- 8.1/1062 votesLoading...
#1 - The Christmas Mystery
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1990
There's a murder attempt on a woman who has left her son in the temporary care of St. Michael's and the search for the culprit leads to a department store on Christmas Eve.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1055 votesLoading...
#2 - The Mummy's Curse Mystery
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 2/21/1991
While visiting the Chicago Museum to take in a Pharaoh's burial chamber, Father Dowling and Sister Steve encounter an ancient Egyptian curse. Father Prestwick almost becomes a victim himself when he attempts to uncover the tomb's deadly secrets.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1098 votesLoading...
#3 - The Missing Body Mystery (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/1989
Father Dowling lands on the wrong side of the FBI after a dying man falls at his feet. Father Dowling puts the church in a bad light when he insists on tracking down the killer. While doing so, he seems to have helped botch a FBI sting operation!
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1036 votesLoading...
#4 - The Missing Body Mystery (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/20/1989
Father Dowling lands on the wrong side of the FBI after a dying man falls dead at his feet. Father Dowling puts the church in a bad light when he insists on tracking down the killer. While doing so, he seems to have helped botch a FBI sting operation!
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1055 votesLoading...
#5 - The Missing Witness Mystery
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/24/1991
Sister Steve has disguised herself as a trashy lady-of-the-evening in order to track down a witness who can clear the name of a young businessman charged with murder. But was he really framed or is he actually guilty? Father Dowling is not certain.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1054 votesLoading...
#6 - The Consulting Detective Mystery
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 4/25/1991
It is difficult to tell who is consulting with whom when Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of Father Dowling. The pair prove to be an unbeatable team as they put their powers of deduction to the supreme test as eyewitnesses to multiple murders. There's only one hitch: No one other than Dowling can actually see Mr. Holmes!
Director: Sharron Miller
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1058 votesLoading...
#7 - The Confidence Mystery
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 3/15/1990
A flim flam con-man has his eye on a valuable church receptacle that Father Prestwick is taking to Romania. He'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the monstrance, even if he has to permanently inconvenience Father Prestwick. It's up to Father Dowling and Sister Steve to put a cap on the con.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1077 votesLoading...
#8 - The Man Who Came To Dinner Mystery
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/1989
A witness to a murder is pursued by the killer and he takes refuge in St. Michael's, enlisting the help of a woman he once almost married--Sister Steve.
Director: Alan Cooke
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1054 votesLoading...
#9 - The Falling Angel Mystery
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 2/22/1990
An ""angel"" visits Father Dowling and Sister Steve at the parish and delivers a stern warning that big trouble is hiding just around the next corner. One of the parishioners is about to be ""charged"" with the ""crime"" of guilt by association when it is revealed that his late father was connected with the underworld.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Dean Hargrove
- 7.8/1058 votesLoading...
#10 - The Movie Mystery
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/25/1990
Everyone is enjoying the slice of Hollywood as a movie crew uses St. Michael's as a location, until a series of unexplained, and life-threatening, accidents put a damper on the mood. Father Dowling and Sister Steve are enlisted to assist in the investigation while Father Prestwick decides to make his screen debut...as a stand in.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1055 votesLoading...
#11 - The Murder Weekend Mystery
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1990
It's man against machine when a hired killer uses computer technology to conceal his crime during a weekend retreat for mystery writers. A series of traps further complicate the investigation and one of them almost costs Sister Steve her life.
Director: Harry Harris
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1047 votesLoading...
#12 - The Reasonable Doubt Mystery
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/15/1990
Father Dowling does his duty, jury duty, in a murder case that should have been open and shut. Father Dowling is not so sure and his claim of reasonable doubt ends in a deadlocked jury. While the DA angrily works toward a retrial, Father Dowling and Sister Steve conduct an investigation of their own, at the center of which is the testimony of an eyewitness who seems to keep company with some unusual sorts.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1051 votesLoading...
#13 - The Vanishing Victim Mystery
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/29/1990
Father Dowling stumbles into a kidnapping plot when he befriends a young woman who is about to disappear. Fearing the worst, Sister Steve signs on as the family's new maid to try and find out what happened to the girl.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.7/1048 votesLoading...
#14 - The Substitute Sister Mystery
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 1/10/1991
Father Dowling and Sister Steve are caught in the middle of the battle of the bugs when warring exterminators do battle over franchise rights. The plot is further thickened by a nun who isn't, a hitman who is and a mobster who will do anything to rescue his daughter.
Director: N/A
Writer: Gerry Conway
- 7.7/1050 votesLoading...
#15 - The Priest Killer Mystery
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/14/1991
When a rooftop sniper almost kills Father Dowling, Sister Steve goes undercover as a cab driver, hoping the flush out the would-be priest-killer.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1063 votesLoading...
#16 - Mafia Priest (1)
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/1989
Father Dowling finds himself caught in a bizarre mystery when he attempts to prove a fellow priest innocent of murder. Dowling and Sister Steve get more than they bargained for when they discover the young priest's family is indeed connected--to organized crime!
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1062 votesLoading...
#17 - Mafia Priest (2)
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/1989
Undeterred by appearances, Father Dowling sets out to prove a young priest innocent of murder after he discovers the priest has been framed by a member of his own family. Nothing is ever easy, of course, and when the real assassin is himself killed, Dowling must rely on a family member who is too afraid to tell the truth. But tell it he must.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1053 votesLoading...
#18 - The Visiting Priest Mystery
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1990
Father Dowling and Sister Steve are taken in by a fake priest. It turns out ""Father"" Damon is actually a hit man sent to kill aging gang-leader, Victor Malko. Father Dowling tries to warn Malko, but he won't take Dowling's warnings seriously. And now the real Father's life might be in jeopardy.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1049 votesLoading...
#19 - The Stone Killer Mystery
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/1990
Someone is using Father Dowling for target practice and the marksman appears to be an angry ex-con the Father sent up river on a murder rap. Full police protection is offered but how can you run a parish with all those men in blue hanging about? Let alone take part in a charity race.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1055 votesLoading...
#20 - The Undercover Nun Mystery
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 11/1/1990
Sister Steve's return to her Mother's house to celebrate the convent's Silver Jubilee ceremonies should be a time of great joy for everyone. But shortly after arriving the Sister discovers a nun with a gun. Not quite what she expected. And her worst fears are indeed realized when another visiting nun is murdered.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/1046 votesLoading...
#21 - The Hard Boiled Mystery
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 3/28/1991
An author who used Dowling and Steve as characters in his murder mystery dies before its completion.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1061 votesLoading...
#22 - The Ghost Of A Chance Mystery
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/1990
Father Dowling is more than a little skeptical when a young woman insists that her house is haunted. He agrees to investigate just the same after Sister Steve confesses that she has also seen some of the unexplained ""happenings."" Father Dowling concludes that something is indeed amiss, but is it the work of a person or a spirit?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1059 votesLoading...
#23 - The Royal Mystery
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/20/1990
It looks like a royal mess when Sister Steve find herself trapped in a Royal scandal. The Sister trades places with a frisky British noblewoman in order to infiltrate a trade delegation. Father Dowling has his hands full riding shotgun, trying to keep an eye open for the Sister's Royal killer.
Director: Christopher Hibler
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/1049 votesLoading...
#24 - The Medical Mystery
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/27/1990
The local hospital is the scene of some 'extra' deaths when Father Dowling and Sister Steve uncover a string of mystery murders. Father Prestwick insists on helping out and almost becomes the next victim.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Jeri Taylor
- 7.5/1046 votesLoading...
#25 - The Moving Target Mystery
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 2/7/1991
A hired killer has a change of heart when he discovers that Father Dowling is his intended victim. He warns the priest that someone else is certain to accept the contract. Now it's up to Father Dowling to figure out who, and why, someone is out to get him.
Director: Robert Scheerer
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Father Dowling Mysteries
Every episode of Father Dowling Mysteries ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Father Dowling Mysteries!
Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV...
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Best Episodes Summary
"The Christmas Mystery" is the best rated episode of "Father Dowling Mysteries". It scored 8.1/10 based on 62 votes. Directed by James Frawley and written by N/A, it aired on 12/13/1990. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Mummy's Curse Mystery".