Season 3

01 Net Loss Episode 123rd September 1977 02 Downshift Episode 230th September 1977 03 Legend of the Macunas (1) Episode 314th October 1977 04 Legend of the Macunas (2) Episode 421st October 1977 05 Fade Out Episode 54th November 1977 06 Dancer Episode 65th December 1977 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. 07 Go for Broke Episode 712th December 1977 08 Lady of the Deep Episode 819th December 1977 09 Thirty Thousand Witnesses Episode 926th December 1977 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). 10 Dangerous Curves Episode 102nd January 1978 11 The Tong Episode 119th January 1978 12 Who Killed Lila Craig? Episode 1216th January 1978 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. 13 Three Blond Mice Episode 1330th January 1978 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. 14 Coranodo Circle Episode 147th February 1978 15 Stolen Island (aka Death Island) Episode 1528th March 1978 16 Formula for Murder Episode 1628th April 1978 17 Blue Crusaders Reunion Episode 175th May 1978 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. 18 Mexican Standoff Episode 1812th May 1978 19 Play-off Episode 1918th June 1978 Ryan is forced to protect a kingpin's son at a golf tournament, otherwise Malcolm's life is forfeit. 20 The Cage Episode 2025th June 1978 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. 21 Photo Finish Episode 212nd July 1978 22 The Siege at the Bouziki Bar Episode 229th July 1978 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).