3×01: The Arrivals
The girls return to Malory Towers where they meet their new instructor: Miss Johnson and the new classmate: Bill (Wilhelmina). Sally isn’t with them though as she is home with the mumps. Gwen’s father is offered the position of the Head of the Board of Governors, but he refuses to discuss his decision with Gwen unless she first truly tries to become a Malory Towers girl in more than looks. Meanwhile Bill decides she must leave when Miss Johnson decides she needs to go back to second form, but Darrell thinks another solution could be available.
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3×02: The Trials
Mary-Lou begins suffering from severe acne and her period, but she tries to hide it by wearing a scarf and claiming she’s cold. Matron is asked to give the girls a lesson on some of the difficulties they’ll suffer as they’re growing up. Meanwhile lacrosse trials are held with both Gwen and Mary-Lou being possible surprise additions, but can the girls find a way to motivate Gwen to play when she doesn’t believe she has the skills?
Note: This episode has alternate scenes and dialogue for its U.S. broadcast on BYUtv, in which Mary-Lou only has severe acne on her back, rather than getting her period.
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3×03: The Surprise Picnic
Miss Johnson catches Bill riding Thunder outside of hours and decides to give her an order mark. Meanwhile a sixth former, Mavis, is looking for someone to accompany her to a singing audition. Darrell decides to host a midnight feast in the stables, but in order to do so she must first get some leftovers that could cause her the risk of being caught by the teachers. And even if she can get the treats can they keep them hidden when teachers are prowling the grounds at night?
3×04: The Accident
After being caught again at the stables Bill has her weekday riding privileges revoked unless she can pass her French test. Miss Grayling agrees to make sure Thunder gets the proper exercise, but when Thunder turns up the next day without a rider Bill and Darrell realize someone is in danger. They ride out and learn Miss Grayling has fallen and broken her leg. Darrell stays with Miss Grayling until an ambulance can take her. As the staff discusses who should take charge Miss Johnson reveals the Governors have asked her to do so. The next day Bill asks if she can see Thunder, but Miss Johnson denies her that privilege.
3×05: The New Headmistress
Miss Johnson installs a new set of rules that will guarantee everyone gets demerits but that she believes will turn everyone into proper young ladies. The rules cause Darrell to lose her temper and accidentally break a book. Now unless Darrell can repair the book she’ll lose the right to play in the match, and with the county scout being present she’ll also lose the potential for future playing elsewhere.
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3×06: The Voice
Sally returns to Malory Towers and learns of all the new rules. Seeing that the rules limit the opportunity for growth Sally decides to write Ms. Grayling and see how soon she can return. Meanwhile the new strict rules could cost Mavis and Irene the chance to audition, and it could cause Mavis to develop an illness.
3×07: The Dance
Miss Johnson puts Gwen in charge of a school dance with the same boys the girls beat in the quiz. Gwen sends Mary-Lou out to find some ivy, and she comes upon a statue that appears to be a quality art piece that she decides to show to Darrell. Meanwhile the boys place some sneezing powder on the cake that could ruin all of Gwen’s prep.
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3×08: The Sisters
Darrell’s sister Felicity arrives to take a test and see if she can be admitted to Malory Towers. However Miss Johnson’s rules limit what Felicity can do, and her censorship of all the girls letters makes it where none of them can get any news out about what is really occurring at the school. To make things worse Miss Johnson blackmails Darrell and says she may not allow Felicity to attend Malory Towers unless Darrell begins obeying all the rules.
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3×09: The Hamper
Alicia sends the girls a basket of goodies and items that can be used for pranks, but when one of the girls decides to use a sock as a fake mouse Miss Johnson decides to punish Darrell by making her miss the lacrosse trials. If that weren’t enough Darrell lets her temper get the better of here which costs her the opportunity to go to the circus and leads Miss Johnson to confine the whole basket of goodies, including some cans of peaches that could help Mavis get over her laryngitis.
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3×10: The Peaches
Miss Johnson has confiscated the peaches Alicia sent to Darrell, so Darrell and Sally come up with a plan to get them back while the other third form girls are at the circus. Mary-Lou and Irene act like they’re sick so they can help Darrell and Sally, but while trying to recover the peaches Darrell learns that Miss Johnson had hid Mavis’ and Irene’s letters as well as stolen letters from the outgoing mail intended for Miss Grayling.
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3×11: The Ride
When Thunder gets ill, Matron is worried he may have developed colic. Now Bill is willing to do anything to try to save him including confronting Miss Johnson, ignoring Matron’s orders, and even stealing another horse to ride to the vet.
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3×12: The Arrest
Bill receives mail from home that’s wrapped in a newspaper. The newspaper reveals there’s an art thief in the area and that they are the ones who stole the statue Mary-Lou saw earlier. After Miss Johnson refuses to listen to the story, the girls have Bill secretly contact Miss Grayling and set up surveillance with Ron, who has found the stolen art in the stable. Miss Grayling returns, and she asks for a one-on-one talk with Gwen. When the art thief returns Ron identifies her as Miss Johnson, but Sally has seen Miss Johnson outside of Miss Grayling’s door the entire time. Gwen goes to reveal what she knows to Miss Grayling, but Miss Johnson intercepts her and then contacts the police to arrest Ron for theft.
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3×13: The Thief
The girls discover a picture with 2 Miss Johnson’s in it and realize she is the thief they’ve been looking for. Mary-Lou realizes the paintings they’ve done are actually the stolen paintings, so the girls manage to safely remove the paint from one corner to prove Miss Johnson is the thief. Miss Johnson realizes she’s been discovered, so she prepares to sneak out during the assembly only to be confronted by Gwen and Bill. Will Miss Grayling believe the girls evidence and allow the real culprits to be caught, or will Miss Johnson escape?