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Agatha Christie's Poirot: Season 3

11 episodes Premiered Sep 16, 1990
Previously on Agatha Christie's Poirot

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Agatha Christie's Poirot Season 2.
  • Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (4): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
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S3·E1 Mytharc

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Sep 16, 1990

Recovering from the horrors of World War I, British Army officer Arthur Hastings hopes to find peace and quiet at a country manor in the English countryside. But when the matriarch

S3·E2 Mytharc

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Jan 6, 1991

Suggestions of a Communist conspiracy cast suspicion on a murdered woman's Russian servant. Meanwhile, Poirot has a rose named after him, and a ceremony at the Chelsea Flower Show

S3·E3 Core

The Million Dollar Bond Robbery

Jan 13, 1991

The London and Scottish Bank is sending a huge shipment of Liberty Bonds to New York on the liner Queen Mary. Poirot, who suffers terribly from sea-sickness, is asked to see the bo

S3·E4 Core

The Plymouth Express

Jan 20, 1991

An Australian shipping tycoon wants Poirot to check out his daughter's suitors. Then the young lady takes a trip on the Plymouth Express, and Poirot finds himself investigating a j

S3·E5 Core

Wasps' Nest

Jan 27, 1991

Poirot visits a garden fete, where a wasps' nest adds to the tension. He meets the son of an old friend who has his girl-friend, a fashion model, with him, and Poirot soon suspect

S3·E6 Core

The Tragedy at Marsdon Manor

Feb 3, 1991

Poirot is summoned to Marsdon by the owner of a country inn there to solve a murder. But the inn-keeper is a would-be thriller writer, and to Poirot's dismay the murder turns out t

S3·E7 Core

The Double Clue

Feb 10, 1991

Japp (who is really worried that failure could cost him his job) seeks Poirot's help in investigating a series of jewel thefts, and two remarkable things happen. Poirot falls in lo

S3·E8 Core

The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

Feb 17, 1991

Poirot is called in to help a woman who lives in fear of her husband, and he is invited to a dinner party which goes horribly wrong.

S3·E9 Core

The Theft of the Royal Ruby

Feb 24, 1991

Poirot prepares to spend a quiet Christmas on his own with a box of chocolates, but he has to give up his plans when the British government asks for his urgent help. Prince Farouk,

S3·E10 Mytharc

The Affair at the Victory Ball

Mar 3, 1991

Poirot attends the Victory Ball, a costume party where you are expected to dress as someone famous, as himself. However, when two members of a party of six dressed as characters fr

S3·E11 Mytharc

The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge

Mar 10, 1991

Hercule Poirot accompanies his friend Captain Hastings on a weekend shooting party at the home of Harrington Pace, but he isn't having a very good time. He comes down with the flu