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The Best Episodes of Matt Houston Season 3

Every episode of Matt Houston Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Matt Houston Season 3!

The Best Episodes of Matt Houston Season 3

Matt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by Lawrence Gordon, the series was produced by...

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  1. Background image for Wanted Man (2)
    7.9/10(29 votes)

    #1 - Wanted Man (2)

    S3:E1

    Matt's uncle (Buddy Ebsen), an ex-spy, helps Matt prove he is a victim of mind control and establish his innocence of murder.

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    7.8/10(26 votes)

    #2 - Vanished

    S3:E2

    other characters: Judge C. Sylos, Billy, Farris (possibly Coroner's Assistant), Dr. M. Granger (murdered) When Hoyt's young daughter is kidnapped and held prisoner by a child molester (James Olson), Matt risks everything -- even his own life.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Eyewitness
    7.8/10(18 votes)

    #3 - Eyewitness

    S3:E3

    other characters: Guard Matt believes C.J.'s new love (Simon MacCorkindale), a rising TV newsman, is involved in a kidnapping captured on film.

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  4. Background image for Apostle of Death
    7.6/10(19 votes)

    #4 - Apostle of Death

    S3:E4

    Matt must free a girl from a religious commune run by an evangelist who plans to take her inheritance of $3 million, and then kill her.

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    Director:Kim Manners
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    8.1/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Caged

    S3:E5

    other characters: Mike, Deputy Marsh C.J. gets amnesia after an auto accident, and finds herself in jail with inmates working for a prostitution ring.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Return to Nam (1)
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #6 - Return to Nam (1)

    S3:E6

    Matt, Roy and ""Too Mean"" team up with an arrogant mercenary (Max Baer Jr.) to find Matt's cousin, who he thought died as a POW in Cambodia.

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  8. Background image for Escape from Nam (2)
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #7 - Escape from Nam (2)

    S3:E7

    Andy (Max Baer Jr.) appears to have betrayed Matt and the rest to the Cambodian warlord holding Matt's cousin captive.

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  9. Background image for High Fashion Murders
    7.3/10(19 votes)

    #8 - High Fashion Murders

    S3:E8

    other characters: Kirby Andrews (Chauffeur), Monica, Beverly Roberts Matt can't accept the perfect alibi of his chief suspect (James Read) in the deaths of two models, until he learns a family secret.

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  10. Background image for Death Stalk
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #9 - Death Stalk

    S3:E9

    other characters: Mickey (the chimp) An international assassin (Judson Scott) hired to kill a Middle Eastern leader, ignores his orders and seeks revenge on Matt instead.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Blood Money
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Blood Money

    S3:E10

    Matt's old high-school classmate (Jenny Sherman) involves him in a plot concerning an ex-Army officer and smuggled Vietnamese gems.

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    Director:Don Chaffey
  12. Background image for Deadly Games
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #11 - Deadly Games

    S3:E11

    Matt must convince Hoyt a sporting-goods tycoon (Stuart Whitman) hunted two athletes like game animals.

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    Director:Unknown
  13. Background image for Stolen
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    #12 - Stolen

    S3:E12

    After an actress (Kay Lenz) is certain she saw her baby son, kidnapped a year earlier, with another woman in a park, she asks Matt for help.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for The Nightmare Man
    7.4/10(18 votes)

    #13 - The Nightmare Man

    S3:E13

    Matt is convinced that the man who kidnapped and tormented a little boy is the same man that kidnapped and tormented him when he was a boy.

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    Director:Kim Manners
    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Breakpoint
    7.9/10(19 votes)

    #14 - Breakpoint

    S3:E14

    Matt rushes to find the girlfriend of his distraught cousin who threatens to leap from a rooftop.

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    Director:Peter Crane
    Writer:Unknown
  16. Background image for Death Trap
    8.0/10(18 votes)

    #15 - Death Trap

    S3:E15

    C.J., Roy and Matt investigate an embezzlement scheme in a once-bustling oil town.

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  17. Background image for The Honeymoon Murders
    7.9/10(18 votes)

    #16 - The Honeymoon Murders

    S3:E16

    Matt investigates the murders of his college roommate's fiancée and another imminent bride.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Beach Club Murders
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #17 - Beach Club Murders

    S3:E17

    Matt receives unexpected help in a murder/extortion case from a fellow detective, the sister of one of the victims.

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    Director:Cliff Bole
    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for New Orleans Nightmare
    7.8/10(17 votes)

    #18 - New Orleans Nightmare

    S3:E18

    A frightened stewardess (Shari Belafonte-Harper) comes to Matt after her friend (Ellen Bry) photographs a secret-society execution.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for Company Secrets
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    #19 - Company Secrets

    S3:E19

    other characters: Ed Thompson, The Chief To flush the killer after his old CIA squad that call themselves ""The Five Fingers"", Roy pretends an attempt to kill him was successful.

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    Director:Unknown
  21. Background image for Killing Time
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    #20 - Killing Time

    S3:E20

    Matt falls for an heiress (Kerrie Keane) whose brother intends to use the family fortune to support Irish terrorists.

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    Director:Michael Vejar
    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Death Watch
    7.9/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Death Watch

    S3:E21

    Matt, Uncle Roy and C.J. join Hoyt's stakeout of a big drug payoff and wind up in the crossfire of a plot by the buyer to double-cross the seller.

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  23. Background image for Final Vows
    8.2/10(26 votes)

    #22 - Final Vows

    S3:E22

    Matt's love, Elizabeth (Kerrie Keane), returns, while a murderer (Chuck McCann) uses Matt to publicize his deeds.

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    Writer:Unknown

Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Wanted Man (2)" is the best rated episode of "Matt Houston" season 3. It scored 7.9/10 based on 29 votes. Directed by James L. Conway, Cliff Bole and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/21/1984. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Vanished".