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Riptide

Drama, Action, Crime · 1984 · Rated 6.6/10

Last aired: S3 E21, Echoes · 1986-08-22

Come aboard the Riptide, home to the hottest detective agency in Los Angeles. Cody Allen and Nick Ryder are longtime pals who have seen more than their share of danger -- and action. Along with a buddy from their days in the military, the brilliant but socially inept scientist Murray "Boz" Bozinsky, they solve a series of mysterious cases involving stakeouts, seduction, and the law. Detective work has never been this hot!

Cast

Season 3

Season 1Season 2Season 3
E1 Wipe Out 1985-10-01 · 60 min The guys receive a retainer and anonymous notes urging them to investigate a death that was labeled a surfing accident---in 1964.
E2 Thirty-Six Hours 'til Dawn 1985-10-22 · 60 min The guys accept a Government assignment to escort a mobster's estranged wife back from Mexico to testify against him.
E3 Does Not Compute 1985-10-29 · 60 min Quinlan hires the guys to investigate a councilman's claim that the police are discrediting the councilman through computer tampering.
E4 The Bargain Department 1985-11-05 · 60 min With the agency in financial straits, the guys consider a buy-out offer from a corporation, until they suspect the company is involved in the murder of a security guard.
E5 Who Really Watches the Sunset 1985-11-12 · 60 min An investigative reporter has reason to believe that her illness is related to the sudden death of a research biologist who was about to give her a big story.
E6 Still Goin' Steady 1985-11-19 · 60 min Boz's high-school chemistry partner uses her personal chemistry to entice Boz to help develop a solar car, whose investors include a loan shark anxious to see a return.
E7 Robin and Marian 1985-12-03 · 60 min Counterfeiters lose their plates and cash to a robbing hood who takes from the rich and gives to the poor---among them a foster parent, who's a favorite.
E8 Requiem for Icarus 1985-12-10 · 60 min The new and dangerous hobbies of Nick's old friend worry the man's daughter, particularly after she gets a phone call from him saying he may be away for a long time.
E9 Home for Christmas 1985-12-17 · 60 min Nick pulls Army Reserve escort duty for a casket that happens to contain the wrong body, a fact the military doesn't want to talk about.
E10 Lady Killer 1986-01-07 · 60 min The guys find a new police lieutenant very cooperative, and somewhat distracting, as they investigate a man's suspicion that his roommate is a murderer.
E11 A Matter of Policy 1986-01-14 · 60 min Nick stands to lose a $300,000 inheritance if he proves the claim of another beneficiary that her uncle's death was not an accident.
E12 The Wedding Bell Blues 1986-01-21 · 60 min A millionaire obsessed with a fashion model hires the guys to find her, unaware that she's a mobster's daughter who's prompted a feud between two crime families.
E13 The Frankie Kahana Show 1986-02-11 · 60 min A marginally talented Hawaiian singer disappears after the guys thwart an assault on him during his performance at a club.
E14 Smiles We Left Behind 1986-02-25 · 120 min When only her cousin's luggage shows up for at her wedding, Lucy turns to her friends at the Riptide Detective Agency to find out what happened.
E15 The Pirate and the Princess 1986-03-07 · 60 min Cody, Nick and Murray arrive in Martigua on vacation to visit their oceanographer friend Angelo, who with daughter Giovanna and son Tony, is searching for Tyson's sunken treasure.
E16 Playing Hardball 1986-03-14 · 60 min Cody doesn't share Nick's enthusiasm for going undercover as baseball players to investigate a drug problem on a minor-league team.
E17 The Play's the Thing 1986-03-21 · 60 min Fortune shows herself unkind when a professor learns of the existence of an undiscovered Shakespeare manuscript---and is murdered.
E18 Dead Men Don't Floss 1986-04-04 · 60 min A magazine article names Nick as the major force in the agency, so the guys take separate cases to determine who is the best detective.
E19 Chapel of Glass 1986-04-11 · 60 min Investigating a case of tampering with Government bids, Boz finds a connection between the prime suspect and Joanna's fiance.
E20 If You Can't Beat 'em, Join 'em 1986-04-18 · 60 min The guys moonlight as consultants for a TV detective show, whose bickering costars must follow the guys on a real case.
E21 Echoes 1986-08-22 · 60 min Boz is strongly affected when he saves Cody's life by shooting an ex-con, whose sister claims was wrongly imprisoned for 10 years.

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