SEASON THREE
SHE AIN'T DEEP BUT SHE SURE RUNS FAST-(Sept. 23, 1985)-Mark and the Judge get stranded in the wilderness after a plane crash and run up against deranged environmentalists.
FASTER HEART-(Sept. 30, 1985)-Mark's old racing enemy is back with his wife, who used to be Mark's girlfriend. When she almost dies in a racing accident, Mark suspects her husband had something to do with it.
YANKEE CLIPPER-(Oct. 7, 1985)-Mark's friend comes back from the dead looking for the money he hid in his casket.
SOMETHING'S GOING ON ON THIS TRAIN-(Oct. 14, 1985)-Hardcastle and Mark get stuck on a train with a murderer out for revenge.
THE CAREER BREAKER-(Oct. 28, 1985)-The Judge is accused of raping the sheriff's daughter, and Mark breaks him out of jail to prove his innocence. Faith Ford guest stars.
DO NOT GO GENTLE...-(Nov. 4, 1985)-When the Judge learns he's going to die of a blood disease, he starts going on a buying spree.
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY-(Nov. 11, 1985)-Mark becomes a contestant on a fixed game show. Tom Kennedy guest stars.
STRANGLE HOLD-(Nov. 18, 1985)-After Mark's wrestler girlfriend is murdered, he goes after her killers.
YOU'RE 16, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL, AND YOU'RE HIS-(Nov. 25, 1985)-Hardcastle judges a beauty contest for 16 year olds, and he and Mark get involved with illegal aliens.
MIRAGE A TRIOS-(Dec. 2, 1985)-Sheiks invade Mark's life, and he's forced into a shotgun wedding.
CONVENTIONAL WARFARE-(Dec. 9, 1985)-Mark and the Judge stumble onto an assassination plot when a hotel room mix-up leaves them with the killer's weapon.
DUET FOR TWO WIND INSTRUMENTS-(Dec. 16, 1985)-The Judge and Mark split up to investigate the same case of Mark's friend from prison who has seemed to have found God.
IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT I SEE-(Jan. 6, 1986)-Rosemary Clooney guest stars as Millie Denton, a psychic who "sees" Mark's murder. Lyle Wagoner also guest stars.
HARDCASTLE FOR MAYOR-(Jan. 13, 1986)-Hardcastle is up for Mayor, and they guys find out about an illegal toxic waste dump.
WHEN I LOOK BACK ON ALL THE THINGS-(Feb. 3, 1986)-Melinda Marshall is back in town, and the trio "remember" how things went when she accused Mark of stealing "her" car, and he was sent to prison.
BROTHER CAN YOU SPARE A CRIME-(Feb. 10, 1986)-Gerold, Hardcastle's brother, comes for more than a visit when he gets in trouble with his bookie.
ROUND UP THE OLD GANG-(Feb. 17, 1986)-The Judge's old basketball buddy is in trouble, and it's up to the guys to get him out.
MCCORMICK'S BAR AND GRILL-(Feb. 24, 1986)-Steve Lawrence is back as Sonny Daye, Mark's father, with a gift, a bar, with a dangerous surprise hidden behind the walls.
POKER NIGHT-(March 3 1986)-A group of judges over for a weekly poker game get held hostage by two killers as Mark tries to get them free.
IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER-(March 17, 1986)-The Judge thinks Mark is crazy when he starts seeing Leprechauns on the grounds in this St. Patrick's Day episode written and directed by Daniel Hugh-Kelly.
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED-(March 31, 1986)-Mark helps someone who once helped him, a radio DJ that kept a murder quiet 20 years ago.
CHIP OFF THE OLD MILT-(May 5, 1986)-Mark goes to law school and finds that his professor is involved in the murdering of people in a retirement home. Last show of the series.
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