Father Dowling Mysteries (season 3)
| Father Dowling Mysteries (season 3) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | September 20, 1990 – May 2, 1991 |
This is a list of episodes from the third and final season of Father Dowling Mysteries.
Broadcast history
The season originally aired Thursdays at 8:00-9:00 pm (EST).[1][2]
DVD release
The season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Video.
Episodes
| Nº | Ep | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | 1 | "The Royal Mystery" | Christopher Hibler | Gerry Conway | September 20, 1990 |
| Sister Stephanie trades places with her double, Lady Cara (also played by Tracy Nelson), a minor member of the British Royal family, who is visiting Chicago with a trade delegation headed by David McCallum, unaware that Cara is the target of a mystery assassin. | |||||
| 23 | 2 | "The Medical Mystery" | James Frawley | Jeri Taylor | September 27, 1990 |
| While Father Dowling is in the hospital for minor surgery, he becomes convinced that the patient in the next bed has been murdered. While investigating, he uncovers a much bigger secret. | |||||
| 24 | 3 | "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Mystery" | Christopher Hibler | Dean Hargrove & Joyce Burditt | October 4, 1990 |
| When most people look at Harry Deil, they see one of the most powerful men in underworld crime. Father Dowling sees something even more sinister: the Devil. Father Dowling must beat him at his own game in order to save the soul of Sister Steve. | |||||
| 25 | 4 | "The Showgirl Mystery" | Christopher Hibler | James H. Brown & Barbara Esensten | October 18, 1990 |
| A showy showgirl in a shady nightclub is surprised to discover her late husband's estate consists of nothing but debts. Or is she the victim of a scam to deprive her of a small fortune? The investigation reveals a motley crew of underworld suspects for Father Dowling and Sister Steve. | |||||
| 26 | 5 | "The Movie Mystery" | James Frawley | Teleplay by: William Conway and Gerry Conway Story by: Gerry Conway | October 25, 1990 |
| Hollywood is shooting a new TV show at the church, in which a priest and a nun solve crimes. When a series of life-threatening accidents occur, Father Dowling and Sister Steve are enlisted to assist in the investigation. | |||||
| 27 | 6 | "The Undercover Nun Mystery" | James Frawley | Teleplay by: Joyce Burditt Story by: Dean Hargrove & Joyce Burditt | November 1, 1990 |
| Sister Steve's return to her convent to celebrate the Mother Superior's silver jubilee should be a time of great joy. But shortly after arriving, she discovers a nun with a gun, who turns out to be an undercover FBI agent. When the agent is found murdered, an innocent man is wrongly arrested for the crime. | |||||
| 28 | 7 | "The Murder Weekend Mystery" | Harry Harris | Gerry Conway | November 8, 1990 |
| Father Dowling is invited to a murder mystery weekend at the home of a famous mystery writer. His investigative skills are put to the test when their host himself is murdered. | |||||
| 29 | 8 | "The Reasonable Doubt Mystery" | Robert Scheerer | Teleplay by: Brian Clemens and Gerry Conway Story by: Brian Clemens | November 15, 1990 |
| Father Dowling is serving as a juror, but has doubts about the testimony of a witness. Dissatisfied with the questions the District Attorney has failed to ask, Frank sets out to re-investigate the case himself, sending Sister Steve undercover in the witness's business, a New-Age bookstore, to learn what he's hiding. | |||||
| 30 | 9 | "The Vanishing Victim Mystery" | Seymour Robbie | Robert Schlitt | November 29, 1990 |
| Father Dowling stumbles into a kidnapping plot when he befriends a young woman, the heiress to a large brewing fortune, who promptly disappears. Fearing the worst, Sister Steve signs on as the family's new maid to try to find out what happened to the girl. | |||||
| 31 | 10 | "The Christmas Mystery" | James Frawley | Brian Clemens | December 13, 1990 |
| Following a murder attempt on a woman who has left her child in the temporary care of Father Dowling, the search for the assassin leads to a department store on Christmas Eve. | |||||
| 32 | 11 | "The Fugitive Priest Mystery" | James Frawley | Michael Reaves | January 3, 1991 |
| Trouble for Father Dowling when his evil twin brother reappears. Blaine impersonates Frank to frame him for a bank robbery, turning Father Dowling himself into a fugitive. Blaine has the perfect alibi: he's in jail, on a minor charge. The only way for Frank to clear his name is to masquerade as his brother, in order to track down Blaine's underworld associates. | |||||
| 33 | 12 | "The Substitute Sister Mystery" | Charles S. Dubin | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: Gerry Conway and Brian Clemens | January 3, 1991 |
| Father Dowling and Sister Steve are caught up in a battle of the bugs, when warring exterminators clash at the Rectory over franchise rights. The plot is thickened by a fake Nun (with mob connections) who is calling herself "Sister Steve", a real hitman (intent on murdering "Sister Steve"), and a mobster who will do anything (even endanger the real Sister Steve) in order to save his daughter. | |||||
| 34 | 13 | "The Missing Witness Mystery" | Christopher Hibler | Teleplay by: Lincoln Kibbee Story by: Lincoln Kibbee and Brian Clemens | January 10, 1991 |
| Sister Steve disguises herself as a call girl to track down a missing witness who can clear the name of a young businessman charged with murder. But was he really framed, or is he actually guilty? Father Dowling is uncertain. | |||||
| 35 | 14 | "The Prodigal Son Mystery" | James Frawley | Teleplay by: Jack Burditt Story by: Dean Hargrove & Joyce Burditt | January 31, 1991 |
| A man Father Dowling has never met turns up at the Church, claiming to be his son, but disappears before Dowling can question him. Then his would-be son is charged with murder. | |||||
| 36 | 15 | "The Moving Target Mystery" | Robert Scheerer | Teleplay by: Joyce Burditt Story by: Dean Hargrove & Joyce Burditt and Brian Clemens | February 7, 1991 |
| A contract killer has a change of heart when he discovers the intended victim, Father Dowling, is a priest. He warns Frank that someone else is certain to accept the contract. Now it's up to Father Dowling to figure out who wants him dead, and what their interest is in the photos he took at the parish picnic. | |||||
| 37 | 16 | "The Priest Killer Mystery" | David Moessinger | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: Gerry Conway and Brian Clemens | February 14, 1991 |
| When a rooftop sniper almost kills Father Dowling, Sister Steve goes undercover as a cab driver, hoping to flush out the would-be assassin. | |||||
| 38 | 17 | "The Mummy's Curse Mystery" | James Frawley | Michael Reaves | February 21, 1991 |
| While visiting the Chicago Museum to take in a new exhibit, Father Dowling and Sister Steve encounter an ancient Egyptian curse. Father Prestwick becomes its next victim when he attempts to uncover the deadly secret of the Pharaoh's burial chamber. | |||||
| 39 | 18 | "The Monkey Business Mystery" | Peter Ellis | Doc Barnett | March 7, 1991 |
| Father Dowling and Sister Steve go out on a limb when she kidnaps a chimp accused of murdering an animal activist. The "killer" chimp will be put down, unless they can prove it has been framed. | |||||
| 40 | 19 | "The Hardboiled Mystery" | James Frawley | Teleplay by: Michael Reaves Story by: Robert Schlitt and Michael Reaves | March 28, 1991 |
| An author who used Father Dowling and Steve as characters in his murder mystery novel (they appear in flashbacks as the hard-boiled characters in the book) dies without completing it. Frank is sure the novel is based on a real crime and contains a clue to its solution. | |||||
| 41 | 20 | "The Malibu Mystery" | Christopher Hibler | Teleplay by: Wayne Berwick & Gerry Conway Story by: Wayne Berwick | April 4, 1991 |
| Father Dowling is in Los Angeles on the trail of a runaway teenager, who's taking a walk on the wild side of L.A.'s night life. | |||||
| 42 | 21 | "The Consulting Detective Mystery" | Sharron Miller | Teleplay by: Gerry Conway Story by: Dean Hargrove and Gerry Conway | April 25, 1991 |
| It's difficult to tell who's consulting with who when Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of Father Dowling. The pair prove an unbeatable team, when they put their powers of deduction to the supreme test, as eyewitnesses to multiple murders. There's only one snag: no one other than Dowling can actually see Mr Holmes! | |||||
| 43 | 22 | "The Joyful Noise Mystery" | Bob Bralver | Teleplay by: Joyce Burditt Story by: Dean Hargrove & Joyce Burditt | May 2, 1991 |
| The local District Attorney's office is home to bullets and ballots as deadly rivals battle for power. One man is already dead and an innocent boy has been charged with murder. Father Dowling tries to expose the real killer before a political rally becomes a blood bath. | |||||
References
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