Dempsey and Makepeace: Season 3
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 Dempsey and Makepeace 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.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Burning (1)
Aug 30, 1986
Dempsey goes undercover and infiltrates a gang after discovering a link between the London underworld and the New York police department.
The Burning (2)
Sep 6, 1986
While working undercover, Dempsey comes across a former nemesis from New York City.
Jericho Scam
Sep 13, 1986
When Dempsey is framed by another cop for something he didn't do, Makepeace risks her career to prove his innocence.
The Prizefighter
Sep 20, 1986
While investigating a death of a boxers, Dempsey and Makepeace discover a counterfeit money laundering scheme.
Extreme Prejudice
Sep 27, 1986
Dempsey and Makepeace go undercover as Middle East terrorists to find an arms dealer supplying several terrorist groups in Britain, Can they find the dealer and stop him.
Bird of Prey
Oct 4, 1986
When the main witness of a trail of a drug dealer threatens to withdraw her statement when her daughter is kidnapped, Dempsey goes to the Bogeyman for help.
Out of Darkness
Oct 11, 1986
A murderer who is obsessed with Makepeace threatens to kill his hostage within 24 hours if Makepeace will not meet with him.
The Cortez Connection
Oct 18, 1986
When an old girlfriend of Dempsey's shows up it causes problems as Dempsey is in pursuit of a cocaine dealer.
Mantrap
Oct 25, 1986
Dempsey and Makepeace are targeted into a deadly trap which involves both jewels and bank robbers who set the trap, to even the sides Dempsey get help from a boxer who Dempsey sent
Guardian Angel
Nov 1, 1986
When Dempsey is nearly killed during an investigation, Makepeace resigns for good from the police force.