Night Heat: 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 Night Heat 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
Love You to Death
Feb 5, 1987 · 60 min
O'Brien, Giambone and Kirkwood investigate the murders of the trainer and jockey of a prize racehorse.
Vantage Point
Feb 12, 1987 · 60 min
Colby and Carson are the subject of a department investigation. Guest star: Leslie Toth. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
Play the Game
Feb 19, 1987 · 60 min
O'Brien and Giambone investigate the death of a star college hockey player who had ties to a gambling ring.
Punk
Feb 26, 1987 · 60 min
An unbalanced woman from O'Brien's past makes an attempt on his life and injures Nicole in the process.
Beauty Is as Beauty Does
Apr 30, 1987 · 60 min
The death of a young model leads O'Brien, Giambone and Kirkwood to a top model embroiled in blackmail.
You're on the Air
May 7, 1987 · 60 min
During a radio interview, Hogan (Sean McCann) is challenged by a murderer he previously arrested. Guest stars: Alan Scarfe and Frank Moore. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
And Baby Makes Grief
May 21, 1987 · 60 min
A woman's mysterious death sends O'Brien and Giambone to investigate her adopted child's birth mother.
All the King's Horses
Aug 4, 1987 · 60 min
O'Brien (Scott Hylands) believes that an off-duty police officer (Jason Miller) helped a drug-case suspect escape. Guest star: Cynthia Dale. With Jeff Wincott.
Grace
Aug 11, 1987 · 60 min
An abused wife (Carol Lynley) comes to Kirkwood for help; O'Brien and Giambone search for a pimp's killer.
The Kid
Aug 16, 1987 · 60 min
A member (Lee Montgomery) of a youth league basketball team is implicated in a street gang murder. Guest star: Hector Elizondo. With Jeff Wincott and Scott Hylands.
Flashback
Aug 25, 1987 · 60 min
The reappearance of his first partner's killer rekindles O'Brien's memories and renews his determination to capture the man.
Tell Me a Story
Sep 1, 1987 · 60 min
A neighbourhood's inhabitants are hesitant to reveal to the police what they know about a young girl's murder.
Comeback
Sep 8, 1987 · 60 min
A lounge singer is seen arguing with his cousin over money. The cousin is later found murdered. Does the lounge singer have ties to the mafia? O'Brien and Giambone seek the coopera
The Pimp
Sep 24, 1987 · 60 min
The enraged father of a runaway who turned to prostitution is accused of murdering her pimp.
Limo
Oct 1, 1987 · 60 min
Whitey's cousin becomes a murder suspect when the limousine he drives appears to be connected with several deaths.
Mean Business
Oct 8, 1987 · 60 min
Sympathy for the man's family makes Giambone reject suicide as the cause of a failing industrialist's death.
Tonight's News
Oct 15, 1987 · 60 min
An eager TV newswoman (Cynthia Belleveau) puts her life in danger when she reports on a crime family's activities. With Scott Hylands and Jeff Wincott.
Simon Says
Oct 22, 1987 · 60 min
O'Brien and Giambone enter the world of child pornography while seeking a runaway whose father was killed searching for her.
The Victim
Oct 29, 1987 · 60 min
A rape victim learns that her assailant has been released from prison after serving only four years of his sentence.
The Cost of Doing Business
Nov 5, 1987 · 60 min
A young astronomer sees a homicide through her telescope, but her frightened mother will not let her testify.
These Happy Golden Years
Nov 12, 1987 · 60 min
O'Brien and Giambone (Scott Hylands, Jeff Wincott) uncover a drug-smuggling ring that uses innocent senior citizens as couriers. Guest stars: Kay Tremblay and Cec Linder.
The Wiseguy
Nov 19, 1987 · 60 min
When a mobster decides to testify against his boss, O'Brien and Giambone grudgingly agree to protect the informant.
Freedom Dead
Nov 26, 1987 · 60 min
Kirkwood's old friend, a presumed-dead rebel leader in South America, wants everyone to know he is alive.
Vengeance
Jan 7, 1988 · 60 min
Giambone and O'Brien (Jeff Wincott, Scott Hylands) are faced with a drug war after a narcotics dealer is slain. Guest star: Dean Richards.