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Third Watch: Season 6

22 episodes Premiered Sep 17, 2004 Updated Oct 13, 2026
Previously on Third Watch

Season 6 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 Third Watch Season 5.
  • ⚡ 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 6 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 6: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (16): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S6·E1 Mytharc

More Monsters

Sep 17, 2004 · 44 min

After a fierce gun battle and some hand-to-hand combat, Mann's gunmen are finally subdued by the members of the 55 in the E.R., but not before Orland is murdered and Bosco is criti

S6·E2 Core

Alone Again, Naturally

Sep 24, 2004 · 44 min

After she realizes that telling the truth will mean and prison sentence and never seeing her children again, Faith reluctantly agrees to go along with Maritza's cover story that sh

S6·E3 Core

Last Will and Testament

Oct 1, 2004 · 44 min

Finney continues to press an increasingly reluctant Sasha for information on Faith; Carlos gets nowhere trying to put the moves on Grace; Ty gets promoted to a Field Training Offic

S6·E4 Core

Obsession

Oct 15, 2004 · 44 min

Faith gets an earful from her daughter for not being around, and discovers that Emily's decision not to attend her mother's promotion ceremony was calculated to drive home a point

S6·E5 Core

The Hunter, Hunted

Oct 22, 2004 · 44 min

When it becomes apparent that the body in the dumpster is connected to a series of homicides that Miller investigated on his previous tour, he teams up with Faith, vowing to catch

S6·E6 Core

The Greatest Detectives in the World

Oct 29, 2004 · 44 min

Miller goes on the hunt for Tara Connelly, and Faith tries a series of approaches to get Barton to reveal the girl's whereabouts, until Miller returns to finish off the con that ge

S6·E7 Mytharc

Leap of Faith

Nov 5, 2004 · 44 min

Internal Affairs drops the bomb on the envelope-pushing Detective Cruz as she is taken away and struggles to survive in jail, while Captain Finney drills Detective Yokas for inform

S6·E8 Mytharc

Broken

Nov 12, 2004 · 44 min

Maritza calls on her own experience to persuade a rape victim to identify his attacker and sign a complaint after she collars the perp and gets a confession; Ty's prison visit to h

S6·E9 Core

Sins of the Father

Nov 19, 2004 · 44 min

Sasha anonymously slips Ty the I.A.B. file on the cover up of his father's death; Faith visits Bosco and lets him know how much she misses having him for a partner; Sully bristles

S6·E10 Mytharc

Rat Bastard

Dec 3, 2004 · 44 min

Ty rats out Sasha to the squad after Finney refuses to transfer her out; an action star doing research for his next movie goes on a ride along with the firefighters, and Stu quickl

S6·E11 Core

Forever Blue

Jan 7, 2005 · 44 min

In order to get enough evidence to convict C.T. Finney for the death of Ty Davis, Sr., Sully must look for the other officers involved with the incident, and also relive the events

S6·E12 Core

The 'L' Word

Jan 14, 2005 · 44 min

Everyone in the 55th Precinct faces their worst fears when terrorists are discovered to possibly be building a dirty bomb. Carlos and Levine face trouble in their relationship. Cap

S6·E13 Core

The Other 'L' Word

Jan 21, 2005 · 44 min

Cruz teams up with Rice to track down the terrorists associated with the possible dirty bomb.

S6·E14 Core

The Kitchen Sink

Feb 4, 2005 · 44 min

Finney gets a frantic phone call from Ben, a child he had helped in a previous case, which said that Ben's father was hurting Ben's mother and coming after Ben. Ben's father takes

S6·E15 Core

Revelations

Feb 11, 2005 · 44 min

Cruz and Santiago try to track down a gang member who murders witnesses to his murders. Grace finds her mother, who doesn't seem to welcoming.

S6·E16 Core

In the Family Way (I)

Feb 18, 2005 · 44 min

After a suspect in a jewelry store robbery starts displaying symptoms of a disease similar to SARS, the NIH is called in to figure out what is causing this, and hopefully stop this

S6·E17 Core

Kingpin Rising

Feb 25, 2005 · 44 min

Cruz connects the dots that link Marcel Hollis to the murder of Darren Maddox, while Marcel begins to organize a street war against the 55th Precinct. Elsewhere, Yokas, Sully, and

S6·E18 Core

Too Little, Too Late

Apr 8, 2005 · 44 min

Monroe and Bosco deal with an angry mother on welfare who shoots up the welfare office, Davis and Finney stake out a man and take down a prostitution ring, Faith deals with Emily,

S6·E19 Core

Welcome Home

Apr 15, 2005 · 44 min

Faith investigates Bosco further, Sasha and Ty make up, Cruz goes for some spiritual healing, Carlos meets Holly's parents.

S6·E20 Core

How Do You Spell Belief?

Apr 22, 2005 · 44 min

Finney and Davis are seriously injured in a car accident during a traffic jam, which was caused by a man trying to kill two people, and he succeeds. Emily's life is in danger when

S6·E21 Mytharc

End of Tour

Apr 29, 2005 · 44 min

Faith negotiates the end of a live on TV hostage situation. The leader of a vampire cult holds Emily hostage until Bosco saves the day. Cruz attempts to negotiate a deal with a gan

S6·E22 Mytharc

Goodbye to Camelot

May 6, 2005 · 44 min

The series concludes with the gangbangers taking out their assault on the 55th Precinct. After some grenade explosions, the precinct is destroyed. Cruz knows that Marcel Hollis is

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