HART TO HART SEASON 3
Season three of one of the greatest series
on TV! Returning are all three of the main
actors! Another great season!
EPISODE # 1: HARTS AND FLOWERS(Oct. 6, 1981):
Max raises a prize winning rose and enters it in
a big contest, under Jennifer's name!! But it seems
that all the contestants are dropping like flies!!
And of course since the Harts are involved, the
Harts are INVOLVED!!! A
EPISODE # 2: A COUPLE OF HARTS(Oct. 13, 1981):
The group are in Mexico on a vacation! While there a
senator is assassinated, and the Harts are off on a
picnic when their car breaks down! They go to a near-
by casa, and are mistaken for the new hired help!!
This of course leads directly into trouble!!! A
EPISODE # 3: HARTLAND EXPRESS(Nov. 3, 1981):
The Harts version of "The Orient Express"!! The Harts
are stuck in Chicago, the Airlines are shut down because
of a flight controller's strike, and end up taking a train
back home!!! As with that famous movie, people start
dying off!! And the Harts are underway!!!
I've been on a few trains, and NONE of them came even
close to the luxury of this one!!! The hallways are 4 ft. wide
the rooms are enormous!! And the riding car awesome!!
This guest stars several big names including Bernie Kopel
(Love Boat), Florence Henderson(Brady Bunch), David
Doyle(Charlie's Angels) & Ron Glass(Barney Miller, Firefly)!! A
EPISODE # 4: WHAT BECOMES A MURDER MOST?(Nov. 10, 1981):
The Harts are involved in a new line of faux furs with
Jennifer modeling one and being chosen as the spokeswoman
for them!! The issue is that other women who are models
for this are dying, with some help from a dude who's going
around killing them!! A
EPISODE # 5: MURDER UP THEIR SLEEVE(Nov. 17, 1981):
This one starts as Jonathan is talking to a couple of
government agents who are talking about a former
employee of his that makes a living by swindling
people!
In the next sequence, Max and a friend go to a magic
show!! When they get there they are greeted as Mr.
and Mrs. Hart! And the mix up has dire consequences!!
This guest stars a not so big actor, but one who has
had a couple of big roles in bigger movies: Bruce
Glover(Diamonds Are Forever)!! A
EPISODE # 6: HARTS UNDER GLASS(Nov. 24, 1981):
An eccentric old dude(Dehner) has the idea that
Jennifer would make his day, and nights!!! Only
problem is that Jonathan stands in his way!! So
he concocts a scheme to get rid of Jonathan and
be there to console the grieving widow!!!
Guest starring John Dehner(Young Maverick,
Airplane II: The Sequel, War And Remembrance,
How The West Was Won)! A
EPISODE # 7: RHINESTONE HARTS(Dec. 1, 1981):
A mother and son go into a jewelers to buy a gift
for her daughter, and decide they like the choices
so much they'll take them all!! Not buy, take!!!
And just how does this involve the Harts you ask?
Well, they go to a country bar and a country singer,
who they happen to have signed to their record
company is there!! And her moniker is"The Rhinestone
Cowgirl" because she specializes in, of course, having
rhinestones on her outfits!! So her manager/
husband has a special outfit made with, you
guessed it, the diamonds, which in turn leads
to murder!! And to top it off, she offers it to
Jennifer to wear!!!
This guest stars Charlie McClain(Country Western
singer, with Mickey Gilley[Paradise Tonight]!!!)!
Also here is Robert Englund(Nightmare On
Elm Street series!)! A
EPISODE # 8: HART OF DARKNESS(Dec. 8, 1981):
Someone poisons the Harts pool and Jonathan
takes a dip, only to end up being blind!!
Guest starring in this is John Anderson(MacGyver,
Star Trek: TNG[The Survivors], Backstairs At The
White House) & Ed Harris(The Rock, National
Treasure 2, Apollo 13)! A
EPISODE # 9: HARTBREAK KID(Dec. 15, 1981):
The title refers to a young girl who helps around the
racetrack and who is pivotal in the whole plot!!
(Yep, back to the racetrack!), The Harts own a new
horse and one that others don't want have win a big
race!!! To put pressure on Jonathan and Jennifer, bad
guys kidnap Max and the girl to blackmail them!!
Guest starring Richard Herd(Star Trek: Voyager, Sea
Quest, T.J. Hooker) & Beverly Garland(Lois And Clark,
My Three Sons). A
EPISODE # 10: FROM THE DEPTHS OF MY HART(Jan. 5, 1982):
The Harts are partners with a guy who's developed a
special underwater camera, and an emergency breathing
device! They do some underwater filming and as usual
one thing leads to murder, again!!!
This guest stars Pat Hingle(Batman, Batman Returns,
Batman & Robin, Batman Forever[as Commissioner Gordon]) A
EPISODE # 11: HARTLESS HOBBY(Jan. 12, 1982):
This one's all about stamps!! A very valuable stamp,
in fact!! The Harts acquire one of the rarest stamps
in the world by being at an old friend's of Jennifer's
stamp show while some nefarious people are planning
a theft of it!!
Guest starring Whit Bissell(Star Trek: TOS episode[The
Trouble With Tribbles], Time Tunnel, The Time Machine
[Original 1960 movie!!]) A
EPISODE # 12: MY HART BELONGS TO DADDY(Jan. 19, 1982):
Daddy is Jennifer's father(which had been eluded
to as not being alive!!)!! He had been in the service
during WWII and had captured a Nazi and brought
him to justice! His son is out after revenge and has
already killed one of the other men responsible!!
Guest star in this is Ray Milland(Dial M For Murder,
Charley Chan In London) in his first of two
appearances as Jennifer's father! A
EPISODE # 13: HART OF DIAMONDS(Feb. 2, 1982):
Jennifer's seeing a new therapist who's giving her a lot more
than she's paying for!! She has started stealing from her friends
and business acquaintances!! This gets worse and worse, and
finally leads to murder!! A
EPISODE # 14: HARTS AND PALMS(Feb. 9, 1982):
The Harts are on vacation at an island which looks like Hawaii
but never named!! On the way to their hotel, they almost get
run off the road by a road fiend!! Then while phoning Max,
Jennifer overhears a woman planning to kill her husband!! Of
course Jennifer is insistent on getting to know the couple, and
exactly what's up with them!!
In this we have non-other than Jonathan Frakes, a very, very
young Jonathan Frakes(Star Trek: TNG)!!! A
EPISODE # 15: THE HART OF THE MATTER(Feb. 16, 1982):
The Harts are in France for business but after a REALLY good
nights sleep for Jonathan and a disturbing one for Jennifer, the
partner that they are to meet disappears, and so does his room!! A
EPISODE # 16: BLUE AND BROKEN-HARTED(Feb. 23, 1982):
A man's in deep with the syndicate and is desperate to
get money to pay them back!! He hatches a plan to involve
Jonathan and others in giving him the money he needs!! A
EPISODE # 17: HARTS ON THEIR TOES(Mar. 2, 1982):
The Harts are involved with a ballet theater which is
being invaded by Russians!! One of the troupe has
decided that he no longer wants to be a Russian citizen
and wants to defect!! Muddling up the whole affair is
a murder of another dancer!!
A good story, some good acting, some pretty bad acting!!
The ending of this is a real hoot!!!!
This guest stars Clive Revill(The Empire Strikes Back,
Star Trek: TNG[episode Qpid])!! A
EPISODE # 18: DEEP IN THE HART OF DIXIELAND(Mar. 9, 1982):
This is about Jonathan and a supposed band that he used
to be a part of!! One of the members is romantically involved
with a singer, and she decides she wants to break it off with
him, with a little coaxing from her "secretary"!! This of course
makes him very upset, and the singer winds up dead! He
of course is the most likely suspect!!
Guest starring the very famous Steve Allen, playing a
familiar role as a clarinet player(he played Benny
Goodman in The Benny Goodman Story, Benny of
course is maybe the best known clarinet player of all
time!!)!! A
EPISODE # 19: VINTAGE HARTS(Mar. 23, 1982):
The Harts are in the business of wine!! Turns out that
their wine is quite affordable, which gives a distributor
an idea on how to make a lot of money by passing it off
as a different, more expensive wine!! People get wise
and start dropping like flies!! A
EPISODE # 20: HART, LINE AND SINKER(Mar. 30, 1982):
The Harts go to their cabin, which is being tended to by
a young man!! He's got the hots for a girl and, along with
another girl, follow her to see what she's up to!! She's
riding along with another fellow who stops off at another
cabin and catches them with a lot of money!! One thing,
ect. ect. ect.!! A
EPISODE # 21: HART AND SOLE(Apr. 6, 1982):
This starts out with Jonathan getting the wrong suit from
his tailor and going to get his back from the guy that it
was switched with!! When the Harts go to swap the suits,
they find a dead man in the closet!! But when the cops
start to take them in for questioning, an FBI agent shows
up and the Harts are on their way home!! Of course, this
makes the Harts very curious and they start digging to
find out what's going on!!
This guest stars Kene Holiday(Matlock)!! A
EPISODE # 22: THE HARTS STRIKE OUT(May 4, 1982):
An exec from Hart Industries dies and leaves almost
nothing to the wife and kid, or the sister!! However,
he did leave some baseball cards! A lot of baseball
cards!! And old ones at that!! The sister learns of them
and along with a crony of hers steals the cards and
sells them!!
Guest starring Trisha O'Neal(Babylon 5: In The Beginning)! A
EPISODE # 23: TO COIN A HART(May 11, 1982):
Max gives an Indian Head penny to Jonathan to find
out what it's worth and the gent who he gives it to
ends up getting killed for a coin!(Hence the name)!!
BTW, the coin he give to Jonathan is a 1900 Indian
Head! Value: about 1.00!!!!!! And the coin that this
whole movie is about, non-existent!!! lol!! A
EPISODE # 24: HARTS AND FRAUD(May. 18, 1982):
Out bike riding again - this is the exact same beginning
as another episode(This Lady Is Murder from Season 2)!!
They must of had to add some time to the show!! Anyway,
this has nothing to do with the show, which is actually
about a man who needs money and the dude he goes
to for help talks him into getting into an accident on
purpose to milk the unsuspecting victim!! The victim
chosen is Jennifer!! When the dude ends up dead, the
other dude starts blackmailing the Harts for a bunch
of money!!
Last show of the season! A
From a reviewer at IMDb.com:
Spoiler warning: Don't get too attached to the Harts' friends. Pretty
high mortality count by the end of most episodes!
Seriously, it's Nick and Nora Charles Lite, but with Spelling Productions
you're expecting something profound or fiendish mystery plot twists?
But Spelling always knew how to entertain, and he also had a knack of
hiring top acting professionals. The charm and talent of the three leads
here (the dog Freeway isn't bad either) is obviously the biggest factor
in the show's success. And Spelling did have a knack for great opening
sequences, and Hart to Hart is no exception.
So if you're looking to unwind from the pressure of a tough day, turning
on Cozi or Hallmark Mystery to spend a couple hours with Jennifer and
Jonathan and Max wouldn't be your worst choice for
diversion. - Gary L. Thompson