''My Three Sons'' (season 12)
This is the twelfth and final season of My Three Sons, the CBS sitcom.
In season twelve, the series moved from Saturday to Monday for the first 13 episodes, and then to Thursday for the remainder of its first-run episodes.
Robbie spends the entire season at an off-screen new job in Peru, causing Katie and the boys to move in with Steve and Barbara; the opening credits continue to read "and Don Grady as Robbie" despite his non-appearance.
Chip and Polly make only a handful of appearances this season.
Episodes
| Series # |
Series # |
Title | Original air date | Production code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 357 | 1 | "The Advent of Fergus" | September 13, 1971 | 7101 |
| Steve's irritating cousin Fergus McBain Douglas, who looks just like him, arrives from Scotland in search of a wife to take back with him. Fergus is played by MacMurray, with an uncredited Alan Caillou dubbing his Scottish burr. | ||||
| 358 | 2 | "Fergus for Sale" | September 20, 1971 | 7102 |
| Charley and Fergus feud but come to an understanding. Anne Francis makes the first of three appearances as Terri Dowling, a possible bride for cousin Fergus. | ||||
| 359 | 3 | "Lady Douglas" | September 27, 1971 | 7103 |
| Steve has his suspicions about Terri's potential as the future Lady Douglas. | ||||
| 360 | 4 | "Goodbye Fergus" | October 4, 1971 | 7104 |
| Fergus and Terri tie the knot in a lovely ceremony in the Douglas living room. | ||||
| 361 | 5 | "Four for the Road" | October 18, 1971 | 7105 |
| The triplets sneak away from a baby sitter. | ||||
| 362 | 6 | "Polly the Pigeon" | October 25, 1971 | 7106 |
| A door-to-door salesman (David Ketchum (actor)) works his charm on Polly. | ||||
| 363 | 7 | "Happy Birthday, Anyway" | November 1, 1971 | 7107 |
| Three birthday flaps disrupt the Douglas household: Barbara, Katie and Polly all have birthday issues with their husbands. | ||||
| 364 | 8 | "Proxy Parents" | November 8, 1971 | 7108 |
| Chip and Polly become parents for a weekend. | ||||
| 365 | 9 | "The Enthusiast" | November 15, 1971 | 7109 |
| Barbara worries that her competitive enthusiasm embarrasses Steve. | ||||
| 366 | 10 | "Katie's Career" | November 22, 1971 | 7110 |
| Katie gets a job as a coffeehouse singer. Anthony Caruso (actor) plays the owner. | ||||
| 367 | 11 | "Polly's Secret Life" | November 29, 1971 | 7111 |
| Polly tries to regain Chip's interest. | ||||
| 368 | 12 | "The Sound of Music" | December 6, 1971 | 7112 |
| Uncle Charley fills in as a cello instructor. | ||||
| 369 | 13 | "TV Triplets" | January 13, 1972 | 7113 |
| The triplets are chosen to be in a TV commercial. Bob Hastings and Michael Dante appear as the talent scout and director, respectively. This was the last episode filmed. Note: My Three Sons returned from Mondays to Thursdays on CBS. | ||||
| 370 | 14 | "Three for School" | January 20, 1972 | 7114 |
| Katie takes a temporary secretarial job, and Charley fumes when Katie puts the triplets in pre-school. Carolyn Stellar, Dawn Lyn's real-life mother, appears as Katie's co-worker. | ||||
| 371 | 15 | "Alfred" | January 27, 1972 | 7115 |
| A little first grader named Alfred develops a big crush on third grader Dodie Douglas -- much to her displeasure. When Uncle Charley invites him to dinner, Dodie tries to fake illness to get out of it. Very soon Alfred's mother reports that he is missing. | ||||
| 372 | 16 | "Buttons and Beaux" | February 3, 1972 | 7116 |
| When the Douglas men (and Dodie) feel sorry for Katie because of Robbie's continued absence, they shower her with attention by each one taking her out to the same restaurant four nights in a row. | ||||
| 373 | 17 | "Peanuts" | February 17, 1972 | 7117 |
| Dodie commits the entire Douglas family to a time consuming project - the awesome task of getting a four foot tall bag of peanuts into small little sacks which they hope to sell at the school fair to raise money for Korean orphans. | ||||
| 374 | 18 | "Bad Day for Steve" | February 24, 1972 | 7118 |
| Steve suddenly becomes accident-prone when his youngest son Ernie tries to discover by graph and observation how the moon's lunar phases affect people's behavior. | ||||
| 375 | 19 | "Second Banana" | March 2, 1972 | 7119 |
| While Steve becomes preoccupied with a time-consuming work project, Barbara blossoms forth as a championship cook: her recipe for "Tangy Tidbits" wins her a trip to Hawaii for the final cook-off. | ||||
| 376 | 20 | "Bad Day for Barbara" | March 16, 1972 | 7120 |
| Although Barbara is feeling very ill, she is saddled with the responsibility of looking after the entire Douglas household but in the end, to escape the pressure, she just walks out and leaves Steve and the family in a worried state. | ||||
| 377 | 2 | "The Birth of Arfie" | March 23, 1972 | 7121 |
| The Douglas family becomes concerned about Dodie's despondency when Tramp, the aging family mongrel, disappears for several days, so Barbara takes her to a child psychologist and Uncle Charley makes her a doggy rag-doll and names it Arfie. | ||||
| 378 | 22 | "Lonesome Katie" | March 30, 1972 | 7122 |
| Katie becomes disillusioned about life without Robbie, and seriously thinks about divorce after speaking with another of the wives (Elaine Giftos) in the same situation. Meanwhile, Dodie and her two pals campaign to Barbara to let them have a slumber party. | ||||
| 379 | 23 | "Barbara Lost" | April 6, 1972 | 7123 |
| John Simpson, an old friend of Chip's who's now a big rock star, pays a visit. Soon Chip tells the family that he's decided to give up his studies and become a rock star, too. The family is extremely concerned--until John mentions that he makes $2 million a year. Guest star: Micky Dolenz of The Monkees. | ||||
| 380 | 24 | "Whatever Happened To Ernie?" | April 13, 1972 | 7124 |
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Steve's boss and his wife count on the Douglas family to help them deal with their rebellious teen-aged son, Gordon (one of Ernie's classmates) after they suspect that the boy has fallen into drug use. Note: Due to the show's cancellation, this serves as the series' finale. | ||||
References
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List of My Three Sons episodes | Succeeded by — |
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