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The Best Episodes of The Detectives Season 3

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

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The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Detectives Season 3 Episode 1 - D.C. Of Love
    8.3/10(35 votes)

    S3:E1

    As a lonely and meaningless retirement beckons after 25 years on the force, the boys are given the task of finding 'The Black Widow' after a series of gruesome lonely hearts murders.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Detectives Season 3 Episode 5 - Between A Rock And A Hard Place
    8.2/10(38 votes)

    S3:E5

    After 30 years of watching and waiting, Superintendent Cottam ropes the boys into helping him catch notorious bullion thief, Ronnie Richardson.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Detectives Season 3 Episode 2 - Flash
    7.7/10(32 votes)

    S3:E2

    After mixing their drinks at the policemen's ball, Louis and Briggs confront a new horror involving a flasher, a Marquess and the commissioner's wife.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Detectives Season 3 Episode 3 - Art Attack
    7.6/10(34 votes)

    S3:E3

    When forced to transfer into the Fine Arts Squad, our heroes are despatched to recover the latest artistic creation of 'enfant terrible' Hadyn Smailes - a pair of maracas, a tin of peaches and a fish tank of the artist's own urine.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Detectives Season 3 Episode 6 - Twitchers
    7.6/10(35 votes)

    S3:E6

    Briggs and Louis are assigned a case protecting the eggs of a newly-discovered breeding pair of red kites. Teir lack of enthusiasm soon turns to panic as the eggs are stolen.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Detectives Season 3 Episode 4 - On Thin Ice
    7.3/10(34 votes)

    S3:E4

    When Briggs and Louis investigate an attack on a top figure skater, the pair wind up on ice but fail to gain marks for artistic interpretation.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"D.C. Of Love" is the best rated episode of "The Detectives" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 35 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 1/9/1995. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Between A Rock And A Hard Place".