The BEST episodes of The Littlest Hobo season 3
Every episode of The Littlest Hobo season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Littlest Hobo season 3!
London is an extremely intelligent, wandering German shepherd who walks into a different place in each episode of this long-running television series, and comes upon people down on their luck or in trouble. London always befriends and helps the struggling person or persons. Then, when his job is done at episode's end, London declines to be the pet of the people he has helped and departs to continue his cross-country drifting.
#1 - Airport
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1981
The Hobo discovers someone trying to sabotage an air courier service, using measures that turn deadly.
#2 - Fussin' and Fightin'
Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/1981
A harmonica player resorts to skulduggery to oust a rival in a traveling country band.
#3 - Rex Badger P.I.
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1982
Hobo joins forces with inept private eye Rex Badger, who perfected his style watching old movies. As Badger plods through a series of comic clues, Hobo keeps several steps ahead of him and enables him to finally put the pieces together and wind up with the credit.
#4 - Forget Me Not
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1982
When Hobo spots a disoriented woman, with amnesia, aimlessly wandering into a large amusement park (Canada's Wonderland), he finds his own way in and protects her from serious physical danger while alerting the security and bringing her medical help.
#5 - A Special Friend
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/25/1982
On the docks. Hobo meets a very special friend who believes he can understand what animals are thinking. His sensitivity makes him a perfect partner for the dog as the pair matches wits with a warehouse full of gold thieves.
#6 - Once Upon a Tyme
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/4/1982
The Hobo tries to stop the owner of a theatre troupe from burning down his production to collect on insurance.
#7 - The Clown
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/28/1982
Hobo matches a retired clown--who can only dream of the glory days--with a fair that has a pressing need for talent.
#8 - Mail Order Bride
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/21/1982
Hobo is challenged with working out the differences between a brusque, middle-aged, curmudgeonly farmer and a prudish woman who are soon to be wed.
#9 - Music Box
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/24/1981
A little girl fantasizes about being a ballerina, like her mother, who is reluctant to have her daughter repeat her experiences.
#10 - The Locket
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/1981
The Hobo finds a recluse, old man who has become estranged from his granddaughter--his only family. The Hobo seeks to find her and lure her back to her grandfather.
#11 - Hidden Room
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/1981
Hobo discovers a man and his mute daughter are being blackmailed into performing fraudulent séances for bereaved victims.
#12 - The Hero
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/1981
An intellectually handicapped man in a deerstalker and the Hobo discover a dognapping ring.
#13 - War Games
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/1981
During a military training exercise, a soldier is wounded trying to warn a civilian out of a mine field. Together with the Hobo, they find refuge in an old building that the civilian's father is tasked with blowing up.
#14 - Suspect
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/1981
A business man is framed for a murder, which the police fall for, and the Hobo conducts an investigation of his own.
#15 - The Day of the Fugitive
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1981
Hobo tracks a man suspected of having the plague, but in doing so, earns the suspicion of authorities, who are very determined to contain and eliminate the threat.
#16 - Wolf Hunt
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1981
The Hobo decoys hunters away from a wounded wolf and her cubs.
#17 - The Secret of Red Hill
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1981
Big Foot has been sighted in a forest near a small town. The police don't take the sightings seriously, but the Hobo and a reporter seek it out.
#18 - Photo Finish
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1981
The Hobo tries to keep a horse race fair when two thugs and a charming stranger try to fix it, by sabotaging the chances of an up and coming jockey.