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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 3

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

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.

Genres:CrimeDramaAction & Adventure
Network:ABC

Season 3 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" season 3 is "One Last Shot", rated 7.6/10 from 139 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by Jack B. Sowards. "One Last Shot" aired on 9/12/1974 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Most Deadly Species".

  • One Last Shot
    7.6/10 139 votes

    #1 - One Last Shot

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/12/1974

    Alcoholic officer Joe Landers (Leslie Nielsen) accidentally gets his partner killed and clumsily tries to cover it up as Stone and Keller work their way to the truth.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Jack B. Sowards

  • The Most Deadly Species
    7.8/10 131 votes

    #2 - The Most Deadly Species

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/19/1974

    A high-ranking hoodlum hires the androgynously-named "Sidney"--a hitwoman who's assigned to murder the three thugs responsible for the death of his son. She decides to let the police do her digging for her and moves in next door to Keller...

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Target: Red
    7.8/10 134 votes

    #3 - Target: Red

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/1974

    Bill Bixby plays a former CIA hitman who is hired by some kooky generals to assassinate a Red Chinese envoy on a state visit to San Francisco.

    Director: Barry Crane

    Writer: N/A

  • Mask of Death
    7.7/10 142 votes

    #4 - Mask of Death

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/3/1974

    A professional female impersonator, whose headline act is a perfect imitation of 1930s movie star Carol Marlowe, is overwhelmed with an alternate personality -- and murdering any man who is unlucky enough to be attracted to "Carol."

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: N/A

  • I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
    7.6/10 127 votes

    #5 - I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/10/1974

    Steve Keller goes undercover as a draft-dodger to discover who killed a young Vietnam war deserter.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • One Chance to Live
    7.3/10 128 votes

    #6 - One Chance to Live

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/17/1974

    An average older woman is concealing an affair with a married diplomat and believes she is targeted for death.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: David Friedkin

  • Jacob's Boy
    7.7/10 123 votes

    #7 - Jacob's Boy

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/24/1974

    A bum blackmails a black guy. The bum's friends roll him for the money and attempt to pin his death on the black guy, who is the lovable and successful nanny to a young kid. What's the black guy hiding?...

    Director: Harry Falk

    Writer: Paul Savage

  • Flags of Terror
    8.1/10 124 votes

    #8 - Flags of Terror

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 10/31/1974

    Domestic terrorists take several people hostage, including Keller. Stone has to deal with not only the terrorists but a right-wing journalist and a vengeful father whose daughter was killed.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cry Help!
    7.7/10 126 votes

    #9 - Cry Help!

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/7/1974

    A troubled teen from a broken home is suspected of shooting a friend's stepfather.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: Leonardo Bercovici, Larry Brody

  • For Good or Evil
    7.5/10 113 votes

    #10 - For Good or Evil

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/1974

    A boy who saw the slaying of a mob chief is torn between telling Stone and joining the syndicate.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bird of Prey
    7.6/10 119 votes

    #11 - Bird of Prey

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/21/1974

    Women keep turning up in hotel rooms strangled; the only lead is a witness who thinks he saw an air force Colonel's uniform. Keller goes undercover as an air force officer to infiltrate the base.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • License to Kill
    7.9/10 111 votes

    #12 - License to Kill

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 12/5/1974

    Mike's former partner returns to San Francisco, but not because of any longing for the good old days. He's back in town to kill the hired gunman who murdered his son years before.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    8.0/10 117 votes

    #13 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/12/1974

    A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Mister Nobody
    7.6/10 117 votes

    #14 - Mister Nobody

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 12/19/1974

    A retired cobbler takes the rap for a shooting to protect the real killer, the grandson of his best friend.

    Director: Corey Allen

    Writer: N/A

  • False Witness
    7.5/10 101 votes

    #15 - False Witness

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1975

    When a patrolman and personal friend of Keller has his arrestee turned loose on insufficient evidence, he goes on the warpath, endangering both of their careers.

    Director: Paul Stanley

    Writer: N/A

  • Letters from the Grave
    8.1/10 123 votes

    #16 - Letters from the Grave

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1975

    A skeleton discovered on Alcatraz is that of a convict who'd supposedly escaped in the 1950s.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Endgame
    7.8/10 114 votes

    #17 - Endgame

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1975

    While investigating a lead, Steve is run over by a car and rendered a vegetable. Mike insists on taking revenge, and is demoted to walking a beat.

    Director: Jerry Jameson

    Writer: N/A

  • Ten Dollar Murder
    7.9/10 114 votes

    #18 - Ten Dollar Murder

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1975

    A policewoman's son has an unusual hobby -- he holds up taxicabs. Eventually this results in the murder of an undercover cop.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: D.C. Fontana

  • The Programming of Charlie Blake
    8.3/10 119 votes

    #19 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1975

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

    Director: Nicholas Colasanto

    Writer: N/A

  • River of Fear
    7.8/10 113 votes

    #20 - River of Fear

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1975

    A man seduces the widow of a bank robber. The money he stole was never found. When she tells him where it is, he kills her and sets out to take the money from her children out in the country.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Asylum
    8.0/10 111 votes

    #21 - Asylum

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1975

    Keller goes undercover at a mental hospital to uncover the truth about a string of mysterious deaths.

    Director: Robert Douglas

    Writer: Larry Brody

  • Labyrinth
    8.1/10 111 votes

    #22 - Labyrinth

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1975

    A prizefighter refuses to throw a fight, instead opting to throw the gangsters out the window of his hotel room. Injured, he hides in the hotel as both the police and mob close in.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Solitaire
    7.5/10 107 votes

    #23 - Solitaire

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/1975

    While Keller recovers from a gunshot wound, Stone is forced to team with hippie-haired narcotics officer Al Walczinsky. Together they try to break up a narcotics ring that's gone murderous -- until Stone suspects that Walczinsky's in on the racket.

    Director: Seymour Robbie

    Writer: N/A