3.01 "Bullets And Bikinis"
Episode Number: 38
Original Air Date: September 18, 1984
Written by: Mark Jones
Directed by: Dennis Donnely
Guest Cast:
Vincent Bagetta (Joey)
Kimberly Ross (Sandy)
Betsy Russell (Tina)
Ben Piazza (Councilman Presott)
Jeanna Tomasino (Denise)

The team's third season begins in Florida, where they deal with mobsters trying to take over a small beachfront hotel.

3.02 "The Bend In The River"
Episode Number: 39
Original Air Date: September 25, 1984
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Barry Van Dyke (Brian Lefcourt)
Marta DuBois (Bobbi)
Mike Preston (Doyle)

3.03 "The Bend In The River"
Episode Number: 40
Original Air Date: September 25, 1984
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Barry Van Dyke (Brian Lefcourt)
Marta DuBois (Bobbi)
Mike Preston (Doyle)

Tawnia asks the team to find her boyfriend, an archaeologist last seen on an Amazon expedition where his party was attacked by a pirate known as "The Coffin". Part 2 of 2

3.04 "Fire"
Episode Number: 41
Original Air Date: October 02, 1984
Written by: Stephen Katz
Directed by: Tony Mordente
Guest Cast:
Paul Gleason (Kelsey)
Christopher Penrock (Palin)
Alan Fudge (Farnell)
Buddy Garion (Rogan)
Brad English (Casey)

Yet another military nemesis (Charles Napier) takes the team in his sights while they help a small-town fire chief (Stephanie Kramer) battle a rival engine company trying to force her out of business.

3.05 "The Bells Of St Mary's"
Episode Number: 42
Original Air Date: October 12, 1984
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
Guest Cast:
Deborah Lacey (Charlotte)
Robert Deiderio (Luna)
Joseph Wiseman (Westerland)
Michael Alldridge (Colonel Twill)
Reginald Dorsey (Billy Rey)

A singing group from Face's alma mater face threats from a record company after refusing to resign with the label. Scheduled but not shown till 12 November 1984

3.06 "Timber!"
Episode Number: 43
Original Air Date: October 16, 1984
Written by: Jeff Ray
Directed by: David Hemmings
Guest Cast:
Joe Lambie (John Lawrence)
Tracey Brooks Swope (Samantha)
Beau Starr (Bull)
Andre Gower (Billy)

Brother-and-sister loggers ask the team to help battle a self-appointed union organizer trying to put them out of business.

3.07 "Double Heat"
Episode Number: 44
Original Air Date: October 23, 1984
Written by: Stephen Katz
Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Guest Cast:
Dana Elcar (George Olson)
Leah Ayres (Jenny Olson)
Steven Williams (Eddie Devane)
Michael Baseleon (Tommy Largo)

The search for an accountant's kidnapped daughter pits the team against feuding mobsters, one trying to prevent the father's grand-jury testimony, the other trying to insure it.

3.08 "Trouble On Wheels"
Episode Number: 45
Original Air Date: October 30, 1984
Written by: Mark Jones
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Joe Santos (Rudy Garcia)
Mills Watson (Hoyt Plummer)
James Luisi (Jimmy Durkee)

Hannibal punches into work at an auto plant where parts are being pilfered for profits.

3.09 "The Island"
Episode Number: 46
Original Air Date: November 13, 1984
Written by: Mark Jones
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Paul Drake (Johnny Vescari)
James Callahan (Captain Fallone)
Sonny Landham (Ryker)

An ex-Army medic who once saved BA's life sends for the team to fight a group of thugs who've taken over the tropical island where he doctors the natives.

Old nemesis Colonel Lynch is confident the team will appear at a wild west show, where an A-Team of imposters has been terrorizing the owner.

3.11 "Sheriffs Of Rivertown"
Episode Number: 48
Original Air Date: November 27, 1984
Written by: Mark Jones
Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
Guest Cast:
Robert Dovi (Boyle)
Wendy Kilbourne (Nikki)
Ismael Carlo (Cordoba)

The team assumes sheriff's duties in a construction boom town in South America, where a series of & quotaccidents" threatens to close down a power- plant project.

3.12 "Hot Styles"
Episode Number: 49
Original Air Date: December 11, 1984
Written by: Stephen Katz
Directed by: Tony Mordente
Guest Cast:
Markie Post (Rina)
Richard Lynch (Turian)

Face's latest flame is abducted by mobsters, but protests when the team rescues her.

3.13 "Breakout!"
Episode Number: 50
Original Air Date: December 18, 1983
Written by: Mark Jones & Stephen Katz
Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
Guest Cast:
Steve Sandor (Deke Logan)
Jeff Doucette (Malcolm Jones)
Robert Donner (Sheriff)
Leonore Kasdarf (Callie Russell)

Decker is back on the team's trail when BA and Murdock are arrested and fingerprinted after robbers name them as their partners.

3.14 "Cup A' Joe"
Episode Number: 51
Original Air Date: January 08, 1985
Written by: Dennis Donelly
Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Guest Cast:
John Ashton (Cactus Jack Slater)
Lisa Denton (Patty)
Claude Earl Jones (Skeeter)
Dave Shelley (Joe Dutton)
Toni Sawyer (Edith Dutton)

A restaurateur wants to acquire a mom-and-pop diner, knowing its value will skyrocket with the new freeway off-ramp he's arranged.

3.15 "The Big Squeeze"
Episode Number: 52
Original Air Date: December 15, 1985
Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
Directed by: Arnold Laven
Guest Cast:
Wings Hauser (Jack Lane)
Joseph Sirola (Nathan Vincent)
Al Ruscio (Gino)
Janine Turner (Theresa)

The team opens its own restaurant financed by the loan shark who scared another restaurateur out of taking the team's help against him.

3.16 "Champ!"
Episode Number: 53
Original Air Date: December 22, 1985
Written by: Stephen Katz
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Alex Rocco (Monroe)
Joe E. Tata (McGurdy)
Dick Balduzzi (Mick Halligan)
Holly Gagnier (Tina)
Herman Poppe (Roarke)

Mr T, who got his last serious workout in & "Rocky III", returns to the ring as BA attempts to kayo drug traffickers.

3.17 "Skins"
Episode Number: 54
Original Air Date: January 29, 1985
Written by: Mark Jones
Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
Guest Cast:
John Quade (McKaydoo)
John Calvin (Madrid)
Daphne Maxwell (Kamarra)

The team travels to Kenya to trap poachers who killed a game warden.

3.18 "Road Games"
Episode Number: 55
Original Air Date: February 05, 1985
Written by: Stephen Katz
Directed by: Nicholas Sgarro
Guest Cast:
Ed Winter (Johnny Royce)
Daphne Ashbrook (Patty Sullivan)
Kaz Garas (Meekes)
Lance LeGault (Decker)
Carl Franklin (Crane)
Katy Baldwin (Ginger)

The stakes are high for Face when he infiltrates a gambling ring to clear a man's debt and save his foster home.

3.19 "Moving Targets"
Episode Number: 56
Original Air Date: February 12, 1985
Written by: Mark Jones
Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
Guest Cast:
Sue Kiel (Salina)
John Saxon (Korem)
Frank Annese (Senbet)
Jack Heller (Jabar)

A mideast prince thinks assassins have targeted his soon-to-be-wed daughter, so he hires the team to escort her down the aisle -- but the prospective bride has other ideas.

3.20 "Knights Of The Road"
Episode Number: 57
Original Air Date: February 26, 1985
Written by: Stephen L. Sears & Burt Pearl
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Don Stroud (Tyler)
Carlos Romero (Zuniga)
Jim McMullan (Corson)
Deborah Goodrich (Jenny)

The team mobilizes to aid an auto mechanic who's being driven out of business by ruthless competitors.

3.21 "Waste'Em"
Episode Number: 58
Original Air Date: March 05, 1985
Written by: Stephen Katz & Mark Jones
Directed by: Sidney Hayers
Guest Cast:
Joseph Hacker (AJ)
Stacey Nelkin (Lisa)
John Dennis Johnston (Archer)
Mitch Ryan (Hagen)

Out to stop thugs threatening a man and his blind sister, the team unearths a plot to dump toxic wastes on a site where the siblings work.

Bounty hunters kidnap Murdock as bait to capture the rest of the team. Schultz's wife Wendy Fulton plays Kelly.

3.23 "Beverly Hills Assault"
Episode Number: 60
Original Air Date: April 09, 1985
Written by: Paul Bernbaum
Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Guest Cast:
Dennis Franz (Brooks)
Maylo McCaslin (Peggy)
Lloyd Bochner (Shawn)

A Beverly Hills art dealer is stealing originals and replacing them with fakes.

3.24 "Trouble Brewing"
Episode Number: 61
Original Air Date: May 07, 1985
Written by: Steven L. Sears & Burt Pearl
Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
Guest Cast:
Suzanne Barnes (Maryann)
Claudia Christian (Cathy)
Louis Giambalvo (Webb)

Two sisters' dreams of marketing all-natural sodas may fizzle under pressure to convert their plant into a brewery.

3.25 "Incident At Crystal Lake"
Episode Number: 62
Original Air Date: May 14, 1985
Written by: Frank Lupo
Directed by: Tony Mordente
Guest Cast:
Robert Gray (Candy)
Robert Tessier (Mute)
Ken Swofford (Roy)
Kristen Meadows (Jenny)
Carl Franklin (Crane)