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The Best Episodes of Police Story Season 3

Every episode of Police Story Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Police Story Season 3!

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Detective Cheng is commissioned by Interpol to destroy the Empire of Chaiba, a worldwide criminal organization based in Southeast Asia. He initiates an undercover operation to infiltrate the organization.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Police Story Season 3 Episode 9 - Little Boy Lost
    8.5/10(39 votes)

    S3:E9

    Detective Brennar fatally sends a 4y.o boy away from the neighborhood. On the home-front, this detective is experiencing a broader sending away of loved-ones only to reap inner confusion and heartache.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Police Story Season 3 Episode 14 - Odyssey of Death (1)
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    S3:E14

    Detectives Stoddard and Bagney look for a man involved in an armed grocery store robbery after he shoots and maims Officer Phillips, a personal friend of Stoddard.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Police Story Season 3 Episode 15 - Odyssey of Death (2)
    8.3/10(42 votes)

    S3:E15

    Detectives close in on the multi-generational hill-country family responsible for a series of armed robberies, rapes, and murders.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Police Story Season 3 Episode 8 - Empty Weapon
    8.2/10(53 votes)

    S3:E8

    On his first day out of the academy, Officer David Singer fails to fire his weapon when a juvenile delinquent he is pursuing pulls a gun on him, with tragic consequences later.

    Director:Michael O'Herlihy
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Police Story Season 3 Episode 21 - Officer Dooly
    8.1/10(45 votes)

    S3:E21

    Despite his best intentions, Dooly is a poor guy who can't seem to do anything right, at least not in his commanding officer's eyes.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Police Story Season 3 Episode 7 - The Test of Brotherhood
    8.0/10(46 votes)

    S3:E7

    Veteran officer JR Peters is paired in a patrol car with his younger brother Clay, a rookie, along with their sibling rivalry.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Police Story Season 3 Episode 13 - Spanish Class
    8.0/10(40 votes)

    S3:E13

    Young officer Taylor transfers from the Valley into the Hispanic district for "the action" and the pay bump, and is schooled in the art of patrolling a multilingual beat by veteran officer Fernandez.

    Director:Gary Nelson
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Police Story Season 3 Episode 6 - Face for a Shadow
    7.9/10(35 votes)

    S3:E6

    Officers John Kowalski and Dick Elmore investigate a fatal hit-and-run accident that appears to be intentional.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Police Story Season 3 Episode 1 - Officer Needs Help
    7.8/10(48 votes)

    S3:E1

    Sgt. Billy Humm starts feeling the pressure after he's involved in a few too many on-duty shootings, even though they were judged "good."

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Police Story Season 3 Episode 16 - The Other Side of the Fence
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    S3:E16

    Detectives Benson and Fisk set up a sting to catch a pair of murderous jewel thieves.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Police Story Season 3 Episode 3 - A Community of Victims
    7.7/10(40 votes)

    S3:E3

    A drug addict unintentionally acquires a gun during an apartment burglary.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Police Story Season 3 Episode 18 - Firebird
    7.7/10(39 votes)

    S3:E18

    A daredevil officer is severely burned in a helicopter crash during a SWAT team training exercise, and he fights his injuries and police brass to return to his old life.

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Police Story Season 3 Episode 4 - The Losing Game
    7.6/10(42 votes)

    S3:E4

    Margaret Case moves from Juvenile to Narcotics, but her undercover work puts stress on her marriage to another cop.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Police Story Season 3 Episode 19 - The Long Ball
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    S3:E19

    Everyone around Sgt. Pickett knows he drinks too much. But he doesn't admit it to himself, until the department suspends him and his wife leaves.

    Director:Alexander Singer
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Police Story Season 3 Episode 20 - Eamon Kinsella Royce
    7.6/10(25 votes)

    S3:E20

    Detective Eamon Kinsella Royce juggles his police responsibilities and his second job . . . as an insurance investigator.

    Director:Tony Lo Bianco
    Writer:Michael Mann

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  16. Police Story Season 3 Episode 10 - Vice: Twenty-Four Hours
    7.4/10(33 votes)

    S3:E10

    Pairs of vice detectives spend a day trying to bust a violent pimp, a bookie, and a man who wants to hire a hit man to kill his wife.

    Director:Lee H. Katzin
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Police Story Season 3 Episode 11 - Breaking Point
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S3:E11

    Vince Della Maggiori has to investigate when a patrolman shoots a man in his hotel room, and the stories he is given don't add up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Police Story Season 3 Episode 17 - Fifty Cents, First Half Hour -- One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents All Day
    7.4/10(36 votes)

    S3:E17

    While trying to box in an armed bandit who specializes in stealing cars and robbing attendants at parking lots, Detectives Hacker and Barnes are assigned a homicide case.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Police Story Season 3 Episode 22 - Open City
    7.4/10(34 votes)

    S3:E22

    Vice Detectives Daley and Gentry are on a camping trip when they hear a woman scream in the distance, and a few minutes later, gunshots. Thus begins their investigation into Mob involvement in the pornography industry and snuff films.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Police Story Season 3 Episode 2 - The Cutting Edge
    7.2/10(88 votes)

    S3:E2

    Ed Peebles has 30 years on the force, and after his longtime partner retires he loses his direction, both on the job and in his personal life.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Police Story Season 3 Episode 12 - Company Man
    7.1/10(36 votes)

    S3:E12

    Married Det. Dave Hansen, under pressure from Internal Affairs, must decide whether to continue working for "the company" (LAPD), or stop seeing his school-teacher girlfriend.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Police Story Season 3 Episode 5 - The Cut Man Caper
    6.3/10(43 votes)

    S3:E5

    On the trail of loan-company robbers, Tillis is forced to rely upon shifty informer Freddy. But the ""snitch"" is playing both ends down the middle and he's also stolen the expensive miniature voice transmitter entrusted to his care.

    Director:Don Medford
    Writer:Larry Brody

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Little Boy Lost" is the best rated episode of "Police Story" season 3. It scored 8.5/10 based on 39 votes. Directed by Alexander Singer and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/28/1975. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Odyssey of Death (1)".