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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!

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...

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  1. 8.1/10(127 votes)

    #1 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

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  2. 8.0/10(129 votes)

    #2 - Flags of Terror

    S3:E8

    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.

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    Director:N/A
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  3. 8.0/10(130 votes)

    #3 - Letters from the Grave

    S3:E16

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

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  4. 7.9/10(118 votes)

    #4 - Asylum

    S3:E21

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

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  5. 7.9/10(121 votes)

    #5 - Labyrinth

    S3:E22

    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.

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  6. 7.8/10(140 votes)

    #6 - The Most Deadly Species

    S3:E2

    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...

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  8. 7.8/10(118 votes)

    #7 - License to Kill

    S3:E12

    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.

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  9. 7.8/10(125 votes)

    #8 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    S3:E13

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

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  10. 7.8/10(121 votes)

    #9 - Endgame

    S3:E17

    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.

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    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:N/A
  11. 7.8/10(123 votes)

    #10 - Ten Dollar Murder

    S3:E18

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

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  12. 7.7/10(144 votes)

    #11 - Target: Red

    S3:E3

    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.

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    Director:Barry Crane
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  13. 7.7/10(130 votes)

    #12 - Jacob's Boy

    S3:E7

    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?...

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    Director:Harry Falk
  14. 7.7/10(133 votes)

    #13 - Cry Help!

    S3:E9

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

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  15. 7.7/10(121 votes)

    #14 - River of Fear

    S3:E20

    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.

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  16. 7.6/10(145 votes)

    #15 - One Last Shot

    S3:E1

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

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  17. 7.6/10(148 votes)

    #16 - Mask of Death

    S3:E4

    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."

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    Director:Harry Falk
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  18. 7.5/10(132 votes)

    #17 - I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

    S3:E5

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

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:N/A
  19. 7.5/10(117 votes)

    #18 - For Good or Evil

    S3:E10

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

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  20. 7.5/10(108 votes)

    #19 - False Witness

    S3:E15

    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.

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    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:N/A
  21. 7.5/10(115 votes)

    #20 - Solitaire

    S3:E23

    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.

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  22. 7.4/10(125 votes)

    #21 - Bird of Prey

    S3:E11

    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.

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  23. 7.3/10(123 votes)

    #22 - Mister Nobody

    S3:E14

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

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    Director:Corey Allen
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  24. 7.2/10(136 votes)

    #23 - One Chance to Live

    S3:E6

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

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Programming of Charlie Blake" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" season 3. It scored 8.1/10 based on 127 votes. Directed by Nicholas Colasanto and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/1975. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Flags of Terror".