The Streets of San Francisco — Season 3
Rugged drama of the city and its people.
About this season
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
Episodes (23)
1. One Last Shot
8.0Aired 12 September 1974 • 60 min
Alcoholic officer Joe Landers accidentally gets his partner killed and clumsily tries to cover it up as Stone and Keller work their way to the truth.
2. The Most Deadly Species
7.3Aired 19 September 1974 • 60 min
A high-ranking hoodlum hires the androgynously-named "Sidney"--a hitwoman who's assigned to murder the three thugs responsible for the death of his son. She decides to let the police do her digging for her and moves in next door to Keller...
3. Target: Red
7.3Aired 26 September 1974 • 60 min
Bill Bixby plays a former CIA hitman who is hired by some kooky generals to assassinate a Red Chinese envoy on a state visit to San Francisco.
4. Mask of Death
9.0Aired 3 October 1974 • 60 min
A professional female impersonator, whose headline act is a perfect imitation of 1930s movie star Carol Marlowe, is overwhelmed with an alternate personality -- and murdering any man who is unlucky enough to be attracted to "Carol."
5. I Ain't Marchin' Anymore
6.0Aired 10 October 1974 • 60 min
Steve Keller goes undercover as a draft-dodger to discover who killed a young Vietnam war deserter.
6. One Chance to Live
6.7Aired 17 October 1974 • 60 min
An average older woman is concealing an affair with a married diplomat and believes she is targeted for death.
7. Jacob's Boy
5.7Aired 24 October 1974 • 60 min
A bum blackmails a black guy. The bum's friends roll him for the money and attempt to pin his death on the black guy, who is the lovable and successful nanny to a young kid. What's the black guy hiding?...
8. Flags of Terror
7.0Aired 31 October 1974 • 60 min
Domestic terrorists take several people hostage, including Keller. Stone has to deal with not only the terrorists but a right-wing journalist and a vengeful father whose daughter was killed.
9. Cry Help!
6.0Aired 7 November 1974 • 60 min
A troubled teen from a broken home is suspected of shooting a friend's stepfather.
10. For Good or Evil
5.7Aired 14 November 1974 • 60 min
A boy who saw the slaying of a mob chief is torn between telling Stone and joining the syndicate.
11. Bird of Prey
7.5Aired 21 November 1974 • 60 min
Women keep turning up in hotel rooms strangled; the only lead is a witness who thinks he saw an air force Colonel's uniform. Keller goes undercover as an air force officer to infiltrate the base.
12. License to Kill
8.0Aired 5 December 1974 • 60 min
Mike's former partner returns to San Francisco, but not because of any longing for the good old days. He's back in town to kill the hired gunman who murdered his son years before.
13. The Twenty-Five Caliber Plague
7.3Aired 12 December 1974 • 60 min
A single .25 caliber pistol affects many lives in a single weekend.
14. Mister Nobody
7.0Aired 19 December 1974 • 60 min
A retired cobbler takes the rap for a shooting to protect the real killer, the grandson of his best friend.
15. False Witness
7.3Aired 9 January 1975 • 60 min
When a patrolman and personal friend of Keller has his arrestee turned loose on insufficient evidence, he goes on the warpath, endangering both of their careers.
16. Letters from the Grave
6.0Aired 16 January 1975 • 60 min
A skeleton discovered on Alcatraz is that of a convict who'd supposedly escaped in the 1950s.
17. Endgame
7.0Aired 23 January 1975 • 60 min
While investigating a lead, Steve is run over by a car and rendered a vegetable. Mike insists on taking revenge, and is demoted to walking a beat.
18. Ten Dollar Murder
5.0Aired 30 January 1975 • 60 min
A policewoman's son has an unusual hobby -- he holds up taxicabs. Eventually this results in the murder of an undercover cop.
19. The Programming of Charlie Blake
7.3Aired 6 February 1975 • 60 min
A supposedly reformed sex offender believes he is going insane.
20. River of Fear
5.7Aired 13 February 1975 • 60 min
A man seduces the widow of a bank robber. The money he stole was never found. When she tells him where it is, he kills her and sets out to take the money from her children out in the country.
21. Asylum
7.3Aired 20 February 1975 • 60 min
Keller goes undercover at a mental hospital to uncover the truth about a string of mysterious deaths.
22. Labyrinth
6.3Aired 27 February 1975 • 60 min
A prizefighter refuses to throw a fight, instead opting to throw the gangsters out the window of his hotel room. Injured, he hides in the hotel as both the police and mob close in.
23. Solitaire
5.7Aired 13 March 1975 • 60 min
While Keller recovers from a gunshot wound, Stone is forced to team with hippie-haired narcotics officer Al Walczinsky. Together they try to break up a narcotics ring that's gone murderous -- until Stone suspects that Walczinsky's in on the racket.