sam also wants to do so and finds an advocate in Angela, a Montague Academy graduate. But Tony doesn't like the idea that Sam visits a school so far away.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 12 - The Way We Was
    7.7/10(112 votes)

    S3:E12

    Due to heavy snowfall life in Fairfield is down. To pass the time stories are told. Topic: Who has brought together the two families - Sam, cause she's the reason Tony wanted to move; Tony, cause he wanted to make life better for Sam; Jonathan, cause he needed someone who takes care of him; Angela, who needed someone for the household;or Mona, who has 'found' Tony ?

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  6. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 8 - Semi-Private Lives
    7.6/10(109 votes)

    S3:E8

    For the weekend Angela goes to Maine with her friend Geoffrey. Tony now alone at home, the kids are on a school trip to Washington, invites his old flame Tanya. Angela and Geoffrey couldn't manage to go to Maine and return unexpected.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 13 - Jonathan Kills Tony
    7.6/10(110 votes)

    S3:E13

    Jonathan has a new girlfriend: Jenny. But Jenny has fallen more for Tony. When Jonathan finds this out he gets really upset.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 1 - Angela Gets Fired (1)
    7.5/10(140 votes)

    S3:E1

    Overworked Angela goes to Mexico with the family, but when Angela's business loses an important account, Tony never gave Angela the message. When Angela comes home, she goes to the agency to learn that they lost the account. After sassing to her boss and telling him to chill, Angela loses her job.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  9. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 5 - The Hickey
    7.5/10(117 votes)

    S3:E5

    After a party Sam comes home with a love bite and Tony, beside himself, forbids her seeing Todd again. In the evening Sam sneaks out of the house to meet Todd anyway.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 6 - Wedding Bells?
    7.5/10(112 votes)

    S3:E6

    Dr. Ferguson, Marci's Dad, marries and Tony and Angela should be best man and maid of honor. In the course of this both have to face the question whether the want to marry again. At the wedding party they meet Geoffrey.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 11 - The Christmas Card
    7.5/10(115 votes)

    S3:E11

    As Tony doesn't want to sell his only 'Tony Micelli Baseball card', he tells Mr. Ferguson he has none. Angela, who has listened, now wants to get one for Tony. The trader Angela has asked calls Tony shortly after and offers him a lot of money which he really could need to buy Angela a christmas present.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 14 - Marie's Secret
    7.4/10(112 votes)

    S3:E14

    Angela gives a surprise party for Tony because for the first time Angela's agency is in the black and it was Tony who persuaded her to open an agency of her own. As a present the painter Christos should portray Sam. Tony meets him and Christos tells him that a Marie Micelli once took painting lessons at him. This message causes a little crisis for Tony who now thinks he hasn't known his wife well enough.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 18 - The Proposal
    7.4/10(112 votes)

    S3:E18

    Geoffrey invites Angela to a trip into the mountains. There he would like to ask her 'a question, which would change both's life'. But it's not the proposal Angela expected.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 21 - Walk on the Mild Side
    7.4/10(112 votes)

    S3:E21

    Sam wants to queue for cards for the Beastie Boys concert overnight.Tony allows it not without remarking he has done much wilder things in his youth. During the stories told by Tony and Mona, Angela realizes that she has missed a lot. Now she wants to catch up on some 'action'. So she makes up a list what to to: Among these is a meeting with Jake 'The Snake' and a trip to his 'Rock of Inspiration'.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Clay Graham

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  15. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 10 - Spud Micelli
    7.3/10(105 votes)

    S3:E10

    Sam has got into the school's basketball team. Her friend Todd hasn't and as she don't want to bother him she also goes without the team.Angela beats Tony in Miniature Golf.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 22 - Reconcilable Differences
    7.3/10(108 votes)

    S3:E22

    Tony has met Fiona at the dentist and get her a job as secretary at Angela's agency. The tidy-minded perfectionist Fiona is Angela's dream but also Mona's nightmare. After an argument between Mona and Angela Fiona quits because she doesn't want to stand in the way of the both. But Mona quits, too.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  17. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 24 - A Moving Episode
    7.3/10(113 votes)

    S3:E24

    Mona moves to New York to her brother and Tony gets her apartment so he can live up his bachelor's life. But after the opening party the normal life returns and Tony misses his old environment.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 4 - Mona's Limo
    7.2/10(112 votes)

    S3:E4

    With a trick Jim Petersen snatches away Angela's first customer. Tony and Mona try, with a similar trick, to get him back to Angela.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 17 - Raging Housekeeper
    7.2/10(106 votes)

    S3:E17

    The parents' councils of Fairfield and Brooklyn organize a boxing match for charity causes. But Fairfield's boxer has to cancel - and Tony has to take his place. Angela coaches him for the bout.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 9 - Forgive Me, Tony
    7.1/10(111 votes)

    S3:E9

    Sam has had a big argument with Bonnie. Tony wants to see them both together again but Sam only agrees if he for his part makes it up with his old foe from high school, Mickey. Therefore Tony invites Mickey who has in the meantime become a Father. But when Tony annoys him too much Mickey strikes a blow.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 15 - Tony, the Patchmaker
    7.1/10(106 votes)

    S3:E15

    Geoffrey keeps his brandnew Porsche at Angela's while he's in Boston. After Angela has gone shopping using the car, she let the car outside. There the tree the neighbor's cutting down hits the car and causes a write-off.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 7 - Jonathan the Gymnast
    7.0/10(111 votes)

    S3:E7

    Jonathan, because he takes life too serious, should do something else than always studying. He decides in favor of gymnastics and Tony should teach him. During a competition he falls due to his overzealousness and breaks his shoulder. And this is something Angela really isn't happy about.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 19 - Diet in Cell Block 11
    7.0/10(115 votes)

    S3:E19

    Nick is released of jail and parks himself at Angela's garage. He has now become a writer and has already finished a book which everyone likes. Angela has also found a publisher for Nick's work

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writer:Howard Meyers

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  24. Who's the Boss? Season 3 Episode 23 - Mona
    6.7/10(129 votes)

    S3:E23

    Mona's brother has bought a seedy hotel in New York City and used Mona's money for it.

    Director:Asaad Kelada
    Writers:Blake Hunter, Martin Cohan

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Hit the Road, Chad" is the best rated episode of "Who's the Boss?" season 3. It scored 8.2/10 based on 129 votes. Directed by Asaad Kelada and written by Howard Meyers, it aired on 2/3/1987. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Older Than Springtime".