7.1/1024 votes#1 - Dead and Married
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 7/10/1992
Will finds a car in the swamp, and attached are two married ghosts and their remains. The search for their killer, who just might be an old acquaintance of theirs, begins with the help of Will and the Swamp Thing.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven L. Sears
5.9/1021 votes#2 - Powers of Darkness
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 7/17/1992
Dorian is an emotionally troubled teenager. He befriends Will, who begins to discover his troubled home life. Will and the Swamp Thing begin to try to help Dorian but there is one catch: Dorian could also be a vampire.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
6.3/1023 votes#3 - Special Request
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 7/24/1992
Still fruitlessly searching for her missing son Jim, Tressa is diverted when she hears the voice of her former boyfriend, a radio jockey from the 70's. Tressa begins a second hunt for answers, as she discovers what really happened when her boyfriend disappeared 18 years ago, guided by his voice from the grave.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: N/A
- 5.8/1021 votes
#4 - What Goes Around Comes Around, Comes Around
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 7/31/1992
Sheriff Andrews allows Dr. Arcane to hunt an employee for sport. To teach Andrews a lesson, the Swamp Thing traps the corrupt sheriff in a fantasy of the Wild West populated by familiar faces, forcing him to duel the evil Renegade Jake in a fight to the death.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1022 votes
#5 - Fear Itself
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 8/7/1992
The Swamp Thing's worst enemy is also the enemy of the swamp...himself.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: N/A
- 6.4/1021 votes
#6 - Changes
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 8/14/1992
When Arcane unleashes a genetic assassin into the swamp in the form of a virus, he gets more than he bargained for; he not only gets rid of the Swamp Thing, but he accidentally brings Alec Holland back.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: Steven L. Sears
6.1/1022 votes#7 - Destiny
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 8/21/1992
The ghosts of two temporally displaced Confederate Civil War soldiers appear in the swamp, one of whom is a previous resident of Will's house. The Swamp Thing assists Will to help the man to discover the mystery behind his wartime disappearance and make peace with his past.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.4/1021 votes#8 - Tatania
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 8/28/1992
Arcane finally resurrects his wife Tatania, only to learn the woman is an impostor. A few hours in the lab with this woman leads Arcane to discover the true whereabouts of his beloved wife and the identity of her captor; General Sunderland.
Director: John McPherson
Writer: N/A
- 5.7/1020 votes
#9 - Mirador's Brain
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 9/11/1992
Arcane's genius mentor, Carl Mirador, has died. Using an experimental brain cell transfer, Arcane transfers all of Mirador's knowledge into his own brain. He also transfers Mirador's mental illnesses. Meanwhile, Will meets, and falls for, Mirador’s granddaughter, Dana.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.6/1020 votes
#10 - Lesser of Two Evils
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 9/19/1992
Arcane's rival, Carla Jeffries (Tyne Daly) takes over his business, putting Arcane in the streets and stealing his "loyal assistant", Graham. The Swamp Thing discovers that she is a much more formidable enemy than Arcane ever was.
Director: N/A
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Tom Blomquist
- 6.2/1021 votes
#11 - Revelations
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 9/26/1992
Graham leads a team of heavily armed mercenaries into the swamp to kill the Swamp Thing once and for all. Meanwhile, Tressa learns a few of the secrets of the swamp when she has a wounded visitor.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Steven L. Sears, Tom Blomquist
- 6.1/1021 votes
#12 - Easy Prey
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 10/3/1992
A hunter and his son search the swamp for an endangered hawk. Their relationship is in shreds, and their conflict may prove deadly for Will, who has been adopted by the swamp to help protect the hawk.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.8/1021 votes#13 - The Handyman
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 10/10/1992
Arcane hosts a science conference, but it is crashed by a professional hit man who used to work for Sunderland and now has a score to settle. The Swamp Thing discovers the identity of the hit man and has a score to settle of his own.
Director: Andrew Stevens
Writer: N/A
- 5.5/1020 votes
#14 - Future Tense
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 10/17/1992
A chemical plant causing toxic damage to the swamp is the key to a darker future. The owner of the chemical plant and an obsessed journalist are teleported to the future to see first hand what the damage is causing.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.2/1019 votes
#15 - Hide in the Night
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 10/24/1992
Arcane's experiment to bring out the inner beast in a human being works a little too well. He goes on a rampage and his assistants will suffer the cost as they, along with the Swamp Thing, search the swamp to stop him.
Director: Andrew Stevens
Writer: Steven L. Sears
- 5.7/1022 votes
#16 - Pay Day
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 10/31/1992
Three convicts escape from prison in search of loot from a heist buried in the swamp. They soon discover they are not only being followed by the cops, but the Swamp Thing as well.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Blomquist
- 5.7/1021 votes
#17 - The Return of LaRoche
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 11/7/1992
Arcane is convinced that Carter LaRoche is attacking him in the night, but LaRoche is locked up in an insane asylum, and he is getting pretty friendly with Will.
Director: Andrew Stevens
Writer: Babs Greyhosky
- 5.8/1022 votes
#18 - Rites of Passage
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 11/14/1992
Will leads two spoiled girls on a journey through the swamp that tests their character.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/1023 votes
#19 - Never Alone
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 11/21/1992
A lunatic escapes from a local asylum and knocks on Tressa's door late at night. He proclaims himself as an alien killer. Even the Swamp Thing is in danger.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 5.9/1021 votes
#20 - A Most Bitter Pill
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 12/5/1992
Arcane, trapped in a cave with an unconscious Swamp Thing, launches into a monologue that sheds light on his motivations and (deep, enormous) neuroses.
Director: N/A
Writer: Tom Blomquist
- 5.7/1019 votes
#21 - The Curse
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 12/12/1992
Arcane and a scheming hack journalist unearth a cursed mummy.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
5.9/1020 votes#22 - Judgment Day
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 12/19/1992
Will is arrested for a murder that he did not commit.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
- 6.1/1022 votes
#23 - Eye of the Storm
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 1/9/1993
Tressa's long-estranged sister returns looking for shelter from an enemy of her husband and ends up putting the Kipp house in danger, in the midst of a hurricane.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: N/A
- 5.4/1019 votes
#24 - Vendetta
Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 1/16/1993
Arcane wines and dines a pretty reporter, but she is not who she claims to be.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
5.9/1021 votes#25 - The Hurting
Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 1/23/1993
When an elderly woman, named Irma Swanson, who knew and befriended the Swamp Thing, dies, her estranged daughter, Cathy, comes to town for her funeral. The Swamp Thing and the spirit of Irma then show Cathy the past of Irma’s troubled life in order for Cathy to make amends.
Director: Chuck Bowman
Writer: Tom Blomquist
The Best Episodes of Swamp Thing Season 3
Every episode of Swamp Thing Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Swamp Thing Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Dead and Married" is the best rated episode of "Swamp Thing" season 3. It scored 7.1/10 based on 24 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Steven L. Sears, it aired on 7/10/1992. This episode is rated 1.2 points higher than the second-best, "Powers of Darkness".