Season 3
(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.
Cast
as Sonny Crockett
as Rico Tubbs
as Gina Calabrese
as Trudy Joplin
as Stan Switek
as Martin Castillo
as Larry Zito
Episodes
When Irish Eyes Are Crying 5.3
September 26, 1986
Gina falls for an Irish pacifist who believes there is no point fighting fire with fire anymore - or so she thinks.
Stone's War 5.0
October 3, 1986
Crockett's Vietnam journalist buddy, Ira Stone, is back--claiming to have footage of a secret U.S war in Nicaragua; the…
Killshot 4.0
October 10, 1986
Crockett and Tubbs are fingered as cops by a Customs agent who's being blackmailed by the drug kingpin the detectives a…
Walk Alone 3.7
October 17, 1986
Tubbs poses as a con to expose prison guards who are extorting drugs from inmates, and killing those who refuse.
The Good Collar 4.5
October 24, 1986
A star high school athlete, arrested for delivering heroin, agrees to help Crockett trap a 15-year-old drug lord; it tu…
Shadow in the Dark 6.5
October 31, 1986
Crockett tries to nail a psychotic murderer by thinking like his quarry, despite the fact that another cop using that t…
El Viejo 7.5
November 7, 1986
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 5.5
November 14, 1986
Tubbs' former partner frames him when he abducts a chemist for some drug dealers.
Baby Blues 5.5
November 21, 1986
Unexpected contraband--babies and a stowaway mother seeking the child taken from her--puts the cops on the trail of an …
Street Wise 4.5
December 5, 1986
An undercover cop and his hooker lover help the detectives find the source of some pharmaceutical grade cocaine.
Forgive Us Our Debts 5.3
December 12, 1986
New leads persuade Crockett that a man he put on death row might be innocent, but a campaign-conscious DA is reluctant …
Down for the Count (1) 5.0
January 9, 1987
Zito reluctantly uses a boxer as bait to help the vice squad nail a former drug kingpin involved in bookmaking; it ends…
Down for the Count (2) 7.5
January 16, 1987
Switek is outraged by Internal Affairs' findings; Crockett and Tubbs' TV gambit may prove fatal when a mobster reclaims…
Cuba Libre 7.5
January 23, 1987
Crockett & Tubbs stumble onto a plot by fanatical Cuban commandos to assassinate an important Cuban diplomat.
Duty and Honor (a.k.a. The Savage) 3.7
February 6, 1987
Castillo is not the only one to realize that a series of prostitute murders matches the M.O. of killings in Vietnam in …
Theresa 3.7
February 13, 1987
Crockett's romantic entanglement with a heroin-addicted doctor jeopardizes his case against a dealer.
The Afternoon Plane 5.2
February 20, 1987
Tubbs finds out that his ""raffle prize"" --- a week in the Caribbean --- is set up by a vengeful con and the Calderone…
Lend Me an Ear 4.5
February 27, 1987
The electronics whiz providing Crockett & Tubbs with surveillance devices also outfits their drug-dealing quarry.
Red Tape 5.5
March 13, 1987
Tubbs searches desperately for the source of information leaks about future busts.
By Hooker by Crook 3.7
March 20, 1987
Crockett's latest romance with a respected businesswoman (Melanie Griffith) turns sour when it is revealed that the wom…
Knock, Knock, Who's There? 4.5
March 27, 1987
Crockett & Tubbs probe drug busts ruined by phony federal agents who disappear with the evidence.
Viking Bikers from Hell 6.0
April 3, 1987
A motorcycle gang seeks to avenge a drug-dealing comrade's death by killing off his former customers.
Everybody's in Show Biz 7.5
May 1, 1987
An actor/writer is in danger when he steals a drug dealer's briefcase and the vital information it contains.
Heroes of the Revolution 5.3
May 8, 1987
An East German spy seeks to avenge the murder of Gina's mother in Cuba 26 years earlier, and uses her to lure the kille…