''My Three Sons'' (season 10)

My Three Sons (season 10)
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 26
Release
Original network CBS
Original release October 4, 1969 (1969-10-04) – April 4, 1970 (1970-04-04)
Season chronology

The tenth season of My Three Sons premiered on October 4, 1969 and concluded on April 4, 1970.

Cast


Prolific actress Beverly Garland joins the cast for the final three seasons as Barbara Harper, Ernie and Chip's sometime substitute teacher and Steve's new love interest and eventual wife.

"Tina Cole as Katie" and "and Beverly Garland as Barbara" are added to the opening credits.

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
3071"The First Meeting"Fred de CordovaTBAOctober 4, 1969 (1969-10-04)6901
Widower Steve meets a remarkable woman in a high-school corridor, and the two are quickly attracted to each other. Also, Robbie and Katie and their three sons move out of the Douglas home and into their own apartment. Beverly Garland's first appearance as Barbara Harper.
3082"Instant Co-Worker"Fred de CordovaTBAOctober 11, 1969 (1969-10-11)6902
Steve's romance with Barbara flowers and Robbie is offered a job as a structural engineer at his father's firm. He tries to talk it over with Steve, because he wants to avoid the appearance of nepotism. Dawn Lyn is introduced as Barbara's daughter Dodie, and familiar character actress Eleanor Audley is cast as Barbara's mother.
3093"Is It Love?"Fred de CordovaGeorge TibblesOctober 18, 1969 (1969-10-18)6903
The whole Douglas clan -- and Barbara's mother -- conspire to encourage Steve and Barbara's romance. The episode ends with their first kiss.
3104"A Ring for Barbara"Fred de CordovaTBAOctober 25, 1969 (1969-10-25)6904
Steve pops the question to Barbara under circumstances far from ideal.
3115"The Littlest Rebel"Fred de CordovaGeorge TibblesNovember 1, 1969 (1969-11-01)6905
Barbara employs her considerable store of diplomacy in an effort to gain acceptance from Steve's all-male family.
3126"Two Weeks to Go"Fred de CordovaTBANovember 8, 1969 (1969-11-08)6906
Steve and Barbara discover they have been thinking in opposite terms as to how their wedding should be held.
3137"One Week to Go"Fred de CordovaTBANovember 15, 1969 (1969-11-15)6907
Steve and Barbara have an argument serious enough for them to consider canceling their wedding.
3148"Came the Day"Fred de CordovaTBANovember 22, 1969 (1969-11-22)6908
It's Steve and Barbara's wedding day. Not wanting a repeat of what happened before Rob's wedding, the Douglas clan awakes very early and gets dressed, then everyone goes back to sleep. Tramp runs off again and arrives at the wedding as before.
3159"Mexican Honeymoon"Fred de CordovaTBANovember 29, 1969 (1969-11-29)6909
Steve and Barbara arrive in a quaint village in Mexico which Steve had previously visited on a fishing trip. They expect to find the same quiet place Steve remembers and have the place virtually to themselves. They are surprised to find the village has been "put on the map" by a travel magazine and the obscure little hotel, whose name has changed from Moon Hotel to Honeymoon Hotel, is filled to capacity with young newlyweds. The Douglases are continually put upon by the young couples around them for help with everything from homesickness, to settling quarrels to ordering food. Finally, the arrival of a bottle of Champagne from the family back in California, tips off the hotel guests to the fact that Steve and Barbara are themselves newlyweds. They give them the restaurant to themselves that evening and the romantic honeymoon they anticipated finally begins.
31610"After You, Alphonse"Fred de CordovaLois HireDecember 13, 1969 (1969-12-13)6910
Katie asks Robbie to speak to Uncle Charley on his manners, and the result nearly drives Barbara out of her mind -- Charley is now being maddeningly polite with his "Sir Walter Raleigh" routine.
31711"Rough on Dodie"Fred de CordovaTBADecember 20, 1969 (1969-12-20)6911
Little Dodie discovers that being a member of the Douglas family can be a rough-and-tumble proposition.
31812"Silver Threads"Fred de CordovaDouglas TibblesDecember 27, 1969 (1969-12-27)6912
Katie panics when she detects a few gray hairs in her youthful head, and a family crisis is not far away.
31913"It's a Woman's World"Fred de CordovaTBAJanuary 3, 1970 (1970-01-03)6913
Steve gets cast as a tree in Dodie's school play.
32014"Table for Eight"Fred de CordovaBob TouchstoneJanuary 10, 1970 (1970-01-10)6914
Barbara faces a fiasco when she prepares her first dinner party for Steve's business associates.
32115"Double Jealousy"Fred de CordovaTBAJanuary 17, 1970 (1970-01-17)6915
An attentive, attractive but highly efficient secretary (Brenda Benet) causes jealousy among the Douglas women, and quite a different reaction among the Douglas men.
32216"Dodie's Tonsils"Fred de CordovaTBAJanuary 24, 1970 (1970-01-24)6916
Little Dodie goes to the hospital for a tonsillectomy and Steve stays the night with her. Meanwhile, Robbie and Katie go on a Mexican getaway without the triplets.
32317"Who Is Sylvia?"Fred de CordovaTBAJanuary 31, 1970 (1970-01-31)6917
Steve's old girlfriend (guest star Jane Wyman), now a rich divorcee, comes to town and gives Barbara (and Katie) a few jealous moments.
32418"You Can't Go Home"Fred de CordovaTBAFebruary 7, 1970 (1970-02-07)6918
Rob gets invited to an old friend's wedding back in Bryant Park and takes Katie with him, hoping to introduce her to other people he knew as well. Much to his surprise, virtually no one else remembers him.
32519"Guest in the House"Fred de CordovaTBAFebruary 14, 1970 (1970-02-14)6919
Barbara finally loses the feeling that she is a guest in her own home when she needs to confront one of Chip's teachers, resulting in a new closeness between her and Chip and Ernie, who call her "mom" for the first time.
32620"Charley's Cello"Fred de CordovaTBAFebruary 21, 1970 (1970-02-21)6920
Barbara thinks Uncle Charley is lonely playing his cello, so she invites three female musicians to join him.
32721"The Honeymoon Is Over"Fred de CordovaTBAFebruary 28, 1970 (1970-02-28)6921
A special project at the plant keeps Steve and Robbie so busy and exhausted every night that their wives decide to pay them a surprise visit, only to find a seemingly wild party under way.
32822"Baubles, Bangles and Beatrice"Fred de CordovaTBAMarch 7, 1970 (1970-03-07)6922
Ernie becomes the unwilling object of the affection of Dodie's 6-year-old friend Beatrice, and Barbara is called in to work as Chip's substitute history teacher.
32923"Mister X"Fred de CordovaTBAMarch 14, 1970 (1970-03-14)6923
A bearded man of mystery confounds the Douglas family and authorities alike. Veteran actor Lew Ayres guest stars.
33024"Dodie's Dilemma"Fred de CordovaTBAMarch 21, 1970 (1970-03-21)6924
Steve formally adopts Dodie, who enlists the aid of Chip and Ernie after being harassed in school by a mean-spirited girl. Erin Moran, who would become famous as Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days, guest stars.
33125"Love Thy Neighbor"Fred de CordovaTBAMarch 28, 1970 (1970-03-28)6925
Rob and Katie hit it off right away with their new neighbors, but tensions soon develop. Jerry Mathers and Lori Martin guest star.
33226"J.P. Douglas"Fred de CordovaTBAApril 4, 1970 (1970-04-04)6926
Chip decides to become rich early in life by instituting a breakneck schedule of earning money.

References

Preceded by
Season 9
List of My Three Sons episodes Succeeded by
Season 11
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