Season 3

Sep 26, 1986
24 Episodes
TMDB
64%

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

1

When Irish Eyes Are Crying

Sep 26, 1986
48 min
71%

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

2

Stone's War

Oct 3, 1986
48 min
76%

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.

3

Killshot

Oct 10, 1986
48 min
53%

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.

4

Walk Alone

Oct 17, 1986
48 min
62%

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

5

The Good Collar

Oct 24, 1986
48 min
70%

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

6

Shadow in the Dark

Oct 31, 1986
48 min
79%

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.

7

El Viejo

Nov 7, 1986
48 min
71%

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

8

Better Living Through Chemistry

Nov 14, 1986
48 min
69%

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

9

Baby Blues

Nov 21, 1986
48 min
66%

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

10

Street Wise

Dec 5, 1986
48 min
66%

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

11

Forgive Us Our Debts

Dec 12, 1986
48 min
72%

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

12

Down for the Count (1)

Jan 9, 1987
48 min
74%

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.

13

Down for the Count (2)

Jan 16, 1987
48 min
81%

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

14

Cuba Libre

Jan 23, 1987
48 min
67%

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

15

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

Feb 6, 1987
48 min
54%

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.

16

Theresa

Feb 13, 1987
48 min
52%

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

17

The Afternoon Plane

Feb 20, 1987
48 min
52%

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.

18

Lend Me an Ear

Feb 27, 1987
48 min
63%

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

19

Red Tape

Mar 13, 1987
48 min
61%

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

20

By Hooker by Crook

Mar 20, 1987
48 min
50%

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.

21

Knock, Knock, Who's There?

Mar 27, 1987
48 min
60%

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

22

Viking Bikers from Hell

Apr 3, 1987
48 min
57%

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

23

Everybody's in Show Biz

May 1, 1987
48 min
57%

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

24

Heroes of the Revolution

May 8, 1987
48 min
57%

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.