The Professionals: Season 3
In the third series of the British crime-action-drama The Professionals, the agents of CI5 face a period of heightened danger as the organization becomes the primary target for a wave of bombings and targeted assassination attempts. Amidst this climate of anarchy and terror, the team is tasked with investigating the murder of a defector. As the pressure mounts, the professional relationship between the two lead agent
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- CI5 is a specialized British department mandated to combat terrorism and high-profile crimes.
- George Cowley is a hard ex-MI5 operative who serves as the controller and hand-picked the members of his team.
- Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and former mercenary serving as a top agent for CI5.
- Doyle serves alongside Bodie as a top agent for the department under Cowley's command.
Season overview
In the third series of the British crime-action-drama The Professionals, the agents of CI5 face a period of heightened danger as the organization becomes the primary target for a wave of bombings and targeted assassination attempts. Amidst this climate of anarchy and terror, the team is tasked with investigating the murder of a defector. As the pressure mounts, the professional relationship between the two lead agents, Bodie and Doyle, encounters significant internal tension. The pair begins to harbor deep suspicions regarding the integrity of their superior, George Cowley. Specifically, they grow concerned that their boss may be involved in the illicit sale of weapons to the East Germans. This narrative arc forces the agents to navigate the complexities of their mandate to combat high-profile crimes while simultaneously questioning the loyalty of the man who hand-picked them for the unit. The season continues the show's focus on the high-stakes operations of the Criminal Intelligence 5 department as they work to maintain public safety against persistent threats, all while the internal trust within the team is tested by allegations of corruption at the highest level of their command structure.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
The Purging of CI5
Oct 27, 1979
CI5 and their agents find themselves under attack from a vendetta of bombings and assassination attempts. Bodie and Doyle are on a chase to find out who the perpetrators are before
Backtrack
Nov 3, 1979
It's just another routine house break-in for a cat burglar, until he accidentally uncovers a complex drugs smuggling operation. When CI5 step in, they realise it's not just the bur
Stopover
Nov 10, 1979
Cowley is offered the name of a highly-placed double agent from an old colleague - who in return wants to be guaranteed protection with CI5. This leads to the start of a dangerous
Dead Reckoning
Nov 17, 1979
A spy is extradited to Britain with an attempt to keep his arrival top-secret. However, the Bulgarians from Batak's homeland who sent him appear to be trying to make his movements
The Madness of Mickey Hamilton
Nov 24, 1979
Years after a man's wife died and his child left brain-damaged following a series of blunders at the hospital they were treated at, he returns to finally seek revenge by systematic
A Hiding to Nothing
Dec 1, 1979
A dummy run that has been staged for the visit of a Middle Eastern official is found to have been recorded by a foreign student, subsequently leading CI5 to suspect a security leak
Runner
Dec 8, 1979
An attempt to start up a street war is launched by a gangland breakaway opposition group, but their leader appears to have an ulterior motive in his actions.
Servant of Two Masters
Dec 15, 1979
Bodie and Doyle are shocked to discover that Cowley appears to be selling nerve gas to a group of East Germans in order to line his own pockets, and are assigned by his rival Plumb