I Dream of Jeannie: Season 03 (1967)

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Season Three of I Dream of Jeannie finds the magical Jeannie (Barbara Eden) still loyal and devoted to her mortal "master", astronaut Tony Nelson (Larry Hagman), while Tony's best friend Roger Healy (Bill Daily) continues to hatch schemes to exploit Jeannie's astonishing powers--and Dr. Bellows (Hayden Rorke), flustered Air Force psychiatrist at Cocoa Beach, Florida, persists in his efforts to discover the source of the mysterious occurrences in the Nelson household. This season marks the introduction of Jeannie's twin sister Jeannie II (played by Barbara Eden in a brunette wig) in the episode "Jeannie or the Tiger." As wicked and calculating as her sister is sweet and unassuming, Jeannie II immediately begins plotting and planning to nab Tony for herself, usually by posing as "Jeannie I", bare-midriff harem costume and all. Other episodes of note include the season opener "Fly Me to the Moon", wherein Jeannie transforms a NASA chimp into a human being, played by Larry Storch; "My Master,the Weakling", featuring Don Rickles as a sadistic athletic coach; "Jeannie, the Hip Hippie", a showcase for Screen Gems' resident tunesmiths Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart; "Meet My Master's Mother", with the delightful Spring Byington in the title role; "My Son, the Genie", with Gilligan's Island escapee Bob Denver as a klutzy apprentice djinn; and singer Don Ho as himself in "Jeannie of Honolulu." Plus: In "Who are You Calling a Genie", our heroine develops amnesia; and in the three-part "Genie, Genie, Who's Got the Genie", the duplicitous "twin" Jeannie locks the genuine article in a safe bound for the moon! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi