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The Best Episodes of Third Watch

Every episode of Third Watch ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Third Watch!

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the...
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:NBC

Best Episodes Summary

"Goodbye to Camelot" is the best rated episode of "Third Watch". It scored 9.6/10 based on 210 votes. Directed by Edward Allen Bernero and written by Edward Allen Bernero, it aired on 5/6/2005. This episode scored 0.4 points higher than the second highest rated, "Superheroes (2)".

  • Goodbye to Camelot
    9.6/10210 votes
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    #1 - Goodbye to Camelot

    Season 6 Episode 22 - Aired 5/6/2005

    The series concludes with the gangbangers taking out their assault on the 55th Precinct. After some grenade explosions, the precinct is destroyed. Cruz knows that Marcel Hollis is behind the attack, and she takes his life, as well as her own. Carlos proposes to Holly, and they are married. Everyone receives their reassignments, and Sully retires. In the last few moments, Sully narrates a look into the future.

    Director: Edward Allen Bernero

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • Superheroes (2)
    9.2/1087 votes
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    #2 - Superheroes (2)

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/4/2002

    The police officers sort through the carnage and count their dead in the wake of a shootout between rival gangs. While Faith tries to interrogate Fyodor Chevchenko, a ruthless Russian mob boss, Sully worries about the severely wounded Ty and regrets causing the incident. Tatiana chastises Sully for hassling her injured son. Faith worries about Gusler, her ineffective, frightened rookie partner and a weary Doc gets some unexpected, good news about his medical malpractice suit.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Call for Help
    9.2/10170 votes
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    #3 - A Call for Help

    Season 5 Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/2004

    Bosco and Monroe investigate a suspicious man who they find bleeding in an alleyway as they respond to an anonymous caller's claim that someone is shouting for help in the area. They become more and more skeptical when his story continues to change and they find a blood trail. When it is determined that the amount of blood would have been more than enough blood loss to kill a person, Bosco suspects that the man murdered someone and was bleeding because the victim tried to fight back.

    Director: Edward Allen Bernero

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • More Monsters
    9.2/10109 votes
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    #4 - More Monsters

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2004

    After a fierce gun battle and some hand-to-hand combat, Mann's gunmen are finally subdued by the members of the 55 in the E.R., but not before Orland is murdered and Bosco is critically injured; after Kim heroically puts herself in the line of fire to save Holly and a little girl, she realizes that her days as a paramedic are over, and that her future lies in being a wife to Jimmy and a mother to their children; Grace and Dr. Fields patch up their differences and come to an understanding about her out-of-protocol field procedures; Maritza uncovers the traitor in their midst, who leads her to Mann; Faith steps over the line to avenge her partner.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • Judgement Day (2)
    9.1/1073 votes
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    #5 - Judgement Day (2)

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/28/2002

    Chevchenko has Tatiana's son killed; Fred comes home from the hospital; and Davis gets a job offer.

    Director: Brooke Kennedy

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • End of Tour
    9.1/1083 votes
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    #6 - End of Tour

    Season 6 Episode 21 - Aired 4/29/2005

    Faith negotiates the end of a live on TV hostage situation. The leader of a vampire cult holds Emily hostage until Bosco saves the day. Cruz attempts to negotiate a deal with a gangbanger to end the war on the 55th Precinct, but instead, he organizes his troops to attack.

    Director: Gloria Muzio

    Writer: Angela Amato Velez

  • After Hours
    9.0/10197 votes
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    #7 - After Hours

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2000

    The deaths of four teenagers in a fiery car crash profoundly affects the third watch, who were forced to stand by helplessly, unable to save the victims. They congregate at the end of the shift to dispell their sadness and anger at the horrific images of the crash. Faith, Sully and Doc spend time sitting quietly in a cafe; Ty, Bobby, Carlos and Alex go to a bar; and Kim, Bosco and Jimmy go bowling. As evening turns into day, Faith's group meets up with a young woman, Ty's group meets up with a young man, and Kim's group meets up with a young couple in love. At dawn, everyone ends up at the a beach and they build a bonfire. As the flames flicker, we see a flashback to the moments immediately preceding the car crash and discover that the young people whom they met during the course of the evening are the spirits of the teenagers who died in the crash, who were sent back down to earth to tell them that the crash could not have been prevented, and they are not to blame for being unable to

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • September Tenth
    9.0/1098 votes
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    #8 - September Tenth

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/22/2001

    On September 10, 2001, Ty and Sully are in Atlantic City on the eve of Sully's wedding to Tatiana. Kim sinks deeper into depression. Bosco searches for anything to do after someone lets out the result of the Giants game he had taped to watch after shift. Jimmy keeps trying to catch up on some sleep after nursing a sick Joey.

    Director: Guy Norman Bee

    Writer: John Wells

  • Superheroes (1)
    9.0/10113 votes
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    #9 - Superheroes (1)

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 2/25/2002

    Feeling betrayed, Doc angrily confronts his former friend, Jerry Mankowitz, an attorney's investigator who tricked him into confiding vital information about a pending malpractice suit.

    Director: Julie Hébert

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • Monsters
    9.0/1076 votes
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    #10 - Monsters

    Season 5 Episode 22 - Aired 5/7/2004

    Faith begs Fred to return home, but he refuses for a reason that infuriates his wife; Bosco turns a cold shoulder to Maritza's attempts to offer her condolences; Carlos is spectacularly unsuccessful in his attempts to hit on Grace; on the day of his son's funeral, Donald Mann exacts his revenge with the help of a dirty cop by planting bombs designed to kill the police officers he holds responsible for the death of his son; after Mann's lieutenants force a man to crash a car carrying a live bomb into the funeral home where Mikey's wake is being held, Grace takes charge and goes out of protocol to save Rose's life, and Dr. Fields later swears to have her job for it; Kim's decision not to enter the funeral home while the bomb is still live stems not from cowardice, but from maternal instincts; when Mann discovers that some of his intended targets survived the bombings, he sends machine-gun wielding minions into the hospital to finish off the job.

    Director: Edward Allen Bernero

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • Revelations
    9.0/10114 votes
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    #11 - Revelations

    Season 6 Episode 15 - Aired 2/11/2005

    Cruz and Santiago try to track down a gang member who murders witnesses to his murders. Grace finds her mother, who doesn't seem to welcoming.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • A Hero's Rest
    8.9/10112 votes
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    #12 - A Hero's Rest

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2001

    Bosco, Yokas, Sully and Davis search for a cop killer on the streets, and cope with an obnoxious new sergeant at the station house.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • ...And Zeus Wept
    8.9/10100 votes
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    #13 - ...And Zeus Wept

    Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2001

    Ty, Sully, Bosco, and Faith rush to the scene of a school shooting; Sully and Tatiana ponder their future together; Kim continues to struggle with her depression.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: John Wells

  • After Time
    8.9/10130 votes
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    #14 - After Time

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/29/2001

    It is September 21, 2001, and the squads continue to battle through their emotions and their misgivings about their hero status, while working double shifts and spending every free moment at "the pile" searching for the missing. Kim returns to work and teams up with Doc, which allows an emotionally frayed Alex to return to paramedic duty; an exhausted Sully attempts to co-exist with his prospective in-laws while he waits for an opportunity to marry Tatiana.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá, Edward Allen Bernero

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero, John Wells

  • Crime and Punishment (2)
    8.9/1066 votes
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    #15 - Crime and Punishment (2)

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/9/2002

    Bosco is dismayed as he watches Cruz go to the extreme lengths of planting drugs, frightening children, and faking a dying declaration in their attempt to arrest the drug dealer who killed another dealer and then tried to to kill the 12 year old boy who witnessed the crime; Nancy tells Ty that she's ending her relationship with Hancock, and gives Ty the ammunition he needs to get out from under Hancock's thumb and back to duty at the 55, as well as getting Sully's suspension from duty lifted.

    Director: Peter Ellis

    Writer: N/A

  • In Plain View
    8.9/1063 votes
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    #16 - In Plain View

    Season 5 Episode 20 - Aired 4/23/2004

    Tensions still run high in the Yokas household; Lester preps Bosco for Mikey's hearing, and then pulls a switch when he cross-examines him on the stand, leading to Mikey's getting RORd; Sully realizes what a toll the job has taken on him by his reaction to the deaths of three people in a robbery at the restaurant where he eats breakfast every day; Faith and Bosco answer a call which leads them to Lester's house, where they find his daughter not breathing; Sully tracks down and arrests the restaurant murderer; after Dr. Hickman tells Faith and Bosco that Lester's wife and daughter have been severely beaten, Lester is arrested; Sully gets his LSAT results; Ty and Sasha get closer.

    Director: Tim Matheson

    Writer: Angela Amato Velez

  • Last Will and Testament
    8.9/1066 votes
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    #17 - Last Will and Testament

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/2004

    Finney continues to press an increasingly reluctant Sasha for information on Faith; Carlos gets nowhere trying to put the moves on Grace; Ty gets promoted to a Field Training Officer and is forced to contend with Brendan, an impulsive and hot headed new police officer who also happens to be Finney's son; after Faith is unsuccessful in getting any of her family members to attend her promotion ceremony, a wired Sasha takes her out for a drink afterward and tries to engage her in conversation about Mann's death; after complaining of boredom, Brendan is forced to watch in horror as a woman is broadsided by two different cars in a terrible car accident; Carlos is spooked after he suffers a series of minor mishaps in the wake of an irate fortune teller's putting a curse on him, and Grace has a little fun with him when she takes full advantage of the situation; Sully tells everyone who'll listen that Finney is a corrupt cop, and that his son doesn't belong in their squad; Holly does a ritual

    Director: Matt Earl Beesley

    Writer: Simon Mirren

  • Forever Blue
    8.9/1066 votes
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    #18 - Forever Blue

    Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 1/7/2005

    In order to get enough evidence to convict C.T. Finney for the death of Ty Davis, Sr., Sully must look for the other officers involved with the incident, and also relive the events leading up to the murder.

    Director: John Gallagher

    Writer: Angela Amato Velez

  • Demolition Derby
    8.8/10139 votes
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    #19 - Demolition Derby

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/10/2000

    An explosion in a building about to be demolished leaves men trapped inside, forcing the firefighters to make terrible choices; Fred's drinking problem escalates; Doc cancels his date with Brenda.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Theresa Rebeck

  • A Rock and a Hard Place
    8.8/1091 votes
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    #20 - A Rock and a Hard Place

    Season 2 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2001

    Faith, Bosco, Carlos and a wounded Doc find themselves trapped in an abandoned tunnel and unable to reach Central on their radios; the firefighters get into mischief during a long lull between calls; when the C.O. can't raise Bosco on the radio, Sully tries to cover for him.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Bonnie Mark

  • Unfinished Business
    8.8/10116 votes
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    #21 - Unfinished Business

    Season 2 Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2001

    Bobby's attempt to keep Paulie away from drugs ends tragically.

    Director: Félix Enríquez Alcalá

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero

  • Crash and Burn
    8.8/1071 votes
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    #22 - Crash and Burn

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/21/2002

    Doherty, riding on his motorcycle, is first to arrive at a multivehicle collision; Taylor is hit by a car; Tatiana goes to see Chevchenko, and tragedy ensues.

    Director: Peter Ellis

    Writer: Siobhan Byrne O'Connor

  • Snow Blind
    8.8/1065 votes
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    #23 - Snow Blind

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/27/2003

    Sully's stopped drinking, but his poor attitude remains; Carlos gives his two week notice; a blizzard blankets the city and the squads are called in early; an understaffed Doc defies orders and puts Carlos back on the street as the squads are kept busy rescuing victims of the storm; Faith's initial wariness about Emily's new boyfriend Eric turns out to be well-founded when he is brought into Mercy after an overdose of Special K, but doesn't remember where he left Emily after she also got high; Faith, Bosco, Sully, Ty, Doc and Carlos go out to search for Emily, and rush her to Mercy after she's found in critical condition; Faith and Fred blame each other for letting Emily go out with Eric.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Scott Williams

  • The Price of Nobility
    8.8/1079 votes
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    #24 - The Price of Nobility

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 4/28/2003

    Maritza's reckless pursuit of Buford triggers a horrific car accident that leads to multiple injuries to motorists, and triggers an explosion that severely injures Lt. Johnson and kills Alex Taylor; Doc and Kim get to the top of the promotion list; Maritza hangs Bosco and Nunez out to dry over the murder Noble committed; Doc's overwhelming guilt and grief over Alex's death leads him to a career decision; Maritza discovers that Faith has agreed to help Bosco clear Nunez by getting Noble's gun, and goes to Noble's place to intercept her, followed by Bosco and Noble; when Bosco insists on arresting Noble and Faith refuses to turn over the gun, Maritza draws on Faith, Bosco and Faith draw on Maritza, and three shots ring out.

    Director: Christopher Chulack

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero, Brooke Kennedy

  • The Spirit
    8.8/1066 votes
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    #25 - The Spirit

    Season 5 Episode 10 - Aired 12/12/2003

    Bosco arrests a pedophile posing as a toy store Santa, and the grateful store owner returns the favor by helping Bosco and Sasha come to the aid of a man whose house is robbed of all his children's Christmas presents; after Sully and Ty save a young homeless girl from a fire, she rekindles Sully's Christmas spirit; Carlos receives the ultimate Christmas present when his brother arrives at the firehouse bearing the gift of being a perfect bone marrow match for Kylie, as well as the news of Carlos's real name and family history; Kim and Jimmy spend a romantic Christmas Eve together; Sasha's search for the perfect gift for her nephew gives Swersky the opportunity to play Santa.

    Director: Skipp Sudduth

    Writer: Edward Allen Bernero