Season 2 is the second season of Third Watch. It premiered on NBC on October 24, 2000, and concluded on May 16, 2001. This season consists of 22 episodes.
Trivia
- In summer of 2000, Amy Carlson, who had been recurring cast member through the half of second season was promoted to series regular.
- This is the last season to feature Bobby Cannavale as a series regular, with Cannavale citing "creative reasons" for his departure from the series.
Cast and Characters
Main
| Actor/Actress | Character | Department | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Beach | Monte Parker | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Paramedic |
| Coby Bell | Ty Davis | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Patrol Officer |
| Eddie Cibrian | Jimmy Doherty | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Firefighter/Lieutenant |
| Amy Carlson | Alex Taylor | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Paramedic/Firefighter |
| Bobby Cannavale | Bobby Caffey | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Firefighter/Lieutenant |
| Molly Price | Faith Yokas | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Patrol Officer/Detective |
| Kim Raver | Kim Zambrano | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Paramedic |
| Anthony Ruivivar | Carlos Nieto | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Paramedic |
| Skipp Sudduth | John Sullivan | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Patrol Officer |
| Jason Wiles | Maurice Boscorelli | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Patrol Officer |
Recurring
| Actor/actress | Character | Department | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bauer | Fred Yokas | Not assigned | Faith's husband and Emily's father |
| Derek Kelly | Derek Kitson | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Firefighter |
| Bill Walsh | Walsh | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Firefighter/Lieutenant |
| Brad Beyer | Jason Christopher | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Sergeant |
| Eva LaRue | Brooke Carney | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Officer |
| Lisa Vidal | Dr. Sarah Morales | Mercy Hospital | Nurse/Doc's girlfriend |
| Savannah Haske | Tatiana Deschecko | Not assigned | Sully's wife |
| Monica Trombetta | Dana Murphy | Mercy Hospital | ER Nurse |
| Patti D'Arbanville | Rose Boscorelli | Not assigned | Bosco's mother |
| Jeremy Bergman | Charles "Charlie" Yokas | Not assigned | Fred and Faith's son |
| Lonette McKee | Maggie Davis | Not assigned | Ty's mother |
| P.J. Morrison | Emily Yokas | Not assigned | Fred and Faith's daughter |
| Kristopher Scott Fiedell | Joseph "Joey" Doherty | Not assigned | Jimmy and Kim's son |
| Saundra McClain | Mary Proctor | Mercy Hospital | Nurse |
| Nick Sandow | Joe Lombardo | New York City Fire Department (FDNY) | Firefighter |
| John Michael Bolger | Johnson | New York City Police Department (NYPD) | Lieutenant |
| Anson Mount | Montville | Mercy Hospital | Doctor |
| Nahanni Johnstone | Nicole | Not assigned | None |
Guest
- Anne Pitoniak as Mrs. Irene Sullivan
- Steve Blanchard as James
- Felix Solis as Smith
- Eugene Byrd as Nathaniel "Puppet" Ryder
- Tom Gilroy as Deranged Shooter
- Boris McGiver as Dan
- Tawny Cypress as A.D.A. Sharon Burns
- Sara Ramirez as Gwen Girard
- Mia Farrow as Mona Mitchell
- George Dzunzda as Mr. Mitchell
- Dan Lauria as Mr. Brandolini
- Khandi Alexander as Beverly Saunders
- Rachel Dratch as Darla
- Chris Messina as Charlie
- Linda Emond as Francine Bradley
- Kirk Acevedo as Paulie Fuentes
- Judy Reyes as Gina Fuentes
- Steven Strait as Teenage Bobby
- Eric Bogosian as Lt. Lewis
- Keesha Sharp as Grace
- Tina Sloan as Celeste Malcolm-Queeg
- Chandra Wilson as Volunteer
- Katrina Law as Ani Bailey
- Josh Hamilton as Dr. Thomas
- Tim Meadows as Leroy Watkins
Episodes
| No. in series | No. in season | Image | Title | Air date | Director | Writer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 1 |
|
The Lost | October 2, 2000 | Christopher Chulack | John Wells |
| 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. | ||||||
| 24 | 2 |
|
Faith | October 9, 2000 | Christopher Chulack | John Wells |
| A rapist attacks three victims; Yokas agonizes over her finances, her marriage and her pregnancy; Bosco's jealousy threatens, and ultimately ends, his relationship with Nicole. | ||||||
| 25 | 3 |
|
Four Days | October 16, 2000 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Edward Allen Bernero & John Ridley |
| 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 on Doc's relationships with both civilians and the squads. | ||||||
| 26 | 4 |
|
Jimmy's Mountain | October 23, 2000 | Charles Haid | Lance Gentile & Terri Kopp |
| 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 with some baggage of her own. | ||||||
| 27 | 5 |
|
Kim's Hope Chest | October 30, 2000 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Kyera B. Keenne & Janine Sherman Barrois |
| 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. | ||||||
| 28 | 6 |
|
The Tys That Bind | November 6, 2000 | Nick Gomez | Bonnie Mark |
| 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 closes to him. Meanwhile, someone's throwing bricks at random citizens, putting everyone in the city on edge. | ||||||
| 29 | 7 |
|
After Hours | November 13, 2000 | Guy Norman Bee | Edward Allen Bernero |
| The deaths of four teenagers in a fiery car crash profoundly affects the third watch, who were unable to save them, and they congregate at the end of the shift to dispel their sadness and anger at the horrific images. Faith, Sully and Doc spend time sitting quietly in a cafe; Ty, Bobby, and Alex go to a bar; and Kim, Carlos 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. Bosco, meanwhile, floats around all three groups while suffering privately. At dawn, everyone ends up at a beach and they build a bonfire. As the flames flicker, we see a flashback to the moments preceding the car crash. It turns out the young people whom they met during the course of the evening were the dead teens whose spirits were sent back down to earth to tell Alex, Ty, Bosco, Faith, Jimmy, Doc, Bobby, Kim, Sully and Carlos that the crash could not have been prevented, and they aren't to blame for what happened. | ||||||
| 30 | 8 |
|
Know Thyself | November 20, 2000 | Nancy Savoca | Julie Hebert |
| While coping with work demands, a recovering alcoholic 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 realizes 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 tell 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. | ||||||
| 31 | 9 |
|
Run of the Mill | November 27, 2000 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Bonnie Mark |
| 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. | ||||||
| 32 | 10 |
|
History | January 8, 2001 | Jace Alexander | Lance Gentile |
| 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. | ||||||
| 33 | 11 |
|
A Hero's Rest | January 15, 2001 | Christopher Chulack | Edward Allen Bernero |
| Bosco, Yokas, Sully and Davis search for a cop killer on the streets, and cope with an obnoxious new sergeant at the station house. | ||||||
| 34 | 12 |
|
True Love | January 22, 2001 | Lesli Linka Glatter | John Wells |
| 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. | ||||||
| 35 | 13 |
|
Duty | January 29, 2001 | Guy Norman Bee | Edward Allen Bernero |
| 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. | ||||||
| 36 | 14 |
|
A Rock and a Hard Place | February 12, 2001 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Bonnie Mark |
| 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. | ||||||
| 37 | 15 |
|
Requiem for a Bantamweight | February 19, 2001 | Christopher Chulack | John Wells |
| 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. | ||||||
| 38 | 16 |
|
Unfinished Business | March 12, 2001 | Félix Enríquez Alcalá | Edward Allen Bernero |
| Bobby's attempt to keep Paulie away from drugs ends tragically. | ||||||
| 39 | 17 |
|
The Self-Importance of Being Carlos | March 19, 2001 | Jace Alexander | John Ridley |
| Doc and Carlos attend a stress debriefing; Carlos meets up with Bosco when he's ordered to attend sensitivity training. | ||||||
| 40 | 18 |
|
Honor | April 2, 2001 | Terrence O'Hara | Kyera B. Keenne & Janine Sherman Barrois |
| The firefighters take on a rival firehouse for touch football bragging rights, but the two groups must later set their rivalry aside to battle a massive warehouse blaze; Brooke files for divorce; Jimmy worries that he may be a father again. | ||||||
| 41 | 19 |
|
Walking Wounded | April 16, 2001 | Jesus Salvador Trevino | Bonnie Mark |
| Faith and Bosco hunt down the dealer who distributed a batch of lethal heroin; depressed over Bobby's death, Kim attempts suicide. | ||||||
| 42 | 20 |
|
Man Enough | April 30, 2001 | Guy Norman Bee | Julie Hebert |
| 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. Doc is unable to do so and still has lingering grief over his late wife, leading to him and Sarah breaking up. | ||||||
| 43 | 21 |
|
Exposing Faith | May 7, 2001 | Nick Gomez | Whitney Boole Williams & Edward Allen Bernero |
| 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. | ||||||
| 44 | 22 |
|
...and Zeus Wept | May 14, 2001 | Guy Norman Bee | John Wells |
| 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. | ||||||
| v - e - d Seasons of Third Watch | |||||
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| Season One | Season Two | Season Three | Season Four | Season Five | Season Six |





















