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Vega$ Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 1980 - 1981
Episode 1
Aloha, You're Dead
Wed, Nov 5, 1980 120 mins
Dan is kidnapped and taken to Hawaii, where his captors propose that he commit a murder for them. Remick: Lorne Greene. Lani: Barbara Parkins. Nelson: Greg Morris. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Logan: Pernell Roberts. Luke: Manu Tupou. Jennings: John Saxon. Federal Agent: Ernest G. Chan. Mathews: Wayne Ward.
Episode 2
Black Cat Killer
Wed, Nov 12, 1980 60 mins
Dan searches for a deadly cat burglar after Beatrice is gunned down in her apartment. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Jenny: Erin Gray. Nelson: Greg Morris. Mickey: Joe E. Tata. Doctor: Richard Lenz. Diamond Jim: Victor Buono. Augie Brenner: Harold J. Stone. Reel: Chuck Tamburro.
Episode 3
Sudden Death
Wed, Nov 19, 1980 60 mins
After killing a burglar in self-defense, guilt compels Dan to look into the young victim's background. Edward St. John: Gary Lockwood. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Nelson: Greg Morris. Mavis: Jill St. John. Valerio: Robert Tessier. Cathy: Stepfanie Kramer.
Episode 4
Love Affair
Wed, Nov 26, 1980 60 mins
Dan is unaware that the woman he has fallen in love with is a call girl---and possibly in danger. Pam: Priscilla Barnes. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Phil King: Dick Sargeant. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Fred Barr: Skip Homeier. Nelson: Greg Morris. Tony: Steve Sandor.
Episode 5
A Deadly Victim
Wed, Dec 3, 1980 60 mins
Two vagrants happen upon a murder attempt---one dies in the ensuing melee, and the other calls her friend Dan Tanna. Laurie: Eleanor Parker. Nelson: Greg Morris. Wright: Vincent Baggetta. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Bridges: Bubba Smith. Binzer: Bart Braverman.
Episode 6
Deadly Blessing
Wed, Dec 10, 1980 60 mins
A nun claims to hold the deed to the land on which the Desert Inn stands. Robert Urich, Phyllis Davis. Roth: Tony Curtis. Lt. Nelson: Greg Morris.
Episode 7
Christmas Story
Wed, Dec 17, 1980 60 mins
Dan's vacation at a ski resort is interrupted by a girl claiming to be his daughter. Dan: Robert Urich. Mark: Jill Whelan. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Rocket: Lindsay Bloom. Nelson: Greg Morris. Kay: Melinda Fee. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis.
Episode 8
The Andreas Addiction
Wed, Jan 7, 1981 60 mins
A drug dealer plans to hook Dan on narcotics. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Marty: Don Stroud. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Dr. Michaels: June Lockhart. Lottie: Hermione Baddeley. Casino Manager: Vito Scotti. Burns: Chase Cordell. Charlie: Tony Ballen.
Episode 9
Sourdough Suite
Wed, Jan 14, 1981 60 mins
An old prospector finds a satchel of money in the desert. Dan: Robert Urich. Max: Cesare Danova. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Donny: Joe Kapp. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Angela: Edie Adams. Nelson: Greg Morris. Willis: Crofton Hardester.
Episode 10
Murder by Mirrors
Wed, Jan 21, 1981 60 mins
Beatrice witnesses a murder from a plane, but when the police arrive the body is gone. Dan: Robert Urich. Lyle: Patrick Macnee. Nelson: Greg Morris. Margaret: Julie Adams. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Marcus: Gene Evans. Richardson: Richard Dana. Michael: Robert Hoy. Janet: Jenny Sherman.
Episode 11
Backlash
Wed, Feb 18, 1981 60 mins
A mother hires Dan to find out why her grown daughter goes out at night dressed like a teenager. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Anthony: Clive Revill. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Stryker: Morgan Woodward. Nelson: Greg Morris. Kier: Jeff Cooper. Allison: Morgan Hart.
Episode 12
Heist
Wed, Feb 25, 1981 60 mins
Roth asks Dan to test his hotel's security system with a mock robbery. Freddie: Dick Bakalyan. Nelson: Greg Morris. Jerry: James MacArthur. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Vinnie: Joe E. Tata. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Klaus: Werner Klemperer.
Episode 13
No Way to Treat a Victim
Wed, Mar 4, 1981 60 mins
A friend of Bea's is raped after she and her date are abducted, but later the date can't be found. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Dan: Robert Urich. Lisa: Deborah Wakeham. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Gene: Michael Cole. Nelson: Greg Morris. Larry: Michael Swan. Tracey: Corinne Kason.
Episode 14
Time Bomb
Wed, Mar 11, 1981 60 mins
Two ex-cons strong-arm Binzer for the loot from a robbery he helped them commit. Dan: Robert Urich. Vinnie: Dick Butkus. Roth: Tony Curtis. Art: Denny Miller. Nelson: Greg Morris. Margie: Cindy Morgan. Arnie: Michael Constantine.
Episode 15
Out of Sight
Wed, Mar 18, 1981 60 mins
Dan is blinded by a gunman who may have been working for the mob. Landauer: Ed Nelson. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Benton: Bill Lucking. Nelson: Greg Morris. Geades: John Karlen. Dr. Lutness: Lynne Marta. Varga: Harry Guardino.
Episode 16
Set Up
Wed, Mar 25, 1981 60 mins
A porno-movie producer tries to take Nelson off the streets by framing him for murder. Dan: Robert Urich. Capt. Smith: David S. Sheiner. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Miller: Simon Oakland. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis.
Episode 17
The Killing
Wed, Apr 15, 1981 60 mins
Ten persons are gunned down in a restaurant, and Dan is hired by a victim's widow to find the killers. Green: Paul Burke. Nelson: Greg Morris. Ann: Pamela Franklin. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Diamond Jim: Victor Buono. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Vance: Michael Cavanaugh.
Episode 18
Seek and Destroy
Wed, Apr 22, 1981 60 mins
Dan helps prevent the murder of a defector who piloted a secret plane to the U.S. Col. Vance: Peter Haskell. Nelson: Greg Morris. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Victoria: Heather Menzies. Jack: Glenn Wilder. Suchak: Chuck Hicks.
Episode 19
Dead Ringer
Wed, Apr 29, 1981 60 mins
Wayne Newton (as himself) hires Dan after receiving threatening phone calls that accuse him of being an imposter. Benny: Richard Lynch. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Capt. Smith: David Sheiner. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis.
Episode 20
French Twist
Wed, May 6, 1981 60 mins
Dan's detective idol asks for help in solving the murder of a woman he followed from Paris to Las Vegas. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Peterson: Randolph Mantooth. Dan: Robert Urich. Thorton: Tony Epper. Nelson: Greg Morris.
Episode 21
Judgement Pronounced
Wed, Jun 3, 1981 60 mins
Dan is skeptical about working with a psychic to solve the kidnapping of a teenager. Nelson: Greg Morris. Cornell: Frank Marth. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Larson: James Luisi. Beatrice: Phyllis Davis. Pierce: Tim O'Connor.
Episode 22
Nightmare Come True
Wed, Jun 10, 1981 60 mins
Someone posing as Dan has set himself up as a one-man judge and jury to kill criminals released on technicalities. Urich's brother Tom plays T. Errol Townsend. Ramsey: Alan Feinstein. Binzer: Bart Braverman. Lupino: Eddie Zammit. Nelson: Greg Morris.
