The BEST episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries season 3

Every episode of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries season 3!

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries recount the adventures of the famous teenage sleuths, based on the two series of juvenile mystery novels by the Edward Stratemeyer syndicate under the names Franklin W. Dixon and Carolyn Keene. Frank and Joe Hardy are the sons of a private detective, and Nancy Drew is the daughter of a criminal attorney. In the first season, stories alternated week by week between the two families, but in the second season the independent Nancy Drew adventures were phased out so that all were working as a team. In the third season, Nancy Drew was eliminated completely and the Hardys became more involved in cases of international intrigue.

Last Updated: 9/6/2024Network: ABC (US)Status: Ended
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8.00
2 votes

#1 - Defection to Paradise (1)

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/19/1978

When the daughter of a Russian official defects to the U.S. by hiding in one of the rock band Bread's speaker cabinets sent to Hawaii, the Hardy Boys must track her down before the KGB does.

Directors: Ray Austin
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8.00
2 votes

#2 - Defection to Paradise (2)

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/26/1978

Marla falls for an American agent, but Soviet killers pursue her.

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7.50
2 votes

#3 - Game Plan

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/3/1978

A woman executes a securities scam from Atlantic City casinos using a code that the Hardy Boys must break.

Directors: John J. Dumas
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7.25
4 votes

#4 - The Last Kiss of Summer (1)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/1978

After Joe Hardy's fiancée is killed by a hit-and-run driver, the FBI won't let the police arrest the man until their own case against him is finished. Joe takes the law into his own hands and goes undercover as a rich gambler with underworld connections.

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6.80
5 votes

#5 - Search for Atlantis

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1978

In Greece to investigate drug smuggling, the Hardy Boys pose as archeology students on a dig for the lost city of Atlantis, but they are dogged by suspicious accidents and a dead body.

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6.75
4 votes

#6 - The Last Kiss of Summer (2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/1978

Joe Hardy is still haunted by memories of his dead fiancee, but has to focus his mind on the case when Jocco's girlfriend overhears him talking to the police on the phone. Meanwhile, Frank Hardy tries to help Joe by going undercover too, but Jocco finds out and traps Frank in a shark-infested area.

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6.67
6 votes

#7 - Assault on the Tower

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/1978

Joe and Frank Hardy go to London to find their missing father, but when Frank goes missing as well, Joe and an agent from the British Ministry must find a traitor together.

Directors: Winrich Kolbe
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6.67
3 votes

#8 - Life on the Line

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/1979

Joe and Frank are assigned to protect a motocross racer, the daughter of a mob informant who has been threatened by assassins, but a strange woman has become obsessed with Frank.

Writer: Gil Grant
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6.33
3 votes

#9 - Dangerous Waters

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1978

Frank and Joe Hardy journey from the South of France to the Caribbean to find a girl who disappeared while hunting for pirate treasure.

Directors: Richard Benedict
Writer: Lee Sheldon
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5.67
3 votes

#10 - Scorpion's Sting

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1978

Frank and Joe Hardy are assigned to go to Puerto Rico to protect a senator's daughter from an international blackmailer known as the Scorpion.

Directors: Dennis Donnelly
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