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Ellen season 3
Ellen season 3
Season 3
No. of episodes	27
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 13, 1995 –; May 21, 1996
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The third season of Ellen, an American television series, began September 13, 1995, and ended on May 21, 1996. It aired on ABC. The region 1 DVD was released on February 28, 2006. This season also contains two episodes that were meant to be a part of season one, "The Tape" and "The Mugging".

Cast

Main cast

Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan
Joely Fisher as Paige Clark
Arye Gross as Adam Green (Episodes 1–5)
David Anthony Higgins as Joe Farrell
Clea Lewis as Audrey Penney
Jeremy Piven as Spence Kovak

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
36	1	"Shake, Rattle and Rubble"	Robby Benson	DeAnn Heline & Eileen Heisler	September 13, 1995 (1995-09-13)	301	17.50
37	2	"These Successful Friends of Mine"	Robby Benson	Tom Leopold	September 20, 1995 (1995-09-20)	302	17.90
38	3	"The Shower Scene"	Robby Benson	Dava Savel	September 27, 1995 (1995-09-27)	303	16.80
39	4	"The Bridges of L.A. County"	Robby Benson	Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman	October 4, 1995 (1995-10-04)	304	16.70
40	5	"Hello, I Must Be Going"	Robby Benson	Lisa DeBenedictus & Daryl Rowland	October 18, 1995 (1995-10-18)	305	14.60
41	6	"Trick or Treat – Who Cares?"	Robby Benson	Alex Herschlag	November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)	306	17.90
42	7	"She Ain't Friendly, She's My Mother"	Robby Benson	David Flebotte	November 8, 1995 (1995-11-08)	307	17.50
43	8	"Salad Days"	Robby Benson	Dava Savel	November 15, 1995 (1995-11-15)	308	17.30
44	9	"The Movie Show"	Robby Benson	Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman	November 22, 1995 (1995-11-22)	309	16.20
45	10	"What's Up, Ex-Doc?"	Robby Benson	Lisa DeBenedictus & Daryl Rowland	November 29, 1995 (1995-11-29)	310	13.90
46	11	"Ellen's Choice"	Robby Benson	Alex Herschlag	December 6, 1995 (1995-12-06)	311	15.40
47	12	"Do You Fear What I Fear?"	Robby Benson	David Flebotte	December 20, 1995 (1995-12-20)	312	14.60
48	13	"Horshack's Law"	Robby Benson	Tom Leopold	January 3, 1996 (1996-01-03)	313	16.50
49	14	"Morgan, P.I."	Robby Benson	Dava Savel	January 10, 1996 (1996-01-10)	314	16.20
50	15	"Oh, Sweet Rapture"	Robby Benson	Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman	January 24, 1996 (1996-01-24)	315	16.10
51	16	"Witness"	Robby Benson	Alex Herschlag	February 7, 1996 (1996-02-07)	316	15.20
52	17	"Ellen: With Child"	Robby Benson	Lisa DeBenedictus & Daryl Rowland	February 14, 1996 (1996-02-14)	317	14.10
53	18	"Lobster Diary"	Robby Benson	Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman	February 21, 1996 (1996-02-21)	318	14.80
54	19	"Two Ring Circus"	Robby Benson	David Flebotte	February 28, 1996 (1996-02-28)	319	14.60
55	20	"A Penney Saved..."	Robby Benson	Jennifer Fisher	March 13, 1996 (1996-03-13)	320	15.10
56	21	"Too Hip for the Room"	Robby Benson	Tom Leopold & Matt Goldman	March 20, 1996 (1996-03-20)	321	14.60
57	22	"Two Mammograms and a Wedding"	Robby Benson	Dava Savel	April 3, 1996 (1996-04-03)	322	15.60
58	23	"Go Girlz"	Robby Benson	Lisa DeBenedictus & Daryl Rowland	May 1, 1996 (1996-05-01)	323	13.40
59	24	"When the Vow Breaks (Part 1)"	Robby Benson	David Flebotte & Alex Herschlag	May 8, 1996 (1996-05-08)	324	13.50
60	25	"The Tape"	Andy Ackerman	David S. Rosenthal	May 14, 1996 (1996-05-14)	112	15.30
61	26	"When the Vow Breaks (Part 2)"	Robby Benson	Eileen Heisler & DeAnn Heline	May 15, 1996 (1996-05-15)	325	13.80
62	27	"The Mugging"	Rob Schiller	David S. Rosenthal	May 21, 1996 (1996-05-21)	113	14.30

References

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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|9|13}}
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  |ShortSummary = After an earthquake destroys Buy The Book, it takes the effort of Ellen's cousin, Spence, to rally her friends to help rebuild the bookstore.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|9|20}}
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  |ShortSummary = As Paige gets a new job as a development executive and Adam finds out that his photograph will be published, Ellen begins to question her life and leaves for a journey to find her dream, only to be thrown out from the first bus.
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen accidentally tapes an episode of ''[[Thirtysomething (TV series)|Thirtysomething]]'' over Paige's sister giving birth to twins.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|4}}
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  |ShortSummary = Buy The Book celebrates its reopening and Spence has a one-night stand with a new member of the reading group.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|10|18}}
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  |ShortSummary = Adam gets offered a job in London, but before he leaves, he must make a confession.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|1}}
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  |ShortSummary = Spence mopes around Ellen's apartment while she tries in vain to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Audrey begins working in Buy The Book, despite never having been hired. Paige is overwhelmed by the number of scripts she has to read but finds help from a member of Ellen's book club.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|8}}
  |ProdCode = 307
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  |ShortSummary = Following the suggestion by her therapist, Ellen's mother decides that she should become friends with her daughter. The plan backfires when the discussion turns to sex over a game of bridge.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|15}}
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  |ShortSummary = [[Martha Stewart]] helps Ellen prepare dinner for her friends.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|22}}
  |ProdCode = 309
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  |ShortSummary = When Paige realizes that she's been ignoring Ellen after getting her new job, she arranges for Buy The Book to serve as a set for a new [[Meg Ryan]] movie. To Ellen's disappointment, only [[Carrie Fisher]] makes an appearance. Meanwhile, Spence is trying to assemble a bjork.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|11|29}}
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  |ShortSummary = Spence has to face his father's wrath when finally reveals to him that he's not going to be a doctor. Meanwhile, a movie theater opens next to Buy The Book and the loud sounds prove to be a major source of annoyance.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|12|6}}
  |ProdCode = 311
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen's reading group gets invited to a book discussion show on television, but the group is too big for the show. So it's up to Ellen to decide which members of the group get to go. Meanwhile, Joe's hand gets injured and he reluctantly allows Audrey to cover for him.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1995|12|20}}
  |ProdCode = 312
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen gets depressed when her parents give a burial plot to her as a present, but eventually the entire gang end up spending their Christmas Eve at the cemetery.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|1|3}}
  |ProdCode = 313
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  |ShortSummary = The attempts to reach [[John Travolta]]'s birthday party with a limousine ride fail repeatedly.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|1|10}}
  |ProdCode = 314
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  |ShortSummary = After Buy The Book's cash register is robbed, Ellen helps the police to solve a security system fraud.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|1|24}}
  |ProdCode = 315
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  |ShortSummary = Audrey buys a new car and gets lured into a cult-like owner's group. Meanwhile, Paige tries to make friends with a child.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|7}}
  |ProdCode = 316
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen tries to help Spence pass a mock trial exam by taking on a role of a witness. In the bookstore, gender lines are being inverted over a game.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|14}}
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen agrees to babysit for a few days and winds up having to explain sex to the child.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|21}}
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen gains celebrity status after rescuing lobsters from a restaurant.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|2|28}}
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  |ShortSummary = Paige accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Matt, but she is unhappy with her engagement ring.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|13}}
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  |ShortSummary = Audrey's parents invest $100,000 in Buy The Book to prevent her from getting fired.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|3|20}}
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen and Joe try to make the book store appear more cool by hiring a band. Meanwhile, Spence pretends that Ellen's apartment is up for sale to get close to two attractive women looking to buy a new apartment.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|4|3}}
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  |ShortSummary = In the week before Paige's wedding, Ellen fears that Paige's marriage will end their lifelong friendship. So, while nervously awaiting a mammogram, Ellen latches onto Chloe, another fellow mammogram patient, in the waiting room. But Ellen soon after discovers that making new friends isn't as easy as it used to be.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|1}}
  |ProdCode = 323
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  |ShortSummary = The night before the wedding, Ellen and Audrey throw a bachelorette slumber party for a despondent Paige. They invite over a male stripper, a psychic, and Paige's neurotic, high-powered boss, Lorna Irons.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|8}}
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  |ShortSummary = Ellen tries to make Paige's wedding day perfect while Joe enjoys free calls form a broken payphone.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|14}}
  |ProdCode = 112
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  |ShortSummary = When Anita's parents arrive for a quick visit, Ellen, Adam and Holly race against time to try to retrieve a racy videotape of Anita and her boyfriend together that lands in the hands of Anita's parents. Adam managed to succeed in switching tapes, but when Anita finds out about the videotape, she switches the tapes too, leading to a surprise for all parties involved. Meanwhile, Ellen is turned off after listening to her current boyfriend doing something tasteless over the phone.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|15}}
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  |ShortSummary = Having walked in on Spence and Paige kissing, they both give Ellen different versions of how this happened. Ellen tries to persuade Paige to call off the wedding, but she refuses. Meanwhile, during the delay in the ceremony, Peter and Barrett discuss their suspicions about Paige getting cold feet.
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  |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1996|5|21}}
  |ProdCode = 113
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  |ShortSummary = Adam sees his girlfriend get mugged, but is afraid to come forward. This episode was supposed to be aired in Season One, as evident by the fact that all the Season One characters are present.
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 ==References==