The District - Season 3 (2005)

Mannion investigates a series of robberies where pharmaceuticals, mostly AIDS medications, were stolen.

Debreno's priest brother is shot by a sniper during a funeral service and the investigation leads to a lawsuit against another priest charged with sexual misconduct.

Mannion gets another chance to capture a contract killer who eluded him 25 years ago when the hit man emerges in D.C.

Noland faces a possible suspension and lawsuit when he shoots a college student he thought was about to rob a convenience store.

A reporter charges Mannion for committing a war crime in Vietnam 32 years ago by ordering the deaths of 18 innocent people and one of Mannion's fellow soldiers confirms the story.

The wife of a heavyweight boxing champion is found dead in her hotel room and Temple is suspected of killing her because of his past relationship with her.

At Christmastime, Temple and Debreno look for three men disguised as elves who stole a mission truck full of donations to help feed 2000 homeless people.

Mannion comforts a friend dying from AIDS.

A law student attempts to commit the perfect crime by killing a stranger, confessing to the murder and recanting his confession.

Headquarters is put under quarantine when Brander and Temple are exposed to a suspected terrorist brought in with a potentially deadly virus.

The Chief finds trouble in L.A. .

Debreno is assigned to protect a popular singer who received a death threat for performing at the Kennedy Center Honors.

Mannion's old partner comes to D.C. and immediately gets involved in a murder case.

Mannion takes on a powerful city commissioner he suspects is partly to blame for a shrinking budget that has forced the chief to lay off officers, but the mayor is so upset with the move, he looks for an excuse to fire the chief.

Mannion trails a killer targeting interracial couples, one of which was a black councilman married to a white woman.

Things between Mannion and the mayor get even more intense when the mayor's mentally disturbed disappears after two cops take him to a hospital.

The mayor blames Mannion for riots in the streets when the chief refuses to fire an officer accused of committing police brutality.

A moving tribute to Lynne Thigpen who died shortly before this episode. It mirrors her sudden death in real life. The writers have allowed you to believe she lives on by donating her heart. This episode shows the cast and her colleagues playing the hardest part they have ever played. Ending with moving tributes from all the cast members.

The Chief packs his things and heads off on his motorcycle into the sunset of Arizona. While playing golf, Cujo finds a severed finger when searching for Mannion's golf ball. Mannion bring the finger to the attention of Deputy Arturo Ortez (_Jaime Gomez (I)_) while some M.P.D. officers deal with their reassignments.