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The Night Shift: Season 3

13 episodes Premiered Jun 1, 2016 Updated Oct 24, 2026

Season 3 picks up four months after the Season 2 finale, finding the crew at San Antonio Memorial Hospital navigating wildly different paths. Relationships are changing, new doctors are arriving, and everyone is looking at their lives from a fresh perspective. As TC and Jordan still struggle with the line between their personal and professional relationship, our heroes throw themselves into their life-saving work dur

Previously on The Night Shift

Season 3 Lore Primer

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

  • ⚡ The series follows the stories of the men and women who work the overnight shift at San Antonio Memorial Hospital.
  • ⚡ The medical staff includes characters played by Eoin Macken, Jill Flint, Ken Leung, and Brendan Fehr.
  • ⚡ The crew faces high-stakes medical emergencies and personal challenges while working demanding night shifts.
  • ⚡ The series is a drama that ran for multiple seasons from 2014 to 2017.
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Season overview

Season 3 picks up four months after the Season 2 finale, finding the crew at San Antonio Memorial Hospital navigating wildly different paths. Relationships are changing, new doctors are arriving, and everyone is looking at their lives from a fresh perspective. As TC and Jordan still struggle with the line between their personal and professional relationship, our heroes throw themselves into their life-saving work during the overnight shift.

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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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S3·E1 Mytharc

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Jun 1, 2016 · 43 min

The overnight crew becomes immersed in a bizarre car-accident rescue. Drew serves overseas in Afghanistan and teams with a colleague to treat an Afghani woman, A spunky grad joins

S3·E2 Core

The Thing with Feathers

Jun 8, 2016 · 43 min

TC and Scott fight to save a boy and his mother who were injured in a car accident, yet it becomes clear there's more to the family dynamic than meets the eye. Deployed in Afghanis

S3·E3 Core

The Way Back

Jun 15, 2016 · 42 min

Drew stressfully adjusts after returning from deployment in Afghanistan. A bride and her wedding party are treated for injuries sustained during the festivities, and Topher's deman

S3·E4 Core

Three-Two-One

Jun 22, 2016 · 43 min

As the city erupts in violence over an impending jury verdict, the night shift becomes ground zero when they have to take in the man suspected of the racially-motivated shooting at

S3·E5 Core

Get Busy Livin'

Jun 29, 2016 · 42 min

A college co-ed falls from a balcony and once she is in the ER, TC and Paul find that her situation is even more complex. Jordan bonds with a terminal patient who teaches her some

S3·E6 Core

Hot in the City

Jun 29, 2016 · 42 min

Shannon and Jordan venture out for some fun at a local wrestling event only to find themselves treating people on site when a fight breaks out amongst the audience. Back at the hos

S3·E7 Core

By Dawn's Early Light

Jul 6, 2016 · 43 min

A fireworks explosion creates chaos at a concert, sending patients streaming into the hospital as TC and Topher race to the scene. Syd returns from Afghanistan and faces her unique

S3·E8 Core

All In

Jul 13, 2016 · 42 min

The doctors race to save Topher's mom when she comes to the ER with life-threatening symptoms. The team discovers a gravely injured foster mom is harboring a secret. Jordan asks T.

S3·E9 Core

Unexpected

Jul 27, 2016 · 42 min

When a bomb explodes outside the hospital, TC, Topher and Drew are forced to make the tough decision to stay and treat the injured or evacuate and begin transfers to nearby hospita

S3·E10 Core

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aug 3, 2016 · 42 min

TC and Paul pull out all the stops when a crane collapses on a worker at a busy construction site. As Paul works tirelessness to save the crush victim, an observer falls into a dea

S3·E11 Core

Trust Issues

Aug 3, 2016 · 42 min

TC initiates a bar brawl, landing him and Drew in jail for the night. While behind bars, Drew and TC's relationship reaches a breaking point. Jordan rushes her date to the ER, wher

S3·E12 Mytharc

Emergent

Aug 24, 2016 · 42 min

In part one of this two-part season finale, Scott and Jordan face grave danger during a rescue mission at a rapidly spreading wildfire outside San Antonio. Tensions are high betwee

S3·E13 Mytharc

Burned

Aug 31, 2016 · 43 min

Scott and Jordan must perform surgery in the field as the burning wildfire gains intensity around them. Syd has caught Typhus along with hundreds of other patients on the Syria-Tur

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