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Third Watch (1999)

Rating

Run Time: 44 min

Color: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33 : 1

Sound: Dolby

Producer: Warner Bros. Television

Genre

Action
Crime
Drama

Seasons: 6

Episodes: 133

Overview

The exploits of a group of men and women who serve New York City as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct.

Amy Carlson

Alexandra 'Alex' Taylor

Maurice 'Bosco' Boscorelli

John 'Sully' Sullivan

Tia Texada

Maritza Cruz

Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6

1. More Monsters

First Aired September 16, 2004

Masked gunmen shoot up the ER. Cruz, Sully, Jelly, Ty, Sasha, Kim, Carlos, Holly and Foster all demonstrate bravery in fighting off the hit squad and protecting innocent bystanders. In the aftermath, Bosco is badly injured. Cruz goes after Mann, Faith goes after Cruz. Cruz arrests Mann in his apartment. Faith shoots Mann while he is already in handcuffs.

2. Alone Again, Naturally

First Aired September 23, 2004

The shooting at Mann's apartment is investigated, and all involved are stood down for three days. C.T. Finney, head of I.A.B., starts investigating Cruz. Upon their return Faith gets served, and receives a promotion. Cruz has a new boss who has her on a tight leash and gets an anonymous tip about a rat in the house. Ty meets up with some old foes and bungles their arrests, until he writes up a bogus traffic ticket which annoys Sasha. Faith, Sully, Ty and Swersky visit Rose and sit with an unconscious Bosco in the hospital. Monroe has a secret.

3. Last Will and Testament

First Aired September 30, 2004

Ty gets a rookie partner with family connections to IAB. Carlos gets cursed by a patient's psychic. A Chinese bride is shot at her wedding. Faith asks Fred if their kids can attend her promotion ceremony at One Police Plaza. Monroe finds a way to connect with Yokas.

4. Obsession

First Aired October 14, 2004

Faith starts duty as a detective, with Jelly filling her in on the details. Sully and Monroe attend a domestic and discover a suicide in the upstairs apartment. Faith takes an interest in the guy's background and finds he may have killed a woman. Cruz proves to Miller that she is very capable at her job when she is allowed to do it. C.T. Finney gives Sasha a warning that she had better get some proof on Cruz through Faith or everyone will find out she's I.A.B. Sasha and Ty make up, then find a dead body with a message for Lt. Miller in the garbage by the squad's house.

5. The Hunter, Hunted

First Aired October 21, 2004

Miller recognizes the M.O. of the body found dumped by the squad house and works on the case with Yokas. Finney and Foster get talking. Carlos denies there is anything happening with him and Levine, but when he goes to her place to straighten things out, they end up together. Carlos and Grace are ambushed by a couple of junkies. Carlos gets hit in the head when he tries to defend Grace. Davis and Finney arrive and Finney kills the junkie who has Grace at gunpoint. The murderer hands himself in ? after he has set up another girl to die slowly.

6. The Greatest Detectives in The World

First Aired October 28, 2004

Yokas and Miller are working against the clock to find the next victim while Faith interrogates the murderer. Finney's father barges in at the hospital during Brendan's post-shooting trauma examination and assigns the detective to handle the case after declaring him a hero. Carlos is admitted to the hospital for observation after telling the doctor he gets hit in the head a lot. Grace, not wanting to talk about the shooting, brushes off Finney. C.T. Finney believes he has enough of a case to arrest Cruz for murdering Donald Mann.

7. Leap of Faith

First Aired November 04, 2004

Faith and Fred go to court to fight for custody of the kids. I.A.B. interrupt, taking Faith away with them. C.T. Finney tries to force her into being a witness against Cruz. A cute new firefighter arrives. Cruz is denied bail and sent to Rikers on remand. Under full immunity, Faith confesses the truth. A potential suicide causes problems for Carlos and Holly. Sully has another faceoff with Brendan then tells Ty something about the history between himself, Ty's father, and C.T. Finney. Carlos has a revelation about his relationship with Holly. Bosco wakes up. Cruz is released.

8. Broken

First Aired November 11, 2004

A missing councilman is found by Carlos and Grace in a bloody and dazed state. Fred's girlfriend reports Charlie missing to Faith. Ty starts investigating his father's death and visits his killer who's coming up on parole. Ty then confronts Sully again and they have words. When Davis accuses him of being in on it, Sully punches him in the lockerroom full of other cops. Sasha begins to investigate the case on her own. C.T. Finney gets wind of Ty's investigation. Ty Sr.'s killer gets shanked.

9. Sins of the Father

First Aired November 18, 2004

Faith and Jelly investigate the murder of a Muslim school girl and Faith suspects an honor killing. Ty continues to ask questions about his father. Monroe's secret is revealed. Brendan is a hero and gets a second chance with Grace. Emily makes a choice.

10. Rat Bastard

First Aired December 02, 2004

Ty reveals Monroe's secret to the squad. When Monroe and Brendan are attacked, there is little response to their 10-13 call. Faith investigates the murder of a retired IAB detective. The fire crew have a has-been actor on a ride-along to study for a part.

11. Forever Blue

First Aired January 06, 2005

Sully speaks up. When the DA sends him packing, he teams up with Monroe and starts tracking down his former colleagues.

12. The "L" Word

First Aired January 13, 2005

Holly says "the L word" to Carlos and he doesn't know how to respond. Bosco is looking forward to his release from hospital. A simple notification turns out to be anything but for Cruz when there might be a terrorist with a dirty bomb. Brendan is worried for his father when CT says he loves him.

13. The Other "L" Word

First Aired January 20, 2005

The police squad house is evacuated to the fire house across the road. Carlos says the wrong thing to Holly and she leaves. Bosco is discharged from hospital. Grace comforts Brendan. Cruz makes a breakthrough on the dirty bomb case. The tests for radiation poisoning show up something that she already knows.

14. The Kitchen Sink

First Aired February 03, 2005

Finney gets a call from a kid who thinks his father is going to hurt his mother.

15. Revelations

First Aired February 10, 2005

Two bodies are found in a casket broken open in a vehicle accident. Grace's mother turns up living on the streets. Bosco asks Faith to do something for him so he can return to work.

16. In the Family Way

First Aired February 17, 2005

Sully responds to a robbery at a jewelry store where he knows the owner and got his engagement ring, the jeweler is murdered by a soldier who is AWOL who has a mysterious illness which Carlos was exposed to. Maddox is shot dead in the precinct when Cruz and Santiago are taking him to central booking. Bosco is cleared to return to duty. This episode begins a crossover with Medical Investigation that concludes on "Half Life". Neal McDonough and Kelli Williams guest star as their respective Medical Investigation characters - Stephen Connor and Natalie Durant.

17. Kingpin Rising

First Aired February 24, 2005

Bosco returns to duty. Cruz investigates the deaths of four gang leaders. Faith annoys a vampire.

18. Too Little, Too Late

First Aired April 07, 2005

Bosco teams with Monroe for the day and they deal with a woman demanding her missing welfare check. Ty and Brendan get into a stake-out and discover a prostitute working out of a hot dog truck. Cruz finds she is not alone.

19. Welcome Home

First Aired April 14, 2005

Holly takes Carlos to meet her parents. Cruz and Perez rescue a woman on fire and encounter a mystic religion. Yokas digs into Bosco's shooting score. Ty talks to Sasha.

20. How Do You Spell Belief?

First Aired April 21, 2005

Carlos buys a ring. A young man's parents are shot and Finney and Davis are left for dead in their upturned car. Emily is invited to the vampire club and rejects them. Grace is disturbed by her feelings towards Finney when he is injured.

21. End of Tour

First Aired April 28, 2005

Emily inadvertently lets the vampires into the apartment. Cruz and Santiago are targets of a drive-by shooter. Yokas handles a hostage crisis at a TV station. Bosco proves his shooting ability. Carlos has trouble saying what he wants to say to Holly, and gets some sage advice from Stu. A grenade is thrown into the police station.

22. Goodbye to Camelot

First Aired May 05, 2005

In the series finale, the police station is under grenade and gun attacks by Marcel Hollis's crew, and he escapes from custody. The building is evacuated, with Monroe and Cruz inadvertently left behind upstairs, trapped by rubble and fire. Carlos proposes to Holly, much to the delight of everyone present. Cruz later visits Marcel, taking Bosco with her as backup and, when Marcel refuses to turn himself in, she sets off two grenades, killing herself, Marcel and his entire gang. Before her death, Cruz kisses Bosco. Carlos seeks advice from Doc on how to be happy with Holly, and his former mentor expresses his regret at his inability to attend the wedding. The Third Watch is dismissed. The episode ends with a montage of what became of the group, accompanied with a narration from Sully.