Template:Souzas episodes (season 3)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code
38 39	1 2	The 9/11 Twister	Season Atkins	Season Atkins	September 10, 2022 (2022-09-10)	301 302
When a tornado hits Detropolis, Lina makes a shocking proclamation: She doesn't believe in God. This episode is part two of a tornado-themed crossover with Queen of the Willis that begins on "Indiana Twister".
40	3	The Women in Me	Tracia Matthewson	Tracia Matthewson	September 17, 2022 (2022-09-17)	303
Brandi is labeled "The Manlinest Woman in America" after she wins a dance competition for the chance to attend a pop sensation's concert. Unable to shake off her new reputation, Brandi is determined to understand her roots and where she came from. Everything starts to make sense when she is reunited with her former nanny Andrew (voiced by Tony LaMont), a high class man with a taste for refined culture. But even though Brandi's nanny influenced many of her interests growing up, Brandi finally learns that happiness comes from being comfortable in your own skin.
41	4	The Fat Lady and The Tramp	Karly Jameson	Nadia Lorenzo	September 24, 2022 (2022-09-24)	304
When Lina starts dating a very attractive young man named Dirk, Deanna gets green with envy because Lina's one-upped her and suspicious of his motives. When things start to get serious between the two lovers, Deanna suspects that the young man is using Lina to get a green card. But it goes too far. Jacob calls the immigration agency, and in an attempt to keep Dirk in the country, Lina marries Dirk and moves out. Meanwhile, Lina attempts to get used to living on her own.
42	5	Escape From Arsenio Hall High	Donna Doogan	Donna Doogan	October 1, 2022 (2022-10-01)	311
Chereice gets together with her boyfriend Greg, much to the jealousy of her friends. Chereice's rival, Erin Gold, organizes a campaign to become the student council president of the school. greg devises a plan to run against Erin, much to her frustration. Erin threatens to humiliate her if she makes a successful campaign. A slander post was made by Erin and her friends in an attempt to humiliate Greg, enraging Chereice. Chereice initiates a plot to gain revenge for her boyfriend, which includes infecting one of Erin's stuffed animals with AIDS. Greg is horrified when she tells him about this, and he ends their relationship. Chereice soon realizes Suzie, Tisha and Bree made the slander post and framed Erin and her friends. When their actions are discovered, the whole school chases them down. They stumble upon an empty room, only to find Greg and his friends. Chereice explains to him why she went through with the plan, and Greg reluctantly accepts her apology. Chereice and her friends manage to escape from the school, where Brandi is waiting for them. However, the whole school corners them, and they mercilessly attack them.
43	6	The Talk with Deanna	Rachael Passalt	Rachael Passalt	October 8, 2022 (2022-10-08)	315
Brandi and Deanna think it is time to talk to Lina and Chereice about birth control, then later catch Alexandra and Trista making out on their couch. Deanna has the same talk with Lina, Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa that Deanna's father, Ava had in 2009 and Deanna's grandfather, Harry had with Ava in 1984.
44	7	Escape from Columbus	Season Atkins	Alexandra Moffitt	October 15, 2022 (2022-10-15)	316
Brandi and the gang visit their rival high school in Columbus for the annual football game, but when Trista, the gang's designated driver (who Brandi only brought along because she was the original designated driver and she wanted to drink), destroys the car belonging to Brandi's nemesis Krista Butler, they must find a way to escape their enemy's home turf. Meanwhile, Deanna takes back Tessanne's Halloween hooker costume, but decides to wear it instead, and Tessanne, Alexandra, Chereice, Telissa and Lina play pranks around Stoolbend when they dress up as Brandi and Deanna.
45 46	8 9	X Marks The Target	Donna Doogan	Donna Doogan	November 5, 2022 (2022-11-05) November 12, 2022 (2022-11-12)	318 319
Several Veterans from Brandi's squad in Iraq are murdered during the search for emeralds that were brought back to the United States when they returned from their tour of duty.
47 48	10 11	Eminent Domain in Detropolis, Ohio	Donna Doogan	Traci Davidson	November 19, 2022 (2022-11-19) December 3, 2022 (2022-12-03)	328 329
(Part 1): Corrupt developers set their sights on Jacob & Chaztity's farm. When she refuses to sell they enlist the services of an arsonist to force them out. (Part 2): Deanna discovers the motivation behind a crime syndicates attempt to muscle in on Detropolis and the reason they are determined to get Jacob & Chaztity's land.
49	12	Let the Music Play	Donna Doogan	Donna Doogan	December 10, 2022 (2022-12-10)	330
Singer Crystal Bowersox (voiced by herself) returns to Detropolis for a concert, but not everyone is a fan. An angry woman from Quillsville, Avril Lavigne (voiced by herself) insists that Crystal owes her money. And their dispute soon ends in gang violence. Guest Stars: Alisan Porter as herself
50	13	Christmas Hell Comes to Detropolis	Alexandra Moffitt	Lanise McClannahan	December 17, 2022 (2022-12-17)	310
With Brandi's Christmas spirit at an all-time low (thanks to special interest groups from Columbus trying to make the holiday season more politically correct), the Ghost of Christmas Past visits her and tries to show her the true meaning of Christmas by taking her to 1990. However, Brandi is convinced that Christmas can be saved by killing Jodie Foster. In the process, Brandi is knocked out during her quest to find the perfect Christmas tree and arrives in Limbo where she learns her family's lives are threatened, so she goes to desperate measures to return to Earth and receive a second chance at life.
51	14	A Good Friend is Hard to Find	Karly Jameson	Kendra Ray	January 7, 2023 (2023-01-07)	305
Deanna is upset when she finds out that her best friend Connie Rose came to Detropolis and did not call her to hang out. In an effort to bond with the girls, Deanna takes them on a camping trip hosted by guest star Chrys Peterson. Meanwhile, Telissa competes in a Quiz Bowl.
52 53 54 55	15 16 17 18	The Fatal Image		Story by : C.J. Charles, Jeff Andrus, & Aaron Barzman Teleplay by : Sophia Blanca	January 14, 2023 (2023-01-14) January 21, 2023 (2023-01-21) January 28, 2023 (2023-01-28) February 4, 2023 (2023-02-04)	323 324 325
In a retelling of the 1990 made for TV movie The Fatal Image, Tammie, Brandi and Louisa vacationing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada get caught up in intrigue after being witnesses to a murder. Meanwhile, in a retelling of the 1993 made for TV movie, In the Company of Darkness Deanna, Lina, Tessanne, Maggie, Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa get some bonding time. Deanna succeeds in handling a domestic fight particularly well, she's added to a small team of detectives assigned to a case of gruesome child killings in Detropolis. She proves herself to be a worthwhile reinforcement by tracking down the prime suspect, a disturbingly smart young man named Charlie Pulasky. Much to her horror, Deanna goes undercover to infiltrate in Pulasky's life and trying to get as close to him as necessary to make him confess his crimes without even noticing it. A dangerous mission involving a process of growing identification with the killer, something that doesn't leave Deanna unscathed.
56	19	There Goes The Myanmar Neighborhood	Alexandra Moffitt	Karly Jameson	February 11, 2023 (2023-02-11)	306
After getting herself into several cultural misunderstandings as well as a language barrier with her new and popular Burmese neighbor, Brandi attempts to make amends by demonstrating her knowledge of Burmese culture. But Brandi gets into a bind when she offers to babysit Sidney's daughter and winds up losing her. Meanwhile, Lina sets up her new husband Dirk on a Valentine's Day date but her jealousy gets the best of her.
57 58	20 21	Hot on the Trail	Season Atkins	Rachael Passalt	February 18, 2023 (2023-02-18) February 25, 2023 (2023-02-25)	326 327
(Part 1): Detropolis Police are investigating a prostitution ring when Deanna is shot and seriously wounded, and her informant friend is killed. The trail soon leads to a pimp named Big Jack Call, who Hunter suspects ordered the hit on Deanna. While Deanna fights to survive as surgeons prepare to take the bullet out, Brandi confronts Call. (Part 2): After Brandi leaves Call's mansion, she's arrested by the Toledo police, who are trying to pin a murder charge on Brandi for political reasons. The D.A. decides not to charge Brandi yet, and Brandi soon discovers who the real killer is. It's now a race against time, as Brandi tries to stop the killer from fleeing the country while the Toledo police try to pin the crime on Brandi.
59	22	Papa Drama	Alexandra Moffitt	Karly Jameson	March 4, 2023 (2023-03-04)	307
Hoping to lift Brandi's spirits on Father's Day since Deanna has a great relatonship with her own father, Deanna and Ava hires an actor to play Brandi's estranged father, Mark Souza (Mark Patrick). But when an unexpected event leads the real Mark Souza (Kathi Jameson) to find Brandi, Ava stages one last effort to reunite Brandi with her father, and the unlikely meeting helps Brandi and Mark forge a new father-daughter bond.
60	23	March Momminess	Karly Jameson	Rachael Passalt	March 11, 2023 (2023-03-11)	308
Telissa's viewing of American Idol is interrupted when Brandi decides to watch the college basketball tournament with Tammie, but she quickly becomes frustrated when Tammie enjoys spending quality bonding time with Lina, Tessane, and Maggie instead. Once Brandi learns the real reason behind Tammie's cold attitude, she is determined to find a new mother figure and goes head-to-head against her mom and Lina in the two-woman softball tournament. Meanwhile, Telissa purchases a fancy sports car, but her speedy ride with her buddies takes a dangerous drive off-course.
61 62 63	24 25 26	The Late Nigh Special	Season Atkins	Karly Jameson	April 1, 2023 (2023-04-01) April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) March 04 (04-15)	320 321 322
(Part 1): Big city opioid dealers invade Detropolis. Chaztity witnesses the drive-by shooting of a friend and her offer to help the police identify the shooters leaves Brandi frightened and angry at Deanna. (Part 2):The police wage war against the big city opioid dealers who have moved into Detropolis. Chaztity identifies the men who murdered her friend. (Part 3):Detropolis Police investigate a witness' claim that a series of skid row murders are being committed by the male reporter who is covering the story.
64	27	Live and Let Women Anchor	Alexandra Moffitt	Story by : Ava Zinn Teleplay by : Alexandra Moffitt	April 22, 2023 (2023-04-22)	312
Three years after Quillsville, Indiana mayor Nicole Pence implemented a ban on newsanchormen, causing more people in Fort Wayne/Port Melissa, Lima, Dayton, Cincinnati, to cross state lines to watch news in Toledo/Detropolis; Detropolis mayor Laura Emerson decides to implement a ban on news anchormen on TV (unlike Quillsville, Detropolis allows male-female anchoring at 6:00 and 11:00 PM and/or on weekends). As the ban is implemented, Brandi finds herself legally separated from her local Tv news anchorman, despite her mother being the chief meteorologist at CBS 10, and sets a poor example for Tessanne, Maggie, Alexandra, Chereice, and Telissa when Brandi blantanly disregards the law by crossing state lines and using Lina as a anchorman mule to satisfy her own desires. In stark contrast, Deanna embraces the ban after Tabby and Shushu informed Deanna that they hired a tiger (Benjamin), a dog (Bridget Souza) and a cat (Olivia Souza) to finish the job in Ohio.
65	28	Free For All	Alexandra Moffitt	Tracia Matthewson	April 29, 2023 (2023-04-29)	309
After Lina gets bullied by Trista Parker and her gang again, Alexandra gives her a makeover, and her stylish new look gives her the confidence to approach David, a misfit who catches her attention. But when David mistakes Lina for a man, they decide to make a statement and go to the prom as a gay couple. Meanwhile, Deanna's authority as her favorite snack food's ultimate expert is threatened by another fan.
66	29	Deadline Brandi	Season Atkins	Tracia Matthewson	May 6, 2023 (2023-05-06)	314
Brandi is not happy with the fact she has been called for jury duty. However, things get pressed when Brandi's boss, Buck Barr, wanting to avoid any problems with a possible disruption, orders Brandi to cough up sales orders. This forces Brandi to stay up all night and leads her to fall asleep in court the next day.
67	30	High Noon in Detropolis (and Quillsville)	Donna Doogan	Ava Zinn	May 13, 2023 (2023-05-13)	317
The mother of the Bobby Joe Bones who raped Heather Willis (in the Queen of the Willis four-part episode "The Rape of Heather Willis") comes to Detropolis to exact revenge against Deanna in Detropolis and Ava in Quillsville for killing her son.
68	31	Brandi's Night Out	Karly Jameson	Karly Jameson	May 20, 2023 (2023-05-20)	313
Brandi leaves Deanna at home to go out with the girls, but girls' night out goes from wild to reckless when Brandi finds herself in one compromising situation after another. Meanwhile, Telissa, Bridget and Olivia use their charm and looks to attract a frat boy.