The BEST episodes of Third Watch season 2

Every episode of Third Watch season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Third Watch season 2!

The series tells the stories of the members of the 55th Squad – police, firefighters, and paramedics who work the "third watch" between 3 pm and 11 pm in New York City.

Last Updated: 9/22/2024Network: NBCStatus: Ended
Honor
star
8.51
142 votes

#1 - Honor

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 4/16/2001

The firefighters take on a rival firehouse for touch football bragging rights; Brooke files for divorce; Jimmy worries that he may be a father again.

Directors: Terrence O'Hara
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Duty
star
8.50
151 votes

#2 - Duty

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/29/2001

Sully is upset when he is wrongly accused of falsifying evidence; Bobby helps one of his former teachers dying from cancer; Carlos deludes himself into thinking that Kim is falling in love with him; Sully gets closer to his pretty neighbor.

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
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A Hero's Rest
star
8.48
178 votes

#3 - A Hero's Rest

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/15/2001

Bosco, Yokas, Sully and Davis search for a cop killer on the streets, and cope with an obnoxious new sergeant at the station house.

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The Self-Importance of Being Carlos
star
8.45
141 votes

#4 - The Self-Importance of Being Carlos

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 3/19/2001

Doc and Carlos attend a stress debriefing; Carlos meets up with Bosco when he's ordered to attend sensitivity training.

Directors: Jace Alexander
Writer: John Ridley
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Man Enough
star
8.44
142 votes

#5 - Man Enough

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2001

Doc is thrilled when Sarah accepts his proposal, but is stunned when she informs him that she's accepting a job offer in Philadelphia and wants him to relocate.

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
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A Rock and a Hard Place
star
8.43
145 votes

#6 - A Rock and a Hard Place

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2001

Faith, Bosco, Carlos and a wounded Doc find themselves trapped in an abandoned tunnel and unable to reach Central on their radios; the firefighters get into mischief during a long lull between calls; when the C.O. can't raise Bosco on the radio, Sully tries to cover for him.

Writer: Bonnie Mark
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The Tys That Bind
star
8.42
148 votes

#7 - The Tys That Bind

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/6/2000

Davis rescues a drowning newscaster from a downed helicopter, and the ensuing rush of media coverage on his heroism brings a strange young woman to meet him. She turns out to be his half-sister, and Davis uncovers secrets about his father's second family. The turmoil from the revelations causes disturbances between Davis and nearly everyone close to him. Meanwhile, someone's throwing bricks at random citizens, putting everyone in the city on edge.

Directors: Nick Gomez
Writer: Bonnie Mark
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Requiem for a Bantamweight
star
8.39
174 votes

#8 - Requiem for a Bantamweight

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/2001

Bobby comes to the aid of his old friend Paulie after Paulie's sister begs Bobby to help her brother with his drug addiction, but becomes enraged when Paulie breaks into Bobby's mother's house and robs her to support his habit.

Writer: John Wells
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Kim's Hope Chest
star
8.39
151 votes

#9 - Kim's Hope Chest

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/30/2000

Joey starts a fire while on a field trip with his class, causing Kim and Jimmy to reevaluate their parenting styles and inspiring Kim to try to rebuild her family, starting with a reconciliation with Jimmy. But Jimmy's relationship with Brooke is not nearly as wobbly as Kim would like to think, and Kim ends up jumping into bed with a stranger and then commiserating with her mother over her problems with men, ending in a confrontation with Brooke that forces Kim to rethink what's best for Joey in the matter.

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True Love
star
8.36
175 votes

#10 - True Love

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/22/2001

A secret threatens to destroy Jimmy's relationships at work and home; Sully makes a date with his pretty neighbor; Bosco gets violent after his mother is beaten by her boyfriend.

Writer: John Wells
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Four Days
star
8.31
160 votes

#11 - Four Days

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/16/2000

On the hunt for a robbery homicide suspect, the police shake down all young black males they encounter, igniting racial tensions throughout the city. The suspect in question turns out to be Puppet, whose younger brother was killed as a result of Puppet's gang activity despite Doc's attempts to turn him away from the streets. After he's shot by the cops and goes into hiding, Puppet solicits Doc's help by proclaiming his innocence. The ensuing lengths to which Doc goes to get Puppet to the hospital and save his life while avoiding the cops wreak havoc with Doc's relationships with both civilians and the squads.

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History
star
8.24
168 votes

#12 - History

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/18/2000

A disturbing visit from his former high school girlfriend forces Doc to confront a horrible act he has hidden for years; Carlos struggles to pass a medical school qualification exam.

Directors: Jace Alexander
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...And Zeus Wept
star
8.17
112 votes

#13 - ...And Zeus Wept

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/21/2001

Ty, Sully, Bosco, and Faith rush to the scene of a school shooting; Sully and Tatiana ponder their future together; Kim continues to struggle with her depression.

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
Writer: John Wells
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Exposing Faith
star
8.10
107 votes

#14 - Exposing Faith

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/14/2001

Faith's excitement over having her husband to herself for the weekend is dashed when Fred decides to spend the time trying to win a truck; angry, Faith organizes a drunken girls night out, meets a handsome photographer, and ponders an affair and what might have been; Fred outwits his opponents and wins the truck.

Directors: Nick Gomez
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The Lost
star
8.09
188 votes

#15 - The Lost

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/2/2000

Sully lives his worst nightmare as the police search the city for a man who is buried alive and whose kidnappers are involved in a fatal car crash; Kim and Bobby find an abandoned 4 year old boy wandering the streets; Sully's mother wanders off from her nursing home; Carlos adopts a deceased patient's cockatoo.

Writer: John Wells
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After Hours
star
7.91
181 votes

#16 - After Hours

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/13/2000

The deaths of four teenagers in a fiery car crash profoundly affects the third watch, who were forced to stand by helplessly, unable to save the victims. They congregate at the end of the shift to dispell their sadness and anger at the horrific images of the crash. Faith, Sully and Doc spend time sitting quietly in a cafe; Ty, Bobby, Carlos and Alex go to a bar; and Kim, Bosco and Jimmy go bowling. As evening turns into day, Faith's group meets up with a young woman, Ty's group meets up with a young man, and Kim's group meets up with a young couple in love. At dawn, everyone ends up at the a beach and they build a bonfire. As the flames flicker, we see a flashback to the moments immediately preceding the car crash and discover that the young people whom they met during the course of the evening are the spirits of the teenagers who died in the crash, who were sent back down to earth to tell them that the crash could not have been prevented, and they are not to blame for being unable to

Directors: Guy Norman Bee
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Know Thyself
star
7.85
173 votes

#17 - Know Thyself

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/27/2000

While coping with work demands, a recovering alcholic husband and a disturbing visit with her parents, Yokas confronts her long held beliefs and emotions. A group of prisoners escape from a delivery truck. Yokas and Fred have another big fight in which she accuses him of drinking again. She tells him that she had an abortion. He wants her to leave the house, this makes her stay over at her parents home. However, by the end of the episode, they are back together, she realises that she can't live without him and that she is sorry for accusing him of still drinking. Meanwhile, Bosco gets a bunch of flowers from a former lover. He smells the flowers which turn out to be poison Ivy. Bosco and Yokas also have a fight when she tells him that she had an abortion. He accuses her of lying to him and he refuses to speak to her, until she forces him to go the hospital to sort out the poison Ivy problem. She regrets lying to him.

Directors: Nancy Savoca
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Unfinished Business
star
7.79
143 votes

#18 - Unfinished Business

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/26/2001

Bobby's attempt to keep Paulie away from drugs ends tragically.

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Run of the Mill
star
7.76
139 votes

#19 - Run of the Mill

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2000

The ordeals of an elderly friend prompt Sully to consider his own loneliness; Alex regrets revealing that she discovered Jimmy on the eve of his wedding having sex with an old flame who happens to be Lombardo's current girlfriend after the news spreads like wildfire throughout the squad; Jimmy and Brooke get married.

Writer: Bonnie Mark
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Jimmy's Mountain
star
7.75
156 votes

#20 - Jimmy's Mountain

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/23/2000

Jimmy's recovery complicates his return to the firehouse as he tries to take on too much, causing discord amongst his fellow firefighters over his all-consuming need to prove his abilities have not been lost. Meanwhile, Alex Taylor joins the firehouse and arrives with some baggage of her own.

Directors: Charles Haid
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Faith
star
7.73
191 votes

#21 - Faith

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/9/2000

A rapist attacks three victims; Yokas agonizes over her finances, her marriage and her pregnancy; Bosco's jealousy threatens his relationship with Nicole.

Writer: John Wells
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Walking Wounded
star
7.43
112 votes

#22 - Walking Wounded

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/23/2001

Faith and Bosco hunt down the dealer who distributed a batch of lethal heroin; depressed over Bobby's death, Kim attempts suicide.

Writer: Bonnie Mark
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