7.6/1070 votes#1 - Lost and Found
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1997
Nash and Joe help FBI Special Agent Katz recover a Suburban full of stolen FBI weapons. Joes sets Nash up on a blind date with his nanny.
Director: Adam Nimoy
Writer: N/A
7.6/1065 votes#2 - Payback
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1997
Willie Nelson plays Earl Dobbs, a convict who gets a furlough from San Quentin to help Nash and Joe catch his former crime partner.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1076 votes#3 - Shake, Rattle and Roll
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1997
Nash and Joe track down a former mob underboss who's murdering San Francisco criminals. Meanwhile, Inger has to go out of town, leaving Nash and Joe with the baby.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: N/A
7.8/1079 votes#4 - One Flew Over the 'Cuda's Nest
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1997
Nash and Joe follow the trail of a criminally insane mental patient who believes he is the nemesis of Sherlock Holmes. Joe hires a baby nurse who takes over his life.
Director: Robert Mandel
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.0/1079 votes#5 - Blackout
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/17/1997
Nash, on the verge of closing a case, narrowly avoids getting killed in an explosion, losing a week's worth of memory as a result. With Joe's help, he has to retrace his steps, resolve the case, and deal with the various personal snafus resulting from his memory loss. Michelle joins the SIU.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.9/1072 votes#6 - Ripcord
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/24/1997
Cassidy finds herself in the middle of an SIU case when she becomes the victim of a high-climbing jewel thief and Nash begins to close in on the suspect: her new boyfriend. Stacy becomes concerned that Nick is being turned into a lab rat at the university where he has volunteered for a research study.
Director: Christopher Misiano
Writer: N/A
7.9/1087 votes#7 - Sniper
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/31/1997
A sniper terrorizes San Francisco on Halloween as a city-wide Blue Flu forces our SIU detectives to assume beat cop responsibilities. Joe tracks down a hard to find Halloween costume for Lucia.
Director: Dennie Gordon
Writer: Shawn Ryan
8.2/10100 votes#8 - Revelations
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/7/1997
When a reporter is murdered while covering the new ""French Connection"", Nash comes face-to-face with a startling revelation - his brother, a Vietnam MIA, thought dead for the last 24 years, may be alive and in San Francisco. Meanwhile, Lisa's sister, Lynette, arrives to house-sit at Lisa's indefinitely.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: N/A
7.3/1063 votes#9 - Most Wanted
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/14/1997
A fugitive is released from prison by mistake and seeks revenge on Michelle. Nash teams with Michelle to capture him. Meanwhile, Nash refuses to partner with Joe on an off duty case to protect a sportscaster being blackmailed, so Joe chooses Evan.
Director: Perry Lang
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.1/1085 votes#10 - Bombshell
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/21/1997
Sultry criminal and Nash's ex-girlfriend Tamara VanZant resurfaces, this time as a player in a plot to sell stolen plutonium. Joe plans to make a mint by marketing a secret-recipe salsa that's been in his family for generations. Robert Rodriguez stars as Joe's commercial director.
Director: Rick Wallace
Writer: Daniel Truly
7.3/1059 votes#11 - Found Money
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 12/5/1997
Rick Bettina returns as the head of the S.I.U. Joe is accused of stealing 3 million dollars from a suspect. Harvey has a torrid affair with a woman he once arrested.
Director: N/A
Writer: Shawn Ryan
7.0/1059 votes#12 - Dirty Tricks
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1997
Nash and Joe risk causing an international incident after British consulate workers fake the death of a convicted killer in order to use him for their own nefarious purposes. Joe resorts to extreme measures in order to get Lucia accepted into an ultra-elite school.
Director: John T. Kretchmer
Writer: Daniel Truly
7.8/1084 votes#13 - Crossfire
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 1/9/1998
A million dollar bounty on Nash's head triggers an onslaught of attacks by a series of ultimate fighters. Michelle meets ""Mr. Right"" while on a stake out trying to trackdown an Internet rapist. Nash is convinced Cassidy's new boyfriend in gay.
Director: Robert Mandel
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.5/1088 votes#14 - Live Shot
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 1/16/1998
Geraldo Rivera comes to the SIU to interview Nash and Joe. Nash arrives at the SIU after having his drink spiked with acid by a biker couple; and there's a ""mole"" in the SIU feeding sensitive information about Nash to Geraldo, which he uses in the interview. Meanwhile, our SIU cops must solve a mystery which begins as a routine shooting at a convenience store.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.1/1079 votes#15 - Downtime
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/30/1998
Nash is forced to take time off by Bettina.
Director: Melanie Mayron
Writer: N/A
7.9/1080 votes#16 - Skin Deep
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 2/27/1998
Nash and Joe team up with a tough-talking NYPD Special Crimes Detective (Penny Marshall) in order to track down a famous fashion model's deadly stalker. Meanwhile, Harvey helps Evan track down his lost badge before Nash finds out. A shopping trip doesn't turn out the way Nick and Lynette had planned.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: N/A
8.2/1082 votes#17 - Patriots
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 3/6/1998
Nash gets involved with Irish terrorists, as well as his ex-wife Kelly (Serena Scott Thomas). Meanwhile, Joe looks after a party-minded Arabian prince awaiting a heart transplant.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: Shawn Ryan
7.8/1075 votes#18 - Cuda Gráce
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 4/3/1998
Nash and Joe investigate several brutal drug-related gangland murders and follow a complicated trail of clues to a surprising suspect -- Bruce Sutcliffe, a multi-millionaire from a well-respected San Francisco family. When Nash discovers that Sutcliffe has been a major drug kingpin for years, he risks his job and his life to expose the magnate's secret life. Meanwhile, Evan and Bettina go undercover in a transgender beauty pageant to trap a blackmailing murderess who pretends to be a man impersonating a woman.
Director: Scott Brazil
Writer: Jed Seidel
7.8/1055 votes#19 - Lady Killer
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 4/10/1998
Bettina is accused of killing a high-class call girl. Only Nash can help Rick find out who framed him for murder. Meanwhile, a man masquerading as Joe has become a major romantic figure in town (with Joe's credit cards), much to Inger's chagrin.
Director: Jesús Salvador Treviño
Writer: Daniel Truly
8.1/1078 votes#20 - Danger Zone
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 4/17/1998
Nash and Joe are on the trail of a ruthless gang of thieves threatening to release the lethal nerve gas over downtown San Francisco unless the area is evacuated. Once the area is cleared of people, the criminals plan to move in and rob the banks in the area. Racing against time to capture the criminal mastermind behind this scheme, Nash is surprised to discover that the gang leader is Pamela Smith, a beautiful, brilliant chemist who created the deadly gas. Meanwhile, a mysterious woman appears who claims to be Joe's daughter from a college fertility experiment in which he participated years earlier.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
8.0/1072 votes#21 - Special Delivery
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 5/1/1998
Nash must protect Lynette (Suki Kaiser) from ruthless Hong Kong mobsters when she unknowingly becomes involved in an Asian forgery ring. When Lynette's old flame, Brian, mails her a flawless forgery plate for $100 bills, Nash must protect her from the brutal Hong Kong gangsters from whom the plate was stolen. When Brian unexpectedly appears at Lynette's door, their attraction is re-ignited, but he soon becomes the chief suspect in Nash's investigation into the forgery ring, run by an Asian crime syndicate. Meanwhile, Joe's visiting father (Ismael Carlo), a sheriff from New Mexico, drives Joe crazy with his meddling until he uses his own brand of Wild West sleuthing to expose a murderer in Joe's apartment building.
Director: Greg Beeman
Writer: N/A
7.9/1075 votes#22 - Touchdown
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/1998
When Nash and Joe investigate the mysterious disappearance of several armored cars and their drivers, they uncover a high-tech, covert crime operation run by ex-Navy Seals. When the robbers kidnap Evan, Nash must lure them out of hiding by staging an armored car delivery. Meanwhile, an off-duty case finds Nash and Joe searching for a star football player's dream girl, whom he spotted in a stadium filled with 65,000 fans but doesn't know. Also, the relationship between Evan and Cassidy intensifies as they struggle to keep their affair a secret from Nash.
Director: Jim Charleston
Writer: Jed Seidel
8.3/1073 votes#23 - Sacraments
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 5/15/1998
When the ruthless high school dropouts go on the crime spree, Nash's search for the couple leads him into an underworld of heavy metal rock and satanic worship. As the intensity of the crimes increases, Nash must race against time to stop the desperate duo before they murder all the enemies on their ""grudge list."" ; Stacy and Nash meet Nick's long-lost love from the war years; Joe finds Evan and Cassidy in a compromising situation.
Director: Deran Sarafian
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Nash Bridges Season 3
Every episode of Nash Bridges Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Nash Bridges Season 3!
Fun-loving San Francisco Police Department investigator Nash Bridges is part of the elite Special Investigations Unit. He tackles crime using his keen sense of humor...
Genres:Action & AdventureDrama
Network:CBS
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Lost and Found" is the best rated episode of "Nash Bridges" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 70 votes. Directed by Adam Nimoy and written by N/A, it aired on 9/19/1997. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Payback".