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Remington Steele
Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male superior whom she names Remington Steele. Through a series of events that unfold in the first episode, "License to Steele," a former thief and con man, whose real name is never revealed, assumes the identity of Remington Steele. Behind the scenes, Laura remains firmly in charge.
- Created by:
- Robert Butler, Michael Gleason
- Cast:
- Pierce Brosnan, Stephanie Zimbalist, Doris Roberts
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- NBC
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 1
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 7.8License to Steele
1982-10-01 · 46m"License to Steele" is the premiere episode of the television series Remington Steele. This episode introduces and sets all the central elements of the series; the truth about Laura's fictional boss, the mysterious character posing as Steele, the romantic tension, Steele's love of old movies, et cetera.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 7.0Tempered Steele
1982-10-08 · 45mLaura tackles a case of industrial espionage in a family-owned business while Steele enlists an old pal to help him install a burglar alarm.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 7.8Steele Waters Run Deep
1982-10-22 · 46mA video game genius disappears just before a merger, with $5 million and the plans for his company's latest video game.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.7Signed, Steeled, & Delivered
1982-10-29 · 46mLaura and Steele spend the weekend trying to keep a CIA researcher alive and on time for his wedding.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.5Thou Shalt Not Steele
1982-11-05 · 46mA woman from Steele's past asks him to help her steal a valuable painting that Laura has already agreed to protect.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.5Steele Belted
1982-11-12 · 46mA loser asks the agency to help him, but his alibi witness is found dead in Steele's apartment and his lawyer seems more interested in Laura than in the case.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 7.5Etched in Steele
1982-11-19 · 46mLaura and Steele investigate the murder of an author whose steamy novels badly mirror her own married life.
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E08
Episode 8
Your Steele the One For Me
1982-11-26 · 46mA lesson in detective work for Steele escalates a jaywalking accident into an encounter with Japanese gangsters.
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E09
Episode 9
In the Steele of the Night
1982-12-03 · 46mSteele investigates a murder when Laura's former colleagues gather for a reunion and old grievances begin to re-emerge.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.5Steele Trap
1982-12-10 · 46mA client commits suicide in the office so Steele and Laura attend a house party on an island owned by a wealthy publisher in his place in an attempt to find out why.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 6.0Steeling the Show
1983-01-07 · 46mSteele comes to the aid of an aging B-movie queen whose daughter is trying to commit her and who someone is apparently trying to kill.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 6.0Steele Flying High
1983-01-14 · 46mSteele gets involved with the murder of a naturalist when he serves on a committee to save the bald eagle.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 10.0A Good Night's Steele
1983-01-21 · 46mLaura and Steele go undercover at a sleep-disorders clinic to investigate the disappearance of morphine and a doctor.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 9.0Hearts of Steele
1983-01-28 · 46mSteele and Laura pose as a battling couple while they investigate murder attempts against an aggressive divorce lawyer.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 9.0To Stop a Steele
1983-02-11 · 46mLaura and Steele wind up working for opposite sides of a jewelry theft when the frightened thief looks for help when someone else beats him to the jewel.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 9.0Steele Crazy After All These Years
1983-02-18 · 46mMurphy's college homecoming is marred by a murder that awakens memories of a bombing on campus ten years before.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 8.0Steele Among the Living
1983-02-25 · 46mLaura searches for a vanished artist whose works have suddenly appreciated in value, for both her husband and the owner of an art gallery.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 8.0Steele in the News
1983-03-04 · 46mLaura and Steele investigate the increasingly dangerous pranks someone is pulling on the news team of a local television station.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 8.0Vintage Steele
1983-03-15 · 46mLaura's former flame asks her help when he discovers a corpse in the trunk of his car, a corpse that keeps returning as they check out a winery he's involved with.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 7.0Steele's Gold
1983-03-22 · 46mA prospector's journal stolen during a party leads Laura and Steele on a wild gold hunt through the desert.
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E21
Episode 21
★ 8.5Sting of Steele
1983-04-05 · 45mSteele's mentor, Daniel Chalmers, comes to California to ask for Steele's help in dealing with a vindictive crook.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 8.0Steele in Circulation
1983-04-12 · 46mSteele stops a distraught young man from killing himself then must find a missing girl and a ""borrowed"" $50,000 to keep him from trying again.
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Pierce Brosnan
Remington Steele
Stephanie Zimbalist
Laura Holt
Doris Roberts
Mildred Krebs