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The Best Episodes of The Streets of San Francisco Season 3

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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. Background image for One Last Shot
    7.6/10(149 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Background image for The Most Deadly Species
    7.8/10(144 votes)

    #2 - 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...

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  3. Background image for Target: Red
    7.7/10(151 votes)

    #3 - 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.

    Director:Barry Crane
    Writer:Unknown
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  4. Background image for Mask of Death
    7.6/10(155 votes)

    #4 - 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."

    Director:Harry Falk
    Writer:Unknown
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  5. Background image for I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
    7.5/10(138 votes)

    #5 - I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

    S3:E5

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

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown
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  6. Background image for One Chance to Live
    7.2/10(139 votes)

    #6 - 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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  8. Background image for Jacob's Boy
    7.7/10(135 votes)

    #7 - 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?...

    Director:Harry Falk
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  9. Background image for Flags of Terror
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    #8 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  10. Background image for Cry Help!
    7.7/10(137 votes)

    #9 - Cry Help!

    S3:E9

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

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  11. Background image for For Good or Evil
    7.5/10(121 votes)

    #10 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Bird of Prey
    7.4/10(131 votes)

    #11 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  13. Background image for License to Kill
    7.7/10(122 votes)

    #12 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  14. Background image for The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
    7.8/10(130 votes)

    #13 - The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague

    S3:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Mister Nobody
    7.3/10(128 votes)

    #14 - Mister Nobody

    S3:E14

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

    Director:Corey Allen
    Writer:Unknown
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  16. Background image for False Witness
    7.5/10(112 votes)

    #15 - 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.

    Director:Paul Stanley
    Writer:Unknown
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  17. Background image for Letters from the Grave
    8.0/10(134 votes)

    #16 - Letters from the Grave

    S3:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Endgame
    7.5/10(125 votes)

    #17 - 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.

    Director:Jerry Jameson
    Writer:Unknown
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  19. Background image for Ten Dollar Murder
    7.8/10(129 votes)

    #18 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for The Programming of Charlie Blake
    8.1/10(133 votes)

    #19 - The Programming of Charlie Blake

    S3:E19

    A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.

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  21. Background image for River of Fear
    7.8/10(126 votes)

    #20 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Asylum
    7.9/10(122 votes)

    #21 - Asylum

    S3:E21

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

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  23. Background image for Labyrinth
    7.7/10(125 votes)

    #22 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Solitaire
    7.5/10(122 votes)

    #23 - 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.

    Writer:Unknown
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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"One Last Shot" is the best rated episode of "The Streets of San Francisco" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 149 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Jack B. Sowards, it aired on 9/12/1974. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Most Deadly Species".