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Riptide

6.8/10 60 votes
CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

The cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer geek friend from high school, armed with toughness, their own helicopter, and the third's technical ability.

Created by:
Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
Cast:
Perry King, Joe Penny, Thom Bray
Language:
English
Country:
United States of America
Network:
NBC

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Seasons

3 available

Season 3

Episodes

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Episode 1

★ 7.0

Wipe Out

1985-10-01 · 48m

An anonymous note concerning a 20-year-old surfing accident prompts Cody, Nick and Boz to call on a 1960s singing star.

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Episode 2

★ 7.0

Thirty-Six Hours Till Dawn

1985-10-22 · 48m

The detectives agree to escort a government witness, a crime boss's estranged wife, from Mexico to the United States.

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Episode 3

★ 9.0

Does Not Compute

1985-10-29 · 48m

Quinlan is forced to consult the detectives when a city councilman's credit rating is destroyed by computer wizardry.

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Episode 4

★ 8.0

The Bargain Department

1985-11-05 · 48m

Nick stubbornly resists the tempting offer of a huge security corporation to purchase the Riptide Detective Agency; guest Robert Walker.

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Episode 5

★ 8.0

Who Really Watches the Sunset?

1985-11-12 · 48m

A reporter hires the detectives when she links the deaths of several scientists to the development of a food additive.

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Episode 6

★ 8.0

Still Goin' Steady

1985-11-19 · 48m

Nick and Cody try to defend love-struck Boz from a conniver who wants the computer wizard to design a solar-powered car.

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Episode 7

Robin and Marian

1985-12-03 · 48m

The Roboz is one of the items pilfered by a would-be Robin Hood, bringing Nick, Cody and Boz into a case of counterfeiting and abduction.

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Episode 8

★ 5.0

Requiem for Icarus

1985-12-10 · 48m

The detectives cross the border in the Screamin' Mimi to rescue an air-traffic controller from an alien-smuggling ring.

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Episode 9

Home for Christmas

1985-12-17 · 48m

The father of a soldier killed in training claims that the body, which Nick escorted home, does not belong to his son.

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Episode 10

Lady Killer

1986-01-07 · 48m

The detectives try to prevent newly engaged Lt. Parisi from being the next victim of a serial killer who targets brides.

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Episode 11

A Matter of Policy

1986-01-14 · 48m

Nick and the niece of a dead man face losing sizable inheritances when an insurance company claims that the man was murdered.

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Episode 12

The Wedding Bell Blues

1986-01-21 · 48m

Marriage-minded Andrew Carlton III hires Nick, Cody and Boz to find a billboard model, unaware that she is a crime kingpin's daughter.

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Episode 13

The Frankie Kahana Show

1986-02-11 · 48m

Though Hawaiian crooner Frankie Kahana's act falls short of spectacular, the detectives consider the mob's execution plans extreme.

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Episode 14

Smiles We Left Behind

1986-02-25 · 96m

Cody and old flame Janet find they have a mutual interest in locating the missing cousin of Cody's client.

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Episode 15

The Pirate and the Princess

1986-03-07 · 48m

A wealthy adventurer hires the detectives to help him recover a legendary 17th-century sunken treasure.

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Episode 16

Playing Hardball

1986-03-14 · 48m

Owners of a minor-league baseball club hire the detectives to identify a suspected drug dealer on the team.

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Episode 17

The Play's the Thing

1986-03-21 · 48m

The detectives join a scavenger hunt when Boz's friend Gloria finds a slain professor's notes on an unpublished Shakespearean manuscript.

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Episode 18

★ 2.0

Dead Men Don't Floss

1986-04-04 · 48m

After a magazine piece credits Nick as the brains behind the Riptide agency, the trio competes for the title of most valuable detective.

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Episode 19

Chapel of Glass

1986-04-11 · 48m

The detectives have the unhappy task of telling Lt. Parisi that her fiance is involved in government bid tampering.

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Episode 20

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Join 'Em

1986-04-18 · 48m

Bickering TV co-stars seek to add realism to their TV-detective roles by asking Nick, Boz and Cody to bring them along on a real case.

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Episode 21

Echoes

1986-04-22 · 48m

Nick's suspicions that a man convicted of murder may have been framed lead the detectives to a remote town with its own brand of justice.

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Cast

Perry King

Perry King

Cody Allen

Joe Penny

Joe Penny

Nick Ryder

Thom Bray

Thom Bray

Murray Bozinsky

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