The Best Episodes of 9-1-1 Season 3
Every episode of 9-1-1 Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 9-1-1 Season 3!
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in their own lives.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "9-1-1" season 3 is "Kids Today", rated 8.1/10 from 1144 user votes. It was directed by Jennifer Lynch and written by Kristen Reidel. "Kids Today" aired on 9/23/2019 and is rated 1.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Sink or Swim".
8.1/10 1,144 votes#1 - Kids Today
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/23/2019
Athena enlists the 118’s help when a teenager speeds out of control on the freeway. Meanwhile, a routine traffic stop uncovers a shocking kidnapping and Buck struggles with his recovery.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Kristen Reidel
9.2/10 1,866 votes#2 - Sink or Swim
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/30/2019
A massive tsunami hits the Santa Monica Pier, placing Buck and Christopher's lives in danger .
Director: Bradley Buecker
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
9.0/10 1,405 votes#3 - The Searchers
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/7/2019
Athena, Maddie, Bobby and the 118 races to save lives after a massive tsunami hits the Santa Monica Pier and Buck fears the worst when Christopher goes missing.
Director: Chad Lowe
Writer: David Fury
7.5/10 929 votes#4 - Triggers
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/14/2019
The team races to save workers in a high-rise during a fire drill, car accident victims, and siblings fighting over a family heirloom. Buck gives Bobby surprising news. Eddie helps Christopher deal with the trauma caused by the tsunami.
Director: Joaquin Sedillo
Writer: Christopher Monfette, David Fury, Tonya Kong
7.6/10 1,012 votes#5 - Rage
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/21/2019
The 118 races to help protesters at a slaughterhouse and a wife who finds herself trapped in a “rage room” with her husband’s mistress. Athena takes action after Michael, May and Harry experience a traumatic traffic stop.
Director: Jann Turner
Writer: David Fury
7.9/10 903 votes#6 - Monsters
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2019
Athena and the 118 respond to bizarre emergency calls on Halloween, including a flock of crows terrorizing a field trip, an office employee having a close encounter with an eight-limbed creature and a ghost-like girl wandering a neighborhood.
Director: Tina Mabry
Writer: Christopher Monfette
8.6/10 1,342 votes#7 - Athena Begins
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/4/2019
When a murder weapon from a case close to Athena in the early '90s resurfaces, flashbacks to 1989 show how Athena joined the LAPD and became the police officer she is today.
Director: Tasha Smith
Writer: Kristen Reidel
8.3/10 976 votes#8 - Malfunction
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/11/2019
Emergencies include a skating mishap at an ice show, an accident involving a self-driving car and a fulfillment warehouse robot going rogue. Meanwhile, Eddie's after-hours fight club gets out-of-control and Hen struggles in her relationship with Karen.
Director: Joaquin Sedillo
Writer: Tonya Kong
8.0/10 857 votes#9 - Fallout
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/25/2019
The 118 responds to debris from a meteor shower crashing into an apartment building and a deadly fire caused by a hazardous waste truck crash inside a tunnel. Meanwhile, Hen struggles with guilt over her ambulance accident, Bobby introduces Eddie to an old friend to help with his anger and Maddie receives an urgent call for help.
Director: Marcus Stokes
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto
8.0/10 854 votes#10 - Christmas Spirit
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/2/2019
Holiday-themed incidents include a shopper pushed over the edge, a woman who is literally having a "Blue Christmas" and a luggage handler accident on a tarmac; Maddie revisits her past to embrace her future; Bobby receives shocking news.
Director: Alonso Alvarez
Writer: Andrew Meyers
7.6/10 827 votes#11 - Seize the Day
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 3/16/2020
The 118 responds to a skydiving trip gone wrong, a bank rep injured in a home repossession and a lovestruck assistant whose lunch run ends in disaster. Meanwhile, Athena and the family come to terms with Michael’s difficult health decision and Chimney’s half-brother from Korea unexpectedly shows up at his doorstep.
Director: Sarah Boyd
Writer: Lyndsey Beaulieu
7.7/10 831 votes#12 - Fools
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/23/2020
The 118 responds to a viral stunt gone haywire, a disaster at a couple’s fishing trip and an epic first date fail. Meanwhile, Athena investigates a woman who doesn’t remember being shot in the head and Eddie is forced to have a difficult conversation with Christopher.
Director: David Grossman
Writer: Andrew Meyers
8.0/10 825 votes#13 - Pinned
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/30/2020
Accidents happen at a bowling alley and a home renovation; Athena pursues a car thief.
Director: John J. Gray
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto, Nadia Abass-Madden
8.8/10 1,099 votes#14 - The Taking of Dispatch 9-1-1
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 4/13/2020
Maddie fears for herself and her co-workers when the call center is taken hostage.
Director: Marshall Tyler
Writer: Andrew Meyers, Nadia Abass-Madden
8.2/10 1,066 votes#15 - Eddie Begins
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 4/20/2020
Eddie's journey to rescue a boy from a well turns into a mission to save himself from his past.
Director: Robert M. Williams Jr.
Writer: Robert M. Williams Jr.
8.1/10 856 votes#16 - The One That Got Away
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 4/27/2020
The 118 fights an apartment building blaze; Athena's response to an accident call leads to a more sinister crime; Hen performs a risky medical procedure during a televised cooking show; Buck is inspired to reunite with his lost love.
Director: Millicent Shelton
Writer: David Fury
8.2/10 829 votes#17 - Powerless
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 5/4/2020
The 118 races to rescue a little girl in a runaway hot air balloon and help with a city power outage caused by a hijacked tree-trimmer truck; Athena's investigation into a serial rapist case puts her life in jeopardy.
Director: Kristen Reidel
Writer: Kristen Reidel, Lyndsey Beaulieu
8.3/10 857 votes#18 - What's Next?
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/11/2020
The 118 rush to save lives in the aftermath of a massive train derailment.
Director: Jennifer Lynch
Writer: Juan Carlos Coto, Kristen Reidel