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Season 3

Season 3

24 Episodes 1986

Overview

Go deep undercover with Sonny Crockett and Rico Tubbs as they infiltrate drug rings, stop human traffickers, and take their chances behind bars with convicted criminals.

Episodes

When Irish Eyes Are Crying

1. When Irish Eyes Are Crying

September 26, 1986 48 min
7.1

Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.

Stone's War

2. Stone's War

October 3, 1986 48 min
7.6

Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the trail leads Stone, Crockett & Tubbs to Maynard a.k.a. the elusive Captain Real Estate.

Killshot

3. Killshot

October 10, 1986 48 min
5.3

Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives are trying to nail.

Walk Alone

4. Walk Alone

October 17, 1986 48 min
6.2

Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.

The Good Collar

5. The Good Collar

October 24, 1986 48 min
7.0

A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it turns ugly.

Shadow in the Dark

6. Shadow in the Dark

October 31, 1986 48 min
7.9

Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that tactic wound up in a psych ward.

El Viejo

7. El Viejo

November 7, 1986 48 min
7.1

Crockett & Tubbs keep tabs on a crusty old stranger who plans to cut a deal with a murderous Bolivian drug dealer.

Better Living Through Chemistry

8. Better Living Through Chemistry

November 14, 1986 48 min
6.9

Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.

Baby Blues

9. Baby Blues

November 21, 1986 48 min
6.6

Unexpected contraband--babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her--puts the cops on the trail of an adoption ring.

Street Wise

10. Street Wise

December 5, 1986 48 min
6.6

An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.

Forgive Us Our Debts

11. Forgive Us Our Debts

December 12, 1986 48 min
7.2

New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant to help.

Down for the Count (1)

12. Down for the Count (1)

January 9, 1987 48 min
7.4

Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends in tragedy and the loss of a comrade for the vice cops.

Down for the Count (2)

13. Down for the Count (2)

January 16, 1987 48 min
8.1

Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims the action lost to Guzman.

Cuba Libre

14. Cuba Libre

January 23, 1987 48 min
6.7

Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.

Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

15. Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage)

February 6, 1987 48 min
5.4

Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in the early 70s; the cops get help on the case from a man claiming to be a Vietnamese inspector.

Theresa

16. Theresa

February 13, 1987 48 min
5.2

Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.

The Afternoon Plane

17. The Afternoon Plane

February 20, 1987 48 min
5.2

Tubbs finds out that his ""raffle prize"" --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderones to lure him out of his jurisdiction.

Lend Me an Ear

18. Lend Me an Ear

February 27, 1987 48 min
6.3

The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.

Red Tape

19. Red Tape

March 13, 1987 48 min
6.1

Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.

By Hooker by Crook

20. By Hooker by Crook

March 20, 1987 48 min
5.0

Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman turns sour when it is revealed that the woman is actually a high-class madam with connections to a notorious money launderer.

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

21. Knock, Knock, Who's There?

March 27, 1987 48 min
6.0

Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.

Viking Bikers from Hell

22. Viking Bikers from Hell

April 3, 1987 48 min
5.7

A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.

Everybody's in Show Biz

23. Everybody's in Show Biz

May 1, 1987 48 min
5.7

An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.

Heroes of the Revolution

24. Heroes of the Revolution

May 8, 1987 48 min
5.7

An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the killer out.