• Original Air Date: 09/18/84
• Written by: Mark Jones
• Directed by: Dennis Donnely
• Guest Cast:
  • Vincent Bagetta (Joey)
  • Kimberly Ross (Sandy)
  • Betsy Russell (Tina)
  • Ben Piazza (Councilman Presott)
  • Jeanna Tomasino (Denise)

The team's third season begins in Florida, where they deal with mobsters trying to take over a small beachfront hotel.

039 & 040 "The Bend In The River", Part I & II

• Original Air Date: 09/25/84
• Written by: Stephen J. Cannell & Frank Lupo
• Directed by: Michael O'Herily
• Guest Cast:
  • Barry Van Dyke (Brian Lefcourt)
  • Marta DuBois (Bobbi)
  • Mike Preston (Doyle)

Tawnia asks the team to find her boyfriend, an archaeologist last seen on an Amazon expedition where his party was attacked by a pirate known as "The Coffin".

041 "Fire"

• Original Air Date: 10/02/84
• Written by: Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Tony Mordente
• Guest Cast:
  • Paul Gleason (Kelsey)
  • Christopher Penrock (Palin)
  • Alan Fudge (Farnell)
  • Buddy Garion (Rogan)
  • Brad English (Casey)

Yet another military nemesis (Charles Napier) takes the team in his sights while they help a small-town fire chief (Stephanie Kramer) battle a rival engine company trying to force her out of business.

042 "The Bells Of St Mary's"

• Original Air Date: 10/12/84
• Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
• Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
• Guest Cast:
  • Deborah Lacey (Charlotte)
  • Robert Deiderio (Luna)
  • Joseph Wiseman (Westerland)
  • Michael Alldridge (Colonel Twill)
  • Reginald Dorsey (Billy Rey)

A singing group from Face's alma mater face threats from a record company after refusing to resign with the label.

Note: (scheduled but not shown till 12/11/84)

043 "Timber!"

• Original Air Date: 10/16/84
• Written by: Jeff Ray
• Directed by: David Hemmings
• Guest Cast:
  • Joe Lambie (John Lawrence)
  • Tracey Brooks Swope (Samantha)
  • Beau Starr (Bull)
  • Andre Gower (Billy)

Brother-and-sister loggers ask the team to help battle a self-appointed union organizer trying to put them out of business.

044 "Double Heat"

• Original Air Date: 10/23/84
• Written by: Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
• Guest Cast:
  • Dana Elcar (George Olson)
  • Leah Ayres (Jenny Olson)
  • Steven Williams (Eddie Devane)
  • Michael Baseleon (Tommy Largo)

The search for an accountant's kidnapped daughter pits the team against feuding mobsters, one trying to prevent the father's grand-jury testimony, the other trying to insure it.

045 "Trouble On Wheels"

• Original Air Date: 10/30/84
• Written by: Mark Jones
• Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
• Guest Cast:
  • Joe Santos (Rudy Garcia)
  • Mills Watson (Hoyt Plummer)
  • James Luisi (Jimmy Durkee)

Hannibal punches into work at an auto plant where parts are being pilfered for profits.

046 "The Island"

• Original Air Date: 11/13/84
• Written by: Mark Jones
• Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
• Guest Cast:
  • Paul Drake (Johnny Vescari)
  • James Callahan (Captain Fallone)
  • Sonny Landham (Ryker)

An ex-Army medic who once saved BA's life sends for the team to fight a group of thugs who've taken over the tropical island where he doctors the natives.

047 "Showdown!"

• Original Air Date: 11/20/84
• Written by: Milt Rosen
• Directed by: James Fargo
• Guest Cast:
  • Morgan Woodward (Captain Winnetka)
  • D D Howard (Carrie)
  • Michael DeLano (Mason)
  • John Carter (Parker)

Old nemesis Colonel Lynch is confident the team will appear at a wild west show, where an A-Team of imposters has been terrorizing the owner.

048 "Sheriffs Of Rivertown"

• Original Air Date: 11/27/84
• Written by: Mark Jones
• Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
• Guest Cast:
  • Robert Dovi (Boyle)
  • Wendy Kilbourne (Nikki)
  • Ismael Carlo (Cordoba)

The team assumes sheriff's duties in a construction boom town in South America, where a series of "accidents" threatens to close down a power- plant project.

049 "Hot Styles"

• Original Air Date: 12/11/84
• Written by: Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Tony Mordente
• Guest Cast:
  • Markie Post (Rina)
  • Richard Lynch (Turian)

Face's latest flame is abducted by mobsters, but protests when the team rescues her.

050 "Breakout!"

• Original Air Date: 12/18/84
• Written by: Mark Jones and Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
• Guest Cast:
  • Steve Sandor (Deke Logan)
  • Jeff Doucette (Malcolm Jones)
  • Robert Donner (Sheriff)
  • Leonore Kasdarf (Callie Russell)

Decker is back on the team's trail when BA and Murdock are arrested and fingerprinted after robbers name them as their partners.

051 "Cup A' Joe"

• Original Air Date: 01/08/85
• Written by: Dennis Donelly
• Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
• Guest Cast:
  • John Ashton (Cactus Jack Slater)
  • Lisa Denton (Patty)
  • Claude Earl Jones (Skeeter)
  • Dave Shelley (Joe Dutton)
  • Toni Sawyer (Edith Dutton)

A restaurateur wants to acquire a mom-and-pop diner, knowing its value will skyrocket with the new freeway off-ramp he's arranged.

052 "The Big Squeeze"

• Original Air Date: 01/15/85
• Written by: Stephen J. Cannell
• Directed by: Arnold Laven
• Guest Cast:
  • Wings Hauser (Jack Lane)
  • Joseph Sirola (Nathan Vincent)
  • Al Ruscio (Gino)
  • Janine Turner (Theresa)

The team opens its own restaurant financed by the loan shark who scared another restaurateur out of taking the team's help against him.

053 "Champ!"

• Original Air Date: 01/22/85
• Written by: Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
• Guest Cast:
  • Alex Rocco (Monroe)
  • Joe E Tata (McGurdy)
  • Dick Balduzzi (Mick Halligan)
  • Holly Gagnier (Tina)
  • Herman Poppe (Roarke)

Mr T, who got his last serious workout in "Rocky III", returns to the ring as BA attempts to kayo drug traffickers.

054 "Skins"

• Original Air Date: 01/29/85
• Written by: Mark Jones
• Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
• Guest Cast:
  • John Quade (McKaydoo)
  • John Calvin (Madrid)
  • Daphne Maxwell (Kamarra)

The team travels to Kenya to trap poachers who killed a game warden.

055 "Road Games"

• Original Air Date: 02/05/85
• Written by: Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Nicholas Sgarro
• Guest Cast:
  • Ed Winter (Johnny Royce)
  • Daphne Ashbrook (Patty Sullivan)
  • Kaz Garas (Meekes)
  • Lance LeGault (Decker)
  • Carl Franklin (Crane)
  • Katy Baldwin (Ginger)

The stakes are high for Face when he infiltrates a gambling ring to clear a man's debt and save his foster home.

056 "Moving Targets"

• Original Air Date: 02/12/85
• Written by: Mark Jones
• Directed by: Dennis Donnelly
• Guest Cast:
  • Sue Kiel (Salina)
  • John Saxon (Korem)
  • Frank Annese (Senbet)
  • Jack Heller (Jabar)

A mideast prince thinks assassins have targeted his soon-to-be-wed daughter, so he hires the team to escort her down the aisle -- but the prospective bride has other ideas.

057 "Knights Of The Road"

• Original Air Date: 02/26/85
• Written by: Stephen L. Sears and Burt Pearl
• Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
• Guest Cast:
  • Don Stroud (Tyler)
  • Carlos Romero (Zuniga)
  • Jim McMullan (Corson)
  • Deborah Goodrich (Jenny)

The team mobilizes to aid an auto mechanic who's being driven out of business by ruthless competitors.

058 "Waste 'Em"

• Original Air Date: 03/05/85
• Written by: Stephen Katz and Mark Jones
• Directed by: Sidney Hayers
• Guest Cast:
  • Joseph Hacker (AJ)
  • Stacey Nelkin (Lisa)
  • John Dennis Johnston (Archer)
  • Mitch Ryan (Hagen)

Out to stop thugs threatening a man and his blind sister, the team unearths a plot to dump toxic wastes on a site where the siblings work.

059 "Bounty"

• Original Air Date: 04/02/85
• Written by: Stephen Katz
• Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
• Guest Cast:
  • Gene Evans (Darrow)
  • Bill McKinney (Royko)

Bounty hunters kidnap Murdock as bait to capture the rest of the team. Schultz's wife Wendy Fulton plays Kelly.

060 "Beverly Hills Assault"

• Original Air Date: 04/09/85
• Written by: Paul Bernbaum
• Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
• Guest Cast:
  • Dennis Franz (Brooks)
  • Maylo McCaslin (Peggy)
  • Lloyd Bochner (Shawn)

A Beverly Hills art dealer is stealing originals and replacing them with fakes.

061 "Trouble Brewing"

• Original Air Date: 05/07/85
• Written by: Steven L. Sears and Burt Pearl
• Directed by: Michael O'Herlihy
• Guest Cast:
  • Suzanne Barnes (Maryann)
  • Claudia Christian (Cathy)
  • Louis Giambalvo (Webb)

Two sisters' dreams of marketing all-natural sodas may fizzle under pressure to convert their plant into a brewery.

062 "Incident At Crystal Lake"

• Original Air Date: 05/14/85
• Written by: Frank Lupo
• Directed by: Tony Mordente
• Guest Cast:
  • Robert Gray (Candy)
  • Robert Tessier (Mute)
  • Ken Swofford (Roy)
  • Kristen Meadows (Jenny)
  • Carl Franklin (Crane)

A fishing expedition turns into a manhunt when Colonel Decker shows up at the team's lakeside retreat.