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S3 · E1 · Sep 23, 1977

Net Loss Episode 1

S3 · E2 · Sep 30, 1977

Downshift Episode 2

S3 · E3 · Oct 14, 1977

Legend of the Macunas (1) Episode 3

S3 · E4 · Oct 21, 1977

Legend of the Macunas (2) Episode 4

S3 · E5 · Nov 4, 1977

Fade Out Episode 5

S3 · E6 · Dec 5, 1977

Dancer Episode 6

Pete and Mac do a literal song and dance as they help an old vaudeville hoofer try to figure out who took several shots at him onstage, killing his dance partner.

S3 · E7 · Dec 12, 1977

Go for Broke Episode 7

S3 · E8 · Dec 19, 1977

Lady of the Deep Episode 8

S3 · E9 · Dec 26, 1977

Thirty Thousand Witnesses Episode 9

Pete becomes a rather overage soccer goalie (Robert Wagner, though he looked younger, was 47 at the time of filming) in order to figure out who killed the team's previous goalie and how (the killer uses a camera with a special attachment which shoots a poisoned dart).

S3 · E10 · Jan 2, 1978

Dangerous Curves Episode 10

S3 · E11 · Jan 9, 1978

The Tong Episode 11

S3 · E12 · Jan 16, 1978

Who Killed Lila Craig? Episode 12

Mac reacquaints himself with a number of people he hasn't seen in years after he and Pete reopen the case of a glamorous actress who was murdered 30 years earlier.

S3 · E13 · Jan 30, 1978

Three Blond Mice Episode 13

Soem interesting underwater (swimming pool) footage highlights this episode as Pete and Mac -- in full business suits and at their ages (over 70 for Eddie Albert) dive in to defuse a nuclear bomb threatening to take out a society party and much of Los Angeles to boot. This episode was broadcast on August 6, 1978 (possinly its first run) just before the TV news announced the death of Pope Paul VI.

S3 · E14 · Feb 7, 1978

Coranodo Circle Episode 14

S3 · E15 · Mar 28, 1978

Stolen Island (aka Death Island) Episode 15

S3 · E16 · Apr 28, 1978

Formula for Murder Episode 16

S3 · E17 · May 5, 1978

Blue Crusaders Reunion Episode 17

Pete tags along when Mac attends a reunion of his old police buddies, but the event takes a dark turn as someone is killing off the attendees one by one.

S3 · E18 · May 12, 1978

Mexican Standoff Episode 18

S3 · E19 · Jun 18, 1978

Play-off Episode 19

Ryan is forced to protect a kingpin's son at a golf tournament, otherwise Malcolm's life is forfeit.

S3 · E20 · Jun 25, 1978

The Cage Episode 20

The series began a summer run (ironically, enjoying its best ratings since the first season and tremendously better than it had done in the fall) with an episode about kidnappers grabbing the brother of a photographic model -- the brother is a veterinary student specializing in large-animal surgery, which he is to be forced to use to remove diamonds from the hide of an African rhinoceros recently imported to Los Angeles. Watch very fast for Natalie Wood bidding her then-husband Robert Wagner (Pete) goodbye from a bathtub at about the 10th minute.

S3 · E21 · Jul 2, 1978

Photo Finish Episode 21

S3 · E22 · Jul 9, 1978

The Siege at the Bouziki Bar Episode 22

The near-ultimate in budget-conscious "bottle shows" (all but two scenes are filmed inside Malcolm's Bouziki Bar; Pamela Bellwood and two firemen are the only guest actors; and much of the show is in flashbacks) finds Pete, Mac, Malcolm and Maggie trapped inside the bar with a very pregnant murder witness while mob hit men search unseen for a way in. Some sources give this episode's air date as August 13, 1978, when the show was run off as a summer series (and did very well in the ratings).