Season 8 on the DVD was not that exciting to watch to me and I found myself falling asleep. Season 4 had the best storylines and was the most fun to watch. I like 85% of the eps in season 4 while I only 45% of the eps in Season 8

I'd say by season 8 the show was definitely showing its age. Watching it gives you the feeling that maybe its time to wrap it up. It wasn't as great as previous seasons were.

Season 4 has always been my favorite so in my opinion that is the best season. I liked season 8, it had some good episodes. I honestly can't chose which season I like the least.

I agree. I absolutely love Season 4, and I felt that Jack, Janet, and Chrissy were at their best in that season.

Season 4 is also my favorite.It's tough to choose a least favorite season,but I know that it wouldn't be 8 because I love all of the episodes from that one. :)

i love both 4 and 8....i think i might even like 8 a little more because i'm more of a terri fan than a chrissy fan. my least favorite is season five, hands down. boo to cindy eps.

Ironically, these are the 2 seasons I own (due to a buy season 8, get another season free deal Best Buy had not long ago) and I just watched an ep from each:
SNOW JOB: Season 4 ep, very entertaining, though Lana is a bit much to take (kudos to the actress for realizing she needed to get out!)

FORGET ME NOT: Season 8 ep, extremely moronic! Priscilla Barnes famously commented during the time of her employment that she didn't watch the show because it wasn't good enough for an actress of her caliber-All I can say whenever I see an episode with her is, lucky she was good looking! On the other hand, Joyce DeWitt looks terrible-I wonder if she was going through some hard times at this point-perhaps she had already found out that THREE'S A CROWD was coming? I know she felt very betrayed by Ritter and the show's producers by this move, and rightly so!

BTW, I picked these particular eps to see TAAFFE O'CONNELL, who guested on each one-In addition to having one of the goofiest showbiz names ever, she was hot!!

I believe that the reason that season 8 was the last season is because it seemed that they were running out of ideas and recycling plots in some episodes

I believe that the reason that season 8 was the last season is because it seemed that they were running out of ideas and recycling plots in some episodes

I agree. I thought Season 1 was the best season, actually. Season 2 was also excellent, and Season 3 is almost as good as Season 1 - and that's saying a lot for quality consistency, since Season 3 had almost 4X the number of episodes of Season 1. Season 4 was good, but I liked the Ropers more than Furley for one thing; I never really 'gelled' with the Lana character; and Don Knotts was just starting out as Furley and hence his character was not as funny as it got in later seasons. Season 5 was just acceptable... I'm not trying to flame Cindy Snow or Jenilee Harrison but... :p

Season 6 was quite good, a bit better than Season 4 even, with the introduction of Terri, some plotlines with Jack and three girls (hey, more fun!), Furley at his prime. Season 7 was not as good as Season 6 although still OK, but Season 8 - one look at it, and it's not hard to understand why it was the last season. :happyface

My personal ranking would be:

1) Season I
1) Season III
3) Season II
4) Season VI
5) Season IV

~~~

6) Season V
6) Season VII
8) Season VIII

Please note there is a large gap in quality between #5 (Season IV) and the #6's (Seasons V and VII). #1-#5 are ranked in the order of 'favorite seasons' in descending order. #6-#8 are ranked in the order of 'which one was the least bad, out of a collection of bad seasons'. By the time I get to Seasons V and VII, it's really hard to say which one was worse... so I ranked them equally. And Season VIII was obviously worse than either V or VII.

I tend to feel the same way, Subspace. Seasons 1 and 3 are definatly my favorite, i'm not sure which one I would pick though. Season 1 is such a drasticly different type of show than Season 8. Season 1 had the best double entendre misunderstandings, it was just classic.

I tend to feel the same way, Subspace. Seasons 1 and 3 are definatly my favorite, i'm not sure which one I would pick though. Season 1 is such a drasticly different type of show than Season 8. Season 1 had the best double entendre misunderstandings, it was just classic.
:yeahthat

I agree completely. I think part of the reason the later seasons (esp. Seasons 7 & 8) weren't as good as the earlier seasons was that the quality and number of double entendre misunderstandings decreased... Three's Company was started as, succeeded as, and made its name as a bedroom farce, and when the later seasons started using less and less of the double entendres laced with sexual connotations that were the signature trademark of the earlier seasons... well, the show sort of drifted away from its origins and style, and became less funny as a result.

Season 1 definitely had the best misunderstandings... I always thought they put the most effort into that first pilot season, particularly the very first episode, Man About the House - one of the best Three's Company episodes ever, in my opinion. :)

Season 3 was great because the Ropers were getting into their groove, they were probably at their peak during Season 3. I too have a hard time deciding whether Season 1 or Season 3 is better, that's why I ranked both of 'em #1 in my previous post. :lol:

I agree. I thought Season 1 was the best season, actually. Season 2 was also excellent, and Season 3 is almost as good as Season 1 - and that's saying a lot for quality consistency, since Season 3 had almost 4X the number of episodes of Season 1. Season 4 was good, but I liked the Ropers more than Furley for one thing; I never really 'gelled' with the Lana character; and Don Knotts was just starting out as Furley and hence his character was not as funny as it got in later seasons. Season 5 was just acceptable... I'm not trying to flame Cindy Snow or Jenilee Harrison but... :p

Season 6 was quite good, a bit better than Season 4 even, with the introduction of Terri, some plotlines with Jack and three girls (hey, more fun!), Furley at his prime. Season 7 was not as good as Season 6 although still OK, but Season 8 - one look at it, and it's not hard to understand why it was the last season. :happyface

My personal ranking would be:

1) Season I
1) Season III
3) Season II
4) Season VI
5) Season IV

~~~

6) Season V
6) Season VII
8) Season VIII

Please note there is a large gap in quality between #5 (Season IV) and the #6's (Seasons V and VII). #1-#5 are ranked in the order of 'favorite seasons' in descending order. #6-#8 are ranked in the order of 'which one was the least bad, out of a collection of bad seasons'. By the time I get to Seasons V and VII, it's really hard to say which one was worse... so I ranked them equally. And Season VIII was obviously worse than either V or VII.


I think season 1 has to be eliminated from the best season discussion because it only had 6 eps. It has to been between season 2 to 8

I think season 1 has to be eliminated from the best season discussion because it only had 6 eps. It has to been between season 2 to 8

Huh. Season 1 may have been short but it was still a season!! The only way it could be eliminated, technically speaking, was if you could argue successfully that Season 1 was not a 'real' season, but since Season 1 is an official season of Three's Company, I'm afraid your argument as presented above isn't sound. You are basing your argument on length, but the problem is all the seasons have variable lengths. There have been seasons with 22 episodes and others with up to 28 episodes. Season 1 was merely shorter than the rest. Doesn't mean it's not a bona fide season.

That said, if for some reason Season 1 were not to be included in the discussion (oh, does that mean the six Season 1 episodes are useless and should be tossed away into the ether?), my ranking for one would be essentially unchanged. It would become

1) Season III
2) Season II
3) Season VI
4) Season IV

~~~

5) Season V
5) Season VII
7) Season VIII

Happy now? :rolleyes:

I'm counting Seasons 1 and 2 as one season, so ...

1) Season 4
2) Season 3
3) Season 1/2
4) Season 5
5) Season 7
6) Season 6
7) Season 8

For me, seasons 3 and 4 were the best. I agree that season 8 was the worst.

Huh. Season 1 may have been short but it was still a season!! The only way it could be eliminated, technically speaking, was if you could argue successfully that Season 1 was not a 'real' season, but since Season 1 is an official season of Three's Company, I'm afraid your argument as presented above isn't sound. You are basing your argument on length, but the problem is all the seasons have variable lengths. There have been seasons with 22 episodes and others with up to 28 episodes. Season 1 was merely shorter than the rest. Doesn't mean it's not a bona fide season.

That said, if for some reason Season 1 were not to be included in the discussion (oh, does that mean the six Season 1 episodes are useless and should be tossed away into the ether?), my ranking for one would be essentially unchanged. It would become

1) Season III
2) Season II
3) Season VI
4) Season IV

~~~

5) Season V
5) Season VII
7) Season VIII

Happy now? :rolleyes:



Most Shows that start as a mid-season replacement have atleast 13 eps, so the fact that TC had only 6 it's not really enough eps for me to make a determination on whether it's the best. Too short

Most Shows that start as a mid-season replacement have atleast 13 eps, so the fact that TC had only 6 it's not really enough eps for me to make a determination on whether it's the best. Too short

You might have a harder time comparing the consistency of quality of Season 1 episodes with the consistency of quality of other seasons' episodes, since there were only 6 episodes in Season 1 (as compared to 22 episodes in the next shortest Three's Company season)... but I really can't see any problem considering Season 1 as a season (since it is actually, formally, and officially a Three's Company season) when ranking the seasons of Three's Company from best to worst. If you don't consider Season 1 as a season, you could do one of two things: you could just ignore Season 1 (and the six excellent Three's Company episodes of Season 1) altogether, which, in my opinion, is unjustified, OR you could do as TVJunkie101 has done and count Seasons 1 and 2 as one season - which is also, in my opinion, unjustified, since Season 2 is a regular season all by itself, and should be ranked on its own merits independently of Season 1; also, what reason would one have for lumping Season 1 with Season 2?

Either of these presents additional challenges and complications, so the easiest thing to do is to accept and treat Season 1 the way it is: a normal, independent, full Three's Company season. For the record, The Ropers also had a 6-episode-long Season 1, so Three's Company is hardly unique in having a Season 1 with 6 episodes.

But that is just my opinion. In any case, I for one feel that having this debate is sort of pointless anyway. So, could we just drop this (i.e. I respect your opinion and you respect my opinion and we stop posting about this and cluttering this thread up)? I'm willing to if you're willing to also. :)

I just bought Season 4 yesterday, and I've enjoyed every episode so far, the only one I didn't like was Jack's Bad Boy, it wasn't a good as the others, I think Season 8 is one of my favorites I love some of the storylines in that Season. I actually only saw 6 episodes from season 4 up until now because I like Terri seasons the best, so I'm just anxiously waiting for what surprises I'm in for:D

Janet: Something we could do for you Mr. Furley?

Mr. Furley: Well, somebody stole my roses!

Chrissy: What do they look like? :rofl:

I bought Season 4 a couple weeks ago and must agree that it is very entertaining. The writing was very good and the casting of Ann Wedgeworth and Don Knotts to the show was excellent!

I liked the 4th season a little better than the eighth. The fourth season still
had Suzanne Somers and Furley wasn't as obnoxious as he was later on. The episodes on this season were really funny. The eight seaon was pretty good too but you can tell the show was getting close to the end. I really didn't care for the 7th season dvd and I almost didn't get the eighth seaon but they had bloopers on the DVD so I got it anyway. I was really surprised that the 8th season was alot better than the 7th.

My favorite seasons DVD's are as follows:
1. 2nd season
2. 1st season
3. 3rd season
4. 4th season.
5. 5th season.
6. 6th season.
7. 8th season.
8. 7th season.

I liked the Ropers alot better than Mr. Furley. Don Knots did his best, but in the later seasons it seemed that his character was laughing at Jack when talking about him being gay. It kind of turned me off.

My favorite season was season 5. Season 8 was the weakest season imo, you could tell the show was starting to get old. It was time for the show to end.

Most shows in Britain have only 6 eps per season (or series actually)...

Some 8, some 10 or 12, but quite a few of them only 6. Each of the 6 series of Man About the house were only 6-7 eps long.

And seasons 1-2 were the best cause they ripped the storylines off the British version!