Gimme a Break! Season 3

E01

S03E01 Sep 29, 1983 30 MIN

The Groupie

Julie wants to meet Andy Gibb and goes to see him after Nell lets her go, despite the fact that the chief grounded her, only to be found asleep outside his hotel room. When Nell…

GUESTS Andy Gibb

E02

S03E02 Oct 13, 1983 30 MIN

The Way to a Man's Heart

Nell falls for James Roland, a former member of her weight group , who continues to go to the classes on weight loss. He is impressed by Nell's determination to lose weight, yet…

GUESTS James A. Watson, Jr

E03

S03E03 Oct 20, 1983 30 MIN

Katie's Commitment

Katie becomes involved with a college professor at Glenlawn Junior College who is much older than her. Nell begins to get upset at the man, when Katie intruduces him to the…

E04

S03E04 Oct 27, 1983 30 MIN

Joey (1)

Katie practices her jazz routine to ""Maniac"" for a show that will be taking pace soon in Glenawn. As the family is getting ready, rehearsing for the show, a boy named Joey comes…

E05

S03E05 Nov 3, 1983 30 MIN

Joey (2)

Joey goes on a hunger strike and says he is not going to an orphanage. Nell then lies to Joey and tells him that she made a friend of a man whose window she broke years ago when…

GUESTS Helen Rubio

E06

S03E06 Nov 10, 1983 30 MIN

The Mayor

The Mayor of Glenlawn falls for Nell, who wants nothing to do with him. He tells her that the cheif will get his new patrol car if he gets her. At his condo, she seduces him, and…

GUESTS George Kirby

E07

S03E07 Nov 17, 1983 30 MIN

Melissa

The cheif is awarded man of the year, and Nell tries to fix him up with a woman named Melissa. What he doesn't know is that she is a man, who was once Officer Simpsons karate…

E08

S03E08 Dec 1, 1983 30 MIN

Nell's Friend

While Nell is out getting the Chief's clothes cleaned, Addy Wilson, Nell's childhood friend arrives at the house. She meets the girls, and says Nell's real name is ""Nellie…

E09

S03E09 Dec 8, 1983 30 MIN

Grandpa's Rebellion

Nell, the girls and the Cheif fix up the spare room at the house and await Grandpa's arrival home from his trip to Poland. When he returns home, he is in happy spirits about the…

E10

S03E10 Dec 22, 1983 30 MIN

A Kanisky Christmas

Joey's first Christmas might be a disaster if Nell doesn't get the whole family together. Samantha is going to babysit for a couple, Julie is going out with a boy, and Katie is…

E11

S03E11 Jan 5, 1984 30 MIN

Herbie

Herbie, Samantha's unseen new friend, puts ideas of judgment day into Samantha's head. An earthquake causes Samantha to freak out, and she says she is going to live everyday as if…

E12

S03E12 Jan 12, 1984 30 MIN

James Returns

James wants to start over again with Nell after she meets him at a fancy restaraunt during a girls night out with Addy and Angie. She is upset though that her ex- husnband, Tony,…

GUESTS James A. Watson, Jr

E13

S03E13 Jan 19, 1984 30 MIN

Samantha's Protest

Samantha protests against demolition of an historic Spanish site after Nell tells her she did the same thing in Alabama when whites would not serve blacks. When the cheif and…

E14

S03E14 Jan 26, 1984 30 MIN

Flashback

When the Chief tells Samantha that she cannot go out on a date with a boy, Nell decides to tell the girls the story of how she met their mother and how she became a second mother…

GUESTS Teddy Wilson, Keri Houlihan, Cliff Norton

E15

S03E15 Feb 2, 1984 30 MIN

Knock Three Times

Nell gets hypnotized to remember where she put Katie's ring for graduation, but she ends up remembering a whole lot of the girls' dirty laundry, since the doctor forgot to remove…

E16

S03E16 Feb 9, 1984 30 MIN

Valentine

Nell gives advice on Valentine's day to the entire family as she waits for James to come home from his visit to Sanfransico. However, in the end the advice goes awry, since…

GUESTS Michael Dorn, K.C. Martel

E17

S03E17 Feb 16, 1984 30 MIN

The Big Apple (1)

Nell & Addy appear & compete on Wheel of Fortune during Best Friends week. Nell has $7,600 & wants to win a car. But after commercial, she accidentally says ""GIVE ME LIBERTY OR…

GUESTS Vanna White, Pat Sajak, Larry Miller

E18

S03E18 Feb 23, 1984 30 MIN

The Big Apple (2)

Nell calls the Chief for help and he says he will tell a policeman friend of his about it and he will come up to New York as well, but his flights are delayed three times. Nell…

GUESTS Tony Randall

E19

S03E19 Mar 8, 1984 30 MIN

Rodeo

After the chief & Nell couldn't take Joey to the rodeo in town, Grandpa decides to take him. But that day, it was raining & Grandpa came down with bad pneumonia. At the hospital,…

E20

S03E20 Mar 15, 1984 30 MIN

Katie's College

Katie decides to ditch college and open her own busines with friend, which the Cheif agrees to. However, Nell doesnt like the idea, because she promised Margaret that she would…

GUESTS Whitney Houston

E21

S03E21 Apr 19, 1984 30 MIN

The Center

Nell decides to take Grandpa to the senior citizen Center to have some time to spend with people his own age. While there, the seniors find out that they have to share their space…

GUESTS Julia DeVito

E22

S03E22 May 3, 1984 30 MIN

Class of '84

Nell helps write a book report for a straight-A student who has several children to take care of, and is aways exhausted in class. At her graduation, the man she wrote the report…

GUESTS Roslyn Kind