7.3/1013 votes#1 - A Sea of Troubles
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 3/24/1996
Matt is held responsible by an angry landowner when the government decides to take his land to dam the valley.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Shane Brennan
- 7.5/1014 votes
#2 - Rough Passage
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/31/1996
Kathleen has arranged to buy a new printing press from a wheeler-and-dealer in Blaine's Ravine, who tries to cheat her on the deal. Robbie and Michael outwit him. Montana Hale arrives in Patterson's Creek, complete with riding boots with spurs, American saddle, and Winchester rifle. Kathleen and Matt set a wedding date.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Denise Morgan
- 7.3/1012 votes
#3 - The Grand Wedding
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/7/1996
Matt and Kathleen's wedding day is marked, and could be marred, by a woman who appears at the church and wants to buy a horse from Matt. Matt finds a riderless horse and goes off to investigate, without telling anyone.
Director: Steve Jodrell
Writer: Peter A. Kinloch
- 7.2/1015 votes
#4 - Montana Territory
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/1996
Montana's new horse is stolen by rustler Seb Holgate after she bests him in a shooting competition. Montana sets out after him and is joined by Kathleen.
Director: Steve Jodrell
Writer: Shane Brennan
- 7.3/1015 votes
#5 - High Country Justice
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/1996
McGregor takes a stand between an aboriginal man who is accused of the murder of a teenager, and the victim's father and two brothers who want revenge.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Everett De Roche
- 7.5/1012 votes
#6 - The Question of Danni
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/28/1996
Danni and her father Matt argue after he tells her he wants her to go to a ladies finishing school. Objecting, Danni runs away to the cabin and spends the night, only telling Michael where she was going.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Peter Gawler
- 8.1/1016 votes
#7 - The Prodigal Father: Part 1
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 5/5/1996
Kathleen's husband, who was thought to have perished eight years ago, returns to make amends with Kathleen and Michael for his deceit.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Peter A. Kinloch
- 7.8/1018 votes
#8 - The Prodigal Father: Part 2
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 5/12/1996
Emily is still ill from drinking water from the river and it turns out someone has built a dam. Matt makes the decision to get rid of the dam by using dynamite, but one person is killed in the explosion.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Peter A. Kinloch
- 7.6/1014 votes
#9 - Fire Boy
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 5/19/1996
Josh is found in the woods but refuses to talk to anyone. Two graves are found, of his parents, so Emily and Colin take him in. But then people come to take Josh away - will he talk and tell the truth in time to stay?
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Ted Roberts
- 7.9/1013 votes
#10 - Blind Faith
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 5/26/1996
Matt is blinded in a mining explosion and is aided by Kathleen and the family as he struggles to regain his sight. Meanwhile, Colin reveals a dark secret from his childhood.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Stuart Wood
- 7.7/1012 votes
#11 - Shoshoni Dreaming
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 6/2/1996
Montana and Rob find an American surveyer who has been shot. They help him and he reveals he was shot by a man spying on Montana. When Montana claims that she has seen someone loitering by her property and her horses are poisoned, Rob is determined to protect the woman he has more than neighbourly feelings for.
Director: Steve Jodrell
Writer: Ted Roberts
- 7.7/1014 votes
#12 - The Trial of Hetti Lewis
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 6/9/1996
Montana is charged with the murder of Sam Taylor's father and scheduled to be extradited to America. But Matt and Kathleen get her a hearing in Paterson's Ridge with Matt as her defender.
Director: Steve Jodrell
Writer: Ted Roberts
- 6.5/1010 votes
#13 - Toy Soldiers
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 6/16/1996
When Matt allows visiting soldiers to camp on his land, Michael and Josh get swept up in the romanticism of the military - and Josh sets his sights on carrying a gun.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Jutta Goetze
- 7.9/1012 votes
#14 - A Mid-Winter Night's Dream
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 6/23/1996
Danni falls in love with a stranger who arrives in Paterson's Ridge. His presence seems to have an encouraging effect on all the romances in town but his gift to make others happy masks his own unhappiness.
Director: Paul Moloney
Writer: Shane Brennan
- 7.8/1013 votes
#15 - In Duty Bound
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 6/30/1996
When Matt and his family visit Melbourne, they become embroiled in a political plot between English and Russian royalty.
Director: Julian McSwiney
Writer: Peter A. Kinloch
- 7.2/1012 votes
#16 - The Lion and the Lamb
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 7/7/1996
During Paterson Ridge's charity sale, a book belonging to Mr. Elliott is accidentally sold. Kathleen finds - and publishes - a love poem that falls from the book but who is the lady of Herbert's dreams?
Director: Dan Burstall
Writer: Jan Sardi
- 7.5/1011 votes
#17 - Broken Hearts
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 7/14/1996
A fair is held in aid of church funds and members of Patterson Ridge all make donations. When a hand-written love poem is found in a second hand book, gossip around town is rife as everyone tries to work out who wrote the poem.
Director: Dan Burstall
Writer: Jan Sardi
- 7.7/1012 votes
#18 - Deliverance
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 7/21/1996
Mr Gleeson and Kathleen travel to Mansfield to collect an old friend who has travelled from England to visit him. When their carriage skids down an embankment, they find themselves stranded and injured in the bush.
Director: Julian McSwiney
Writer: Shane Brennan
- 7.3/1013 votes
#19 - A New Life: Part 1
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 7/28/1996
A friend of Emily's arrives in Paterson's Ridge with her newborn child in search of a fresh start but her abusive husband soon follows to take her with him.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Jock Blair
- 7.6/1014 votes
#20 - A New Life: Part 2
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 8/4/1996
Macalister tries to persuade his wife to return by destroying the economy of Paterson's Ridge, but Matt finds a weak spot in his plans.
Director: Pino Amenta
Writer: Jutta Goetze
The Best Episodes of The Man from Snowy River Season 3
Every episode of The Man from Snowy River Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Man from Snowy River Season 3!
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Season 3 Ratings Summary
"A Sea of Troubles" is the best rated episode of "The Man from Snowy River" season 3. It scored 7.3/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Paul Moloney and written by Shane Brennan, it aired on 3/24/1996. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Rough Passage".