Season Three ( 9/18/84 - 5/14/85: 24 episodes)
Bullets And Bikinis
(09/18/84)
(wr. Mark Jones; dir. Dennis Donnely)
The team's third season begins in Florida, where they deal with mobsters trying to take over a small beachfront hotel.
Guest Stars- Joey: Vincent Bagetta. Sandy: Kimberly Ross. Tina: Betsy Russell. Councilman Presott: Ben Piazza. Denise: Jeanna
Tomasino.
Murdock's T-shirt- 1) "There's a Freud in Your Future" 2)"Minds Are For People Who Think"
The Bend In The River (09/25/84)
(2 hours wr. Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo; dir. Michael O'Herily)
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". This is Tawnia's last appearance in the series.
Guest Stars- Brian Lefcourt: Barry Van Dyke. Bobbi: Marta DuBois. Doyle: Mike Preston.
Murdock's T-shirt- "God, Guns, and Guts Made America: Let's Keep All Three"
Fire (10/02/84)
(wr. Stephen Katz; dir. Tony Mordente)
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.
Guest Stars- Kelsey: Paul Gleason. Palin: Christopher Penrock. Farnell: Alan Fudge. Rogan: Buddy Garion. Casey: Brad English.
The Bells Of St Mary's (10/12/84)
(wr. Stephen J. Cannell; dir. Dennis Donnelly)
A singing group from Face's alma mater face threats from a record company after refusing to resign with the label.
Guest Stars- Charlotte: Deborah Lacey. Luna: Robert Deiderio. Westerland: Joseph Wiseman. Colonel Twill: Michael Alldridge. Billy Rey: Reginald Dorsey.
Timber! (10/16/84)
(wr. Jeff Ray; dir. David Hemmings)
Brother-and-sister loggers ask the team to help battle a self-appointed union organizer trying to put them out of business.
Guest Stars- John Lawrence: Joe Lambie. Samantha: Tracey Brooks Swope. Bull: Beau Starr. Billy: Andre Gower.
Double Heat (10/23/84)
(Stephen Katz; dir. Craig R. Baxley)
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.
Guest Stars- George Olson: Dana Elcar. Jenny Olson: Leah Ayres. Eddie Devane: Steven Williams. Tommy Largo: Michael
Baseleon.
Trouble On Wheels (10/30/84)
(wr. Mark Jones; dir. Michael O'Herlihy)
Hannibal punches into work at an auto plant where parts are being pilfered for profits.
Guest Stars- Rudy Garcia: Joe Santos. Hoyt Plummer: Mills Watson. Jimmy Durkee: James
Luisi.
The Island (11/13/84)
(wr. Mark Jones; dir. Michael O'Herlihy)
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.
Guest Stars- Johnny Vescari: Paul Drake. Captain Fallone: James Callahan. Ryker: Sonny
Landham.
Showdown! (11/20/84)
(wr. Milt Rosen; dir. James Fargo)
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.
Guest Stars- Captain Winnetka: Morgan Woodward. Carrie: D D Howard. Mason: Michael DeLano. Parker: John Carter.
Murdock's T-shirt- 2 cats.
Sheriffs Of Rivertown (11/27/84)
(wr. Mark Jones; dir. Dennis Donnelly)
The team assumes sheriff's duties in a construction boom town in South America, where a series of "accidents" threatens to close down a powerplant project.
Guest Stars- Boyle: Robert Dovi. Nikki: Wendy Kilbourne. Cordoba: Ismael Carlo.
Hot Styles (12/11/84)
(wr. Stephen Katz; dir. Tony Mordente)
Face's latest flame is abducted by mobsters, but protests when the team rescues her.
Guest Stars- Rina: Markie Post. Turian: Richard Lynch.
Murdock's T-shirt- Animal print.
Breakout! (12/18/84)
(wr. Mark Jones and Stephen Katz; dir. Dennis Donnelly)
Decker is back on the team's trail when BA and Murdock are arrested and fingerprinted after robbers name them as their partners.
Guest Stars- Deke Logan: Steve Sandor. Malcolm Jones: Jeff Doucette. Sheriff: Robert Donner. Callie Russell: Leonore
Kasdarf.
Cup A' Joe (01/08/85)
(wr. Dennis Donelly; dir. Craig R. Baxley)
A restaurateur wants to acquire a mom-and-pop diner, knowing its value will skyrocket with the new freeway off-ramp he's arranged.
Guest Stars- Cactus Jack Slater: John Ashton. Patty: Lisa Denton. Skeeter: Claude Earl Jones. Joe Dutton: Dave Shelley. Edith Dutton: Toni Sawyer.
Murdock's T-shirt- "1984"
The Big Squeeze (01/15/85)
(wr. Stephen J. Cannell; dir. Arnold Laven)
The team opens its own restaurant financed by the loan shark who scared another restaurateur out of taking the team's help against him.
Guest Stars- Jack Lane: Wings Hauser. Nathan Vincent: Joseph Sirola. Gino: Al Ruscio. Theresa: Janine Turner.
Murdock's T-shirt- "The Great American Tragedy"
Champ! (01/22/85)
(wr. Stephen Katz; dir. Michael O'Herlihy)
Mr T, who got his last serious workout in "Rocky III", returns to the ring as BA attempts to kayo drug traffickers.
Guest Stars- Monroe: Alex Rocco. McGurdy: Joe E Tata. Mick Halligan: Dick Balduzzi. Tina: Holly Gagnier. Roarke: Herman
Poppe.
Murdock's T-shirt- Some kind of funky design.
Skins (01/29/85)
(wr. Mark Jones; dir. Dennis Donnelly)
The team travels to Kenya to trap poachers who killed a game warden.
Guest Stars- McKaydoo: John Quade. Madrid: John Calvin. Kamarra: Daphne Maxwell.
Road Games (02/05/85)
(wr. Stephen Katz; dir. Nicholas Sgarro)
The stakes are high for Face when he infiltrates a gambling ring to clear a man's debt and save his foster home.
Guest Stars- Johnny Royce: Ed Winter. Patty Sullivan: Daphne Ashbrook. Meekes: Kaz Garas. Decker: Lance LeGault. Crane: Carl Franklin. Ginger: Katy Baldwin.
Moving Targets (02/12/85)
(wr. Mark Jones; dir. Dennis Donnelly)
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.
Guest Stars- Salina: Sue Kiel. Korem: John Saxon. Senbet: Frank Annese. Jabar: Jack Heller.
Murdock's T-shirt- "This Space is Unoccupied"
Knights Of The Road (02/26/85)
(wr. Stephen L. Sears and Burt Pearl; dir. Michael O'Herlihy)
The team mobilizes to aid an auto mechanic who's being driven out of business by ruthless competitors.
Guest Stars- Tyler: Don Stroud. Zuniga: Carlos Romero. Corson: Jim McMullan. Jenny: Deborah Goodrich.
Murdock's T-shirt- "I Am Not an Animal"
Waste 'Em (03/05/85)
(wr. Stephen Katz and Mark Jones; dir. Sidney Hayers)
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.
Guest Stars- AJ: Joseph Hacker. Lisa: Stacey Nelkin. Archer: John Dennis Johnston. Hagen: Mitch Ryan.
Murdock's T-shirt- "Whatever Happened to the Baltimore Colts?"
Bounty (04/02/85)
(wr. Stephen Katz; dir. Michael O'Herlihy)
Bounty hunters kidnap Murdock as bait to capture the rest of the team. Schultz's wife Wendy Fulton plays Kelly.
Guest Stars- Darrow: Gene Evans. Royko: Bill McKinney.
Murdock's T-shirt- "We Will Be Bosom Pals"
Beverly Hills Assault (04/09/85)
(wr. Paul Bernbaum; dir. Craig R. Baxley)
A Beverly Hills art dealer is stealing originals and replacing them with fakes.
Guest Stars- Brooks: Dennis Franz. Peggy: Maylo McCaslin. Shawn: Lloyd
Bochner.
Murdock's T-shirt- 2 pandas.
Trouble Brewing (05/07/85)
(wr. Steven L. Sears and Burt Pearl; dir. Michael O'Herlihy)
Two sisters' dreams of marketing all-natural sodas may fizzle under pressure to convert their plant into a brewery.
Guest Stars- Maryann: Suzanne Barnes. Cathy: Claudia Christian. Webb: Louis
Giambalvo.
Incident At Crystal Lake (05/14/85)
(wr. Frank Lupo; dir. Tony Mordente)
A fishing expedition turns into a manhunt when Colonel Decker shows up at the team's lakeside retreat.
Guest Stars- Candy: Robert Gray. Mute person: Robert Tessier. Roy: Ken Swofford. Jenny: Kristen Meadows. Crane: Carl Franklin.