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Pacific Blue: Season 3

22 episodes Premiered Aug 3, 1997 Updated Oct 28, 2026
Previously on Pacific Blue

Season 3 Lore Primer

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

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Pacific Blue Season 2.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (7): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (15): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

Inside Straight

Aug 3, 1997 · 60 min

While off-duty, T.C. confronts a man carrying a gun in a parking lot. The man whirls and fires at T.C., T.C. returns fire, killing him, but the man turns out to be an undercover po

S3·E2 Core

Ties That Bind

Aug 10, 1997 · 60 min

A reformed murderer, CONWAY HEINRIKSEN, struggles to rebuild his life after many years in a mental institution, but his past victims are bent on seeing that the killer will never h

S3·E3 Core

Rave On

Aug 17, 1997 · 60 min

Two young, overprivileged business school grads are holding raves at a Santa Monica warehouse where underage kids have access to drugs and alcohol. Firm in his belief that these ki

S3·E4 Core

Blood for Blood

Aug 24, 1997 · 60 min

Victor's girlfriend, LINDA, is witness to a murder by a notorious local drug lord who has been arrested several times, but manages to get rid of any witnesses before each trial. Re

S3·E5 Core

Excessive Force

Sep 7, 1997 · 60 min

A trio of heavily-armed and heavily-armored bank robbers holds up a Santa Monica bank. In the resulting shootout, a security officer is killed and Victor is shot. Victor's injury i

S3·E6 Core

Sandman

Sep 21, 1997 · 60 min

T.C. is outraged when ""The Sandman"", a hitman responsible for the murders of a police informant and an innocent bystander, is released from prison.Against the orders of DEA agent

S3·E7 Core

Repeat Offender

Sep 28, 1997 · 60 min

The truth about Chris' navy career is revealed. Five years ago, Chris trained under a chauvinistic flight instructor CAPTAIN FRANK HAWKINS, whose intentional misinformation caused

S3·E8 Mytharc

Matters of the Heart

Oct 5, 1997 · 60 min

Following a violent robbery at a cafe, the Bike Squad discovers an abandoned baby. In searching for the mother, they find that the child was part of a black market baby-selling sch

S3·E9 Core

Cop in a Box

Nov 2, 1997 · 60 min

A drug dealer T.C. arrested years ago breaks out of jail and kidnaps T.C., dumping him in a trailer buried in the sand underneath a beach. The convict demands ransom from T.C.'s fa

S3·E10 Core

Only in America

Nov 9, 1997 · 60 min

The wild ass son of a Romanian ambassador commits crimes on the boardwalk, causing a huge headache for the Pacific Blue team because the father's diplomatic immunity extends to his

S3·E11 Core

Soul Mate

Nov 30, 1997 · 60 min

All the victims of a recent series of murders had earlier placed personal ads in a local paper. Chris and Cory enter the dating pool undercover, and in the course of the investigat

S3·E12 Core

Sisters

Dec 7, 1997 · 60 min

Cory goes undercover to investigate a Hollywood madam's operation after one of her call girls -- who was blackmailing clients -- washes up on the beach. A Hollywood actress whose e

S3·E13 Mytharc

Avenging Angels

Dec 14, 1997 · 60 min

After a nightmare in which her dead mother shoots her in the course of arresting a suspect, Cory is injured in a car accident. As she works to rehabilitate her knee, Cory tries to

S3·E14 Core

With This Ring

Dec 21, 1997 · 60 min

A man is shot point-blank through the heart on the beach. In questioning the man's wife, Pacific Blue learns she hired two women to investigate her husband's suspected infidelities

S3·E15 Mytharc

Heartbeat

Jan 4, 1998 · 60 min

Palermo and Baywatch lifeguard LANI McKENSIE launch M.E.R.I.T. -- a new program putting Paramedic-level care and advanced life-support equipment on the boardwalk alongside the Paci

S3·E16 Core

Armed and Dangerous

Jan 11, 1998 · 60 min

When JESSIE PALERMO is shot at school, Palermo pulls out all the stops to find out who's dealing the guns to the students. He consults with local gun manufacturer CAVANAUGH, who is

S3·E17 Core

Double Lives

Jan 18, 1998 · 60 min

A ""posse"" of overprivileged teenagers lures men from a gay bar, then beats them up. Pacific Blue investigates, but, despite the evidence, can't convict the kids because the victi

S3·E18 Mytharc

Caretakers

Mar 8, 1998 · 60 min

Victor and Cory investigate the murder of a drug company vice president who worked with local free clinics to get discounted medicine. They discover that a major pharmaceutical com

S3·E19 Core

House Party

Mar 15, 1998 · 60 min

When Chris and Cory apprehend one of the F.B.I.'s Ten Most Wanted, his accomplices seize the Firehouse, taking Chris hostage along with her father BROLIN JORGENSON and civilians. O

S3·E20 Core

Heat of the Moment

Mar 22, 1998 · 60 min

Chris is plagued with guilt and self-doubt after failing to apprehend a trio of vicious drug-infested jewelry store robbers. She left what she assumed to be a secure crime scene to

S3·E21 Mytharc

Till Death Do Us Part

Apr 12, 1998 · 60 min

Pacific Blue tries to figure out why two robbers are holding up a chain of upscale clothing stores since the shops don't carry much cash. In actuality, the store robberies are a co

S3·E22 Mytharc

Best Laid Plans

Apr 19, 1998 · 60 min

The squad investigates the ""Letterhead Beatings"" in which several people have been assaulted, tied to their beds, and the first letter of their last names is carved into their fo

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